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You’ll never guess what kind of dog he had.
Oddly enough, a Rhodesian Ridgeback.
J. R.R. Tolkien like:
So the Big Bad is gonna be named Sauron and his right hand man will be called Saruman.
And there’ll be some dwarves named Thorin, and uhh… damn I need 13 of these? Alright fuck it let’s go: Fili, Kili, Balin, Dwalin, Ori, Nori, Dori, Gloin, Oin, Bifur, Bofur, and Bombur.
And then there’s these ancient elves named… hmm… screw it: Finwe, Feanor, Fingolfin, Finarfin, and Findis
Thank you! I was looking for this meme when writing that comment and couldn’t find it.
Honestly it’s just good writing. A name indicates culture, so it makes sense that dwarfs and elves would have some commonalities among their respective culture.
For me as a reader this is good (and bad). A name tells me what it is — good, but by being this similar it’s harder to tell who they are — bad.
but by being this similar it’s harder to tell who they are — bad.
This is works fine with side characters that do not matter individually as much as the story and world that requires them
And when it was important to highlight specific characters, they had very distinguished names in context. Like even though Boromir and Faramir had similar names, no one would mix them up because those 2 are shown in completely different places within the story
J.R.R. the paper is burning!
Take it, it’s quite cool.
Me prepping for DMing: “fuck, I need a cool name for a forest…”
Famous fantasy author: “dark forest”
