Board Thread:General Mod Discussion/@comment-30303386-20171104212518/@comment-26815144-20171107094104

Look, Tolkien undoubtedly took inspiration from real world cultures because there such a large variety of them to choose from. But unlike (*rangers apprentice*) others, he made them his own. If he fleshed them out more, they could soo different from their inspiration but he didn't flesh out very single people in Lotr.