Aside from outlining plots (I'm odd), naming characters is my favorite part of writing a novel. I especially like naming characters from a nationality that works with Masculine and Feminine surname forms. The series that I'm planning takes place in various contries across Europe. My vampire canon is a bit complex, and I don't like having to explain it.
(Lithuania)
Ona Narvydaite - My dhampir MC. She can see the future short-term through her dreams. In the second book, she has the ability to see into the past. The dreams are clearer the closer she is to the location in which events took place. As the series goes on, her premonition gets stronger, allowing her to see further into the future.
Ben Narvydas - (He gets ticked off when people assume that 'Ben' is short for 'Benjamin', because it's really 'Benson') Ona's brother.
Will Narvydas - Ben and Ona's vampiric father.
Giedre Narvydiene - Ben and Ona's late human mother. Her murder is a huge part of the plot.
Audra Jankauskiene - Will's sister, thought to be the last elemental unknown to man (wordplay!
). Bronius's wife. 'Audra' means 'Storm' in Lithuanian.
Bronius Jankauskas - he's got one of the most useless, annoying vampiric abilities: Teleportation.
Liudvikas - He's the main antagonist of the series, and a Psy-vampire. Will Narvydas's arch-enemy, responsibly for the murder of his wife.
Egle and Mykolas Narvydas - Will's parents; executed traitors.
(Romania)
Grigore Rom - He's like a grandfather to Ben and Ona, and a biological one to Manuel. Father of Richard Rom. Will's most trusted adviser.
Manuel Rom - The messenger. Has telekinetic abilities. Grigore's grandson, Creda's lover.
Creda - Half-Hungarian, actually. Has the ability to shift into a wolf. Her last name, Trelles, isn't discovered until the near end of the series (She's orphaned, and Will named her. It's a long, odd story.) Manuel's lover.
Ilona Trelles - Creda's mother, died shortly after giving birth.
Doran Trelles - Creda's biological father.
Bogdan - He's after Will's job.
Ricard Rom - Manuel's father. He's a fruitloop, but still; I do love alliterations.
Tatiana Rom - Manuel's mother, a little high-strung and crazy, herself.
Adrian Yonescu - The antagonist of the first book. The Gresit are trying to put him out of power to bring Liudvikas back, so that they can become strong, again.
Roxanna Zeklos - She used to participate in witchcraft when she was human, and brought her practices with her into the unlife, but was cursed to inherit the shadows of the humans she fed from; which is good, because she can bend them to her will, but bad because they're constantly driving her insane - especially the shadow of her former husband, who invades her romantic life.
(France)
Leon DuPont - He's the Gresit's ex-assassin. I like em' snarky.
Jacqueline DuPont - Leon's sister. Marcel's former maid.
Genevieve and Rousseau DuPont - Leon and Jacky's parents. I love saying 'Rousseau'.
Marcel - Like Liudvikas, he's so evil that his last name commited suicide. He probably used to have a moustache that suffered the same Fate (Ah, inside jokes! My characters have minds of their own). He might've been a pirate at one point.
(England)
Revelin Moore - Rev's father, who, due to refusing to give up immortality, is now only a few years older than Rev (The Moore Complex is named for them). His wife left him because of this. He is the 'Father of Individualism'. He doesn't have a very good relationship with his son.
Revelin Moore II- Called 'Rev' most of the time to prevent confusion. Becomes Jacqueline's lover by the end of the series. He's an inventor.
Mab - She's not very nice, and she needs a last name.
Dolan - Rev's personal pyromaniac, who also needs a last name. Something Irish.
Ammity Moore - A twelve-year-old human girl, taken in off the street by Rev against his father's will. They are very much like brother and sister. Rev is leary of his father being around her, because he still drinks human blood.
I know I have more, but I just can't remember them at the moment.
(Woah, this is long!)
