From what I've been hearing, Genji's name is possibly a shoutout to non other than Hikaru Genji, the protagonist of the first known novel in the word, and Hanzo was possibly named after Hattori Hanzou Masanori, who was a famous vassal of Tokugawa Ieyasu and the leader of the Iga ninja clan.

Going on this, it is possible to find the Kanji used for their names, and therefore their meanings:
1) Genji is 源氏. The first Kanji stands for "origin", while the second stands for "clan", so it roughly means "original clan". You can alternatively read it as "Minamoto clan".
2) Hanzou is 半蔵. The first Kanji stands for "half" (it's the same one you use to denote half-hours), while the second stands for "own, possess" but also "hide". I'd imagine "half-hidden" or "half-owned" might work.

I like the names - I admit I don't know the first thing about Overwatch, but I like the names in and of themselves. Alassiel springs out as a good one, as do Anórië, Ondolassë, Venehtar (as a nice bilingual reference to 'Venator', "hunter")... like I said, I like them. There's a couple that use dodgy definitions (I've discussed 'pitya' elsewhere), and I'm almost certain 'Perefea' should be 'Pertafea'... actually you've got a habit of shoving too many letters together, I think... but I like them.

Looking particularly at Úmarro, which ought to suffer from both definition-issues and over-squashing... I think it's good regardless. ^_^ 'Mara' is glossed as useful, but mostly means good, or fit for purpose... which fits a lot better, actually, since unfit can easily mean 'broken'. And the r-r linking with nyarro is just unavoidable.

And it sounds like a name, one that growls its way off the tongue.

Anyway, like I said: this is your fault. I couldn't help thinking about the people the Quenya names would be attached to. Near as I can tell, they're a Feanorian elite team who first saw action at the Dagor-nuin-Giliath. They were the ones who stopped Morgoth's forces from crossing the mountains, earning them their nickname of Orotirnor, or 'High Watchers'.

I haven't drawn all of them... but here are the first ten on your list. (In order, because I'm not cruel.)



I've tried to stay roughly faithful to the character design, while making it something that fits Middle-earth. And yes, McCree/Maraiteo has a beard - they do happen, they're just not common among younger Eldar.

hS

I'm not sure how many people are into that particular intersection of fandoms, but I'm one of them!

Hm. I probably would have named Torbjörn Naugdur, but that's just me being silly.

I love Alassiel, and Vanyarië is a lovely name for Mei! I think my favorite is Imyasta.

How did you end up with Pityarven for D.Va? I don't see the connection, unless you've been run over by a D.Va recently?