Name That Pet: Snowstrider’s Raptor
Final Name: Blackice
Today we have a bit of a challenge! Snowstrider, a troll Beast Mastery hunter from the Madoran realm, writes:
I don’t actually roleplay, but I do like making a backstory and occasionally speaking from my character’s point of view. I recently tamed Goreclaw the Ravenous and am finding it hard to pick a suitable name for this sleek beast.
My first pet was a Gray owl by the name of Frostwing, and I was hoping to continue naming my pets with a snow-feel to their names, but such a name doesn’t quite seem to fit an obsidian raptor found in the swamps of Kalimdor.
I prefer to solo unless I really need to get gear or do a certain quest, and I dislike PvP, preferring to let others mind their own business unless they really start to annoy me (I have yet to get truly annoyed at anyone in game, though a night elf brought me close to the brink).
Thanks in advance for your help!
So … in-character and snow-themed, but appropriate for a swamp-dwelling obdisian raptor. This should be fun!
saphia - May 9th, 2008 at 1:17 pm EDT
Robert Frost has a poem called “The Woodpile” about walking in a frozen swamp. Maybe something from here.
Here is it:
Out walking in the frozen swamp one grey day
I paused and said, “I will turn back from here.
No, I will go on farther–and we shall see.”
The hard snow held me, save where now and then
One foot went down. The view was all in lines
Straight up and down of tall slim trees
Too much alike to mark or name a place by
So as to say for certain I was here
Or somewhere else: I was just far from home.
A small bird flew before me. He was careful
To put a tree between us when he lighted,
And say no word to tell me who he was
Who was so foolish as to think what he thought.
He thought that I was after him for a feather–
The white one in his tail; like one who takes
Everything said as personal to himself.
One flight out sideways would have undeceived him.
And then there was a pile of wood for which
I forgot him and let his little fear
Carry him off the way I might have gone,
Without so much as wishing him good-night.
He went behind it to make his last stand.
It was a cord of maple, cut and split
And piled–and measured, four by four by eight.
And not another like it could I see.
No runner tracks in this year’s snow looped near it.
And it was older sure than this year’s cutting,
Or even last year’s or the year’s before.
The wood was grey and the bark warping off it
And the pile somewhat sunken. Clematis
Had wound strings round and round it like a bundle.
What held it though on one side was a tree
Still growing, and on one a stake and prop,
These latter about to fall. I thought that only
Someone who lived in turning to fresh tasks
Could so forget his handiwork on which
He spent himself, the labour of his axe,
And leave it there far from a useful fireplace
To warm the frozen swamp as best it could
With the slow smokeless burning of decay.
Dammerung - May 9th, 2008 at 1:27 pm EDT
Wainfleet is a bog in canada(thus fitting the cold and swampy bit) also wain makes me think waining light effects and fleet makes me think fast. For a dark colored(wain) raptor(fast) that belongs to a snow named hunter and was found in a swamp it seems like a decent fit.
Kurdor - May 9th, 2008 at 1:41 pm EDT
Coldblood.
It’s snow-ish (or at least cold), it holds true to the raptor (being a reptile and all), and you don’t have to have any background knowledge about poems or Canadian swamps to get it. :p
Nicarao - May 9th, 2008 at 2:09 pm EDT
Coldfangs
Frostbringer
Nicarao :D
Deathstrike
if you are german player: Gezeitenzahn
Vronak - May 9th, 2008 at 2:34 pm EDT
NeedsMittens?
Yvelle - May 9th, 2008 at 2:51 pm EDT
The bane of my winter driving - BlackIce.
Verace - May 9th, 2008 at 3:48 pm EDT
Second BlackIce!
CanIt - May 9th, 2008 at 3:48 pm EDT
Slash
Gore
Rumour
Whisper
Truth
Deception
Ichigo - May 9th, 2008 at 4:02 pm EDT
quagmire or slough would be good choices considering where (s)he is from.
Snowstrider - May 9th, 2008 at 6:19 pm EDT
I like Blackice and Coldblood, not sure if I want my raptor to be permanently stuck with either name, so please keep the suggestions coming!
hyena84 - May 9th, 2008 at 6:52 pm EDT
frostbite? hmm.what about the names of weird swampbourn diseases that result in chills instead of fevers?
Firewing - May 9th, 2008 at 7:42 pm EDT
IcySwamp, Frozen, Muck
Polashuzz - May 9th, 2008 at 7:50 pm EDT
slushy
frosty
freezey
milkshake
Mr. sniffles
Jayhawk - May 10th, 2008 at 4:12 am EDT
Tundra might work, but then again, Obsidian, “ice like” volcanic glass doesn’t sound half bad either.
wartornpanda - May 10th, 2008 at 4:39 am EDT
“Rex”…Seems fitting that a troll would name a pet that way.
Going along the “snowy” theme.
“Coldclaw”
“Icytalon”
Or maybe something that truly fits an NPC with a personality. A unique name…
“Drakken”
“Kellukton”
“Babyjesus”
How about this though for awesome roleplaying? Get a frostwolf pet, such as the ones from AV and then get the AV mount. You can play it as if your pet and your mount are actually the same NPC.
maraizanu - May 10th, 2008 at 3:16 pm EDT
how about fridgedrunner or icydeath?
Emowin - May 10th, 2008 at 6:37 pm EDT
I like Blackice that crap can kill ya just like yer raptor.
But since you prefer to be a loner (kinda like my self) how about
Lonewolf
Polerclaw
Shiver
Korrupted - May 10th, 2008 at 8:59 pm EDT
Blackice is awesome..I also say Frostbite sounds pretty fitting too. =D
Stephf - May 11th, 2008 at 12:57 am EDT
Hmm…Coldfang?
I have no idea *rubs head*
Jilla - May 11th, 2008 at 3:15 am EDT
Frozenknight
or Frozenight
IcyDeath
JacktheRipper….a play on his killing maiming with claws plus a little more emphasis makes him Jack frost. : )
JackFrostRipper
JackFrost
teyla - May 11th, 2008 at 4:25 am EDT
AVALANCH… a force of nature to be reckoned with. Usual contact with and avalanche is death, sometimes fast, sometimes slow but always the same result. Death.
teyla - May 11th, 2008 at 4:30 am EDT
ok tired.. but I did spell it right the second time.. I do like blackice.. or is that hate it since I live with is more months of the yr than I care to think of right now. Polarclaw and Frostbite are nice too.. but and avalanche! lol good luck. lots of nice names to choose from. Let us know when you decide.
Susan B - May 11th, 2008 at 11:29 am EDT
Freon
Choo - May 11th, 2008 at 1:34 pm EDT
Coldtalon?
Icyfang?
Snowanger?
Ametrine - May 11th, 2008 at 9:24 pm EDT
Hm… cold… damp… and a Raptor…
Chilblain. A frostbite-like affliction that can occur when extremities (usually feet, and Raptors are best known for the huge foot-claws) are given prolonged exposure to cold damp conditions.
Snowstrider - May 11th, 2008 at 11:20 pm EDT
I finally picked Blackice as his name, since it fits his color, though chillblain might’ve been better, I’m happy with ice
mike - May 13th, 2008 at 3:19 pm EDT
darkice
Piggywiggy - May 16th, 2008 at 2:11 am EDT
Ember