Okay… Here is what my tired mind came up with yesterday after first going to watch the Hobbit and then coming home and watching Dances With Wolves on telly. I somehow started to think what kind of a story you might get from using the story elements from the Western in a story set into a fantasy world.
Dwarfs would replace the Sioux/Lakota tribe (the “good Indians”), orcs/goblins would – of course – be the Pawnees (the “bad Indians”), Kicking Bird would be the dwarf king and Stands with a Fist an elven girl rescued by dwarfs from their common enemy. I’m not yet sure who Dances with Wolves would be, probably a human ranger…
Oh, and while I openly identify the sources of my inspiration here, I don’t believe this is a copy-violation because dwarfs and elves and orcs are pretty universal nowadays, and the story line I’ve been using from Dances with Wolves isn’t really that original in the first place.
