Board Thread:Character Discussion Board/@comment-26210095-20151012174429

So, Umbar was taken by the Gondorians,and the royal line,noble families, and most of the civilians fled to the lands of Clan Kor, a powerful noble family. Most of the royal families left, eith the notable exception of House Hadrix, who "submitted" to the Gondorians but led a resistance movement. Clan Kor harboured the refugees, and from there, they plotted and waited. After 82 years, Umbar was ready. In an alliance wth the men of Harad, they fought the Gondorian Army of the South, led by the King himself, Ciryandil. In a mighty clash, the two armie met, and Anduben, the King in Exile, slew Ciryandil in the battle known as Dagor Haraerlith, or the Battle of the Sand Sea. With amajor victiry, in which most of the Southern Army was destroyed, the Exiles marched on Umbar itself. For 45 years Umbar was beseiged, but it cpuld not be taken because of the Umbaran ships the Gondorians stole. Eventualy, Ciryaher, who had rebuilt the army, marched to liberate the besieged city. Although the battle was a Gondorian victory, it would be regarded with contempt by the Gondorians. In the midst of the battle, Aermegil II Hadrix, send a group of Dolasigil, great assasins of Umbar, to capture the King. At midnight, they snuck through the battle, quickly slew the guards surrounding him, and took hostage King Ciryaher. With a bargaining chip now in their possetion, King Andumir (Anduben had died in the seige, from a balista) and the Gondorian lords had a peace meeting. The agreement was that if the Umbarans would liberate the King, they would be allowed self-goververnance under Gondor. This waas agreed to, and the Umbaran empire was dismantled, with most of the lands ruling themselves. Those lands, once provinces of Gondor, became the 5 Free Kingdoms, all united by their distrust of Gondor and their Umbaran heritage. Umbar was ruled henceforth by the Council of Mariners, who all had an equal say in the ruling (there were 7 in all). Clan Kor ruled itself for a time also. Although a anti-Gondorian sentiment remained, Umbar and the men of Near Harad became tributaries of Gondor. Until...

Eldacar was the son of the King of Gondor and a princess of Rhovanion. Many among the Dunedain feared that this would shorten his lifespan, as he was half of an inferior race. Soon, most of Gondor had raised their banners in revolt, especialy Near Harad and Umbar. The mighty lord Castamir, Captain of Ships, was next in line, and so he led a rebellion. The Castamiri forces took Osgilliath. The Gondorian histories rsay that the palantir was lost in the deep waters of the Anduin, but it was not so. The Castamiri forces stole the Palantir, greatest in Middle Earth, and brought it to Umbar. He took all of value in the city, and the refugees fled to Minas Tirith. Eldacar and his small following in Gondor left, and Castamir ruled Gondor. Although in later histories he was demonized by historians, his contemporaries described him as a firm, strict, King who renewed relations with the Corsairs, although he was said to pay much more attention to the building of ships rather then the people. Later, Eldacar came at the head of a Rhovanian army, and killed Castamir at the Battle of the Crossings of Erui. His sons, led by Falathmir, fled to Umbar, and there re-established the Empire of Umbar,and assured the support of the pople  by marrying Altariel, the daughter of the King. Thus began the Castamironi dynasty, which would prove to be a driving force in the re-establishment of the glory of the Old Empire. 