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Old 02-14-2017, 11:54 AM   #3
Mithadan
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Join Date: Jul 2000
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Mithadan is a guest at the Prancing Pony.Mithadan is a guest at the Prancing Pony.
I never considered the distinction between the Easterlings and the Variags. Perhaps the Easterlings, who were said to be swarthy or sallow skinned, refer to a race akin to the Asiatic Huns while the Variags refer to peoples who eventually became Russian or East European.
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