Thread:Eras of Arda Team/@comment-173.88.149.235-20170716173253/@comment-31996723-20170716185911

So, I can see you've read the lore of the Sons of Ahmôtep, but you need to understand a few things; first - there is not a single leader of the Sons of Ahmôtep, but rather multiple Sûra-Pharaohs being leaders of various spots near this large river which we all know lies in the middle of Near Harad. Basically they are Nile-lords. What is important to understand is that they are not empires, but rather city states with maybe a large capital city and then maybe a few towns, but mainly villages surrounding their capitals. Saying "This city was the focus point for all military and government in Harad" would be plain wrong as there isn't one single "kingdom" in Harad, but hundreds of them while you make it sound like they are centralized, which they are not. They are all friends and trade partners, but rivals and enemies. It's all about who has the greatest wealth, the most slaves, the greatest wonders and the greatest offerings, wonders and temples for Ahmôtep. Their religion is a key-part of their whole society (like you see with the ancient Egyptians).

They do not aid Morgoth/Melkor, because they live so far remote. Morgoth might have put some influence in how they think of the Edain kingdoms and Elves, but they do not know it is him. They barely know him, because they litterally live on the other side of the globe of him. They never directly engaged in combat with the Elves either, because there are no Elves living anywhere near them. They do however, have often issues with the Edain settlements living north of them + the Tauredain in the south.

What you really need to is to explain what the key things about your city-state/kingdom. You tell us nothing about what is going on in your applied faction. You only tell us a fraction bit about your character. We need to know more.

We are well aware it isn't easy to write an application for a faction where the lore isn't finished yet, but in regards to what is planned for said faction - we must decline this application as it contradicts the existing lore in many ways.

Our best tip to your right now would be to read this comment thoroughly through as well as the lore of the Sons of Ahmôtep once again. Take what you've learned into consideration and write a new application if need be.

Best regards, the Eras of Arda team!