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@skylarynn

Great advice, thank you! Wow, I’m so amazed with the quality of help. Everything I’ve heard so far gives me great ideas.

The Freelands – Hmm. I might mess around with some of those names. Your country sounds awesome!

Wokenland – Great idea! I’ll look into that.

Princelandia – Both great ideas. I’ll add Barony to the list of names I’m considering and mess around with some of the old names to see if they give me some inspiration.

Grayborn – Great suggestion, I’ll consider it. The one thing that doesn’t quite fit is, at least in “modern” times story-wise, Grayborns are almost universally known to be Unity’s assassins, since they are unaffected by magic, the greatest weapon in the world. So the idea of them being the ashy remains doesn’t quite fit the “modern” (post-stopwatch) context, even if it did fit the pre-stopwatch time.

The Rebels – Disciples or the Apostles would be great alternatives. In an older version, One Master/the One was supposed to be the story’s analogy for God before I revised it, and though that’s no longer true, a lot of those lingering feelings have followed the rebellion into it’s current iteration.

The Frozen Stopwatch – These. Are. Amazing. I’m so thrilled! The stopwatch has been the single most frustrating name I’ve worked with, and I love every suggestion you gave to pieces! Eek! I’m so excited!

Unity – No, I haven’t read Discworld. Is it good?  I’ll throw Harmony on the name considerations (I do imaging lies/propaganda/deception to be a large part of Unity’s worldview, so having such a blatent lie for a name would work well). However, I’ve heard enough love for Unity I just might end up keeping it. 🙂

One Master – Ooh, I like The Elder. I’ll put that along The One for consideration.

The Blood Prince – Good suggestion. Maybe the rebel side will call him The Red Prince or The Red, but most people call him the blood prince. I’ve been torn with whether or not the good guys have an alternate name, since Blood Prince sounds kind of dark. Red magic is greatly respected, so Red Prince might be a good rebel alternative.

Lana – All good suggestions. I’m liking Mara and Sloane right now. Appearance-wise, Lana has gray eyes, gray hair, and ashy/gray skin. Eye color is a huge determinant of magic affinity in this world, so her gray eyes are probably the biggest visual giveaway to her identity as a Grayborn.

Prince Luc – I love that you caught all the layers!!! Okay, Luc’s a keeper. 🙂

Noah –I like Noah too. I’ll stick Nole and Nolen on the list of possible alternatives if I don’t end up wanting a “generic” name.

Courtney – Ooh! I like these. Especially since Yellow (power) magic and Green (elemental) magic are her two strongest forms. Amber magic sometimes takes the form of a flame, so the names would fit her power as well. I’ll stick them on my consideration list.

Thank you so much! Once again, this was all very helpful. I also loved the deeper thoughts on why you were considering names (my general rule is to slap something down that sounds cool, and if I’m lucky the meaning will work too).