[@Kho]

An intriguing concept! Perhaps that will better serve one of my two guys. I can play an Ialu-esque character the way I should have, with him starting pathetically weak and then eventually transitioning into something formidable.

Actually our concepts might be pretty similar. The hero (or not-hero, at first?) I had in mind would be a Pharaoh/Priest-King/Emperor of some place. I envision him as a foil for my other hero, since the two will certainly not get along.

Since you, Kho, are the master of giving me feedback on names, how do some of these sound?

Cyrus
Kamil
Castus
Zirix
Epaphos
Heru

He's a priestly/scholarly type inspired by Cyrus the Great, complete with some Zorastrian supersitition, lunacy, and mysticism mixed in. Not some plebeian fool like Napoleon.