st. ruby (christmas) created by fibs
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  • Furrin_Gok said:
    Saint Ruby? I would have guessed Rudolf myself... I don't know my reindeer.

    Ruby is in basic concept a female Rudolph.

    However, while the canon eight reindeer belong to the public domain (partially because no one can agree who created them), Rudolph was sold to a corporation which still owns the rights, and the name is trademarked in relation to reindeer / Christmas. While I've seen online games get away with using parodies of Rudolph in their Christmas events, I'm not comfortable using the name myself.

    I also wasn't sure which gender I wanted, so Ruby has a brother, St. Ruven. Again, wasn't comfortable using the name.

    The Ru twins and all of the eight Visit from St. Nick reindeer are titled as saints due to their pivotal role in Kinsmend, Elae Meltaea's version of The Holiday Season.

    I've included their titles in their names for ease of distinction from other characters named Ruby and other artists' variations of the canon eight reindeer; some of those variations are meant to be fanfic spins on the actual original story, and mine are not.

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