Name That Pet: Wykea’s Scorpid
Wykea, a young Tauren hunter from the RP realm of Kirin Tor, has asked for our help naming his pet scorpid, previously known as Death Flayer.
Stop by Kirin Tor server someday, and you might meet Wykea. A bit absentminded socially, this young bull nonetheless knows that focus is important in battle. But, like anyone, he has his quirks. He loves “collecting” unusual pets. Rare colors, odd behaviors, he loves them all, and is determined to find the perfect rare pet, even if it takes him to the ends of the world and back.
To this effort, while completing his rites of Hunter training in Thunder Bluff, Wykea caught wind of sightings of a rare black scorpid some called “Death Flayer” out in Durotar. Intrigued, he set out for Durotar, specifically to catch the rare animal. He ran for what seemed like days, until finally, he spotted the beast. Twice he failed to lure it to his side, but finally, he succeeded! Third time’s the charm!
But he knew that, while quite intimidating, such a name as “Death Flayer” was just a bit too ominous or his tastes. But, as absentminded as he was, he was utterly boggled on a suitable name for such an exotic creature…
((This is not the only “rare” creature I plan on Wykea obtaining - later, I’m aiming for one of the featherless green raptors, which I’ve already decided to name “Jadeclaw”.))
Death Flayer is one of my favorite scorpids, so I hope we can find a great name for Wykea’s new pet!
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My brother had this one for a while, I don’t remember what he called his death flayer, but my suggestions are:
Pinchy
Redback
King (as in scorpion king) or Serket, if you want the name of the real pharoah scorpion king(s)
Skorpios
Manticore (ok, the only part of a manticore that is scorpion is the tail — but still I like the name)
Devil
Armortail
Fattail
Slowdeath? sounds good i think
Kerub– I used to have a bright red spider named PainfulDeath. :) Right on!
Wykea– Names:
Fury
Pox
Pokey
Bitsy
Someone on my server had the same pet (black scorp), but he named his IPinchButts. It always made me chuckle, but I don’t think it’d be appropriate for an RP server.
My old scorpid’s name was “Toxin.”
i hear some (if not all) species of scorps in the real world glow under a black light.not sure if that helps any.i think the glowing scorpid blood item ingame is because of that…
hyena84: Indeed they do glow. In fact, the
http://petopia.brashendeavors.net/html/skins/skin_scorpionskinblue.php
is the exact same fluorescent teal color that scorpions IRL glow in blacklight!
GO KT! REPRESENT!
and as for names…the scorpid looks like a kind of lava-shelled creature to me, so the names I came up with reflect that.
Fireclaw, in a similar vein as Jadeclaw
Caldera/Caldero (calderas are basically big volcanic craters, like Yellowstone)
Volcanis (i may have to take this for my hunter….so if you ever see a red windserpent flying around KT named Volcanis, you’ll know it’s me.)
uhhh
Ruby or Rubin or Bloodscythe…
Telson is what a scorpion’s stinger is called. I’ve always thought that would be a good name for a scorpid.
Because scorpids seem rather graceful the way their claws sway back and forth, you might try something dance-related like Flamenco or maybe Castanets.
My hubby sasys to name it
Lilpincher
I however like
Pinchie
I once had the same scorpid on a hunter of mine, His name was “Darkflame”…..That’s the only name i can come up with lol…i’m way better with nameing cat and wolf pets lol
pinchpokeurdead. or any variation… LOL, thats what my friends and i all name our scorpids, but id go with something to do with the tail, or another prominent feature
Caldera… I like that one…
These are very cool pets.
VenomStrike
Poisonpincher
Scorpids are rough to name, I know when I was a very new hunter I had “death Flayer” for a short while and I struggled with a name for days.. I finally settled on Venom. I know, I know.. Sooo original.. But hey.. Give me a wolf or cat or even my current hunters Ravenger named Starfire and I got skills :P but I was young heh..
I vote for Caldera, It fits well :) Good Luck W.
Transformers - Scorponok
Fear Factory – Linchpin
How about “Motley”?
I have had that one and called it Sting, not because of the singer but just because it is what they do :).
If you are a comic book fan, you should appreciate the name Stingpin, obvious a dirivitive of “Kingpin”
Gangerine, Arsenik or Strictnyne…
All deadly poisons.
The names i keep for my scorpid pets are
Venom
Razor
Silentdeath
these are the only names i ever gave my scorpids maybe one here you might like
Shadowflame– its black and have red markings :) i think it fits
I ran my dwarf at level 20 over to get that scorpid long long ago when he had a 1.? attack speed. I called him clawbaby, not sure if that name works for you but thanks for bringing back some fun memories.
Or keep it simple and name him Sting :)
When my hunter was a young’un, I tended to name pets based upon stuff they did. His pink tallstrider was (and still is) named Peck. He had a crab named Pinchy. Stuff like that. His first scorpid was named Stingy. After the fact, I realized that might be read by others that he was a miserly scorpid or something.
Fortunately, scorpids have other attributes that can be put into names:
Sting (or variations of it)
Pinchy
Skitters
Venom
Arthur or Arthro (playing off the fact scorpions are arthropods)
Arach (as in arachnid)
Stingy the Miserly Scorpid is great! Although perhaps not quite the tone Wykea was looking for. :>
As it happens, my first Alliance character to make it past level 10 had a black and red scorpid named Sting. It seems to be a popular choice.
Volcana
Volcanic
Volcapinch
Firestorm
Acidfire
BLackclaw
Blackheart
Acidiya
Mustache
Stache
Have fun.
Oh man, how come no one suggested the best name ever?
Fluffy!
I named my crab chopstick, sounds silly i know but no one else has that name!!! I do like the name fluffy… But for your scorpid I vote Caldera….
A’a… a form of lava that is made of many very sharp rocks.. kind of prickly and sharp like your scorpid.
Onyxfang
I’m coming up with Silithid names…
Creeper, Swarmer, Invader…
Or something with “Drone” in it, like those Hive Drones in the Silithid Hives: Onyxdrone, Stingdrone, what else.
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