I’m trying to figure out a name for my witch (my antagonist) in my “[name_f]Prunella[/name_f]” inspired story.
Genre of [name_u]Story[/name_u]: [name_f]Fantasy[/name_f]
Time Period/Location: The story takes place in modern times, but the character is a few hundred years old (possibly from [name_f]Italy[/name_f]?). The story has several locations featured, including: the US, [name_f]Italy[/name_f]?, and [name_u]Egypt[/name_u].
Character Description: The witch is ancient, and is a few hundred years old (possibly from [name_f]Italy[/name_f], as that is where the [name_f]Prunella[/name_f] fairy tale is from). She loves to gain knowledge and is obsessed with finding this hidden library that supposedly holds every book that ever existed, and then some. The woman will do anything to find it and obtain the knowledge within, keeping anyone else from getting the knowledge (which would be a bad thing for the rest of the world). She is very reclusive, residing in a tower hidden away from the world. She generally doesn’t care for people unless they can do something for her, though she had a few flings in her life. One of which resulted in her son, the only thing she loves as much as knowledge. She can be borderline suffocating in regards to him, and tends to toe the line with being overbearing. [name_f]Every[/name_f] once and awhile, she will set up a sort of trap to get young women into her servitude (no more than one at one time, though), making them do the regular chores and such and occasionally giving them dangerous tasks, oftentimes resulting in their deaths. Outside of the dangerous tasks, which are mainly things she thinks are too dangerous for herself or her son to do, she generally treats the women okay, making sure they are taken good care of, and if they please her, allowing them to peruse her expansive library. She is very intelligent and fairly greedy, wanting all of the world’s knowledge to herself. She is very crafty, but at times has tunnel-vision. She is a heavy sleeper. She looks like a woman in her mid-forties. She enjoys reading and will like you a little more if you appreciate books.
Brief Plot: This is a story inspired by the fairy tale “[name_f]Prunella[/name_f],” with my three main characters, (my main character ends up in servitude to the witch because of a plum and the witch’s son helps her out). The witch is looking for a hidden magical library that contains all of the world’s knowledge. She makes [name_f]Pru[/name_f] (the protagonist) into her service using a trick that uses plums. She finds out that [name_f]Pru[/name_f] has an unnatural ability to find any book within a building as long as she either knows the title, author, or a vague idea of what it is about. She decides to force [name_f]Pru[/name_f] into helping her find the library by having her find books that she thinks will help her locate it. Her son tries to help [name_f]Pru[/name_f] any way he can.
Who named the character: More than likely her parents, a couple of rather normal people for their time and place.
Immediate Family (if relevant): Her son, Bensiabel (taken from the fairy tale)
Already Considered (if relevant): [name_f]Nephele[/name_f], [name_u]Zephyr[/name_u], [name_f]Malgosia[/name_f]
[name_m]Don[/name_m]’t Suggest These Names: Preferably no names that start with “P” or "B; or have a similar feel to [name_f]Pru[/name_f] or [name_f]Prunella[/name_f]
Anything else?: I’m thinking she’d probably be from [name_f]Italy[/name_f], but I’m open to other origins.
I also have a small question regarding my protagonist. Should I just use [name_f]Pru[/name_f], or should I go ahead and call her [name_f]Prunella[/name_f] and use [name_f]Pru[/name_f] as just a nickname? She is a young college student from modern times, but I figured her parents might have an unusual love of names based on fruit. What do you think?
Thank you for any and all help. I really appreciate it.