Raven's Watch Royal Eclipse

"I sort of am rooted - I can't fly after all," Birk commented on the "rooted to the ground" argument and he had something to say about the next one too. "But a tree can take you down... by falling onto you," he had not seen this happen, but the possibility was always there. 

"I have no idea..." he shrugged, because up until now no one had ever pointed out that his name was any more extraordinary than the ones the rest of the folk here had. "Well... there is this old tradition that the scarier name you give to your offspring, the more likely they are going to survive the cold. Which means... that perhaps my family was not too optimistic about me." Or simply the name theory had nothing to do with real life.

He spoke to the guy for a little while longer and then they parted ways never to see each other again.