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==Portrayal in adaptations==
==Portrayal in adaptations==
[[File:Angus McBride - Variags).jpg|thumb|''Variags of Khand'' in [[Middle-earth Collectible Card Game|MECCG]]]]
[[File:Angus McBride - Variags.jpg|thumb|''Variags of Khand'' in [[Middle-earth Collectible Card Game|MECCG]]]]
'''1982-97: ''[[Middle-earth Role Playing]]'':'''
'''1982-97: ''[[Middle-earth Role Playing]]'':'''
:Variags, who speak the tongue Varadja, share ties with both Easterlings and Haradrim.<ref>{{ICE|2000}}</ref><ref>{{ICE|8003}}</ref>
:Variags, who speak the tongue Varadja, share ties with both Easterlings and Haradrim.<ref>{{ICE|2000}}</ref><ref>{{ICE|8003}}</ref>

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Variag by John Howe.

The Variags were a little-known people who dwelt in the land of Khand.

History

They were allies of both Rhûn and Harad, to neither of which they belonged.

Khand was east of Mordor, at the time of the War of the Ring. They were allied to Sauron, and their warriors were seen at the Battle of the Pelennor Fields.

Etymology

Variag is a word of a Harad language[1], but its meaning is unknown.

Inspiration

Variag is a Slavic word derived from Norse Varingar "mercenary people" (vár "contract"). The Norse root indicates that perhaps Tolkien intended Variag to be a "translated" Northern Mannish word.[source?]

Portrayal in adaptations

Variags of Khand in MECCG

1982-97: Middle-earth Role Playing:

Variags, who speak the tongue Varadja, share ties with both Easterlings and Haradrim.[2][3]

1995-8: Middle-earth Collectible Card Game:

Variags of Khand is a Man Faction.

See also

References