Dragaera

Pets (was Re: Vlad, training and the paths of the dead (Issola spoiler))

Matthew Klahn mklahn at mac.com
Wed Nov 12 08:34:33 PST 2003

On Nov 11, 2003, at 18:33 , jetdragon at comcast.net wrote:

> Talpianna at aol.com wrote:
>
>> Plus the fact that she has such lovely silky creamy fur--oh, sorry!
>> That's my KITTEN Sethra Lavode!  (Aliera is the one that bites
>> everyone and anything, but Sethra is a very old soul indeed.)
>
>
> I named my kitten Tazendra. She's mellowed out recently and doesn't 
> attack everything quite as much, but I'm sure she'd have no fear going 
> after anything bigger than she is.
>
> Anyone else nuts enough to name their pets after Dragaerans?
>
> Jessica
>

Ok, I'll bite. I fostered 6 kittens for a friend, and ended up naming 
the black one (who we were keeping) Morrolan because it suited him: he 
does not walk, he _struts_ everywhere, and is almost all black, but 
with some silvery white hairs mixed in, especially around his legs. We 
are now trying to integrate him into the household, and he is 
completely fearless when it comes to the other cats, though can be 
humble if need be (think of him as a young Morrolan, circa PoTD in the 
east, maybe). Ah, but since "Morrolan" is not a quick name to say, we 
have resorted to calling him "MoMo" or "Mo" (which, if Brust had Vlad 
call Morrolan in a book would probably kill me due to laughter), 
especially if we don't feel like explaining to people why he is named 
after a Dragaeran wizard/warrior-prince.

Pictures are here, for those who can't get enough 5-week-old kitten 
pictures: http://homepage.mac.com/mklahn/PhotoAlbum11.html

I have to say, though, that having been a Brust fan for some 11 years 
now, this was the first time that I even thought about naming a cat 
after a Dragaeran.

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Matthew S. Klahn
Software Architect, CodeTek Studios, Inc.
http://www.codetek.com