Board Thread:Fun and Games/@comment-31907131-20170328105347/@comment-26149161-20170328113207

As reigning Lore-Nazi on the wiki, here are my thoughts.

Foremost, adding things from and sticking to the lore should be our top priority. I fully support filling out the West first--Bree-land, the Druedain, etc, before all these non-canon factions to fill out the South and East.

When the lore on something is little-known (Easterling Tribes), the lore should be stuck to as much as possible. For example, when creating names for the Nazgul, they should be realistic and based in known words. A Wainrider faction should be like the Wainriders, with no absurd additions.

There are two kinds of "Non-Canon" things that the mod adds, and only one should ever be used. The first is used mainly in areas of little note, like East and South. It doesn't contradict or go against lore, and it takes a lore basis (like using word roots of a logical origin, etc). The second should be avoided--unrestrained additions of things that don't make sense, cater to movie fans, etc. These include the Half-Trolls being monsters, or Elk-Riders.

Overall, I support full canon in the West, with logical and well-studied additions in areas further afield. Non-canon factions shoudl be small and rare, with little influence upon the West, and not be fantastical or outlandish (Hawiians).

Ithilion, Discussions Moderator (Auta i lome) 11:32, March 28, 2017 (UTC)