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A township of Men lying under the Lonely Mountain, a centre of trade between the dwarves of Erebor and people of Esgaroth; it was destroyed when Smaug descended on the Dwarf-kingdom. After Smaug's destruction, Dale was refounded by Bard, the descendant of its lords.pen and watercolour
I created this picture originally for a 2010 callendar I was making together with my sister Mechor as a christmas present for our grandma and granddad. This was the picture for January.
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I also like this coexistence of Men and Dwarves. I would certainly love to make some more pictures exploring this theme.
As you say, if there is any place in Middle-earth where Slavic inspiration can be used for illustrations, it is certainly eastern Rhovanion.
As for the architecture, the timber framing architecture is traditional only in some regions of Czechia, and similarly to Poland it is mostly associated with Germans.
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Sure that's true, the most slavic region in Middle Earth, but there is one more thing. I'm very glad that Tolkien didn't copy earth cultures straight into Arda, even Rohirim aren't just Anglo-saxons but different. Gondor or Arnor there aren't any obvious connections. Nothing like Warhammer Fantasy where are just medieval nations under different names, although according to a typical western european optics all East of Germany is dumped into one Russia like entity called Kislev.
I created for one ma fanfic for LotR "potato easterlings" that populations of easterlings living north of the Sea of Rhun, who heavy drank.
So how is kożuch in Czech?
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I wish it and Lake Town would've looked more like this in the Hobbit movies. I didn't really understand the use of Asian influences in the movies.
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Indeed. In my imagination I view these cultures (Dale, Lake-town or the ancient Northmen) as inspired by medieval Central or North-eastern Europe.
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That was the impression I got from Tolkien too, especially since the northern men cultures were related to the Rohan men, so I don't see why they would be vastly different from one another.
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Yes, I find it quite appropriate.
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I actually had a theory that the men of Dale where descendants of escaped slaves from Rhun. Enslaved by the Easterling tribes and therefore adopting some of their Slavic like culture.
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Interesting theory. I generally imagine the free people living in the more eastern corners of known Middle-earth (men of Dale, Esgaroth and the scantily known Dorwinion) as somewhat similar to Slavic peoples of east-central Europe, whereas the Northmen from the western part of Rhovanion (Vale of Anduin, Éothéod and of course later Rohan) are more Germanic to me. I know they are supposed to be quite closely related, but It is always interesting to imagine different cultures!
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Yeah I like to imagine the men of Rohan as Germanic too. I had never heard of Dorwinion before now.
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Not much is known about Dorwinion. It is once mentioned in the Hobbit as a land of strong wine and it is placed on one version of the Middle-earth map on the shore of the sea of Rhun. And then there is of course various speculation. More here: tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Dorwin…
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Thanks.
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*Dale sorry. XD (damn autocorrect)
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Opět krása! Dneska mám nějaký komentovací den.
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Odpovídám trochu se zpožděním, ale v posledních týdnech jsem neměl čas na dA...
Jsem rád, že se ti to líbí, přesně takového dojmu jsem chtěl dosáhnout - v kontrastu k vznešeným městům elfů jsem chtěl, aby tohle vypadalo obyčejněji, jednodušeji, ale zároveň právě taky přívětivě (i přes tu zimu)
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Doufám, že těma svýma komentářema moc neotravuju
Je to opravu obrázek příjemný na pokoukání.
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This is so amazing! Very good and interesting work!
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I just finished rereading The Hobbit (for about the eightieth time)! Love this!!!
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Great! 
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Thank you, I'm glad you like it!
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This deviation has been featured here: [link]
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Thanks! You have a nice gallery too!
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Wow, this looks amazing! The city is like a dream city I often dreamed of being in!
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Really? That's interesting.. I had this vision of Dale for some time before and just wanted to make a picture of it..
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Well, it's nice that we share the same vision...not of Dale, but of a beautifull fantasy city!
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This is really, really good. I really, really like it.
(Sorry my comment is not very eloquent!)
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Maybe not eloquent, but certainly pleasing. Thanks!
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Thanks, I'm glad you like it!
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