User blog:Nomad27/The Name Dale

Throughout the novels of Overlord and one CD, characters with the middle name Dale have appeared periodically.

For example:

1. Lakyus Alvein  Dale  Aindra

2. Khajiit  Dale  Badantel

3. Elias Brandt  Dale  Raeven

4. Nimble Arc  Dale  Anoch

5. Torkel Karan  Dale  Völkchenheim

Majority of the are nobles, except for Khajiit, which means he maybe a son of nobility, though according to his bio gleamed from volume 2 he was born into a poor household, which suggests his mother was a concubine and as a result was of low birth and cast out. Though the name Dale seems to be a common name amongst the nobility not only in the Kingdom but also the Empire. Are they connected somehow? Why would nobles from two rivalling countries share the same name? I doubt intermarriage for peaceful relations since the war between the two was going on for decades.

I believe that the name Dale is an indicator of a very old family possible  referenced to a point of time when the Kingdom and the Empire did'nt exist. Possibly during the era of the Thirteen Heroes, the Dale family was the ruling  class of a country but was later destroyed by the Evil Deities. Remnants relocated to the Kingdom and the Empire.