I was tagged by @adorhauer and @eternalwritingstudent, thanks lovelies! 💖

Rules: Share your inspiration for your characters’ names and tag some other writers! 💖

Tagging (feel free to ignore): @lady-redshield-writes @ally-thorne @lumina-rhiver @forlornraven and anyone else who would like to join!

This is fun and I’ve never done this tag before, so here goes the long list of my characters from Eosophobia...

Jackal: Jackals are wild dogs found through Northern Africa, the Middle East, and Western Asia.  They’re pretty cool animals imo, but Jackal is really named after these because of their alternate meaning: a person, usually a jackass (ha-ha), who performs degrading or dishonest deeds.

Aardwolf: Aardwolf is Jackal’s brother, so I wanted their names to have relation.  Aardwolves (???) are small mammals resembling Hyenas found in Eastern and Southern Africa.  They eat insects and suck at fighting/fleeing, so when confronted they release a foul smell from their anal glands.  Aardwolf, the character, is a complete fucking asshole (I hate him tbh) so that seemed incredibly fitting. 

Viktor: Honestly his was pretty easy--the Russian spelling for victor, which I thought was fitting because of his ego/confidence. 

Nadege: A Slavic name meaning hope.  I pulled this one off a name generator tbh, and it fits her so well. 

Oswald: “Oswald” means “God” or “Ruler”, which is so fitting for Death.  And Oswald is such a non-intimidating name--especially for those of us who remember the children’s TV show (just google “Oswald octopus” tbh)