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Rhun charioteer · 08-13-2017, 08:19 PM

Given the likely geography of their homeland I can't see why they wouldn't be horsemen.

Rhun had large plains and open country.

We can assume Harad being desert and Khand bordering both of them and Mordor would a climate intermediate from them both(while probably getting the benefits of volcanic ash and water form the sea of nurnen.

So I imagine rough grasslands, scrub, and hilly country.

An environment suited for horses.

Also I can't imagine they all marched straight through Mordor on foot.

They like the Haradrim probably had a ground contingent yet horses to me at least seem sensible.

Galadriel55 · 08-13-2017, 10:55 PM

Rhun Charioteer -

I think you may be presenting reasonable ideas against Variags being Varangians, but your horsemen argument is too akin to this. https://res.cloudinary.com/teepublic...s/671556_1.jpg

08-13-2017, 10:55 PM	#2
Galadriel55 Blossom of Dwimordene Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: The realm of forgotten words Posts: 10,519	Rhun Charioteer - I think you may be presenting reasonable ideas against Variags being Varangians, but your horsemen argument is too akin to this. https://res.cloudinary.com/teepublic...s/671556_1.jpg __________________ You passed from under darkened dome, you enter now the secret land. - Take me to Finrod's fabled home!... ~ Finrod: The Rock Opera

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08-13-2017, 08:19 PM	#1
Rhun charioteer Wight Join Date: Jun 2017 Posts: 118	Given the likely geography of their homeland I can't see why they wouldn't be horsemen. Rhun had large plains and open country. We can assume Harad being desert and Khand bordering both of them and Mordor would a climate intermediate from them both(while probably getting the benefits of volcanic ash and water form the sea of nurnen. So I imagine rough grasslands, scrub, and hilly country. An environment suited for horses. Also I can't imagine they all marched straight through Mordor on foot. They like the Haradrim probably had a ground contingent yet horses to me at least seem sensible.