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Kickratgames1101 wrote: About a week ago I got the idea of some factions for Far Harad and since then I've been thinking of some lore, it's not complete and by no means will I suggest any of these ideas since I barely have lore done for them, not to mention it will probably suck. Anyway, I don't have the names for any of the people figured out yet but here is what I've got:

Kikuyu style

When the tauredain empire started their conquest the first tribe to be annexed was the Kikuyu because of the fact that they were small in size and scattered they were conquered easily. They stayed peacefully under the control of the Tauredain up until the decline of the empire when they rebelled. They broke free and went north to the border of Near Harad and Far Harad, soon the Dark Lord Sauron tried to get them under his control. But the Kikuyu were strong in their beliefs in the old Harad gods and resisted him. They stole several horses and animals from Near Harad and went south to the Morwaith. The Morwaith were not kind to these disbelievers and attempted to slaughter them. But Morwaith Zebras were no match for the Desert horses of the Kikuyu they then decided none could be trusted and traveled to the border of the jungle and the Savannah. They started breeding their horses and their cattle abundantly so they could trade with other people. Eventually they started pulling lightning fast raids upon the Morwaith coming into villages and camps and slaying them then getting out before anyone else could get there.

Immos

In the lands now sunken by the great floods were a powerful people who were greatly advanced, they built beautiful stone structures and even a great city they got all this from trade with the Numenoreans. They had a great empire stretching over as far as the eye could see from their capital. But this prosperity was short lived as the floods came and destroyed their great empire. The people ran as fast as they could to find safety. Thousands died from the floods but a some reached the mountains, or what was left of them (Far Harad rocky coast) before the flood however the Immos had found a hidden valley in this mountain and decided to build an outpost there. The refugees found this valley and hid there, in secret they built a village there, but the stonework of old was soon forgotten but their metalworking was not. If added this Faction would live in a hidden valley in the far harad rocky coast that like meneltarma cannot be seen unless traveled to. if added the Immos would be allies of Gondor and the Zimbara

Zimbara

Living deep in the Haradric mountains is a tribe of bear worshipping people known as the Zimbara(Zim-Ba-Raw) they have lived in the mountains since the time of Numenor and do not intend to be kicked out. They stayed in isolation for a long time, but when Sauron started taking control of the South he sent 4 Morwaith to convert the Zimbara. The moment they spoke of worshipping Sauron the leader of the Zimbara Aytoos(Ayth-tooss) had 3 of them thrown of a cliff and sent the 4th to tell the morwaith that the Zimbara would not forsake Aiose(Aye-os-e) the bear goddess. When the messenger told them how Aytoos treated the other messengers the Morwaith took this as a sign of war. They attempted invasions into the Mountains but the Zimbara used geurilla tactics to ambush and slaughter the Morwaith. Before the flood the Zimbara traded with the Immos to get Metal and metalworking skill, though not the greatest metalworkers they made dangerous blades. The Zimbara favor long forward curved swords and longspears for combat. If added the Zimbara would be allies of the Immos and the Kikuyu. They would however be enemies of the Tauredain and Limwaith. Overall, my issue with these ideas is that they would add two more good factions and a second anti-hero faction. Far Harad worships Morgoth entirely. They are, like it or not, evil. We shouldn't add a bunch of groups for no reason other than to have good factions.

The Kikuyus are an interesting idea, but they need a new name and alignment. I'd say, if they are added, they could be a northern tribe of the Morwaith who support Sauron and act as light cavalry.

The Immos are similar to the mountain-folk I support, though I'd like to see a few more scattered vales. However, these too need a new name, and should be somewhat more primitive--Inca-levels of technology or so.

Bears don't live in Africa, so idk where they would get the notion of worshipping them. Not to mention, no metalworking of skill enough to make scimitars exists south of Near Harad. And, again, the names could use some work.

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