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Message: <blockquote data-quote="danbala" data-source="post: 849402" data-attributes="member: 8464">I see a few nods to those books.  (By the way I love both Game of Thrones and Midnight so the inspiration-- if it exists -- I see as a Good Thing).  Midnight is clearly a seperate invention (even if it wears it sources proudly), but I do see some references:1. First, you have Izrador himself. The obvious inspiration is Sauron but many of the details seem similar to the unamed Big Bad is lurking in the frozen north in GoT (although that is also similar to the Stormking in the Tad Williams books -- I'm sure in many others, too). 2. The Wall also shows up in Midnight although its not an ice Wall (although the line of abandoned keeps is familiar.) 3. "Worgs" are included as a heroic path which are very similar to the Worg concept from Thrones. 4. Another nod seems to be the history with the Norns standing in for the GoT First Men and the Sorcasson (sp?) standing in for the Andals. (But again, the whole humans show up and fight the eldar races trope is pretty common in fantasy novels). This may be more inspired by Tolkein, but I'm not an expert.5. The plague of undead caused by the Fell appears similiar to what happens to the dead in GoT when they become the Others.Any others?</blockquote>