Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26210095-20160404001701

Overall, the characters/factions on this wiki know too much about each other. Gondor was a Medival esque state, and it probably wouldn't know any solid facts about Harad south of the savanah, and Umbar, and even then mostly through war and because they were subjugated by Hyardenmacil at one point. More inland factions are even more isolated, Rohan knew extremely little about the elves of Lothlorien, even though they were right on there borders. Also, this is more about common sense. Rohan can't possibly know anything much about the Tauredain, to use an example. I am using the real world as an example: Medieval Englishmen knew little about anything beyond the borders of Europe, and what they did was distorted by legend. Haradrim and Rhunnic factions have a bit more freedom, as IRL the Arabic and some of the Asian nations knew a lot more about the world then did the Europeans, just again, be logical. A Haradrim farmer will not know about the Elves of Lindon, but a educated scholar might hear secondhand stories.

This is different with characters, just don't be illogical about it. A Rohiric peasant will not know about the Tauredain, but a well traveled adventurer might. I have no problem with characters knowing about the exotic lands beyond northwest middle earth, just make sure the character and his/her knowlege level fits. 