[ANSTHRLD] Assistance needed
tmcd at panix.com
tmcd at panix.com
Tue Jan 24 14:03:09 PST 2006
On Tue, 24 Jan 2006 francis.schalles at ttuhsc.edu wrote:
> He is wishing to associate illegitimate birth with the Vlad
> Tepes, which fits his persona as an Assassin mercenary of that area.
Leaving aside the question of offensiveness of the byname, covered by
others (thanks, folks, for finding "Impaler" and backtracking to a
differently-spelled byname), and the degree of plausibility of an
assassin mercenary, Rules for Submission Part VI:
3. Names Claiming Specific Relationships - Names that
unmistakably imply identity with or close relationship to a
protected person or literary character will generally not be
registered. Explicit claims to descend from a particular person,
such as "Edwin fitzWilliam Marshall" or "Rhys ap Cariadoc of the
Bow" will not be registered. (The latter could be registered
with a letter of permission from Cariadoc of the Bow.) However,
since there are many people named "William" and "Cariadoc",
"Edwin fitzWilliam" or "Rhys ap Cariadoc" would not conflict by
themselves. In some cases a unique name, surname, or epithet is
so closely related to an individual that its use alone can imply
relationship to that individual. There is only one family that
uses the name "Baggins of Bag End", so "Joan Baggins of Bag End"
would not be appropriate.
4. Other Presumptuous Names - Some names not otherwise forbidden
by these rules are nevertheless too evocative of widely known and
revered protected items to be registered. Such items include the
peerage orders of the Society and such well-known items outside
the Society as the "Order of the Garter". The "House of the Rose
and Laurel" does not conflict with the "Order of the Rose" or the
"Order of the Laurel", but it is too evocative of both to be
registered. Similarly, the "Award of the Blue Garter" is too
evocative of the "Order of the Garter", whose badge is a blue
garter.
Daniel Lindonium
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Tim McDaniel; Reply-To: tmcd at panix.com
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