[ oh no. a mama's boy. well, he misses the shade of that first part entirely and assumes it is asking for an explanation, so: ]
Ah, yes, as for naming conventions, it is in fact the custom in my home to often take the family name of one's parents. Morena is her given name, and thus would not be the one passed down. So it would be Gale Dekarios. When a wizard reaches appropriate levels of recognition and accomplishment - published spellcraft, guest lecturing, renowned feats of magic and so on - it is quite customary to switch to a moniker to distinguish one's self from a practitioner still in their apprenticeship years. Tara is the one who remains a bit of a stickler for using my birth name.
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[ oh no. a mama's boy. well, he misses the shade of that first part entirely and assumes it is asking for an explanation, so: ]
Ah, yes, as for naming conventions, it is in fact the custom in my home to often take the family name of one's parents. Morena is her given name, and thus would not be the one passed down. So it would be Gale Dekarios. When a wizard reaches appropriate levels of recognition and accomplishment - published spellcraft, guest lecturing, renowned feats of magic and so on - it is quite customary to switch to a moniker to distinguish one's self from a practitioner still in their apprenticeship years. Tara is the one who remains a bit of a stickler for using my birth name.