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Old 02-23-2014, 12:52 PM   #23
Rocket Man
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Default Re: Real World Name Origins?

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Originally Posted by Matthias Wasser View Post

Fleurity is probably derived from "fleur," or "flower."
Which makes sense, since the Opium Wars were a key factor in his winning the Word of Drugs, before it became Prince-level. Poppies, anyone?

Meanwhile, one wild guess on Litheroy. At Versailles, the royal family's life was notoriously lived in public from the moment they woke up in the morning to the moment they went to sleep. That starting point of a non-private existence -- the king's bed -- is literally Le Lit du Roi.
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