The Stone of Farewell (Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn, #2)

by Tad Williams

“Isn’t Ranessin your real name?” Miriamele asked. The lector laughed. “Oh, no. I was born an Erkynlander, hight Oswine. But since Erkynlanders are seldom elevated to such heights, it seemed politic to take a Nabbanai name.”