MithraPride

*scratches her head, considering it for a moment* I don't think it'd be controversial to post this, so here it goes.

If you were a total nutcase like me, you'd look up "Arabian names" just because the new FFXI expansion is in a place called the Near East and you wanted something appropriate to call your character's new Puppet.

Here's an excellent link I found, for all those that are interested.

http://www.sca.org/heraldry/laurel/name ... aming2.htm

Other useful sites, best used after you've read about Arabic Naming Practices in the above link:
http://www.jas.org.jo/star.html
http://www.lowchensaustralia.com/names.htm <--search for Arabian or Arabic to find good name sites.
http://www.lowchensaustralia.com/names/middleeast.htm <--Arabia

There are many middle eastern countries that still use arabic names for new borns eg: Turkey, Bulgaria etc

So if you know anything about middle eastern names you can always just use them ^_^;

Cool, I could just use my real name...

Nah, that'd feel akward.

If the puppet naming process is anything like wyvern naming process then you'll only get a choice of names to pick one from, no creating your own name unfortunately

If it's like the Drg quest:

You find a puppet egg.

This Dhalmel(Elvaan) turns into a puppet.

You fight this huge puppet in order to become a puppetmaster.

sounds like a fun(ny) quest

You get to name your puppet?

Somehow I don't think so.

I don't think so, either, it was just fanciful, wishful thinking.

Came up with a "Near Eastern" (meh, Arabic) name for Althaia, too. ...it was fun, okay??