(urth) Pike's Ghost

[Larry Miller]

Yes Agia, Agilus, and Casdoe are saints.  Baldanders and Talos are
mythic names and that seems to fit with thier natures as Baldanders
has become more than human and Talos is a homunculus.  As to whether
Typhon and Ceryx chose those names themselves, who knows?

On 11/27/11, Sergei SOLOVIEV <soloviev at irit.fr> wrote:
> As to the names, it may be that given names are mostly the names of the
> saints,
> but the names chosen for themselves by "actively evil" (or
> anti-religious) people
> are not - Typhon, Ceryx may be such names. Baldanders as well, or Dr. Talos.
> Why do you think they are names
> given at birth? By the way, are "Casdoe", "Agia",
> "Agilus" the names of the saints?
>
> Sergei Soloviev
>
> Larry Miller wrote:
>> While Jonas isnt a saintly name it is derived from the bible.  As to
>> your other point all the human characters that are from
>> pre-Conciliator era such as Declan, Hadelin,  Zama,  Herena, even Ymar
>> all named after saints.  Ceryx the Necromancer who also possesses some
>> mental abilities and who is also probably from off-world bears a
>> mythological name. Wolfes naming scheme still sticks.
>>
>> On 11/27/11, Marc Aramini <marcaramini at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>>> --- On Sun, 11/27/11, Lee Berman <severiansola at hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> I think your reasoning is spot on, larry. If Wolfe wanted
>>>> us to think
>>>>
>>>> of Typhon as a normal, Commonwealthy sort of human he would
>>>> have been
>>>>
>>>> given a saint name. Other non-human aliens are given Roman
>>>> names like
>>>>
>>>> Inire, Cumaean, Barbatus and Famulimus. Alien monsters are
>>>> given monster
>>>>
>>>> names from mythology like Abaia, Erebus and Scylla. Why
>>>> should Typhon not
>>>>
>>>> follow the same rules?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>> The only thing here is that he is from pre-conciliator times (as was
>>> Jonas)
>>> so it is not clear whether his alien name is indicative of his nature or
>>> the
>>> time he was named and alive.  Admittedly, Jonas was not entirely organic,
>>> but his OT name is distinct from the saint's names, so the naming system
>>> on
>>> pre-conciliator relics and leftovers like Typhon (who could have even
>>> assumed the name in his pretension to godhood as he ascended to temporal
>>> authority) is a wee bit ambiguous.
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