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Chrystophylax wrote:

> <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>)

Hehehe, did they tell you that on one of those "print out your family history"
computers that sit at every tourist site in Ireland? Conner has got to be in the
top five most common Irish surnames, a couple of few tens of thousands in
greater London alone :)
Alex (token Brit)


> 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 :)