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			Wasn't Khand south of Rhun, east of Harad, and southwest of Mordor?  
 
So I imagine the Variags were ethnically distinct from the easterlings and Haradrim. 
 
Since I always imagined Khand to be dry scrub and grassland-I figure the Variags were axe wielding Mongol/Viking/Turkic people or something like that. 
 
Maybe Magyars?
		 
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
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