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Old 05-26-2004, 02:26 PM   #6
Kransha
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Welcome, Albrecht. This site, were we all go in death, has a respectable generator of Elven, Halfling, Orc, Adunaic, and Dwarven names for your use.

Actually, Elianna, I believe that very few of those titles were used. The race with the most titles are the Hobbits themselves (Warden of the Undertowers, Thane of the Shire, Shirriff of Bywater, Master of Buckland, etc). The only 'knights' per se, in Middle-Earth, were the Knights of Dol Amroth, those who rescued Faramir at Pelennor (personal movie gripe). Dukes and Counts are unrecorded in Tolkein. I think the only titles are King, Steward, and Lord. Gondor has various fiefs (Lebennin, Lossarnach) but they are not really ruled by noble titled folk, if I remember correctly. Also, all of those titles are specific. There are no baronies, counties, earldoms, duchies, or other in Gondor, only 'dem fiefs.
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