Who is credited with inventing the fictional races that we play in Everquest?

[Grahm]

Originally Posted by Ephirith [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I think these races and stories exist in every adolescent male virgin who has ever lived, and that is why they are timeless.

Think about it, Tolkien's inspiration for Gollum comes from long years spent in the deepest and darkest of basements, channeling innately subconscious notions of elves, faeries, and dragons.

The ring represents his virginity, a concept that engulfs him with obsession and slowly destroys his soul, until it is finally taken from him by a short-but-charming middle-aged man. I'm sure we can all relate.

Originally Posted by Vermicelli [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

For further reference, elves were of Irish legend; dwarves, gnomes, and trolls from Germany/Scandinavia; barbarians from Braveheart; erudites from Washington, DC.

god damn these two posts are gold lol. swear my family thought i was going 1/2 insane when i was laughing my ass off at a computer screen

[Nikon]

Originally Posted by Vermicelli [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

For further reference, elves were of Irish legend; dwarves, gnomes, and trolls from Germany/Scandinavia; barbarians from Braveheart; erudites from Washington, DC.

I fail to see how anyone in Washington would be an intellectual equal to our beloved Erudites. Maybe I'm missing something...

[Xanthias]

All humor aside (though some of these were great):

Most of the races are based upon Norse Myth and Germanic legends.

[Arteker]

iksar: snake men: R.E.Howard.
Erudites: stygians: from R.E Howard.
Van wtf: ron l hubbard?.

[Tarathiel]

ok genius's, explain to me where cats on the moon originated

[Slave]

Admiral Harrington of the Royal Manticoran Navy has a treecat named Nimitz.

[Xadion]

fucking lol @ the two above quoted posts...lol

made me wake my baby up by loling

[gloine36]

Tolkien was a linguist who studied some very old languages. He worked with some that used runes such as the old norse language. He basically was reading the earliest forms of what became English. When we study the history of writing we find some of the oldest written works which have survived the events of the past were mythology. It isn't surprising since these were considered religious works of their cultures. Someone mentioned that Tolkien was influenced by religion for the Silmarillion. He was. Both by old mythology and his Catholic faith in Britain. He also experienced the horrors of trench warfare in WWI. All of this had an effect upon his writing.
The Hobbit was originally a children's story he created from the old mythology. When he wrote the LOTR he went back and changed part of the Hobbit where Bilbo and Gollum met. It appears there are three different versions of the Hobbit. The original first edition, the altered second edition, and another further altered version that came out in 1966 which is the third edition. All three have small differences with the second and third having been revised to incorporate the LOTR into the storyline.