Sorry if this has already been said, but the Shire is designed for new RPG playiers, to help them improve their writing skills. Pio, Child and Aman are ding a great job of getting characters truer to Tolkien's work. Yes, there are a lot of cliches. Regarding the non'elvish elf names, well, I for one don't know any elvish names which are original. My cahracter, Elentari, has to have the most unorignal name because I wanted a true Elvish one. Let the new RPers experiment!
Oh, and the sword weilding maidens.... I tried playing a maidservant..... they get ignored. Characters with no fighting skills tend to get left out of the actions. The only exception is Hobbit RPGs.
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