Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-24993958-20160626203649/@comment-25936766-20160707022649

Say, is there any official confirmation by RT that a character can fit the CNR if their last name fits it even if their first, given name does not?

Because I find it very, very hard to believe that when the CNR was implemented, everyone in the kingdoms didn't just start color naming their children, but even changed their family names, that go back to before the CNR was made, just to fit the CNR. And if pretty much everyone in the kingdoms already had color names as family names, there wasn't much point in making the CNR then.

And saying "we have seen characters whose given names don't fit CNR yet their last names do" won't work with me, because out of all the characters with confirmed names, only 2, even including minor characters, are that case:

1-Tukson, whose full name is unknown.

2-James Ironwood, who personally I wouldn't be surprised if his family didn't follow CNR for one reason or another. And even then, his given name can fit CNR: James, shortened version of Jameson > Jameson Irish Whiskey > Whiskey. Pretty much the same as with Perry. (There's also Saint James, but personally he doesn't evoke a color for me).

And in case anyone tries to use Lisa Lavender as an argument, let me just point out there's a fish called Lisa.

So again, is there are official statements by RT that confirm that it's valid for a character to fit CNR through only their family name, even if their given name doesn't?