The Haruchai.

[wayfriend]

I don't think the Haruchai are very different. Like many of Tolkien's creations, the race, rather the individual, is the important character. Each Haruchai is merely a representative of his race.

Certain individual Haruchai become important characters only when they stand away from the Haruchai generality. Cail. Brinn. Even Bannor. And even then, their purpose is to highlight by contrast, to foil, the Haruchai nature. To demonstrate Haruchai weaknesses; to show what they have lost.

You can point to their mind-union as a plausible reason for their similarity.

Another reason would be that they suppress their emotions to the point of emotional emaciation. Without emotion, how can there be distinct character?

And they are always devoted to whomever they serve to the point of eradication of all personal desire. Without desires, how can there be distinct character?

[Kaydene]

Right...their existence depended on the objective service they provide(d). So when the illearth stone was taken from the giant and the two went off on their own to Foul's Creche, they had given into those emotions....their own sort of Ritual of Desecration...and had disconnected from the Haruchai race.

[peter]

Thanks to Fist and Faith and Savor Dam for thir links to 'It cannot Now......' Looking forward to reading it/them very much.