[@POOHEAD189] Yeah, I recall reading a quote of his in response to people thinking LotR was an anti-industrialization story and he replied that it was fundamentally a Catholic tale.

He also uses a lot of stuff from Norse mythology, like Elves and Dwarves (Dwarves made weapons and goods for the Aesir, which are the order of beings that Odin, Thor, Tyr, Freya, etc belong to. They made Thor's hammer, Mjollnir). Trolls are basically Jotunn, the Nazguls' winged beasts are basically the Nidhogg.  Surtr is more or less the Balrog.

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[@Dervish] Do elves mature at the same rate as humans, in this canon, and simply have extended lives? 
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Elves do canonically live longer than races of men, just accounts differ a bit. To keep things simplified, Orcs have a similar lifespan to humans (partially due to how they're pretty far removed from Aldmer purity thanks to basically being the spawn of Malacath), and due to their own divergence from the Aldmer, the Bosmer and Dunmer we pretty much have living for around 250 years if they're healthy, although certain individuals have lived for many centuries. The Altmer are the ones with 1000+ year lifespans because they're pretty much the closest thing to their ancestors, the Aldmer, which were created directly from the Aedra. 

The only other race that is probably going to live for ridiculous amounts of time are Argonians given their near-immunity to disease and reptilian-like physiology. Seeing as crocodiles and turtles can basically live for ridiculous periods of time that far surpass mammals, it's safe to say Argonians probably have extended periods of life that surpass men and Khajiit.