Richard Smith, a 41-year-old care worker in Carlisle, England, did not think his name did justice to the exciting person that he actually was, so he changed his name by deed poll. The new name he chose was Stormhammer Deathclaw Firebrand.
Vocab notes
a "teaser" is like a "trailer" for a film , a small taste to get you to want more. The blurb on the back of a book is a little different, it may entice you with the plot but it may not all be direct quotation.
amongst other meanings deed/deeds are legal documents, such as the escritura for a property.
A deed poll is the particular means to officially change your name for all legal purposes, as opposed to a stage name, nom de plume , etcA firebrand, as well as the meaning of a piece of incendiary wood on fire, refers to a violent or highly radical person, a rabble-rouser, a stirrer, a real revolutionary. Cf " a brand for the burning", to brand cattle, etc.
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