Jamber
Sage
There's always that interesting moment in LOTR (the film version -- I haven't read the books in a long time) when Saruman is telling his army how the Rohirrim stole their lands and drove them into the hills. It's meant to be Saruman using his powers of persuasion to incite hatred, but it opens a parallel (and unacknowledged) story: that underneath the present rule is an older usurped one.
Not sure this gives you any ideas, but I always found the idea fascinating.
Not sure this gives you any ideas, but I always found the idea fascinating.