Scalpel-fingered cyberpunk Molly Millions.
Iconic female characters for SFF are hard to find… and by iconic I mean they will be easily known by any reader with a good knowledge of the field even if rendered by disparate illustrators. Elric of Melniboné, who was in last week’s post, is one: armored albino man with a sword. Molly Millions, who made her first appearance in William Gibson’s Neuromancer, is another: leather-jacketed punk girl with surgical steel fingernails and mirrorshade sunglasses embedded into her face. (Admittedly, I always found the idea of embedded sunglasses ridiculous. What happens when you cry? Get an itch in your eye?)
Here are more memorable names culled from my daily Twitter posts, up to June of 2019, that may be used for characters in a story or in a gaming situation.
Twittersnip Characters II
| Sgt. Asglen Pepperwater of the Dragoons
Gandane Fiddlewater, a minstrel Chindalf the Unexpired, a wizard Hanolne, the Mountain Enchantress Ysselve, the Illusionist of Steam Sir Fanchon Disblaes Mistress Fornhook, character in a BDSM novel The Marquise of Leatherwood, character in a BDSM novel Lady Irina Forcemouth, character in a BDSM novel Kaliestes, a hero of Greek legend Gilliam Lodespear, an English playwright Babette Bainbridge, a silent movie actress The Ravenwidow, a superheroine Vyrmanson the Shapechanger Ushaline, a mermaid Lalöysses the Red, a pirate captain Spinefeld the Prudent Eugulus of the Orange Cap, a bard Ankhbren of the Voiceless God Isonaul, Magus of Water Jandzar the Red Dragon, a barbarian Cytest Roseblossom, a courtier |
