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The thought occured to me that, while I've seen dwarfs in fantasy literature (and other media) it's always as either a completely separate race from humans with some unique characteristics of thier own, or as regular humans with dwarfism. I cannot recall a single instance were a Fantasy Dwarf and a human with dwarfism are even mentioned as existing in the the same story. I'm not saying such a story doesn't exist, but I've never seen one. It did get me thinking though...

In a fantasy world, such as Middle-Earth, were dwarves exist as a separate race from humanity, what would they call regular humans with dwarfism?

I know the Hollywood reason DK's Uncle Kamata would take the deal, so that the race could serve as a greater ending to the film. But in universe, I can't Figure out why. Kamata is a yakuza boss, or at least it heavily implied he is, and while I can see why Sean returning the money Han stole could by Sean his and his friends lives, I can't see why Kamata would agree to the race, and the condition of exile for the loser. Sean's reasons I get. But I mean, Kamata already has what he wants, and all the race does for him is put his nephew at risk.

Again, I get it's Hollywood and they take liberties with things, but can anyone give me a reason why a man like Kamata would accept this deal?

P.S. Props to Sonny Chiba for such a good performance, I honestly wish we got to see more of him in the movie.

I'm writing a story with two characters that work together as knights/mercenaries for lack of a better term. The two, for various reasons, style themselves as opposites, despite thier shared profession of killing. One is represented by strength, brutality, and darkness, whose primary weapon is a large warhammer. The second is represented by speed, precision, and light, whose primary weapon is a bow. That said, I want them to both carry swords as secondary weapons, and I can't figure out what style of sword I want each to wield, that fits thier respective styles of fighting. Any thoughts?

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse supposedly ride horse's of white, red, black, and pale respectively. I get the white, red, and black horse's, but what is a pale horse....I hear pale horse and think white, but that's already been used so I doubt it's the same. Can anyone tell me the difference between a white and pale horse.

I was looking up the Erymanthian Boar and discovered that there were, at least, two other Greek pig monsters, the Calydonian Boar and the Crommyonian Sow. All three ravaged the land they roamed. Yet the Calydonian Boar and Crommyonian Sow were both killed (one by a massive hunt consisting of several heros, and the other by Theseus), and the Erymanthian Boar was captured (by Heracles). I can find no real comparison between the three (aside from the fact they could be grandmother, son, and grandson to each other, but that's only in a few things I read), and I can come with arguments, based on what I've read, for each to be greater than the other two, or even all about the same. I was just wondering if there was any more definitive comparisons between the three.

I'm writing a story, just for fun, and my main character has a bad leg. So I'm looking for a fighting style she could use to at the very least defend herself without her leg (which is in a brace) getting in the way too much. The only thing I can think of is boxing, and I was wondering if there are any other styles she could use?

I was going through the bonus features on my X2: X-Men United DVD, specifically character concept art. In the concept art, there is a drawing of Lady Deathstryke (though not as she appears in the movie). In it, she has a tattoo writing, in what I assume is Japanese, down her chest.

I don't suppose anyone knows what it's supposed to be, or what it means?

I have OpenOffice 3.4.1, and I've been useing OpenOffice for a couple years now. But for some reason, when I open or start new documents, my spellchecker is saying that everything is wrong, despite the fact that I know a lot of the words are correct. I've tried setting the lanuage back to default and then to English (USA), but it's still saying everything is wrong.

Does anyone know how I can fox this?

I'm trying to write a story, and my main character isn't going to be very strong, but she is fast and nimble. So I'm looking for a weapon she can use that favors finesse over strength.

So if I could get some suggestions, along with explanations as to why it's a good weapon, I'd appreciate it.

In a fight, who would win Zorro or Athos, Porthos, Aramis, and d'Artangan? I know this has been asked before, but I would also like to know why they would win, what gives them the edge.

And I don't want the reason being, Musketeers because if you fight one you fight the whole Musketeer corps. This is just the four of them vs Zorro.

In the movie Tracker, starring Ray Winstone and Temuera Morrison, Winstone's character, Arjan van Diemen is a veteran of the Second Boer War. He mentions that he and other Boers cut off the trigger fingers of the bravest British officers, the men worthy of respect, only the bravest.

I can't find much information on this and was wondering if the Boers actually did cut the trigger fingers off of the British? And if they did, was it only the bravest officers they did it to?