<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=222683.msg10951170#msg10951170">Quote from: BraveEarth on 04-02-2015, 00:54:03</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Did Deadeye just partially reveal his true name?<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>Deadeye's identity is not a secret. He's not famous, but it's not hard to figure out that he's a Miller.<br/><br/>An explanation of Shadow Names vs. real names: Your shadow name does not, in and of itself, protect you from anything. it's not like a superhero's real name being protected by their superhero identity. It's about avoiding using the name you identify with in a magical context while working magic, to avoid<strong>magical sympathy</strong>being attached to the name that represents your true self rather than the identity you don to be a willworker(this is why Archmasters often shed their old Shadow Names as well, because over time you come to identify with your Shadow Name as being part of your 'self'), it's about having a unifom to put on when you're on the clock, and its tradition. Sure, hiding your real name might be possible but unless you sever yourself from your past life (and all attendant benefits) completely somebody will find out who you are.<br/><br/>You don't get actual magical protection from a shadow name unless you're rocking a high level of Occultation, or you're an Archmage who magically erases his old name and takes a<strong>True Name</strong>(read Imperial Mysteries).