Thread:Tuxicat/@comment-26863727-20160201010444

Now, if you plan on being an active member of the wiki, you need to make your first character. Human, Elf, Dwarf, Orc, Uruk, male, female, good, evil, neutral, kings, queens, emperors, soldiers, pirates, mercenaries. All these and more can be found among the characters that have been born on this wiki. Here`s how I go about it when I decide to make another. The bare bones of a character are race/species, gender, and name. After that, is weapons, armor, skills, appearance, and their good and bad traits. The last and longest step is creating their backstory, what made them into what they are now. After you`ve gotten expierenced with the ins and outs of roleplaying, you may choose to create your own custom faction or even develop a new race(for example, I have created the lizard-like race the Dovahzul, the Far Harad Atmoran Empire, humans similar to ancient Romans, and the Nords, a group of humans heavily influenced by Vikings).

What NOT to do when creating a character:

1. Contradict what is in the books, unless it is for an RP where the canon is altered.

2. involve other people`s characters in the backstory, unless they`ve given permission.

That first is why the little described lands of Rhun and Harad are such fertile places for players to create new works. There are, of course, rare exceptions like Auraestus`s Dwarven faction in the Ered Nimrais. There`s even a pair of users who use the suprisingly little detailed Dol Amroth and Umbar as their factions. 