Ophiucha
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Debating between a couple sets of names for my protagonists. One set of names all come from The Faerie Queene by Edmund Spenser, and are mostly fantasy-sounding. Marinell, Calidore, Duessa, etc. The other set of names - the ones I prefer - are more... normal. Nathaniel, Theodore, etc. A bit old-fashioned, perhaps, but not particularly strange. This isn't a story with heavy worldbuilding, with conlangs or anything. All of the regions are called Orient, Occident, Boreal, and Austral (east, west, north, south), so there isn't anything very fantastic to that, and I'm debating between Mercury and Molusk for the name of the world.
But I know some people get a bit pulled away when they run into a John or Harry. Any thoughts?
But I know some people get a bit pulled away when they run into a John or Harry. Any thoughts?
And for the sake of simplicity, here is the list of character names.
Cambell -> Theodore
Canacee -> Gertrude
Timias -> Algernon
Busirane -> Nathaniel
Scudamour -> Sebastian
Pastorella -> Laverne
Belphoebe -> Brook, or Briar
Paridell -> Bartholomew
Calidore -> Archibald
Duessa -> Vivian, or Meredith
Marinell -> Edmund
Florimell -> Harper
Cambell -> Theodore
Canacee -> Gertrude
Timias -> Algernon
Busirane -> Nathaniel
Scudamour -> Sebastian
Pastorella -> Laverne
Belphoebe -> Brook, or Briar
Paridell -> Bartholomew
Calidore -> Archibald
Duessa -> Vivian, or Meredith
Marinell -> Edmund
Florimell -> Harper
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