#this far i've only done feathertail and rootspring but i could do some more

[blorboclaw]

disappointed with rootspring’s warrior name, going to make a list of more suitable suffixes and prefixes:

Prefixes:

- Pine, after Pinenose, who nursed Violetshine. I know she wasn’t the best foster mom but Violetshine thought she had done her best.

- Pebble, after Pebbleshine.

- Dusk, after Hawkwing’s brother.

- Leaf, after Leafpool, but mainly after Tree’s brother (who’s name is also after Leafpool)

- Moon, after Moonlight, you know, kinda like a way to reconcile Tree’s troubled past with his future.

- Earth, for the same reasons (becuase Tree’s birth name is Earth).

- Six, because he should, genetically, have inherited his father’s sixth toe but apparently the erins don’t know much about cats polydactylie.

Suffixes:

- Shade (after Shadowsight whom he found and because he sees ghosts)

- Sight (same reasons)

- Dusk (after Duskpaw)

- Wing (after his grandfather)

- Stripe (his tail is striped)

- Foot (because again, six toes)

- Toe (idem)

Which gives us:

Now, some names have already been given (Leafshade and Pebblefoot) so let’s take them out. Also, Duskdusk is a dumb name.

And also, since we’re at it, let’s take out those which don’t sound good. Either because the prefix ends by the same letter the suffx starts, or because,like Moontoe, they sound like badly transcribed corean names in some manga. And those which are just ridiculous like Sixdusk.

then let’s reason differently. As much as I love Moonstripe, Rootpaw is golden. And the moon is... not golden. So let’s take out the Moon line entirely. And Shade isn’t a suffix I’d give to a guy whose pelt is bright yellow.

we’re starting to get way less names! that’s a good thing!

(I’d like to precise that I’m stripping things out as I go and have absolutely no idea what the last name is going to be before I’m getting there).

Alas Sight is a great suffix but the four prefixes which are still matched with it are too down-to-earth. Moonsight would have worked,but again Moon is no longer there.

Dusk doesn’t really match with the three, down-to-earth prefixes left to it either. And wing doesn’t match with three of the five it still has, because wing means ya know flying and all, and Earthwing sounds weird.

The only suffix matched with Earth is foot, and quite frankly Earthfoot just sounds weird too.

Now, we’ve noticed a change in the naming fashions. While in the old forest and until like halfway through Power of the Three, names such as heart, feather, tail, cloud, pelt, were the most popular, recently we’ve seen a rise of -frost, -sight, -blaze, etc. As much as I like Pinefoot and the rest, it might be best to strip it out, for fashion accurracy.

we’re left with this and things are starting to get serious.

Honestly, I know it’s cheating. But why would Tree name his son after his brother when his brother was born after his son? So let’s strip Leaf too. As for Dusk, Blossomheart will, according to the wiki, give the name to one of her own kits. Let’s leave it to her.

That’s all that’s left.

Pine and Pebble are both names from Violetshine’s side, and she already named Needleclaw. I love Pinestripe, but it might be more fair to Tree to give his son a name he inherited from his father.

That’s it, we’ve got a winner.

Rootspring’s “new name” is Sixtoe.