Board Thread:Custom Lore Development/@comment-26210095-20160130022213/@comment-26210095-20160130122113

The Lord of Minas Morgul wrote:

Patrick.vtap wrote:

The Lord of Minas Morgul wrote: Black Númenóreans were Melkorists, why can't you just stick with that? EX-PLAIN? The Black Númenóreans were Melkorists because of Sauron's influence on Númenor during the Second Age. The fact that they "transitioned" out of that practice is proof that the Black Númenóreans declined and wee replaced by a majority of Near Haradrim/Haradrim relatives. However, by saying that they are still Black Númenóreans, you're saying that they would be Melkorists, because Melkor worship is a known trait of Black Númenóreans. Many are near-pure Black Numenorean (Especialt the Old Families), but most are above the average Gondorian's blood by the laws forbidding such marriages. I shall go into more detail about that on another post.

Yeah, Black Numenoreans worshipped Melkor, and Sauron as his servant, or the personification of Melkor himself. At the war of the Last Alliance, which Tolkien says that quite a few Black Numenoreans fought in, some presumably from Umbar, they would have seen Sauron destroyed and obliterated, and fled to Umbar with such stories. Even though they may not have been initialy belived, the religion's popularity waned and many converted to other religions. There are only a few diehard followers in Umbar today.