Dark Souls D&D: part ?, the issue of names

I have been creating a D&D hack that emulates the gameplay of Dark Souls. I'm starting to put these notes and ideas into a single document, and in true old school fashion I decided the first section should be "create your character" which leads me to discovering, or re-discovering, that so much of Dark Souls lore is implied that it is difficult to define specific characteristics for regions and…