:Not a very successful search.. here from  What are some of the influences you've used in the game?: (Dennis Dyack) There's Norse mythology for sure. I'm a big fan of literature. There's books like Hyperion where Dan Simmons tells the story of the war of the gods. It's one of my favourite series of all time. Lord of the Rings is Norse mythology but it's reinterpreted with all the same characters but spun in a different light.was all I could find.