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Old 07-16-2015, 01:22 PM   #10
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Originally Posted by William Cloud Hicklin View Post
Certainly the Haradrim and Easterlings don't; the former have very clearly a Saracen/Persian flavor, and what little we see of the latter suggests Slavs.
Interesting. May I ask why? I always saw it differently - I think the Easterlings have more of a Saracen/Middle Eastern base, while Haradrim parallel RL lands farther south. Hard as I try, I really can't see Slavs anywhere among those races. Could you elaborate?
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