For me; Kerkevik IS my real name; the name I have to live with Ray(mond) Maurice Harley is one I didn't get to choose. Maurice certainly isn't; especially once I discovered I was named after a man who collaborated with the Nazis during WWII. And Harley is my father's name; let's leave the fact that is a complete statement of feelings about him at that.

Kerkevik was the name I adopted online; one that I created for an early attempt at world-building. Over time it has become more real as an identity than the one I was given.

Kerkevik is who I am; Ray Harley is who I am forced to be.