For years, Qued Koi had been convinced he had gotten his name because as a puppy the first pond he ever found had a koi in it. He continued to be obsessed with them throughout childhood, until he realized he had had an name since birth, well before discovering the pond.
When he asked the meaning of it, he learnt it meant Painted Robe in the language of his ancestors, and has worn markings on his fur ever since.