The reign of the Hero of Bowerstone brought much prosperity to the kingdom of Albion. So much so that the population grew with leaps and bounds. This presented a problem for the people since there were not enough names for the kingdoms citizens. Towns would have so many people with the same name that confusion grew to the point that the king needed a way to differentiate his subjects. One adviser suggested that he give people close to him a title of Sir or Lady, but this did not help for long. The solution was to give people two names. The first was what they were given at birth and the second name described where they were born or what job they did or some unique aspect of their lives. Thus was the origin of the "Sir Name" which somewhere or another got misspelled and became surname.