The Name Thread

[Bridge]

Well I was in the character creation screen in Baldur's Gate II and was trying to come up with an unusual name when the name "Bridge" suddenly struck my mind. I thought it was a hilarious name for a character and I thought up this strange backstory and personality that was oozing with black humor. So now that's my go-to name on every website I register and in every video game I play.

Spoiler below!

The character's name wasn't supposed to legally be "Bridge" though. The basic gist of his backstory is that he is a Paladin that is literally obsessed with God. Life doesn't really matter to him at all and so in order to be closer to his god he tried to build a bridge to heaven which totally failed and he interpreted that as a sign that he was unworthy. That pretty much drove him actually insane and he totally abandoned all traces of his personality and so everybody just started calling him Bridge. Now he goes around vanquishing anything and everything he thinks God would deem evil, except his definition of evil is extremely broad. Anybody that isn't human, doesn't treat him with respect or basically anybody that isn't as pious as him is swiftly executed, and yet he will help anybody in need. I thought it was a humorous idea for a character so there.