i would take my current MC (and its host) and run while infecting all water sources, animals, and bugs i can find. all bugs would be sent to the army to infect soldiers, rations and weapons but i will have all of the infected lie in wait and unknowingly helping to spread my contagion through out...
i wouldn't even worry about it. I'm writing a fanfic myself and the options i had for the MC's name to stay in line with the original were abysmal. they were "The Beast, Stradetch, Chikchikaar, Grattchereb, Groklogh, PtrGraan, Tsbopphd, Mukluhkk and Ragewaar". Ragewaar might have sounded cool...