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PCD
Since: May, 2021
20th Dec, 2023 10:49:15 AM
Never Given a Name does say the character can have a nickname, but wasn't named at birth. Would that work?
Expack3
Since: Nov, 2012
20th Dec, 2023 10:51:40 AM
That fits perfectly! Thank you.
I be more trope than man, now.
PCD
Since: May, 2021
20th Dec, 2023 10:55:28 AM
Great! You're welcome, and please mark as resolved.
In Syberia: The World Before, a non-human character is introduced whose people are implied to not need names. However, when the character later appears in the story living in modern society, his name, "Ludvig Hardtack", is clearly a combination of another character's name and the now-named character's favorite food, hardtack biscuits. It's implied that, given the character looks close enough to human, he was given one in order to live in human society without arousing suspicion.
Not sure what trope this falls under.
Edited by Expack3