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Hobbitt_Fan · 06-24-2010, 10:36 AM

What % of the populace are of Numenorean descent? Are they all Black Numenorean or would they be some that were as pure ancestry as those of Dol Amroth but simply had no allegiances?

Rumil · 06-24-2010, 12:18 PM

Hi Hobbit_Fan,

somewhere (probably UT or HoME) I read that the Numenoreans had 'mixed' with the local population. This isn't so surprising, as so did the Numenoreans in Gondor. I'd guess though that the ruling elite likely aimed to retain their Numenorean er, 'purity'.

Remember that they likely included descendents of the Second Age 'King's Men' and the defeated remnant of Gondorians from the Kinslaying era. I'd imagine them as highly racist, since the Kinslaying was caused by 'dilution' of Numenorean blood by the Northmen, in part. But a lot can go in in those long millenia.

06-24-2010, 10:36 AM	#1
Hobbitt_Fan Pile O'Bones Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 18	Umbar What % of the populace are of Numenorean descent? Are they all Black Numenorean or would they be some that were as pure ancestry as those of Dol Amroth but simply had no allegiances?

06-24-2010, 12:18 PM	#2
Rumil Sage & Onions Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Britain Posts: 894	Hi Hobbit_Fan, somewhere (probably UT or HoME) I read that the Numenoreans had 'mixed' with the local population. This isn't so surprising, as so did the Numenoreans in Gondor. I'd guess though that the ruling elite likely aimed to retain their Numenorean er, 'purity'. Remember that they likely included descendents of the Second Age 'King's Men' and the defeated remnant of Gondorians from the Kinslaying era. I'd imagine them as highly racist, since the Kinslaying was caused by 'dilution' of Numenorean blood by the Northmen, in part. But a lot can go in in those long millenia. __________________ Rumil of Coedhirion