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Umbar was a quite interesting place. In my suggestion, Umbar will be split into three "fiefs", The Corsairs of Castamir, The Black Numenoreans, and the Umbarrim.
First off the main people, the Umbarrim. These are essentially the native Haradrim of Umbar. They make up the majority of the corsairs, having haradrim stats and they would wear a random mix of Haradrim, Black Numenorean, and Castamir armor.
The second most common people, the Corsairs of Castamir, were, obviously, those who followed Castamir. They would have Gondorian warrior stats, and probably a darkened version of Gondorian armor without the white tree, but instead maybe something to do with Black Numenoreans, Sauron, or Numenor? I believe the best name would be Dark Gondorians though. They would have Castamir Crafting table (or something) and they would craft Their armor with iron but with ink or other black dyes in empty spots to make it black I would say.
The strongest but rarest people of Umbar, the Black Numenoreans. These would have Black Numenorean Armor (obviously) that would be probably Dwarven tier. (I mean if Orcs can do it...) They wouldn't have as much health as say a Swan Knight, as they have mixed blood, but I'd say somewhere inbetween your common Gondor soldier and a Swan Knight. In fact the health of a common Gondor soldier makes sense to me. They would have a Black Numenorean Crafting Table, and Black Numenorean steel (Coal and Iron in a Umbar Furnace.) would be used to make armor and equipment. (Idk what Black Numenorean will look like, texture help with armor, weapons, and banners would be appreciated :)
There will be 4 biomes in umbar, the Haven of Umbar (where the city is) where all three peoples spawn, Umbarrim being very common there, Corsairs just common, and Black Numenoreans rare or very rare. Towns would also spawn pretty commonly. The towns here would essentially be Gondorian towns with Black Gondor brick and Umbar peoples. In each fort a Black Numenorean Commander would spawn. Sea forts would also spawn here, spawning on bodies of water with a dock and a corsair commander inside.
The Valley of the Black Numenoreans, in the northern tip of Umbar, this would be where Black Numenoreans are most common. They would have an uncommon spawn rate here, with Black Numenorean towns (Gondor towns but with a new Black Numenorean brick.) Black Numenorean commanders would be in forts obviously, and towns are rare, fort villages very rare, villages uncommon.
Vale of Castamir, in the Southern tip of Umbar. This is where the Corsairs of Castamir (another name could be Black or Fallen Dunedain?) would live. Buildings Gondorian with black Gondor brick, towns are uncommon, villages uncommon, fort villages rare.
The Land of the Umbarrim, where the more Haradric peoples live. Inbetween the Gates of Umbar, Umbar city, and the other two biomes. The towns here would be like Haradrim towns, with same spawning occurence and all that, but they would be made of a new Umbarrim brick, a sort of mix between Black Gondorian and Haradrim that you craft by putting stone in a Umbarrim crafting table.
Achievments:
City of Corsairs: (already in mod) Enter Umbar City Biome
Valley of the Fallen: Enter the Valley of the Black Numenoreans
Land of the Umbarrim: Enter the Land of the Umbarrim
Dark Gondorians: Enter the Vale of Castamir
Castamir's Follower: Equip a set of Corsair Armor
Knight of Ar-Pharazon: Equip a set of Black Numenorean Armor
Umbarrim Friend: Get plus 10 Umbar align
Umbarrim Warrior: Get plus 100 align with Umbar
Haven Lord: Get 1000 align with Umbar
Titles:
Umbarrim: 100 align
Black Numenorean: 500 align
Knight of Castamir: 200 align
Haven Lord: 1000 align
As for the banners, Corsairs are easy: A Corsair Ship on a dark banner
Black Numenoreans: A picture of Numenor or something...
Umbarrim: I really have no idea lol
Allies/Enemies
Their Enemies are: Gondor, Rangers of the North (The are far away but Black Numenoreans hate all the faithful), Rohan.
Allies: Near Harad
I made them Neutral with evil factions like Mordor because this is before they annonced service to Sauron (I think, I could be wrong.) Not to mention that Black Numenoreans and Castamir's followers still hated Sauron.
Possible Easter Egg: Ar-Pharazon's Arch of Triumph over Sauron. It could be cool :P
Did I miss anything? Got some tips? Please comment them below. Kudos appreciated!
P.S. I know Umbar has been suggested a thousand times but this is very orriginal, I really hope that it gets added!