Re: Easterlings?
Originally posted by AslanC
Okay now I am talking the far east here.
ICE/MERP didn't do anything on them, but I am to assume they are like the more Asiatic people of our own world.
So what would they be like? One major Japanese or Chinese like culture? Or a few that embody aspects of China and the remainder of South East Asia?
Ideas? Thoughts?
Why didn't you ask this last week when I was reading articles on line analyzing the Tolkien races. Then I could have given you sites to look at.
From what I remember, the last book of theHistory of Middle-Earth dealt with this suggesting Tolkien didn't have any nations representing China, India or Japan. It wasn't necessary for his internal history or mythology.
That in mind, it is going to be your story. Use it if you want. I'm working on a way of bringing the Rûmhoth, of the city Rûm to the south, into my back history. It was mentioned in one of the History of Middle-Earth books and why not use it.
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