by Zwei ap Owen » Mon Jun 06, 2011 9:26 pm
'Period' names don't really matter. My character is a Welsh bishop named Zwei, which is a German ordinal, not a name. I chose Zwei because it was a nickname I already had and it sounded appropriately exotic. Maybe if I'd thought about it more carefully when I first started fighting I'd have picked something that fit the unit I was joining, but it wasn't a priority. Now, I can't imagine answering to something like 'Rhys' or 'Dafydd', and I can't imagine anyone knowing who the hell those people are. Maybe if there was some ridiculously huge event in my fighting life (I can't imagine what), I'd change my name. But as it, 'Zwei' is good enough for me whether I'm make-believing to be a Welsh bishop, a Viking jarl, an Orc, or a Space Marine half-vampire werewolf. I'd be just as happy playing dress-up foam-tag with Tiberius the Roman as Tiberius the Viking as Snorri Þorfinnsson the Hobbit, as long as those guys weren't douche bags or something.
Unless having an appropriate name makes it more fun for you, in which case sure, go for it. But no one worth a * is going to get you down if you don't.
His Grace Sir Zwei ap Owen Liberator Domus Wyndhavinis
Arch Episcopus Venedotiae Dei Gratia
Dominus Meridiani Marchium
Miles Ordinis S. Mycaelis et S. Gorgii
Viking Illigetimus
Camhalta Fiannae
Lepidissimus Vir