I always thought your nick came from the King Crimson song of the same name, or the Maiden song off Seventh son...Originally posted by moonchild
Moonchild is a book by Aleister Crowley, its about a magical war between a white lodge and a black lodge over a magical unborn child, the "moonchild"
My nick comes from the Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan. One of the evil characters, Padan Fain, goes under the false moniker of "Ordeith" during one of his evil plots to destroy the good main character, Rand al-Thor. Ordeith means in the ancient language of the nation of his and Rand's origin "wormwood." I chose the nick because it sounds weird and cool in addition to it's meaning. Also, I'm not terribly creative when it comes to nicknames and using it meant not having to make up something which would inevitably sound stupid.