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I was the person who decided the spelling of that name and  I should have never given them different names in the first place. The issue was that since we didn't know that the Parthevian magician was a member of AL-Thamen nor from Alma Torran the first time we saw her, so I did not feel the restriction of giving her an Arabic or Hebrew name. That is why the name  Furlan, among many other similar names, were considered as the spelling, as they were real names. But know we know better. Her Japanese name was ファーラン F ār an, and keeping in mind that her name should be to be an Arabic or Hebrew styled name since she's from Alma Torran, Fa(a)ran and Fa(a)lan were the only theoretical options (and this required the name "Furlan" to be changed after finding this out).

How I choose the spelling:

Neither "Fa(a)ran" nor "Fa(a)lan" are real Arabic/Hebrew female names, nor does it resemble any Arabic number. Thus, I went to look for a Arabic or Hebrew word that matches the pronunciation and have a logical meaning (plurals were ignored since that would not make sense semantically). I found none (arguably, there is the "Pharan" variant of the "Wilderness/Desert of Paran", but that varient is uncommon and non-standard.). Then I looked for similar words that could have been corrupted into Fa(a)ran or Fa(a)lan, yet have meanings that could make sense. I found one possibility: the word فلان Ful ā n. This word is like "whatsherface" or "whatchamacallit", so it could work as a "name" for a person. I could not be sure though, so I did not include it in the translation notes in the back.