For all the many factions in Forever Knight fandom, there are still a lot of characters who don't have one—and some of these do appear in fan fiction now and then. So, once more, I've posted to FORKNI-L asking if people have suggestions for faction names; once more, ideas are fermenting.

Since there may be those here with fertile imaginations (or opinions on the froth rising in the ferment), I thought an update might be in order.

( Here are the characters who've been brought up so far, one way or another. )

Factioneering is *f*u*n*—especially when it means that there will be more icons I can make. It's okay, I haven't rushed to judgment on any of the new names that have been discussed lately. (Do feel free to put in your own ideas or comment on the names others have suggested: I've summed them up in this post.

No, here are some of the icons I've made for factions that were suggested earlier—and not all by me, either! (Perish the thought.)

The first is for the Blue Knighties, the subfaction for casefic lovers, and anyone else who likes seeing Nick in his current mortal role as detective. I've been mentioning them for a few years now, so they're old news. Oldish, anyway.

Then we have the Sparklers and Sweet Alyssums. These came out of FORKNI-L factioneering back in April and May. There were several tongue-in-cheek suggestions for a faction for Spark, the young vampire who nearly kills Natalie in "A More Permanent Hell". It was Liz the Lucky who came up with the Sparklers. (Admittedly, at the time, she was more worried about the sparkliness of vampires. I hope this icon alleviates her fears.) A few weeks later, Andrew C. suggested that the Alyssums would be perfect for Alyssa, Nick's bride in "Dead of Night".

There are plenty of history buffs in Forever Knight fandom; and, if they never formed a History Buffs faction, it can only be because there was so much discussion of the details of Nick's past on FORKNI-L and the faction lists. I mentioned the affiliation in passing in War 13, and no one batted an eye.

As for the others—well, no one seems to object to repurposing the Vetterans name (indeed, remarks indicate that people feel it makes perfect sense). The last faction is one I put forward some weeks ago, to no comment at all.

( Yes, that makes six icons this time. And more factioneering in progress! )