[freeciv-data] Re: [Freeciv-Dev] Re: Fixes and additions for nation files

[Sam Barnett-Cormack <sambc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 12 Dec 2002, Eric S. Raymond wrote:

> Paul Zastoupil <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> > > From my recent reading, men of Gondor are (after a fashion, I guess, by
> > > teh time of LoTR) Dunedain.
> >
> > Yes.  But I didn't want to get nit-picky with ESR :)
>
> That's OK, I'll pick nits right back at you.  The Gondorians don't
> describe themselves as Dunedain in the books. :-)

They are still "men of westernesse" (IIRC, I don't have my sources with
me ATM) - just the blood has been watered down by the generations. I
can't recall which, but a historical king of Gondor was responsible for
uniting "The northern and southern Dunedain".

<SNIP MORDOR STUFF>

I agree with Eric here - cities named after comparatively minor
characters seems remarkably odd. If you're desperate to include them,
make them leaders, which would be almost as weird.

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Sam Barnett-Cormack