Herumor was a leader of a secret cult growing in Gondor during the Fourth Age.

HistoryEdit

In FO 220, he and his cult, who worshiped the two Dark Powers, Melkor/Morgoth, and Sauron fought against Eldarion and the Reunited Kingdom. These events were told in the unfinished tale known as "The New Shadow", Tolkien wrote about thirty pages of this story but there was no evil power left, for all of Melkor's power was extinguished in the First Age and all of Sauron's in the Third Age. It is not known what race he was but he could have been a Man but that was never established as the story was never finished.

EtymologyEdit

Herumor is a Quenyan word that meant 'Black lord' or 'Dark lord'.

ReferencesEdit

• The Peoples of Middle-earth: The New Shadow

External linkEdit

Herumor (The New Shadow) at Tolkien Gateway