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Gorbag12 wrote:

LordArkofME wrote:

Gorbag12 wrote:

LordArkofME wrote:

SarumanTheGreat :wrote:

LordArkofME wrote:

I always thought it was just a trading nation focused primarily on trading of wine and not that focused on war, also Mevans confirmed Easterlings will be known as the Khaganate, if you haven't seen "Beta 29". If this Khaganate won't span out the whole Rhun and will have subfactions, I will be OK with it. It's pretty much the Easterlings from the movies, I think they are primarily focused around Near-Rhun. N, these are china-based these would spawn in far rhun, in north rhun the logathrim (axe easterlings of the book) in near rhun the balchot and wainriders and in south rhun the free ones Why would the chinese (Khaganate) travel all the way over to Greece (Gondor) when the persians (Balchoth/Wainriders) can do it? Besides Khaganate are suppose to be the main Easterlings of the War of The Ring, and they are said to be focused around the Sea of Rhun.

This is how I see it:

Khagante: In Near-Rhun since they are the main Easterlings that fight in the War of The Rhing. So they'd have to be close by.

Balchoth/Wainriders: In North Near-Rhun cause they attacked the Wilderlands/Rhovanion alot.

Variags/Khand: This is where Toklien said they'd be.

Avari: Also said they'd be here.

Free Easterlings: Because we don't see them, and Hildorien makes sense for location.

Logathrim: In Far-Rhun because they aren't really mentioned, only once so yeah.

Also Palisor and Romen are a MUCH better name than Near-Rhun and Far-Rhun. The Khaganate are a creation of Peter Jackson, not of Tolkien. In the books, the main Easterlings are the logathrim. The Khaganate ( china, japanse, korea) could travel to gondor (italy, greece, spain) because they want to do everything for their lord sauron. Like the Half Trolls and rhe Moredain. With the names palisor and romen, i agree with you. So? It's just the Easterlings that Mevans decided to use, and besides most would consider the axe easterlings and the movie easterlings the same faction. And why would they tracel to Europe? THINK in real world terms to giant army from the far east walking thousands of miles, would entirely exaust the army and would take a lot of money. Which is why they only send few people! Like how we only saw a few Half-Trolls not like a giant army of them etc.