Black Númenóreans

*A Black Númenórean: Eldamir of Mag Fael*

The Black Númenóreans were the descendants of the King's Men among the Númenóreans, and by far the majority of the Dúnedain. They called themselves Ârûwânai (Ad. "King's Men") or Adûnaim (Ad. "Western Men"). The true Black Númenóreans were a dying bloodline in the late Third Age, but despite the Kingsmen's disdain of what they considered "lesser men", there had been several mixed-blooded successor cultures in Harad claiming to be heirs of Númenórean superiority. Among these were the Amazôn-lâi, Anbalukkhôri, Bellakarani, Gimilthânians, Kharadûnaim, Pharazâin, Tantûraki, and Zimrathânians. In many of these former Númenórean colonies caste systems prevailed, in which classes of population claiming to be of high Númenórean blood held the highest social status. Classes of indigenous lineage held the lowest social status. For example: the people of Bellakar who divided themselves into Adûnaim, Bellakarani, Bellakaze, Bellanarod, and Desert-Dwellers. Indeed these tendencies also existed in the realms of the Elendili, although in an alleviated form.

The true Black Númenóreans called those "lesser Black Númenóreans" whose blood had mingled with lesser Men Banadûnaim (Ad. "Half-Númenóreans"). The largest part of the Kharadûnaim, Bellakaze, Bellakarani, Anbalukkhôri, and Zimrathânians were such Banadûnaim.

Description[]

Original language: Adûnaic
- Successor languages:
  - Ansith
  - Kharadaic or Old Haradaic
  - Kharadûnaic or Hyaraic
  - Tantûraki
  - Zimrathâni or Mîredoric
  - Umbarean

Realms of the Ârûwânai[]

Anarikê
Pharazain (later Bellakar)
Sakalan
The Seven Lands (or Thâni Hazad)
1. An-Balkûmagân (Ciryatandor)
2. Drêl
3. Elorna (or Gimilthâni)
4. Hyarn (or Kharadûnê)
5. Mîrëdor (or Zimrathâni)
6. Pél
7. Tûlwang
Tantûrak
Umbar