Naming E

My three main characters have been named S, J, and E so far. I've done this for two reasons. Those are the first letters of the three words in the title (Sprites, Jets, and Elves), but mainly because I didn't want a name to get in the way of the writing. Because this is a first draft, I'm consciously dodging aspects of the work that can bog me down as I figure out the overal structure. I've been meaning to come back to the names and fill them out, and I'm ready to do that with my main character, E.

In .2 releases of part 1's chapters (1.1.2, for example), E's name will be replaced with her full first name, Elumina. However, her name will shrink throughout the book to just E. I've chosen Elumina as a name because it drops letters and retains a "name" in almost each case. Elumin. Elumi. Elum. Elu. El. E. They're sci-fi flavoured, but they work.

This dropping of letters in her name will be emblamatic of the loss of her quantifiable identity. Her name is a structure that will get chipped away by the antagonist of the book, the already-named "Better" and the effects on her world that it produces.