NAMING GUIDE

NAMING GUIDE Dec 31, 2012 22:25:51 GMT -5

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Post by JOLIE on Dec 31, 2012 22:25:51 GMT -5

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• most obvious feature

generally, the kitten will be named after the color of it's pelt. due to this being the most noticable feature. at birth, the kitten will not have any sort of personality. and the eyes are shut. therefore pelt color is most often times the way to go. a warrior name needs only be one thing, and that thing is accurate. that’s why tiny-/little-/small- are a risk; they can very easily become inaccurate if the cat grows a lot.

• noticeable injury

even though the pelt color is the most common, the kit may also have an injury at birth (brokenstar's tail or deadfoot's paw) and the mother may choose to name it according to the injury or deformity. generally, if the kit has such a deformity, the mother will name it after that since it is the most noted feature. kep in mind that kind of occurrence is rare. unless the injury is enough to add considerable difficulty to the cat’s life, it’s not really worth drawing attention to.

• named after things not in the warriors world

we will just not allow crazy names. a name will also never be chosen because somebody in the clan thought it was cute. this also goes along with inappropriate names, such as damnkit or hellkit. kits also cannot be named after fantasy such things. examples include dragonkit, griffinkit, and demonkit. adding to that point, cats do not know what steel, jewels, or metals are, so you will not find an emeraldkit, an ironkit, or a steelkit. queens will not name after sacred things. this includes starkit, moonkit, sunkit, thunderkit, windkit, riverkit, shadowkit, or skykit.

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a warrior cat may exhibit certain skills that the clan notices. (ie. a good fighter or a fast runner) if they are well-known for those skills, they may be named for them instead of their pelt colors. you have an apprentice named cloudpaw (named for his white pelt) who is a swift runner. cloudpaw is then named cloudfoot for his white pelt and running ability. though he may be fast, lets say he's in windclan. (though a white cat in windclan is odd) all of the cats in windclan are supposed to be fast: cloudpaw is no different. in which case he may then just be named cloudpelt for his white fur!

• nothing longer than 5 syllables

while this may seem silly, there is a reason for it. nightingalewhisker is a lot to say and type. though there are nightingales in the forest, there isn't likely you'll want to name your cat after one. try and keep warrior names short and to the point. otherwise people won't want to roleplay when they have to type nightingalewhisker all the time.

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Post by JOLIE on Dec 31, 2012 22:25:51 GMT -5

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