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Article #114812Re: What's up with your name?
From: Chrystophylax
Date: Fri, 25 Jun 1999 00:00
Date: Fri, 25 Jun 1999 00:00
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<snip> My posting name, Chrystophylax, comes from an esoteric short story by J.R.R. Tolkein, called "Farmer Giles of Ham." Chrystophylax is an extremely devious dragon who figures prominently in the story. It is worth a read, if you can put your hands on it. It is in the Tolkein reader, i do beleive. As for my Diablo characters, there are Trismesjistus, Cattie-Brie, and Conhobair. Trismesjistus is old Greek, and means "Thrice Majestic." It was a name often appended to the god Hermes. He was called Hermes Trismesjistus, in some of the sources. Cattie-Brie is a character in R.A. Salvatore's Dark Elf series. She wields a magical bow with a quiver that never runs out of arrows. What better name for a rogue? Conhobair is the name of an Irish high king (semi-mythological, i.e. King Arthur...). The descendents of Conchobair , of which I happen to be, (I'm waiting for my letter that says i am next in line for the Irish throne <g>) took the name O'Conchobair, meaning descendent of Conchobair, which has been Anglicized to "Conner," which happens to be my surname. And now you know :)
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