- Fuinur
Fuinur, which is
Quenya for "Shadow Lord", was a Black Númenórean in theMiddle-earth legendarium created byJ. R. R. Tolkien .Fuinur is mentioned only once, in the passage cited below;
"..because of the power of
Gil-galad these renegades, lords both mighty and evil, for the most part took up their abodes in the southlands far away; yet two there were,Herumor and Fuinur, who rose to power amongst theHaradrim , a great and cruel people that dwelt in the wide lands south ofMordor beyond the mouths ofAnduin ." (from "Of the Rings of Power and The Third Age" in "The Silmarillion ").His fate is unknown, but Fuinur likely shared
Sauron 's defeat at the hands of theLast Alliance of Elves and Men .Theories that Fuinur and his ally Herumor were possible Ringwraiths is disproven by some simple facts. First, both were lords of Númenor when Sauron was imprisoned on Númenor. His presence there corrupted them, however it was at this time that the nine had already been formed. Since the Ringwraiths had already appeared approximately 400 years before their seduction, they could not have become Ringwraiths, since all nine survived up to the
War of the Ring .In the defunct and somewhat obscure
Middle-earth Role Playing game from the 1980s, Fuinur is given an extended history. Herumor is here his younger brother.
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