Now I'm Interested, What Do The Last Names Of The Characters Mean?

Now I'm interested, what do the last names of the characters mean?

I just spent a while writing this and I just realized this is kind of sad. So heads up on sentimental stuffs.

Thelast names of the characters have a lot of meaning to me.

Infact a LOT of the characters I’ve created have some memories of some realperson or something attached to them. They all share traits, past experiences,and sometimes personalities of real people/events.

Iwrite what I imagine as well as things based off of real experiences, people, andemotions. 

Thatbeing said, the video game Final Fantasy XI had a HUGE impact on my life. Heck,the name “Aphmau” comes from that game. Iplayed FFXI for 10 years and it’s… really hard to describe. It was amazing andlife changing.

Ihad a lot of online friends in FFXI. Sadly,I’ve lost contact with almost all of them – we used to talk for days and had alot of adventures in the game together. From enjoying the game for what it wasto talking about real life things that were going on, those peeps were close tome… and I find myself missing them often.

 Eventuallywe all grew apart.Eitherreal life or something else took us out of it and I lost contact with everyone. Mostof us never got connected outside of the game either – so I have no idea wherethe majority of them are these days.

 Thestory of that game… the people I met… the experiences I had on that game weretoo real to even describe. It was when MMO’s were first on the rise so youcouldn’t go to a website have all the answers given to you, you had to workwith others in game to learn. (Not saying that you can’t these days but How-Toguides that go up almost instantly pretty much suck the fun out of figuringthings out.)

Thelast names of the characters are from area’s in FFXI.

Thoselast names have some ties to people and/or events in the game.

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Valkrum Dunes

This is the only one I can get into character personality at the moment without getting spoiler-y. Valkrum Dunes was a place where noobs would first go to level up – it’s where you’d learn how to be your class in the game with other people in a party. Since people were noobs and wanted that sweet “I got me an online girlfrand!” status, there were a lot of new players who would flirt – you were bound to find someone with a Travis-like personality there eventually. I had this white mage friend who I compare Travis to sometimes. He was a white haired elf and he would only power-level pretty ladies – a real ass gem. I got to know him past that and he was a real cool guy. He just like the idea of flirting and stuff, but never really did that with me after we became friends. I have no idea where he is these days.There were events here I can’t get into for spoiler reasons.There is also a real person some of Travis’s personality stems from as well.

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Ro’meave

This place I really can’t get into the backstory of without getting spoiler-y. So I’m just going to show a picture of it.

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CastleZvahl Baileys

Thisplace also has spoiler-y things involved in it. Onething I can reveal though that in the main plot of FFXI had the charactersinvolved in this place experience a lot of strife.

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Eachhas a “easter egg” story behind them and while I can’t get into them at themoment, maybe someday I can reveal that stuff.  

Heck,there have been times where I’ve thought about doing a FFXI-based RP aboutonline friendships/relationships/adventures in an MMORPG and putting thoseactual stories into there.

Again,that game was something I cannot describe, nor have I ever managed to find anotherMMO that replicates those experiences/relationships.

Rightnow the people, fans, and artists who I have found through my YouTube channelare the next chapter in online relationships in my life right now and I couldn’tbe happier to know them. (laaaaaameeeee LOL! …but really. Thank you for beingwith me.)