Talk:Darkmoon Knightess/@comment-1687225-20130418020506/@comment-71.233.239.71-20130727191405

Darkling just refers to Gwyndolin. Dark as in "Dark Sun" or "Darkmoon" and the "-ling" suffix defined as: The diminutive might also be related to Gwyndolin's association with Gwyn as his youngest child, but the connection to "Dark" should be obvious.
 * 1) A diminutive modifier of nouns having either the physical sense of "a younger, smaller or inferior version of what is denoted by the original noun", or the derived sense indicating possession of or connection with a quality, which may having the sense of "a follower or resident of what is denoted by the stem form".