Fuinur the Númenórean

Fuinur and Herumor were the sons of Edhelion, a supporter of Elendil's kingship.They were prominent among the dissenting voices of the Council of Pelargir  who were unhappy with the decision to relinquish authority to the Elendili newcomers, and so to allow their haven to be subsumed into a larger realm not of their own making. Although their father had supported Isildurand Anarion's proposal, Edhelion's sons begrudged the prospect of sharing power with the newly-arrived, deeming them to be usurpers of Imrazor's revered lineage, which had as much claim to kinship with the Kings of Númenor as did the Lords of Andûnie.

In the wake of the council's decision, Fuinur and Herumor resolved to abandon the haven of their forefathers, and to seek out a realm of their own, where they could rule as kings in their own right. The brothers, however, did not depart alone. With them came many of like mind, and they secretly stole from the Hall of the Faithful the Karma of Aldarion, the sign of Uinen's covenant and symbol of the Pelargirean League. Fuinur and Herumor fled to Umbar with their followers, and established themselves there as kings over the Haradrim.

In the War of the last Alliance Fuinur and his brother sided with Sauron who had seduced the rebellious sons of Edhelion with promises of the kingship of Gondor, if they would play their part in his plan. Fuinur and Herumor led the Haradrim against Pclargir early in S.A. 3429, and besieged the haven for four years, doing great damage to its defenses, until they were drawn north towards Dagorlad to meet the hosts of Elendil and Gil-galad before the Black Gate. Henimor's death, and the defeat of the Haradrim at Dagorlad, caused Fuinur to abandon his hopes for the conquest of Gondor, fleeing the field with the Karma of Aldarion. It is said that Fuinur fled south to Umbar, but that when news of Sauron's fall reached him, he turned away from that place and vanished into the Great Desert, never to be seen again.