Talk:Gondo Firebeard/@comment-26952857-20161002011522/@comment-73.169.91.89-20161006204955

The thing is, Overlord was influenced by Dungeons and Dragons, and Dungeons and Dragons was influenced by Lord of the Rings. The core races in particular, (which seem to have become the 'human' races in overlord), had their appearances and talents strongly flavored from LOTR. (Fun fact, there was once a legal thing and several things in Dungeons and Dragons had to be renamed.  Ents became Treants, Hobbits became Halflings, etc.)  So though indirect, influence from Lord of the Rings is a given.