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Mar. 18th, 2005
Tolkein is the best thing since sliced cheese to geek out over. He left so many little dribs and drabs all over the place - ragged edges that hinted at a larger world. And he didn't leave all the magic to the Istari or the elves.
Ferinstance: Beorn, a man of the north, was a skinshifter. Could turn into a bear. At the end of the Third Age! Not related to ring-gifts, no elven blood, just pretty damn cool. And then his descendants could too.
I admit, I have a pair of OCs. Neither of them is a half-elf, though I did play with their ancestry. And some shieldmaidens. No more than a dozen. But really, I wouldn't have to go to these lengths if Tolkein had actually populated his world with women!
Is it me, or is Eomer the only man with a living female relative? Nope - Imrahil has a daughter in the appendix. And further, I think that the only reason Grima got his claws into Theoden is because Morwen Steelsheen (Theoden's mom, and a Gondorian, so a little longer-lived than the Rohir) finally died, because otherwise she'd have bitch-slapped him back to Saruman. (Plus, I like giving Eowyn at least one female, and a strong one, at that, in her young life.)
Ferinstance: Beorn, a man of the north, was a skinshifter. Could turn into a bear. At the end of the Third Age! Not related to ring-gifts, no elven blood, just pretty damn cool. And then his descendants could too.
I admit, I have a pair of OCs. Neither of them is a half-elf, though I did play with their ancestry. And some shieldmaidens. No more than a dozen. But really, I wouldn't have to go to these lengths if Tolkein had actually populated his world with women!
Is it me, or is Eomer the only man with a living female relative? Nope - Imrahil has a daughter in the appendix. And further, I think that the only reason Grima got his claws into Theoden is because Morwen Steelsheen (Theoden's mom, and a Gondorian, so a little longer-lived than the Rohir) finally died, because otherwise she'd have bitch-slapped him back to Saruman. (Plus, I like giving Eowyn at least one female, and a strong one, at that, in her young life.)