Board Thread:Character Discussion Board/@comment-26210095-20151011040505

After the landing of the Numenrorean Lords, and the building of the mighty city of Umbar, the Umbaran Emperors slowly conquered the neighboring lands. They took from the Cragarim, a fierce but hardy people, the coast of the Harad mountains, and they slowly expanded their empire. After the Elendili came in their 7 ships, Umbar originally sought them as allies. A diplomat came to them, but Elendil rejected him, saying that they would not deal with Black Numenorean rats. After the War of the Last Alliance, in which Umbar took no part. So they expanded their lands, filled their coffers with silver, filled in the edges of their maps, and there was no real war (other then a few wars of conquest) that troubled the Umbarans, until the Kax Toliathian war. It began when a group of Umbarans were exploring the far reaches of the Belagaer, and they stumbled upon an island. It was a lush jungle island, rich with silver. The Umbarans tried to conquer it, and found a strange culture living there. It was a race of Parrot Men. The Umbarans regarded them as filth and abominations, so they out them to the sword and burned down their jungle. Little did they know however, that that island was under the protection of the powerful lord of Kax Toliath, Galad. On behalf of his people, Galad went to war against the Umbarans. This was in the year TA 928, in the reign of Azruben II, known as the Beloved. It was a long, costly, and disastrous war for both sides. The Umbarans held the advantage in naval combat, with their Limwaith-style canoes unable to combat the massive Umbaran warships. Although when it came to jungle combat, the Parrot People waged a guerilla war. In the end, it all boiled down to one massive battle, known as the Dagor Agaraer, or the Bloodwater. The army of Kax Toliath, led by a powerful Kax Toliathian general, met with the Umbaran Knights, led by Azruben the Beloved himself. They met on the beach of one of the many islands in the atol. It proved to be one of the bloodiest battles in Umbaran and Kax Toliathian history. After many hours of fighting, most of the men were dead, but the end of the battle was still uncertain, until Galad himself, at the head of the Flamingo Knights, charged straight at Azruben himself. They dueled for almost an hour, but in the end Galad had the mastery, as Azruben was tired from the battle, but Galad was refreshed and energized. In the end, Galad trapped the blade of Azruben, and stabbed it through his heart. His son, Anduben, took his limp body, and sounded the call for retreat. Although The Parrot People won the day, it brought no joy to them, as thousands lay dead on the battlefield. The Umbaran navy was shattered, and the army of Kax Toliath was decimated. When the men returned to Umbar, with only a tithe of the men that left, Umbar mourned the loss of many of its sons to the Parrot Abominations. Gondor, much jealous of the power of Umbar, saw its chance. A massive fleet, led by King Earnur I, without warning attacked the much weakened city of Umbar. It fell surprisingly quickly, and Anduben, all of Umbaran nobles, and most of the peoples of Gondor left for the city of Kor. Although the Gondorians had conquered Umbar, they found that they could go no further, as the countryside waged a guerilla war against them. Also, the King of Gondor, Earnur, was out at sea during a storm, and his ship was destroyed by a thunderbolt. Now the once proud people of Umbar had been brought low, and they nursed their wounds in Kor, and plotted vengeance. 