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[Vulcan]

Just taking a guess here but seeing as one of the mini-factions for Harad has the mumakil for an icon could it possibly be a Mahud faction? They were their own tribe and it would be interesting to see what kind of units RA could think up for them. Also, for Umbar are we talking just about the Corsairs as units or the whole kingdom?

Edited by Vulcan, 19 June 2007 - 12:27 AM.

[Alsch]

Well at least I'm doing my best, I'd like to see you make a different Rhun minifac.

Is that a challenge?!?!11!1

[hdh7]

No Far Harad!!!!!!!!!!!! I've been shot in the heart.

[Canterbury]

If Rhun is a mini faction for harad, i am guessing that the wains are gone. Harad would used Rhun for their heavily armored units.

[Uruk King]

Just taking a guess here but seeing as one of the mini-factions for Harad has the mumakil for an icon could it possibly be a Mahud faction? They were their own tribe and it would be interesting to see what kind of units RA could think up for them. Also, for Umbar are we talking just about the Corsairs as units or the whole kingdom?

Mahud is gonna be a Mumak hero for Harad.

[cahik_]

i am just curious how can you know that for sure

[Uruk King]

You mean I'm wrong or could be wrong but you won't say?

[Olorin]

The second one.

[Bard]

No, you're just wrong.

"Mahud" is not a name for an individual but for (in the non-canon world of the Movies' and especially Games Workshop) a tribe of Men who live in the jungles of Far Harad and who're apparently the first people to have tamed the Mûmakil.
And before someone else gainsays me on the above, the word "Mahud" is derived from the word "Mahout", which is a name used to refer to an elephant driver in the real world.

Edited by Bard, 19 June 2007 - 09:28 AM.

[Alsch]

So are the Mahuds going to be the unit that you place on a Mumakil, that increases its stats, or am I completely wrong?

[m@tt]

Just taking a guess here but seeing as one of the mini-factions for Harad has the mumakil for an icon could it possibly be a Mahud faction? They were their own tribe and it would be interesting to see what kind of units RA could think up for them. Also, for Umbar are we talking just about the Corsairs as units or the whole kingdom?

One of the icons is Far Harad which may or may not get changed eventually (the icon that is).

[Uruk King]

Still I would like to see the mahud tribe, they could be spearmen and archers due to their hunting nature. the archers could have stealth but can only recieve the Marksman upgrade. The spearmen could play a similar role to the footmen of the westfold, only slightly weaker and a lot faster. the Mahuds also have with the a menagerie of wild beasts like Wild Mumakil, which could be a faster slightly less armoured breed of Mumak.

[Olorin]

And (seeing as they're the Mahud tribe) they could have the unit that sits on it's perch on top of a Mumak, which is the Mahud I believe?

[Uruk King]

Yeah there is the thing that there already is a Mahud unit in the Harad mainfac, how it helps the Harad faction I have no idea. I hoped that the Mahud was gonna be a hero that sits on the top of a customised Mumakil, Tha Harad faction really needs some more heros.

[Lauri]

but why would you want a custom mumak with a mahud hero?

Dude, all of the mumaks needs their Mahud, the Mahud is what makes the Mumakils avaliable to Haradrim forces... of course, I don't know if Tolkien ever mentioned that the mumaks had drivers, but logically, they should have And if we go by GW's (and PJ?) way, then they should all have a Mahud, either as a sweet addition, or as an upgrade, which could grant them some kinda bonus, I don't know
All I'm saying is that if one mumakil has a mahud, they all should have

[Bard]

*Pops in*

There is one passage that mentions something remotely resembling the Mahud in the books, perhaps this was one of the basis for WETA's creation of the Mumakil Mahouts:

Of Herbs and Stewed Rabbit, page 333

"The ruins of what seemed a very war-tower lay upon [the Mumak's] heaving back, smashed in his furious passage through the wood; and high upon his neck still desperately clung a tiny figure - the body of a mighty warrior, a giant among the Swertings."

Swertings here refers to the Southrons/Haradrim, obviously.

Don't worry, the Harad factioon will have far more heroes than Suladan and Bourkahn.
And yes, the Mahud will be in the Harad faction, predominantly in the form of those who steer the Mumakil.

[Canterbury]

Just think the Mahud as a captain of a ship. Every ship needs a captain and every mumak needs a mahud

[Harad King]

Is there going to be other creatures besides the mumakil in the harad faction?

Rhovanion Alliance ROCKS!!!!!

Edited by harad king, 13 July 2007 - 09:13 PM.

[cahik_]

there arent any other cratures in movies or books except for Great Beast and that will for mordor

[Canterbury]

camels!!!! jk