I've found the dearth of name choice, especially for those of us who always seem to arrive late to the popular games, to be an opportunity for a little research into some ancient culture names. Many of those old culture (like the Sumerian) names are pretty close to the random name generator. Which I think is sort of funny.
Arakash was a name I made up years ago when I played muds. I suppose I thought it sounded sort of like something H. P. Lovecraft or Robert E. Howard would use for a 'mysterious Eastern' name. That being said, there are some pretty horrible names in every game I've played. I did get a laugh at the fellow whose name is an antihistamine. Some of those drug names do sound sort of Tolkienish.
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