Brotherhood of the Wolf
The inspiration for Eberron came when Baker was working on VR-1's cancelled pulp MMORPG "Lost Continents". Baker aimed to fuse the energy of pulp adventure and film noir settings to traditional fantasy settings and steampunk. The "Eberron Campaign Setting" sourcebook lists the following movies as inspirations for Eberron's tone and attitude: "Brotherhood of the Wolf", "Casablanca", "From Hell", "The Maltese Falcon", "The Mummy", "The Name of the Rose", "", "Raiders of the Lost Ark" and "Sleepy Hollow". Baker also said inspiration for the war-torn setting came from the unstable period of world history between World War I and World War II.