I asked how he comes up with names for all of his characters, and he gave a nice explanation, with some examples as well—like Nynaeve is directly from the Arthur myths, Rand Al’Thor is from Arthur (and from Thor), as is Artur Hawkwing, Merlin became Thom Merrilin and Amyrlin… He keeps a list of names he sees everywhere, in myths, street signs, newspapers, or things he misreads that might be nice for a name.
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