Board Thread:General Mod Discussion/@comment-25981649-20170215202502/@comment-26149161-20170217123626

Actually, absolutely nothing is said about Khand afaik... time to research.

Okay, results from a cursory Tolkien Gateway search. The only thing we know is that some of the people were called the Variags, and they were once in conflict with the Wainriders, thogh they allied with them later on. Their location points to a kind of Mongol-style people, less-armed than the Wainriders but with more horses and no chariots (remember the great, unexpected numbers of horsemen at the battle where King Ondoher fell?).

It is also theorized that (due to a few records of treacherous Northmen in the time of Romendacil) the Variags might be Northmen who were driven away by the loyalists. There is no proof of this, however.

Furthermore, it appears that the shining cities we see in the mod are kind of inaccurate, as beyond the Sea of Rhun were only camps and small villages. I suggest the Wainriders, when added, use these.

Ithilion, Discussions Moderator (Auta i lome) 12:36, February 17, 2017 (UTC)