Thread:Dark dwarves 2/@comment-26453572-20160901020547/@comment-26184570-20160902020259

My idea for the Eastern Avari (at least the ones in Malakas) was that while the Elves we see in Tolkien's published works are like a more refined, elegant version of various European (and *gasp* non-European cultures as well!) cultures, the Avari in Rhûn are the same thing, except the cultures they draw off of are the geographically appropriate Asian cultures. Since Rhûn is bigger than Western Middle-Earth, I also imagine that there are more non-Eldar, Avari groups in Rhûn than there are Elves in Western Middle-Earth. Therefor, having many different Avari groups in Rhûn seems right.