What's in a name?

Hello I am new member. I intend to attend the January event as my first ever LARP event with several of my friends. I am currently working on my PC and I have a question about the character name. I have decided that my character is a Kithanese Druid who was falsely accused of a heinous crime (murder of a cherished friend, perhaps his mentor) and has given up his family name until such time has he can prove his innocence (never gonna happen). He leads a nomadic life now wandering in search the perpetrator. Furthermore he hardly ever uses his first name often introducing himself enigmatically as "the Wanderer" or as just "a Wanderer."

What I would like to know is would it be allowed/appropriate for "the Wanderer" to be his last name? And for him to only use his first name, Leon, during tender moments, as a sign of trust?


(Can you believe that my cousin only suggested this yesterday and have already created a new, if cliche, character?)

I should also point out that I reached my naming dilemma only after reading the player creation, rules about name which do not mention using a title as a last name.

Let me be the first to welcome you to Knight Realms. I also play a Khitan and am looking forward to meeting you in january.

Im not a rules marshal so i cant give you an official answer, however I can suggest that you name your character with his normal name, write his history with the name information, and introduce yourself in-game as "the wanderer." There is nothing against doing this to my knowledge.

Similarly I have a "western" name that I use 90% of the time and an "eastern" name which only a few Khitanese know because it includes my clan name.  

It's great to meet another Khitan unfortunately my friends who I was going to go with have decided to wait until Febuary to get in. We want to start with our PC's together. I still want to play and since I fear that if I postpone I will never get around to playing I am debating between starting in January or NPCing in January to get acclimated.

I like your ideas about names. Originally the Wanderer was because I couldn't think of a decent last name. I recently decided on one that I could see myself using a lot so glad I have some time to hammer things down before next month. Whatever I decide it look forward to meeting you.

Welcome! It's always great to see another Khitanese joining us!

I am also NOT a marshall, but I agree with what was said before. Submit your backstory with a last name, and introduce yourself as a wanderer. And maybe as time goes on and if he gets comfortable with people and saying his last name I don't see why it would be a problem, but that's just me. Also, when you make your card ask the friendly gentleman about it hehe

My character name is only half "eastern", Kamei, Which I didn't even come up with, I had someone basically name her for me And Lazuli is...I don't even know what. Second part to a stone named 'Lapis Lazuli'. Names come in weird ways lol.

Anyway! WELCOME! ^_____^ *thumbs up* Woo Khitans!

as weird as it may sound i usually go with name with meaning. like if you wanted a name to mean wanderer there are plenty of baby name sites where you can type in the meaning you want and it will come up with a list of names in every ethnicity from english, gaelic, oriental, ancient sanskrit... its neat!

babynamesworld.parentsconnect.com/

i usually go here. maybe it will give you some more ideas?