"It's not a fake name" Died on the young Dynes lips. She wanted to speak proudly of her home and the name she received from it, however it was still a curse against the world. Monsters like stewards lived for hundreds of years. The structures they created lasted longer, the nightmares they made could live until killed in some circumstances.
"It's true that the sage I learned under would attract a lot of attention. I am a foreign noble; the name is to prevent me from causing an issue between two countries." As a stewarded mage, Nightengale didn't have to care, no single ruler could challenge the steward directly, or wield its power against others. Why risk upsetting that for a single mage, provide for it and get her to move on as soon as reasonable.
It didn't really matter to her but if the person was an officer of a court than it couldn't be helped.
