Puns!

 Okay, so I’m working on a writing project that heavily involves themes of water and earth. (A massive drought has rendered nearly all non-coastal land uninhabitable. People scour the ocean floor for resources.) However, I apparently subconsciously decided to apply this theme to the names of the characters as well.

 

Highlights include:

 

Terrance “Terra” Gaian, whose name is a pun on the geographical term “terrain”, the word “terra”, meaning “earth” and Gaia, the name of the Greek personification of Earth. This character is coincidentally also a member of a small band of people who managed to find a sustainable way of life in eastern Nevada due to the discovery of a lake fueled by an underground spring.

 

Aqua Marian, whose name is a pun on the color Aquamarine, a term which itself contains the words “Aqua”, a term referring to water, and “marine”, a term which according to Wordnik, is an adjective meaning “native to, inhabiting, or formed by the sea: marine animals.” This character is a living body of water who has the ability to roam about on land like a human and essentially control and live in water.

 

Sia Farer, whose name is a pun on the term “seafarer”, which is another name for a sailor. This character is a priest of the water god, Oshus, whose family happened to be composed of almost exclusively sailors. 

What Lies Beneath?

What lies beneath the waves? Horrid abominations? Submerged treasure? And are you willing to brave the murky depths below to find out?