Board Thread:General Mod Discussion/@comment-31752094-20170416043540/@comment-31752094-20170416044108

Now that that's done with, I've got my own ideas and I'd like some feedback and other ideas are always appreciated!

People: First ill start with the people and the soldiers. When I think of soldiers from Khand I imagine a Viking (stereotypical/fake ones) ya know big guy wielding a big 2 handed battle axe, round oak shield on the back, semi heavy armor. Then I put him on a horse. Then I kinda change his nationality to be a Scandinavian/Mongolian mix or just a full some kind of north east Asian. After that I would mix the armor styles of the 2 people's. And there you go a Khandish soldier! The rest of the population is generally the same except in normal clothes and both genders :P

Culture: probably a mix of40+% Vikingish things and 40 - 35% Mongolian and around 15 - 20 or so percent Turkish. It should have noticeable similarities to rhun such as their love for dragons, and similarish architecture. Mostly a settled people, residing in towns cities and villages. Though a small amount of them are still semi nomadic. But Khand also has its differences. They love their horses and prefer mounted melee combat over infantry or ranged combat. Though they do see the viability of ranged warfare. Large daneaxe-like axes are their weapon of choice they also carry smaller one handed axes for throwing and in case they loose their main weapon.

Background: they started of developing like rhun, nomadic groups wondering the land, then some found out how good farming is and built settlements. These settlements grew and rivaled each other as well as those who would not give up their nomadic ways. This is where Khand and Rhun diverge, while rhune (not united) was operating on a greater much larger scale, the people in Khand were doing the same things but did not feel like getting involved in the greater policies of Rhun and mostly stayed between their 2 great river valleys separating them from Rhun and Harad respectively. The 2 cultures developed side by side, touching and interacting but different. Rhun eventually consolidated into 2 groups the settled people (Rhundel) and the nomadic (Wainriders) It took longer for Khand to unify but it eventually did under one of the more prominent cities of the region, thus diminishing the nomadic population by favoring settled subjects over the nomadic.

Khand biome: not the dessert or semi dessert to the west and southwest and not the stark steppe to the north. Khand is situated between 2 rivers one on its northern border and one on its western. These 2 rivers help buffer the harshness from both sides away leaving a small gem between to very rough, roughs. Similar to the steppe in the north but more fertile than said steppe, a perfect place for crops and horse pastures. This is amplified by a vast and complex irrigation system built by the bigger cities and towns all over the country side. Much like the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in ancient Mesopotamia. it even has access to the sea for fish. Trade from sea wouldn't be the best, you would have to sail all the way around harad to reach any other major ports, the half trolls are also on their side of the continent but wouldn't be a very viable trading partner.

Greater Politics: Allies- mordor and probably rhun. Enemies- Gondor Rohan and maybe the wainriders but probably not. Neutral- everyone else and most likely place for the wainriders.

So what do you think? And other ideas?