Board Thread:Suggestions forum/@comment-27718380-20160105200730/@comment-26172435-20160105212540

Three notes here:

Have there already been other suggestion posts (approved, LOD) specific for the Avari? If so, pls refer to them / take them into account. I found a fair number of suggestion threads mentioning the Avari, but none seem to have made it to the approved list due to lack of kudo's. This suggestion by Argali1 may be interesting, this thread by Gorbag12 contains some ideas of others, and the recent threads on Rhun by SarumanTheGreat and LordArkofME. Finally, this discussion may also be worth considering. Would be nice if you could turn your 1st post to provide a comprehensive overview of suggestions regarding the Avari ... - wink, wink, nudge, nudge, say-no-more -

I'd like to see not just one Avari tribe. As I noted earlier elsewhere, I think Tolkien had a reason to mention 6 tribal names for the Avari. Like the tribes of men, it is likely the Avari didn't just stay put around their ancient dwellings around the Helcarth, but spread out across middle earth. Considering the destruction of Helcarth, the emergence of the many tribes of men, the wars in the east, the coming of the Istari, the dealings of the evil lord in the east and the fact that we're entering the 4th of long era's ... it's highly likely the Avari have split up in several major tribes. I tend to get my inspiration for in-game custom lore from the MERP tales on the Avari tribes, but there may be more ideas on this, and Mevans may also have his own ideas crystal clear by now ... yet not communicated afaik.

If I'm informed correctly they were in close contact with one or more of the four dwarven tribes/factions of the Orocarni. This could have led to exchange of knowledge on smelting and metalworking.

''I just started reading The Book of Lost Tales ... it's been many years since I read all the other Tolkien books. Only have TBoLT to go ...''