Thread:Sinthorion/@comment-26184570-20150718152959

Name: Mor Echdain.

Area: Directly east of Mordor and up north towards Dorwinion.

Inspiration: Persia.

Allies: Mordor, Dol Guldur, Mor Baradain, Variags, Wainriders.

Enemies: Gondor, Woodland Realm, Durin's Folk, Red Mountains, Rohan, Lain Echdain, Lain Baradain, Moredain, Dorwinion, Avari, Turwaith.

Don't care: Anyone not listed.

Extra notes: These Easterlings were dipicted in The Two Towers.

Name: Lain Echdain.

Area: same area, in civil war for control.

Inspiration: Persia.

Allies: Gondor, Lain Baradain, Moredain, Durin's Folk, Red Mountains, Dorwinion, Avari, Turwaith.

Enemies: Mordor, Mor Echdain, Mor Baradain, Dol Guldur, Variag, Wainriders, Wembedain.

Don't care: Anyone not listed.

Extra Notes: These Easterlings are exactly the same, except that anything red with the other group is blue. These guys are less prominent then their enslaved kin.

Name: Dorwinion.

Area: Enclosing the north western edge of the Sea of Rhun.

Inspiration, Slavs, Tatars, Finns.

Allies: The Woodland Realm, Lain Echdain, Lain Baradain, Durin's Folk, Red Mountains, Avari.

Enemies: Mordor, Gundabad, Mor Echdain, Mor Baradain, Angmar.

Don't care: Anyone not listed.

Extra notes: These guys are a mix of House of Hador (some decided to stay in the east), Northmen and Avari.

Name: Wainriders.

Area: Directly north and east of Dorwinion.

Inspiration: Mongols.

Allies: Mordor, Gundabad, Mor Echdain, Mor Baradain, Variags.

Enemies: Lain Echdain, Lain Baradain, Red Mountains, Gondor, Dorwinion.

Don't care: Anyone not listed.

Extra notes: These guys spawn almost exclusively on horseback.

Name: Variags.

Area: Khand.

Inspiration: Turkic tribes.

Allies: Near Harad, Mordor, Mor Echdain, Wembedain.

Enemies: Lain Echdain, Gondor, Moredain.

Don't care: Anyone not listed.

Extra notes: These guys are also really good horsemen.

Name: Lain Baradain.

Area: East central Rhun.

Inspiration: The Ming dinasty.

Allies: Lain Echdain, Gondor, Halwaith, Red Mountains, Avari, Dorwinion, Turwaith.

Enemies: Mor Baradain, Mor Echdain, Haldain, Mordor, Variags, Wainriders, Wembedain.

Don't care: Anyone not listed.

Extra notes: These guys build beautifull, tall pagodas and have a complex society.

Name: Mor Baradain.

Area: Same as above, just less prominent.

Inspiration: Yuan Dynasty.

Allies: Mor Echdain, Haldain, Variags, Wainriders, Mordor, Wembedain.

Enemies: Gondor, Lain Baradain, Halwaith, Lain Echdain, Red Mountains, Avari, Turwaith.

Don't care: Anyone not listed.

Extra notes: These guys are the same as above, just enslaved by Sauron and less powerfull.

Name: Wembedain.

Area: East of Khand.

Inspiration: Indian cultures of the Thar desert.

Allies: Mordor, Mor Baradain, Mor Echdain, Variags.

Enemies: Turwaith, Lain Echdain, Halwaith, Lain Baradain, Avari, Red Mountains.

Don't care: Anyone not listed.

Extra notes: These guys inhabit the last desert and tame were worms.

Name: Avari.

Area: The forests on the slopes of the Red Mountains.

Inspiration: Finns, Chinese forest culture.

Allies: Red Mountains, all other elves, Halwaith, Lain Baradain, Turwaith, Tauredain.

Enemies: Mor Baradain, Mor Echdain, Mordor, all orcs, Wembedain, Variags.

Don't care: Everyone else.

Extra notes: These are the Elves of the east who never saw Valinor.

Name: Red Mountains.

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Inspiration: Bhutan, Tibet, Nepal.

Allies: All Dwarves, Halwaith, Lain Baradain, Turwaith, Avari, Dorwinion.

Enemies: Mor Baradain, Mor Echdain, Variags, Wembedain, Wainriders, Mordor, all other orcs.

Don't care: Everyone else.

Extra notes: The Red Mountains dwarves are the most advanced of all of thier kin, prospering from trade all across Rhun.

Name: Haldain.

Area: East of the Red Mountains.

Inspiration: Costal China.

Allies: Mor Baradain, Mordor, Wembedain.

Enemies: Halwaith, Lain Baradain, Avari, Red Mountains, Turwaith, Variags, Gondor.

Don't care: Everyone else.

Extra notes: These guys sided with Sauron after their ancient enemies, the Halwaith, sided with the free peoples.

Name: Halwaith.

Area: Huge islands to the east of Rhun.

Inspiration: Japan.

Allies: Red Mountains, Avari, Gondor, Turwaith, Lain Baradain.

Enemies: Haldain, Mor Baradain, Mordor.

Don't care: Everyone else.

Extra notes: These guys take their fish seriously.

Name: Turwaith.

Area: FAR southeastern Rhun, were men first awoke.

Inspiration: Thailand, Southern India, Indonesia, The Filipines.

Allies: Gondor, Lain Baradain, Red Mountains, Avari, Limwaith (because they are seafearers).

Enemies: All evil.

Extra notes: These were the first men, untouched by Morgoth. As such, they are the Valar's favorite form of men, so, as such, they can chose when to die. They extremely fair and spirituall. 