>>797612norse mythology is the closest "cool and exotic" source of designs for european characters despite the myths not being very interesting in the first place, the inspiration being overplayed by the 2000s and the myths never being adapted accurately at all. To this day people think loki and thor are brothers in myth because nobody reads that crap and only goes by marvel and "Odin" has long stopped being anything but a superboss in final fantasy. A robot dwarf is the most interesting and diverse pull a team of modern designers can muster.