#Aodh Macolair

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QotD 6: Why is their name, their name?

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Aodh:

In the Macolair family, as early as their beginnings in 700AD Scotland, their lineage had been marked by an occasional representation of brilliant red hair, and coincidentally, those same wizards being leagues more gifted than their family members. Old poems and lore had been passed down about the ‘FireCrown’ gifted to a select few, but it’s legitimacy was hardly proven. None the less, Aodh’s Father, one without the gift named him an old Gaelic name for “Fire” in light of his son’s hair color. An old name shared by many great FireCrowns in their past.

Bjorn: When their baby boy was born to the happy couple, Bjorn’s father already knew his wife had been plagued for most of her life by the Maledictus curse, that forced her to assume the shape of a bear. It was a shame and a burden she carried for her entire life. Knowing that she would one day be taken by it, Mr. Kaldberg, out of love and reverence to his wife and newborn son, named him the Norse name for “bear”, so that his wife may know his love for her, and his son would never forget her.

𝐒𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐞: Her parents had no idea for names at all so they decided if something happens on the day she was born, she would be named something that’s related to that. Then on the day she was born, the moon was at its brightest shining over London and because of how it shined through their hospital room, her mom thought about Selene, the Greek Goddess of the Moon.

Anemone: Her parents liked the flower and thought it was a cute name for her, that's about it. As for her last name- it follows traditional naming conventions. She's from a family of farmers known mostly for their berries, and their land has a very old, big oak tree on it- hence Oakberry.

Samuel Wood: Samuel was my favorite of the most popular boy names of the era, it's just a really sweet name honestly lol. And who could forget Oliver Wood, legendary quidditch team member in the original HP series? Means the surname is canon, I don't know if they have a connection I care to build, but I liked the ring to it.

Gyda: Gyda Thorne. Just a name I’ve reused for various different RP settings. Thorne coincidentally is the name of one of the games minor villains (an Ashwinder) who looks old enough to be Gyda’s aunt, and it fits with one reason her mother has little to do with ‘that side’ of the family