Board Thread:Suggestions forum/@comment-26429944-20180208085334/@comment-34633578-20180217190919

Oh, for crying- I'm not arguing that Black Numenoreans died out, but that if they forsook Sauron, then are they still Black Numenorean? If they are not, then they could very well have continued. Yes, their commoners wouldn't be Numenorean (or at least very much), but there could be some nobles with pure-ish (10% - 50%) Numenorean.

... After rereading Ithilion's response to Aran2, I have some counter points:

1. Yes they wouldn't have the same tech level as Numenor, but still far superior to the Far Haradrim.

2. The Morwaith (as far as I know) where not under control of Sauron until much latter.

3. The Tauredain (or whatever their new name is) was still in the early stages of its collapse & wouldn't be doing much of anything apart from fighting the Morwaith.

4. The Cerenim (spelling?) where either still forming in the cult's war, or where still most like the Morwaith & very fragmented & weak.

5. The Southrons (Near Haradrim) where to far away & likely fighting the Umbarians.

6. Umbar was so far away that they 1) might not even know that the Repentants (for lack of a better name) even live in the far south, 2) were rebuilding at the same time as them, & 3) where fighting with Gondor latter.

7. The other suggested Factions may or may not be hostile to them or not, but 1-2 factions (likely still quite weak) isn't enough to completely destroy them.

8. 1 Tolfalas sized island (or even half Tolfalas's size) with a biome they call home to is most certainly good enough as long as their a fleshed out faction (structures, Npcs, soilders/militia, equipement, etc.).