Re:Amazon spending $465M on season 1 of The Lord of the Ring...
by mrob on Tuesday July 05, 2022 @02:07PM
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Donkeys and horses produce infertile mules. Elves and humans produce fertile offspring. Aragorn has elvish ancestors.
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Re:Amazon spending $465M on season 1 of The Lord of the Ring...
by samatman on Tuesday July 05, 2022 @03:48PM
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In the Dark Sun setting from AD&D, the offspring of humans and dwarves are also infertile. Also called muls, which isn't the most creative move but hey.
I don't recall there being any children of dwarves and men in the Tolkien legendarium, though I've not read it all by any means.
Given how common "interfertile but with sterile offspring" is between related species in nature, it's relatively rare in games and fantasy settings.