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Old 01-01-2004, 11:51 PM   #2
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Since Tolkien originally intended the saga of Lord of the Rings to be a mythology or legendarium for England, the Southrons and Easterlings were roughly (emphasis on roughly) based on Africans and Asians (Middle-eastern, etc.) respectively.
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But Melkor also was there, and he came to the house of Fëanor, and there he slew Finwë King of the Noldor before his doors, and spilled the first blood in the Blessed Realm; for Finwë alone had not fled from the horror of the Dark.
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