Haunts the skeleton guy seems a lot like the ghost king in lord of the rings and what about the new eb? Scrag seems a lot like smog and their both dragons? If you fin anymore connections in the Ebs please post then in the comments
Just because they defense building and item is the same as The Eye of Sauron doesn't mean this is a copy of LotR. Honestly, you knew the answer before you even made this thread... Also, why was this posted here?!
Last I checked LotR didnt have pigs, the kracken, giant stone people, evil trees (ok, it had ents, but they were good), or ice giants.