Post by Crimhthan The Great on Mar 13, 2017 9:45:12 GMT -5
I once ran a thief character and I named him Aenghus Nic.
The name comes from the poems of James Clarence Mangan (1803-1849).
"THE TESTAMENT OF CATHAEIR MOR.
[Note: (From the Irish.)]
1: Here is the Will of Cathaeir Mor.
2: God rest him.
3: Among his heirs he divided his store,
4: His treasures and lands,"
... ...
"107: But on Aenghus Nic, a younger child,
108: Begotten in crime and born in woe,
109: The father frowned, as on one defiled,
110: And with lowering brow he spake him so:—
111: “To Nic, my son, that base-born youth,
112: Shall nought be given of land or gold;
113: He may be great and good and bold,
114: But his birth is an agony all untold,
115: Which gnaweth him like a serpent's tooth.
116: I am no donor
117: To him or his race—
118: His birth was dishonour;
119: His life is disgrace!”"
So I took the name for a thief, and the bold lines as his backstory, since I thought it was an excellent name and a fitting backstory for a thief.
The name comes from the poems of James Clarence Mangan (1803-1849).
"THE TESTAMENT OF CATHAEIR MOR.
[Note: (From the Irish.)]
1: Here is the Will of Cathaeir Mor.
2: God rest him.
3: Among his heirs he divided his store,
4: His treasures and lands,"
... ...
"107: But on Aenghus Nic, a younger child,
108: Begotten in crime and born in woe,
109: The father frowned, as on one defiled,
110: And with lowering brow he spake him so:—
111: “To Nic, my son, that base-born youth,
112: Shall nought be given of land or gold;
113: He may be great and good and bold,
114: But his birth is an agony all untold,
115: Which gnaweth him like a serpent's tooth.
116: I am no donor
117: To him or his race—
118: His birth was dishonour;
119: His life is disgrace!”"
So I took the name for a thief, and the bold lines as his backstory, since I thought it was an excellent name and a fitting backstory for a thief.
