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Their origin was in the latter half of the Second Age. Lovers of power over lesser Men, the Númenóreans known as the King's Men became corrupted by Sauron, coming to hate all good peoples. They settled in Middle-earth, mainly in Umbar and surrounding coastal regions: far away from the Elves that lived in Eriador and Rhovanion. But they also had more southern ports on the coasts of Belegaer.

After Sauron's downfall at the end of the Second Age, the bloodlines of these Númenórean descendants mixed with other peoples, especially the Haradrim over which they had dominion. During the first millennia of the age, they proved strong enemies of their distant kin the Dúnedain of Gondor. Two of their lords, Herumor and Fuinur fought against the Last Alliance of Elves and Men in 3429 S.A.. In the early Third AgeThe Third Age is a fictional time period from J. Tolkien's universe of Middle-earth. The Third Age began after the first downfall of Sauron, when he was defeated by the Last Alliance of Elves and Men following the downfall of Numenor. This age was charact Umbar was one of the strongest enemies of Gondor, although it seems the realm slowly weakened over time:

In those days our bounds were away south beyond the mouths of Anduin, and Umbar, the nearest of their realms, acknowledged our sway. — Damrod of Gondor in The Two TowersFor the book The Two Towers by JRR Tolkien. see The Two Towers (book) For the movie of the book, also called The Two Towers directed by Peter Jackson, see The Two Towers (movie) The Two Towers is also occasionally used instead of "the Twin Towers" to refe, speaking about the time of the Kings.

Umbar was taken by the King of Gondor Eärnil IEarnil I is a fictional character in J. Tolkiens universe of Middle-earth and the thirteenth King of Gondor and the second Ship-king. he succeeded his illustrious uncle Tarannon Falastur who died childless. He was the son of Tarannon's brother Tarciryan. in 933 T.A., but the Black Númenóreans fled to their subjects in Near Harad, and Umbar was reclaimed. The Black Númenóreans were permanently scattered when Umbar was taken in 1015 T.A. by Umbardacil. Some of them fell directly under Sauron's rule, others remained as lords of the Haradrim, and returned to Umbar after the Kinstrife of Gondor in 1448 when the sons of Castamir the UsurperCastamir the Ursurper is a fictional character in J. Tolkien's universe of Middle-earth. The aptly named "Usurper", usurped the throne of Gondor from Eldacar, ruling from 1437 to 1447 of the Third Age, until he was violently deposed. The great-grandson of made Umbar their city. This caused an influx of new Númenórean blood, and the Black Númenóreans were temporarily renewed.

They still retained many of the ancient characteristics of the EdainIn the fiction of J. Tolkien, the Edain were those Men (humans) who made their way into Beleriand in the First Age, and were friendly to the Elves. The Sindarin word Edain singular Adan (Quenya Atani Atan literally meant Second People and originally refer, like their cousins the Dúnedain, although since their blood mixed more with lesser Men than that of the Dúnedain the length of their lives had dwindled to that of lesser Men by the end of the Third AgeThe Third Age is a fictional time period from J. Tolkien's universe of Middle-earth. The Third Age began after the first downfall of Sauron, when he was defeated by the Last Alliance of Elves and Men following the downfall of Numenor. This age was charact.

The Mouth of Sauron, who provoked the army of King Elessar in front of the Black Gate of the Morannon, was a Black Númenórean. Queen Berúthiel was also a Black Númenórean, if from a more friendly to Gondor faction.

At least three of the Ringwraiths were Black Númenóreans.