# An annotation of character names and their meanings

Most of the Overlander names are quite boring and a lot of the Underlander name I couldn 't find any meanig to them.
Anything that says it is a standard name means it is a common name that likely has no further meaning and Unkown means I have never heard the name nor know what it means, they are likely random, though a lot of the Underlander ones are European sounding.

## Patterns:

Species/Race: | Pattern:
Overlanders | Nearly always have generic human North American/European names
Underlanders | Mostly seeminly random/uncommon names, most sound/are European
Fliers | Most are named after Greek/Roman mythology and are often descriptive of their character
Gnawers | Most incorporate violent/aggressive adgectives likely intended to intimidate

## Humans:

### Overlanders:

Name: | Comment:
Gregor | A standard Overlander name
Boots | Named after ow she liked to steal the family's boots during the winter, real name: Margaret
Bartholomew of Sandwich | Jewish or Christian name meaning "son of Talmai", often shortened to "Bart", seemingly from a town called Sandwich in Kent, England
Grace | A Standard Overlander name
Lizzie | Short for Elizabeth, a standard Overlander name
Jedidiah | A standard Overlander name
Mrs/Mr. Cormaci | An Overlander surname, most common in Italy
Larry | A standard Overlander name
Angelina | A standard Overlander name
Fred Clark | A standard Overlander name
Coco | A standard Overlander name
Mr. Otts | An Overlander surname, most common in The USA
Rodney | A standard Overlander name
Lucy | A standard Overlander name

### Underlanders:

Name: | Comment:
Luxa | Unknown
Vikus | Unknown
Henry | A standard name, perhaps named after a British king
Howard | A standard name
Susannah | A standard name
York | Likely named after English town of York in Yorkshire
Stellovet | Unknown
Hero | Unknown
Kent | Possibly named after Sandwiches county of origin, Kent
Chim | Unknown
Solovet | Unknown
Hamnet | Unknown
Judith | A standard name
Princess Nerissa | Unknown
Mareth | Unknown
Neveeve | Unknown
Dulcet | Unknown
Horatio | A standard name
Marcus | A standard name
Miravet | Unknown
Perdita | Unknown
Miranda | A standard name
Lucent | Unknown
Claudius | A standard name
Anchel | Unknown
Daphne | Unknown
Keeda | Unknown

### Halflanders:

Name: | Comment:
Hazard | Unknown

## Fliers:

Name: | Comment:
Ares | Greek god of war, descriptive of Ares character who is described as large and strong.
Auro ra | Roman goddess of the Dawn, also means Dawn in latin, the dawn sun is golden like Auroras fur.
Ajax | This was the name of two of the heroes who fought for the Greeks in the Trojan War, Ajax is Solovets bond who is the leader of the Regalian army so this name is fitting
Andromeda | In Greek mythology, an Ethiopian Queen who was saved by Perseus, also the name of the closest galaxy.
Euripedes | An Athenian playwright
Nike | Derived from Greek nikē "Victory"
Queen Athena | Greek Goddess of intelligence and war, she was born out of Zeus' forehead. Likely due to Queen Athena's planning abilities in the first book
Pandora | The first woman in Greek Mythology, opened a box which filled the world with evil, hence "pandora's box". Pandora (flier) opened the pandora box of the island of mites, so this is likely foreshadowing.
Thalia | Unkown
Daedalus | In Greek Mythology he was the father of Icarus, seen as a symbol of Wisdom. Daedalus (Flier) shows these wise traits.
Hermes | In Greek Mythology he was a messenger of the Gods, similarly Hermes (flier) is a messenger bat.
Icarus | In Greek Mythology he was the son of Daedalus (Maybe the fliers are related likewise?), however when they made a pair of wings he flew too close to the sun and it melted the wings causing him to die.

## Gnawers:

Name: | Comment:
Ripred | Rip - to tear something, Red - Likely related to blood
SilkSharp | Silk - the color of his fur, sharp - likely refers to sharp claws
Lapblood | Lap - Overtake someone, the rat is fast? Blood - blood
Mange | A skin disease
Sixclaw | six claws?
Flyfur | Fly - run fast, fur refers to how rats have fur
Twitchtip | twitch - Sudden jerky movements, tip likely refers to her nose (very sensitive)
Cleaver | Cleaver - A large knife for cutting meat
Goldshard | Gold - precious metal, shard - a broken peice of glass
Makemince | Make - create, mince - small, cut up meat; therefore to make mince would be to cut you up
Ratriff | Rat - Overland species that gnawers resemble, riff - ?[rythmic section of music usually in a chorus]
Razor | Razor - a knife used for shaving
The Bane/Pearlpelt | Bane - Something that inflicts misery or annoyance (the bane causes genocide so this is an understatement), pearl - a beautiful smooth stone created by clams (relates to his white fur), pelt - a rats fur; his pelt is pearly
King Gorger | King - Male monarch, Gorger - someone who forceable removes things (ie gorging someones eyes out)
Twirltounge | Twirl - rotation (likely in reference to hypnotism of which she seems to have this affetc), tounge - a body part of a way of speaking; her language is twirly and so hypnotises others such as The Bane