[quote=@Blitz]
the Deltora Quest series [...] was made into an anime and will be semi-binge-watching it as I fall asleep.
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Woah, really?!

Deltora Quest was on of two big series that pulled me into reading fantasy as a kid—the other being Amos Daragon, which is written in French. I've got all the books stored away in my personal library. Now, while I can't say my entry was inspired by them in any way, it is nice to be reminded of my "origins", if you will.

As for the character names, in Odio's case, you were correct. His name comes from Latin, and means [i]hate[/i] or [i]dislike[/i]. The others, however, were Welsh-inspired. Caerys is a blend of two variants of the same name, [i]cerys[/i] and [i]carys[/i]—I chose to use the [i]ae[/i] because it felt more like Latin—which mean [i]loved one[/i]. Pedrel, Neikel, and Heilwen have no direct meanings, because I just scanned a list of male Welsh names, found some patterns, and mixed them together. Though Pedrel was derived from [i]pedr[/i], or [i]peter[/i], and Neikel's name was changed to sound like [i]nickel[/i] for no particular reason. Well, [i]peter[/i] is actually derived from the Latin [i]stone[/i] like you said, but that was unintentional.

I'd like to thank you for your review, and I'm glad you liked my entry!