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>>117569
"Aces High" certainly connotes the traits that you've described. If I were reading a story about that character, though, I feel the name would lead me to erect a mental barrier between him and me, preventing me from seeing him as a sympathetic character. This is because "Aces High" also connotes a sort of Han Solo character, a gambling, drinking, vice-ridden alpha for whom everything works out well, because of his irrepressible charisma and extensive network of connections. On the one hand, I can't help but like him, but on the other hand, he disgusts me and I'd really like to see him get what's coming to him.
>Silver Lining: An optimistic pegasus mare with a knack for making the best out of a bad situation. Brother to Aces High. >mare >brother
Besides that issue, I feel this name is a bit heavy-handed for someone who's merely optimistic. I feel like Silver Lining is rich (silver) and well-dressed (lining). I think he—it is a masculine-sounding name, in my opinion—probably tends to gain from others' misfortunes. Maybe he inherited his fortune upon a relative's unexpected death. Maybe he's like the common caricature of Mitt Romney working at Bain Capital, and profits from failing companies or something.
But Silver Lining, just for someone who can make the best out of bad situations, seems like overkill, like beating the reader over the head. Like if Twilight Sparkle was named Magic Sparkle. That's just my opinion. though. But it also seems depressing in a fridge-logic kind of way, because Silver Lining as you've described her seems to depend on bad circumstances existing in order to be able to use her special talent. I'm not sure I'd want to be in that situation.
Verith sounds like verity, which of course means truth. But yours is a dissembling, untrustworthy character. I'm not sure if you intended that irony. Another thing that comes to mind is that the boss from Pokemon XD was named Verich, an obvious portmanteau of "very" and "rich". I don't know why that's important. Anyway, "Verith" certainly is slippery, but I'm not sure it's sinister enough for your purposes. Personally, I'd save "Verith" for some OC forest nymph or goddess, playing off "verdant" and "viriditas" (and even more obscurely, "veriditas").
Xco: I have no idea how to pronounce this. That's a problem, because the sound of words is important in creating connotations. Also, lol, it's remotely possible that someone might mistake this for a reference to straightedge hardcore. But there's one good thing about this name: there's no question in my mind that it belongs to a fearsome male zebra.
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