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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ruin Explorer" data-source="post: 3780212" data-attributes="member: 18">Actually around 80% of Warcraft's setting, pre-WoW, was stolen from WarHAMMER, rather predictably, as Warhammer foolishly refused to make computer adaptions of their boardgames (indeed, legend has it that Warcraft 1 was designed as a licensed adaption of Warhammer, but when they were refused, they went on anyway). The other 20% was "generic fantasy".Now, WarHAMMER stole about 40% of their setting from Tolkien (Elves, Dwarves and Hobbits), 40% from Moorcock (Grim Renaissence Northern Europe with magic, Chaos as a warping supernatural force, Dark Elves (Melniboneans), general styling), and 20% from "various sources", so yeah, there is a lot of Tolkien in the pot, and the Elves in question were particularly Tolkien-ish.</blockquote>