Board Thread:General Mod Discussion/@comment-27831234-20161123010009

Greetings, community, I just want to hear your opinions on something: When added, should imladris be a Faction of it's own or a subfaction of the high elves? People have been saying both of things, and I want to know how everyone feels about this and provide mevans and the mod team a little knowledge of public opinion when it comes to rivendell.

My opinion: My opinion is that it should be completely independant and a faction of it's own. Below are my arguments to support my opinion.

Proximity: Imladris is way too far from lindon for the high elves to keep control of. Also, why would the High Elves keep a small pocket of land far from them and is in territory that is either hostile or not theirs? That makes no sense. In a historical perspective, that is not how a medieval kingdom/country works.

Authority: As far as I know, Cirdan (leader of lindon), has no jurisdiction of elrond and the way he governs rivendell. He built rivendell himself. Cirdan and Lindon had nothing to do with it.

People: The Elves that live in rivendell are refugees from the realm of eregion when sauron destroyed it, not lindon.

Also, nowhere once does it mention that Lindon has any control of rivendell.

Now for the poll: What should Rivendell be? A Faction of it's own A subfaction of The High Elves of Lindon etc.  