What's in a Name?

In the original MapleStory series I made, the names of the characters in the films were mostly real people I knew online. Case-in-point, the mage Ephasia was a girl I played online chess against back in the day of Microsoft's Zone (though was voiced by someone else.)


Althought not mentioned by name in the series, I have been giving the characters in the "New Leaf Saga" names if only to help keep the scripts less confusing. Names will become important in the fourth episode, but I'm not certain when (or if) I will reveal all their names offically.

For a bit of a laugh though, I thought I'd clue my readers into some backstory.

The main NPC girl's name is Len which in a way is a play of the word LAN. Both the headstrong mage Amara and the warrior Chance take their names from two students I once taught. My character Michea carries his name over from the original series.

The names of the three annoying punks are Glitch, Stitch, and Mitch and are given digital voices to make them even more annoying. Carsis and Katia whom will be seen at the beginning of the second episode are named after real people I know. Carsis being a friend of many years online, and Katia being the name of a cat, who belongs to a wonderful woman. Additional background characters are named Hughes because he wears aviator goggles, Ronin because he looks like a samurai, and Tala (girl with monkey) cause I like the name.

Future characters will mark the return of a few old faces. DB and Ephasia will return from the original series as Jackson and Snow. The name Jackson was the original name for DB, which was originally short for Deebunnie or DustBunny. Finally, Farrah and Kabari are two other characters whom are planned for around episode five and will be the old friends of Chance that he hasn't seen much since he started hanging out with Len and company. Both of them, like Amara and Chance are names of students I taught that I really liked.

Well, that's a lot of text, but hopefully informative. Later!