WoW API type: PlayerName

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This is the name of a Player or NPC.

In battlegrounds the player name suffixed with "-<realm>" can be used to reference a player from a specific realm (see the 2.0 consolidated changes summary). "Bob-Silver Hand" would refer to a player named "Bob" on the realm "Silver Hand".