First of all… thanks for all the replies. Quote:
Originally Posted by pyan  The ones that I would be careful about using are Orc and Hobbit, both of which were invented by Tolkien, and may lay you open to people crying "Plagiarist!", or worse, "Gods, not another Tolkien rip-off..." |
Really? I didn’t know it was Tolkien who invented the Orc, since it is so often used in games and fantasy worlds. I knew that he created the Hobbit though.
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Originally Posted by TheEndIsNigh Mmm... Not too happy about this either. Let's face it the 'races' you've used do have established implications. (…) |
Ok I can see your point. That could become difficult when writing a story in this world. I also understand that I should not just “call a Rabbit a Smeerp” as Malloriel told. Quote:
Originally Posted by TheEndIsNigh Also Earthling Human too confusing mixing genre. |
Oops… that was a translation error. I did not write this idea in English. Should have used another name for it:P. Quote:
Originally Posted by Ghost of Harrenhal I just think it is a bit strange to have one supreme race the eats and enslaves the others. It's too obvious a setting to have an uprising or rebellion in my opinion. |
Well…I never heard the cows complaining to us:P. But seriously, I have to agree that it is an obvious setting for an rebellion. But there can be many reasons that those won’t happen and if they do, the rebels are … eaten. It is possible that the other races are scared or that the Cyrthan are with many and very strong. The lower races might possibly not rebel together because the human, elf etc. feel themselves to good for the hobbits, fairy’s etc. But I’ll keep your opinion in mind. Maybe I will create different countries so that the Cyrthan do not rule the whole of Kouluu. What I have now is just a sketch. I think I will first try to work out the cultures and behaviors of the races so that I get a better idea of what I want with them. Then I can think of other names for the races if needed.