Then there's a bunch of Lord of the Rings-sounding names, but
not being a Tolkien expert, I'm not sure if they are actually
references: Elf Stone, Evenstar, Gil-Galad, Rhun.  I am
currently reading LotR, and I could have sworn recent mention of
Gil-Galad. yea, yea,  "Gil-galad was an Elven-king. Of him the
harpers sadly sing: the last whose realm was fair and free
between the Mountains and the Sea." From The Fall of Gil-Galad,
as translated by Bilbo Baggins in The Fellowship of the Ring I
11 A Knife in the Dark (found on The Encyclopedia of Arda , or
just google Gil-Galad.)  Man, is the book different from the
movies.  Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.