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Mean Squirrels

I saw a squirrel in a graveyard last weekend. That’s not really that strange, as Green-Wood Cemetery is also an arboretum, so it gets a lot of wildlife. Still, a squirrel around gravestones made me think of the Skull Eaters … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Authors, Beatrix Potter, Bill Campbell and Irwin Terry, Cartoons, Characters, Comics, Donkey Kong, Dragon Quest, Final Fantasy, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Mario, Monsters, Names, Oz, Oz Authors, Relationships, Sonic the Hedgehog, Television, Video Games | Tagged chipmunks, conker the squirrel, conker's bad fur day, cyril, diddy kong racing, dixie kong, donald duck, donkey kong jungle beat, dr. ivo robotnik, dragon quest of the stars, final fantasy ix, final fantasy v, final fantasy vi, flurl the squirrel, flying squirrels, freedom fighters, green-wood cemetery, jack pumpkinhead, jack pumpkinhead and the sawhorse, kaori tanaka, little wizard stories of oz, new super mario bros. u, nutkins, princess sally acorn, ray the flying squirrel, relm arrowny, sabin rene figaro, segasonic the hedgehog, skull eaters, squirrel king, squirrels, strago magus, the lavender bear of oz, the tale of squirrel nutkin, tiny kong |

More Names, More Fun

After I shared my last post on Dragon Quest names on Discord, Arlen Pavka replied with a list of names from the mobile and Nintendo Switch versions of DQ2, which includes a few I hadn’t previously seen. I’ve written about … Continue reading →

Posted in Arthurian Legend, British, Buddhism, Cartoons, Christianity, Comics, Dragon Quest, Families, Final Fantasy, German, Germany, History, Language, Metroid, Mythology, Names, Norse, Religion, Star Wars, Television, Video Games | Tagged abel, abel yuusha, bible, cain and abel, cid, dragon quest ii, dragon quest iii, dragon quest iv, dragon quest of the stars, dragon quest v, dragon quest vi, dragon quest xi, el cid campeador, emblem of roto, endor, erdrick, esther, gadabouts, han solo, hank hoffman jr, jesus, luca erkel gotha, madalena, mages, mahabala, manga, maya mahabala, meena mahabala, merlin, pankraz gotha, priests, prince of cannock, princess of moonbrooke, princess veronica of endor, quadal, ragnar lodbrok, ragnar mcryan, raido, sofia, solo, st. peter, stella maris, ten wrathful ones, theron, tom foolery, tonnura, torneko taloon, tristan and isolde, varia, vashti, veronica, virgin mary |

Give Me Back My Name

A subject I’ve sometimes seen come up on Dragon Quest fan communities is that of the names in DQ2. You give the hero, the Prince of Midenhall, whatever name you want, and that somehow determines the names of your companions, … Continue reading →

Posted in Arthurian Legend, British, Buddhism, Comics, Dragon Quest, Final Fantasy, Food, History, Holy Roman Empire, Language, Mythology, Names, Norse, Religion, United Kingdom, Video Games | Tagged alefgard, bran the blessed, cain and abel, charlemagne, conan the barbarian, dragon quest ii, dragon quest iii, dragon quest ix: sentinels of the starry skies, dragon quest of the stars, dragon quest vi, early modern english, eleanor of aquitaine, emblem of roto, erdrick, ernest tonnelat, final fantasy iv, fortune street, game boy, game boy color, kain highwind, king arthur, king lars, king lorik, knights of the round table, lady lora, loran, lorasia, manga, nintendo entertainment system, orfeo, orpheus, prince of cannock, prince of midenhall, princess gwaelin, princess of moonbrooke, queen guinevere, satori, sir gareth, sukesan, tantegel castle, tonnura |