Raveller
Rav’ el, v. – To undo the intricacies of; to disentangle.
Un rav’ el, v. [1st pref. un- (intensive) + ravel.] – to unfold; to solve;
Rav’ ell er, n. [Also raveler.] One who ravels.
To explain the origins of “raveller.com”, I must explain the origins of my Raveller moniker. To explain the origins of my Raveller moniker, I must explain the origins of Ravel.
I was driving to Texas from Oklahoma late one Sunday night in a rain storm with very little sleep and an need to be at work the following morning in Fort Worth. I kept nodding in and out of sleep and I began to force myself to think to prevent myself from running off the road. At this point I was two hours from my destination.
So I began formulating a science fiction story as I meandered down I-35 across the Red River. My story was tied up in two ideas: a shape shifting tattoo and Pandora’s Box. What if in future the primeval demons we no longer fear were released upon a star faring society and had to be contained on one world? And what if all the people on this quarantine world had to wear a body covering tattoo as a stigma of the quarantine?
This kept me more than awake for the rest of the trip, and the next day I began jotting down ideas and character names. Ravel emerged as my protaganist and I began using “Raveller” as an Internet handle when chatting or gaming.
Naturally when choosing my first domain name in 1998, “raveller.com” was an easy choice. Enjoy the site!
