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#1
07-26-2011, 01:53 PM
http://www.wowhead.com/npc=22396

Draenei with a last name. Discuss.
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07-26-2011, 02:07 PM
I remember an RP where a Draenei took on a human last name, adopting the practice of giving themselves surnames after the humans and other social groups. It's intriguing, and I think it can apply on an individual basis ("hey, last names are cool! I want one too!"). However, as a social trend? That takes a while.
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07-26-2011, 02:27 PM
Do realize that this specific Draenei is a part of the Wyrmcult.
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07-26-2011, 02:37 PM
One draenei does not decide a social tradition. And besides I'm not sure she is draenei to being with or that her birthname was Draaca. What are the odds that a future dragoncultist was named that? So Longtail is most likely just a nickname. Like Jessera of Mac'Aree.
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07-26-2011, 02:51 PM (This post was last modified: 07-26-2011, 02:54 PM by kindle135.)
Ophera Windfury.

Granted she's a joke.
http://www.wowhead.com/npc=18906/caregiv...a-windfury
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07-26-2011, 03:14 PM
Even if she's a joke, on the WoWWiki it says this afterwards.

"This makes her one of very few draenei with a last name."

So this I believe states it's rare, but it can happen. ^.^

Which I think everybody knows, but eh. More evidence? I think so!
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07-26-2011, 04:05 PM
It's just a last name based on a physical trait, like a nickname.
And--she's in the wyrmcult.
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07-26-2011, 04:36 PM (This post was last modified: 07-26-2011, 04:38 PM by Hexproof.)
Indeed. On average, Draenei don't take last names. Those that do likely use a last name more like a title or comment on some notable feature. If Ophera is suddenly canon, "Windfury" likely comes from her being a Shaman with a heavy air-bent, and given the rarity of the situation, she verywell could have been the first Draenei to use a Windfury totem or some such.

Or she's just a joke.

This is all speculation, of course.
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07-27-2011, 10:54 AM
Draenei don't have last names, but one can adopt one if they wish. The complete opposite can go for a human being, if need be.

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...I kid. I'd be extremely hesitant to approve a human profile without a last name, unless there was an extremely good reason as to why. At the same time, I wouldn't approve a Draenei with a last name without an extremely good reason why either. Tongue
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07-27-2011, 11:41 AM
There's plenty of good reasons why a human wouldn't have a surname: they're an orphan, they've abandoned their family name, they've forgotten it entirely, they just don't care.
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