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As for Tolkein being an influence... I hadn't read any of Tolkein's work until after I graduated college in '87. lol If you are wondering about the name Argontath (yes, only one letter away from Argonath. I get that comment every now and then
), I was sitting with a friend of mine doing our chemistry homework and also throwing around names for the "new" world map I had created. I saw 'argon' in my chem-book and on the suggestion of my friend I should add the name of my "Paladin-Explorer" Tathis to it and came up with Argontathis... it sounded corny, so I cut the name short.
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