So I'm finally penning down this novel that's had in my head since middle school, but with what I've changed since the original conception of the plot and characters the original title doesn't seem to fit anymore.

The main character is an Elf who has amnesia and his found in the wilderness by a man, Erandir (source of my pen name). Erandir decides to nurse the Elf back to health and names him Malta (Elvish for Golden, after the Elf's hair color) when he discovers that the Elf has no memories.

So the story is basically about their relationship and trying to discover who Malta is and where he came from so that he might return to his people. But it takes so long to find this out that Malta has become a completely different person from who he was before, and it seems unlikely that he will ever retain his memories. So he decides to stay with Erandir instead of returning to his own people because living with the man is all he knows.

Any suggestions for a title?

I'm bad with titles, so I'm not sure how much I'll help, but here we go:

I find that some authors take a significant item within the story and frame their titles around it. Is there something that Malta has from his people, like a stone necklace? a ring? some sort of keepsake? Then you could build around that item to fit within the novel, to make the readers go 'ah, so that's why he has that thing'. Or, how do his memories return? A title can be made from the scene where it comes flooding back, like a wading (waiting) pool, a specific tree, a scent etc. A title could also be made from a prominent memory he has, like a face, a house, a kingdom.

How well do you have the plot sketched out? Perhaps you should wait until it's fully-formed before pinning down a title.

Currently I'm writing under the working title of 'Never Look Back'. It's good enough, but I'm not completely satisfied with it.

That first bit's not a bad idea. He does have a necklace, a 7-pointed star, which they use to help find out about Malta. And it does turn out to be a sign of his position in Elven society. The thing about the memories is that he never gets them back fully. That's one of the reasons he stays with Erandir instead of going back to his own people even when they find them. I haven't yet decided on what specific bits he actually remembers.

I have the plot as well planned out as I usually do for writing. That is; chapter summaries with what I need to have happen when, but no real specifics.

The first one's not bad, except Malta's a 'him', haha.

Can we get any background on the elven culture?

I got some:

-Golden years -Malta -Gone with the wind(lolrandom)

Could you Smail or put here more about Malta And the elvn culter(like above)

Alright, here's some further information.

Malta was previously a noble, though the circumstances that got him in that position are unique to Elven culture. What's unique about the race of Elves I use is that they have 3 sexes. They're a case of parallel evolution with Humans; they look alike, but that's one of the only things they have in common physically. In simple terms, the first two sexes are equivalent to male and female the third is outwardly androgynous-male, but inwardly female (call it a mutation if you want, they call it a 3rd sex). Malta is this third sex, which is also very rare, so it is considered an honor to have one born into your family. So after Malta was born his family became nobility and Malta was raised with the expectation that he would be married off to a prince or other nobility because the chances of giving birth to a child of the 3rd sex are greater if you already have one in your family.

Of course, he doesn't remember any of this now. But, it means that the Elves would be extremely happy to have Malta back. And they would be quite upset if someone like Malta decided to marry a Human, who they probably wouldn't be able to have children with.

That's probably the most important bit of Elvish culture that comes into the story, other than the fact that they're generally very secretive and the other races don't know much about them other than legends. That's why Erandir can't just bring Malta back to his people right off the bat.