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xerae550
The 2 Ring
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Billop
The 5 Ring
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Adamsm
considering a game which literally owes its creation to the trilogy, there seems to be very few obvious onesBecause it doesn't; D&D has more in common with WoW then LotR.
Post by
Pwntiff
Orcs + Elves != Tolkien based.
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Pwntiff
How is it, as you so eloquently put it, "fail?"
The OP asked for items influenced by LotR. The 1 Ring, obvious. The 2 and 5 Rings are based on The 1 Ring, and therefore LotR.
Go troll elsewhere.
On topic:
I can't think of any others, because as has been said, Warcraft is more heavily influenced by the D&D universe than LotR. There might be some token references spread around, but no more than Monty Python references, I'd say.
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Gnub
The OP asked for items influenced by LotR. The 1 Ring, obvious. The 2 and 5 Rings are based on The 1 Ring, and therefore LotR.
This. Keep it down zdouse - it's not helping the discussion.
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Pwntiff
And the rest of that thought, The 2 and 5 Rings are referencing The 1 Ring. A reference to a reference is still a reference to the original work.
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Nipah
When talking to Jitters in Duskwood, he'll retell his take of being chased by what boil down to Ring Wraiths...
As seen
here, in his journal
. Page 10 is when the "Black Riders" show up to hunt down the location of the Scythe of Elune.
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Adamsm
When talking to Jitters in Duskwood, he'll retell his take of being chased by what boil down to Ring Wraiths...
As seen
here, in his journal
. Page 10 is when the "Black Riders" show up to hunt down the location of the Scythe of Elune.
Have nothing to do with the Wraiths... those are possibly the remaining G1 Death Knights camped out at Karazhan, and supposedly lead by the Huntsman Attumen.
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Adamsm
Have nothing to do with the Wraiths... those are possibly the remaining G1 Death Knights camped out at Karazhan, and supposedly lead by the Huntsman Attumen.
Just because they have to do with real lore doesnt mean their inspired by LOTR. Especially when pretty much EVERY aspect is described in a similar LOTR way:
"They seem to be almost identical to the Nazgûl from the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy of books. Both are dark minions referred to as "Black Riders" or "Dark Riders", speak harshly and shrilly, have the power to communicate with an immaterial being designated "the Lord" (the Warcraft Black Riders' usage of a "bauble" to communicate with their master is also likely a reference to the Palantír stones used in Lord of the Rings), and seek a specific ancient cursed "tool" of great power (Scythe of Elune and One Ring respectively) with which they have an intristic bond and had been previously discovered in a cave by a supposedly insignificant male character who knew nothing of the artifact's true properties (Jitters, Bilbo Baggins)."
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Wowwiki
No where in the quest did Jitters or his diary say they had shrill voices... seeing as Death Knights, they would speak with that hollow sounding voice all the undead creatures have. I don't know, I hate LotR so I enjoy over looking any references to it but using the actual Warcraft lore in place of a weak reference.
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Billop
Well there is a quest in Ice Crown which has you flying up to a massive EYe in a tower that looks EXACTLY like Sauren's EyE in LoTR. You then destroy the eye and it dies just like Sauren does in Return of the King
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Haxzor
Lich King = Sauron
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kaliko
Have nothing to do with the Wraiths... those are possibly the remaining G1 Death Knights camped out at Karazhan, and supposedly lead by the Huntsman Attumen.
Just because they have to do with real lore doesnt mean their inspired by LOTR. Especially when pretty much EVERY aspect is described in a similar LOTR way:
"They seem to be almost identical to the Nazgûl from the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy of books. Both are dark minions referred to as "Black Riders" or "Dark Riders", speak harshly and shrilly, have the power to communicate with an immaterial being designated "the Lord" (the Warcraft Black Riders' usage of a "bauble" to communicate with their master is also likely a reference to the Palantír stones used in Lord of the Rings), and seek a specific ancient cursed "tool" of great power (Scythe of Elune and One Ring respectively) with which they have an intristic bond and had been previously discovered in a cave by a supposedly insignificant male character who knew nothing of the artifact's true properties (Jitters, Bilbo Baggins)."
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Wowwiki
No where in the quest did Jitters or his diary say they had shrill voices... seeing as Death Knights, they would speak with that hollow sounding voice all the undead creatures have. I don't know, I hate LotR so I enjoy over looking any references to it but using the actual Warcraft lore in place of a weak reference.
then why post in a topic that is about lotr? just looking for another number to your posts adamsm?
on topic: i was gonna say the eye tower thing to and lets not forget the human male joke /silly
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