Hello, lovely people!! I have recently thought about changing the name of a character. His original name was kinda cringe, so I picked "Rune" on the spot (mind you, this isn't technically his real name, but he insists on using it). I have trouble imagining this one sitting well in Victorian England, and the more I use it, the more I realize that --while cool-- I'm just not completely sold on it for this character/world.
So, I thought I'd ask you guys! What do you think sounds like a cool alternative?? Ah, and here's a little summary of this character if it would help:
Rune Whyte
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[Relatively short male teen with fair features. Has long blond hair tied in a neat ponytail and brown eyes. He tends to wear high-class clothes, his favorite pieces being a royal blue tailcoat, cool-colored clothes, and black high-top boots with moderate heels, silver buttons, and dramatic royal-blue bows on the back.]
True name "Simon Ashley Fawkes," Rune constantly insists on using this fake name, completely dissociated from his life before Thorneheart Manor [a home for the "insane" in 1890s England]. In his past life, after suffering a breakdown, he was abandoned by family, institutionalized, and eventually wound up alone and living in an abandoned house with no idea who he was supposed to be. Eventually, he was found and put in touch with the Thorneheart estate.
Despite being taken in from the streets of Oxford, he carries himself with elegance and class, and has developed an eccentric, somewhat flamboyant demeanor. He has a taste for fashion, design, and tailoring. At the same time, he can be very sly and knows how to get his hands dirty, which is a very useful tool for the main character as she investigates the manor.
True name "Simon Ashley Fawkes," Rune constantly insists on using this fake name, completely dissociated from his life before Thorneheart Manor [a home for the "insane" in 1890s England]. In his past life, after suffering a breakdown, he was abandoned by family, institutionalized, and eventually wound up alone and living in an abandoned house with no idea who he was supposed to be. Eventually, he was found and put in touch with the Thorneheart estate.
Despite being taken in from the streets of Oxford, he carries himself with elegance and class, and has developed an eccentric, somewhat flamboyant demeanor. He has a taste for fashion, design, and tailoring. At the same time, he can be very sly and knows how to get his hands dirty, which is a very useful tool for the main character as she investigates the manor.
