Umbar

The Kingdom of Umbar was a Haradric faction situated in the region of Umbar on the Near Harad coast. It lasted from its foundation by Kvesir on July 31st 2015 and was merged into Near Harad by PizzaKingOfPizza on February 19th 2022.

## General Information

### Claimed Lands

Umbar, Umbar Hills, Umbar Forests, Tolfalas, Corsair Coast, Corsair's Landing

### Official Language

Adûnaic (influenced by Southron dialects)

## Other Information

### Allies

Alliance of the Rising Sun, Black Ring Alliance

### Map Caption

The Kingdom of Umbar and its overseas territories

## **History**

The recorded history of Umbar began with the arrival of **Kvesir** from Mordor, a Black Númenórean lord and builder of the Gate and the Royal Havens of Umbar, both of which are now lost to time. Emperor **Karseius III** of **The Astrasi Empire**, highly impressed by his skills, offered Kvesir to join the Astrasi Empire - an empire which consisted of Harad and Mordor - as a Viper-Lord of Umbar. Kvesir gladly accepted this offer on the 31st of July, 2015. He was thus granted a chair within the Gardens of Beruthiel (the decision making council of the Astrasi) in which he represented the newly born Lordship of Umbar. As such, this was the birth of Umbar as a faction, subservient under the authority and protection of the Astrasi Empire.

   Umbar continued its developement but eventually Thain\_Vibiras (the thain of the Shire at the time, who was later known as **Viceroy\_Vibiras**) reached Umbar. He had introduced himself as an emissary of the **Union of Númenór**, a personal union of Gondor, Arnor, and the Hobbits, coming to establish diplomatic relations with King Kvesir. On August 22nd 2015, while Kvesir was giving a tour of the Havens - which were then under construction - to Vibiras, the latter stabbed Kvesir in the back and pushed him into the murky waters of the port. Thus he declared Kvesir an enemy of Númenór to be punished by death - mostly due to the Great Black Lighthouse that stood in the Havens, featuring a harpy, which was granted to Umbar by Emperor Karseius as a sign of its membership in the Astrasi. Vibiras, in fact, had his eyes set upon Umbar for himself and announced his claim to the region.

This was followed by a series of skirmishes over the fort Kvesir had established himself in near the Havens. Vibiras called for reinforcements and King Atanvarno came to his aid, beginning the **Númenórean-Umbar War** on the 27th of August that year.

Umbar stood no chance against the Gondorian onslaught and after two forfeited battles defeat seemed certain. However, not all was lost. Númenór offered King Kvesir a peace treaty - he would remain the ruler of Umbar as a vassal of Númenór, but he had to relinquish half of his throne to be shared with Vibiras, now known as Viceroy\_Vibiras, which Kvesir accepted on September 19th 2015.

The relationship between Númenór and Umbar did not bare fruit, and after a short while it had started to tremble. Viceroy Vibiras had been building his own outpost within the lands of Umbar at the time, aiming to use it as his own seat of power even though this was a clear violation the Umbar-Númenór treaty, and Kvesir did not even have a seat in the Númenórean Council, the main decision making body of Númenór. This lead Kvesir to secretly ask the evil factions of Middle-Earth for aid. They accepted and on November 17th 2015 Kvesir rose in rebellion.

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The former treaty between Umbar and Númenor

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*"This document hereby declares the end of the war between Umbar and Númenor, and the addition of all of Umbar into Númenor. Kvesir, former king of Umbar, shall have joint rule of the said territory, along with Thain\_Vibiras, beneath the authority of the kings of Númenor. The Lebethron fort belong to Thain\_Vibiras shall also be under Kvesir's authority. All members of Umbar, no matter their rank, seniority, or participation in this agreement, will have the same rules applied to them as the rest of Númenor's members. Breaking a law will put you under the Master of Law's jurisdiction. Treason, murder, secession, insubordination, sedition, rebellion, and contravention are the most highly punishable, and will result in immediate exile, with lands and titles stripped. All claims must have sufficient evidence put forward before the Council. If any member of Númenor does anything against a former member of Umbar without valid reason, then they are to be punished likewise. All alliances made with Númenor extend to the members of Umbar, as they themselves are now citizens of Númenor, and are subject to all its laws. If any member of Umbar desires aid for themselves, them must tell a member of Númenor so it can be discussed with the Council."''*

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This action led the beginning of the **Umbar Uprising**, which is better known as the second stage of the Númenórean-Umbar War. Skirmishing immediately broke out and Vibiras was driven back to his fortress while the Scourge, founded by Umbar exiles, swore fealty to Kvesir on March 11th 2016. Kvesir now mustered an army of the shadow and laid siege to Vibiras's fortress on July 9th 2016 but was defeated and driven back. Despite this setback Vibiras would never again challenge Kvesir for control of the countryside and his fort would eventually be abandoned.

   In appreciation of his service in the rebellion, King Kvesir decided to crown **Dolgukhor** as co-King of Umbar. Kvesir and Dolgukhor ruled together for a long period of time in what came to be known as the Umbar Golden Age as both Gates of Umbar and Umbar City were expanded, Dolgulkhor took up rulership of the Half-Trolls in addition to his position in Umbar, and the Umbarim Aglarion\_II became the ruler of the Moredain, effectively making what was once a small backwater a powerful force in Harad. Umbar continued its expansion by conquering Tolfalas from Gondor in July 2017

Kvesir abdicated for his old lieutenant, **Fuinor\_II**, on June 18th 2018, and Dol followed suite by abdicating for **Herumor\_II** on October 22nd 2018. By mid October, however, Herumor had disappeared and on December 31st 2018 Fuinor reestablished a duumvirate between **DrunkCarbot,** who had established himself as Fuinor's deputy, and **Shockblaster,** who had recently founded Corsairs Landing. The construction of Anat-an-Khorumor began shortly thereafter. On September 16th 2018 Shockblaster became a leading proponent of the Second Partition of Dunland in which Isengard had its claim on Corsairs Landing confirmed.

Shockblaster quit due to Dalish raids and Carbot was pronounced the sole leader of the Kingdom of Umbar while **LordSylvestrion** rose to power from his fortress of Anat-an-Phoinur. Carbot pronounced Sylvestrion as Co-King of Umbar but after an argument between the two over intervening in the Mordor-Wind Dwarf War, Sylvestrion declared Northern Umbar independent on the 18th of February of 2019.

A permanent alliance was immediately established between the two while Dalish armies devastated Northern Umbar. Carbot, furious over the betrayal, slew a Northern Umbarim named Otis Goodman on the 25th of February. He then fled to Dale, and **SpeedySC,** who had recently founded Tolfalas and was the last player in Umbar, became the new King. Northern Umbar eventually collapsed and Carbot returned on April 21st 2019 and took back the throne. He went on a vacation and gave the throne to **TheLittleSparty,** who was the last player in Umbar, on June 16th 2019. Carbot never returned and Sparty took on full rule by August 4th 2019.

Sylvestrion returned to the server and became the Lord of Corsairs Landing but when a world reset occurred on September 16th 2019 Sparty let all of Umbar's builds be destroyed. Sylvestrion later returned and refounded Corsairs Landing while **Hallo\_fi** established fortresses at Anat-an-Khorumor and Gate of Umbar, the latter of which was granted to **LordReaperOfPyke**. **Ar\_Ataruk** also named Lord of Anat-an-Phoiunur and he began planning its construction.

Sparty chose to abdicate for Ar\_Ataruk on February 17th 2020, but Sylvestrion, Pyke, and Hallo demanded Ataruk's abdication after he attempted to weaken the power of the Lords and move the capital to Anat-an-Phoinur. Sparty briefly took back the throne to try and convince the Lords to remain loyal to Ataruk before returning it to Ataruk. The three nevertheless rebelled and Ataruk gave Sparty the throne on February 28th 2020 to end the strife.

Ataruk was confirmed as lord of Anat-an-Phoinur and a system known as "pirate elections" was created to democratically elect the Kings. Sylvestrion won the first pirate election against Ataruk and was crowned King on March 15th 2020. Before giving up the throne, however, Sparty deleted the Umbar discord, wiping away years of Umbar history.

LordSylvestrion was banned on March 26th and the Astrasi Empire attempted to reinstate Ataruk but Hallo\_fi aided Pyke in ascending the throne and leaving the Empire. Pyke won a pirate election against Hallo but soon disappeared along with most of the factions players and Hallo, now the last Umbar player, became King on July 9th 2020. Hallo joined the Alliance of the Rising Sun on November 4th 2020.

Hallo fell into activity so the former King Ataruk and one of the last Umbar players, **Delmar,** returned from inactivity and decided to overthrow him. They recruited several old Umbar players and allied with Barakhar IV, the Prince of the Gulf. Barakhar marched into Umbar on November 22nd 2020 at the head of a Haradric army and was acclaimed King by Ataruk on December 4th 2020. Barakharh had hoped to merge Harad and Umbar together but was blocked by an unlikely alliance of Ataruk, Hallo, and other native-Umbarim. Barakhar thus simply built up a strong alliance with Harad and aided them in founding the Black Ring Alliance on December 9th 2020. His reign was marked by frequent fighting with Ataruk, however.

Barakhar decided to abdicate on February 2nd 2021 for another Haradric noble, **gswsb**, who built Tolfalas and aided the Alliance of the Rising Sun in the Taurethrim-Mordor War when it erupted on June 28th 2021. Ataruk continued fighting gswsb, resulting in gswsb's abdication on July 17th 2021 for **Brethilnen**, one of the last Haradrim left in Umbar. Breth never wanted to rule and on December 4th 2021 Ataruk at last became King after Delmar refused the throne.

Ataruk quickly alienated the majority of Middle-Earth due to his militant stance on retaining control of Corsairs Landing and he made his position worse by kicking his old rivals, Hallo and Barakhar. The pair quickly began raising an army and amassing foreign support, and after the Alliance of the Rising Sun demanded his abdication on January 12th 2022 Ataruk realized all was lost. Most of his supporters were unpalatable to Hallo, and he was unwilling to make a supporter of Hallo King, so on January 14th Ataruk crowned **PizzaKingOfPizza**, a veteran player who had been in Umbar for only 4 days but was palatable to both groups and the server as a whole. Pizza quickly formed a unity government with Hallo and Ataruk as his consuls.

Pizza joined both the Astrasi Empire and the Shadow Confederacy on January 15th and on January 16th he, with the permission of his council, sold build rights to Corsairs Landing to Dunland for 100,000 coins. Ataruk was furious, and after Pizza demanded that he relinquish control of the faction discord, rose in rebellion. As it became clear that only 2 players were willing to follow him Ataruk attempted to establish a new unity government led by Lord Delmar and with Ataruk and Pizza as his consuls. This held the support of perhaps 30%-40% faction but Pizza refused and when, at his request, 20 factions publicly declared support for Pizza while 2 others did so in private the following day, the faction rapidly joined Pizza the rebellion collapsed.

On February 5th 2022 Umbar joined the Southron League in establishing Greater Harad, in which they agreed to act together in all foreign relations. Two weeks later, on February 19th 2022, Umbar and the Southron League officially merged into Near Harad with MandatoryPeanut of the Southron League and PizzaKingOfPizza of Umbar as co-rulers.

## **Builds**

### Current

* Corsair's Landing
* The Gate of Herumor (Khorumor)
* Gate of Umbar
* Fortress of Tolfalas

### Former

* Umbar City
* Old Tolfalas
* Old Khorumor
* Anat-an-Phoinur
* Old Gates of Umbar
* Old Corsairs Landing