Erratica Reduex

I learned the inspiring lesson that if I have enough cash, I can disguise an advertisement as a Writer's Block question. The thought of having all of LiveJournal as a captive audience for my commercial message totally gives me goosebumps.

Glance at a LJ community offering, say: akidatheart. 

Completely misread it, as say, Akida the Heart.

Reread it, see the correct spelling, and consider that  "Akida the Art" would still make a pretty damn good character name.  For say, an adventuresome writer and painter, wandering through a fantasy world in search of interesting things to portray.

Start creating the character background to go with the name.

Usually, the biggest trouble I have with creating a fantasy character is settling on a name.  I can come up with background, personality, goals, conflicts, no problem.  But names elude me to the point where I have at times, wandered through Ikea, picking up fantasy names from the furniture.  So it's rare that the name comes first.  

So to all of you out there, what are some interesting fantasy names you've come up with, and how?