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I intend to have the names be as canon as possible... and now that you mention, you have a good point; they do have a viking sound to it. The biggest idea of using Norick's name is that it would imply two things that basically help write the eventual prequel: 1. His mother's closeness to the old man and 2. That his mother is the Farmer.

As to the second part of the question(s), I don't want to add extra characters, but expand on the character's that are already there. Lyssa, for the one time she spoke, shown herself to be militaristic in nature, so I'll add more to this, maybe even to the point that I give a reason that she's like this. If I remember right, she knew the protagonist's mother, so that will definitely be put into the story. Also, on top of that, my interpretation of this is that she's probably considerably older than him, so it's unlikely she'll be a love interest... not to mention, even if they did fall in love, she probably wouldn't express it much and even make it a point to not express it.

As to the Elf thing, I'm pretty sure they were still in their forest. They had expanded into Aranna sometime after all of this, and some sources say that Dungeon Siege II didn't happen until a 100 years after Dungeon Siege. I don't think it was ever detailed how long it's been since they expanded, so I'm going to take a gander and say that it was 20 years before the events of DS2.

So, as to the third and final question; I have no idea. I haven't developed any of the personalities well enough to really go around and say who is likely to love who. So far, the character who is going to be the most different (as far as I can remember) is the Utraean who eventually joins them. With that said, I will likely use the name, but give him a different story and all that... but it really is hard to say as it's been a few years since I last played through the entirety of Legends of Aranna. I never really tried memorizing the story, so it will definitely be a difficult but certainly passionate journey.

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To summarize (and add some information);

Will I make up names to add to the series?

No; most likely not. I want them to be as canon as possible... so you can take from literally any of the games, though ideally you'd keep the Utraean names to the Utraeans and so on. Also, I've never used 'canon names' before, so it wouldn't really make much sense. Seriously, one of the names I used was Knight Bob.

Will the races introduced in DS2 appear?

No; as far as I can remember they had yet to expand out into Aranna, so it wouldn't make too much sense if you met any.

What if at least one Elf appears? It's not very likely for a single race to not have at least one diplomat that's out there somewhere.

(Obviously this isn't an asked question, but here's the response for it anyway.) True, but why would the Elves talk to Norick? Sure, he eventually becomes leader to a group that saves Aranna, but the story is about becoming the hero, not the aftermath.

Will I add any extra characters?

Unlikely; once again, I want to be it as close to canon as possible. I'm not going to give everyone fleshed out stories like Lord of the Rings or Star Wars.

Will Jondar, the first companion, become close friends with Norick? Will there be any romances?

While it would make enough sense to make this a thing, and even would make it easier... I don't actually know. I think all of them will be friends with each other by the end of the story, though it's possible some won't like each other and only tolerate one another. Hell, there's even a chance one of the characters will die! In the end, what this amounts to is that it depends on the personality they eventually will develop and initially express with the paragraph or two of dialogue.

WHEW!!! I don't think I've ever typed out that long of a response for... pretty much anything. Sorry if you have lives and can't read the entire thing in a single sitting (I know I don't have much of one and still wouldn't be able to do it in one sitting... but that's more of a statement of how many things would be on my mind and my energy). If you have any more questions, feel free to ask them!