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I think that this is an interesting piece, and am glad that people are
interested enough to suggest names.  I, for one, like to reduce the
different names for the same piece as much as possible.  But I would like
as much feedback from the community as I can get before I encode the name
of this piece in ChessV.  (NOTE: In ChessV, any specific game can change
the name of any piece for that game, but ChessV must have, at its core, a
single name that one uses to add the piece to new games.  How else can a
piece be identified outside of any particular game?)  And, I would hope
that any name that the community endorses is used for the piece in most
games in which the community produces.

Suggestions so far:

Hafiz - Islamic name for someone who has memorized the whole Quran.

Magi - The biblical Wise Men

Caliph - First 2 letters from Camel, and the word has the Islamic meaning
'successor' or 'representative'.

I would add the following:

Mage - Since Magi is plural, it doesn't seem quite appropriate.  But I
like the name Mage quite a bit.

Thoughts?