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Orion
Orion Orion is one of the most mythically charged names in the Western tradition — the great hunter, larger than life, beloved of gods (Artemis, in some versions) and slain by them (or by a scorpion, or by his own hubris, depending on the telling). A character named Orion in fantasy would carry this weight: a supreme hunter or warrior whose greatness is inseparable from the tragedy that will eventually define them.
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