So it's raining today where I live, and whenver it rains, I start thinking about Oblivion all day. I love playing this game when it's overcast or dreary out, but if it's actually raining, that (for some reason) really gets me into the game on some deeper subconscious level. I cannot (will not) play if it's sunny out. :chaos: Problem is I'm stuck at work all day, so I can't actually game until later this afternoon.

I only start new chars if it's rainy out. It's just one of my weird rules. I've got this concept character in mind. It's gonna be a female who's going to ultimately follow the Dark Brotherhood quests. She's gonna be evil. Lawful Evil I'm thinking. She's gonna be into Alchemy (making lots of homemade poisons & potions), Illusion, Conjuration, and Bow for sure, but she'll be pretty a pretty weak fighter.

I'm going to play around with her face editor a lot so she'll look Asian. I want her to have an Asian sounding name. Since she's going to be mostly an assassin, it would be cool if we could think of a name that denotes her as such.

I like clever names, like Renee Gade = renegade. Luci Pheria = lucifer. Lou Zehr = loser. BUt I'm hitting a wall with my concept assassin. Any ideas? So far, I've thought of May Hemn, but that sounds too English.

Well in anime and manga, characters have somewhat regular sounding names, but what they mean in Japanese is pretty profound and cool.

There's always the name generator you could use, but that won't provide any asian sounding names. What race are you going for?

Anyway, you could use a name that is inspired from some other female assassin characters. First thing that comes to mind for me is O-Ren Ishi from Kill Bill Vol.1, a female Asian assassin. You can watch http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qeFreS1eNuY for inspiration in case you haven't seen the film. Warning though, it's pretty gory and tragic. (They show the history of O-Ren.)

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Her race? Im not sure yet. Probably something human, but I'm going need to mess around if I want her face to look Asian. So it could be Reguard, or a Nord, not sure yet.



Yea, I was thinking she's gonna be Kill Billish. I've never watched those movies because believe it or not, I get freaked by too much killing in a movie. Strange how in a vid game this doesn't bother me as much.

I appreciate your suggestion, though. It gives me a path to follow. :thumbsup:

Yeah, were have you been anyway? Oh yeah, not to sidetrack the topic.

I would actually suggest either Bosmer, Breton, or Imperial for race. Redguards and Nords are natural fighters, so it would be a waste of attributes. I know you'd be roleplaying, and in roleplay things like that don't matter, but just a suggestion!

I would also recommend taking a look at http://www.20000-names.com/female_japanese_names.htm to select names you may like. The meanings are next to them, so you can pick something appropriate. Also, many names have different variations. For example the names Chiharu and Chihiro have the exact same meaning (a thousand summers).

Also, depending on the backstory, she could have no name at all. My own assassin character, if you remember, is called "Heartless". It is also prevalent in Japanese games and films for certain characters to have these kind of names. (like Cloud, or Lightning from Final Fantasy).

A few of the names I can pick out of the list that seem appropriate are:

Moriko (forest child) - Since your character likes alchemy, meaning she'd have to pick ingredients.
Mayumi (true bow) - Since she's an assassin, she might use marksman skills.
Rin (cold, dignified, severe) - Since she's an assassin, she would be ruthless.

And hundreds of other names mostly depending on appearance. (Example, if she has dark hair, you could name her Tsukiko, meaning moon child. etc.)

I hope this helps.

Hey man! Yea I just reacently started posting here again. I'm like a shortwave radio, one of my friends has told me. Sometimes you can get me nice and strong, other times I'll faze out. Partially I thnk it's due to my gaming schedule. I'll get way into Oblivion for weeks or months, and then BAM, for months I'll put it aside. It's partially subconscious on my part, I dont' fully understand it. It's not like I get bored with the game for instance.

But wow thanks for that name website. That'll help for sure.

You could call her: "Five Dolla."

"Melissa Forethought?"

Yeah, she should "do the right thing".

I love wordplay. These are very cheesy names, but I'm just throwing them out anyway:
- Ai Shen (Asian)
- Aro (Arrow)
- Ki La (Killer)
- Sha Do (Shadow)

Purely lore-wise Imperial would be the most fitting race. I'm a little foggy on the details, but I remeber reading a book that mentioned some mixing between Imperials and the Akaviri that joined Reman after Pale Pass. I think at some point it became very fashionable and prestigious for Imperial nobles to have some Akavirian ancestry. And Akavir = Asia in the same sense as Tamriel = Europe. The bad news though is that all the skill bonuses would be wasted and that you don't get very useful racial abilities. Then again children inherit their race from their mothers, so you could take any race and still have an Imperial father.

Game mechanics-wise Bretons are the god race. 50% Magic Resist is the strongest of all racial abilities and you even get a juicy +50 Magicka that helps a lot with early spellcasting.

I like wordplay names like that. Let's see what I can come up with...

Anne Thraks (Anthrax)

Aikiil Yu (I kill you)

Yura Dedmon (You're a dead man)

Kara Nufex (Carnufex is Latin for "executioner")

Diz Sees (Disease)

Dee Ceesd (Deceased)

Yura Lygot (You're all I got)

Imma Gonkilya (I'm a gon' kill ya)

That's all I can come up with right now.

Wow, thanks! I"m really liking Yura Ligot for some other character. Sha Do might work with my concept assassin...hmmmm Some other names up above might work with some of my future Sims 3 characters! :wink_smile:

Anyways thanks everyone. It stopped raining outside so I might not start this character today after all, but at least when her day comes, I'll be ready with a name and won't have to brainstorm right in the middle of character creation!



Honestly, I dont' care much about the race benefits and stuff. I just want her to look Asian. Like http://www.imdb.com/media/rm3947862272/tt0299977.

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