Board Thread:Editor Board/@comment-26391060-20131212225153/@comment-6697950-20131213102916

Well, the "ru" kata can either be interpreted as an "L" or an "r", though, usually, Japanese approximate the English "r" as a ー (just makes the vowel before it longer), as that is kind of how the English "r" is approximated in the IPA too. But that doesn't mean that this trend applies to all situations, especially if the name is not meant to be pronounced in English.

Honestly speaking, I was also considering the name to be Morte, instead of Molte, as Morte might come from mors (one of the cases of mors is "morte") - death in Latin, or something like that, while "Molte" didn't really make any sense.