Those travelling in the desert regularly seek them out, as they know a great many valuable secrets. They mostly keep to themselves, but there are many merchants among them that trade regularly with the other Southrons. The Half-deserts that border the Southron realms are home to the nomads, an insular people that follow traditional lifestyles that the other Southrons long ago abandoned. The Gulfings are also known as master traders, and their kingdoms have long grown wealthy off trade with the Morwaith, their fellow Southron realms, and other peoples from the Far East. Their culture is unlike that of the other Southrons, with a focus on live sacrifices and constant displays of devotion to the Dark Lord. In the lands of the Gulf of Harad live the Gulfings, a harsh people known for their undying devotion to Mulkhêr and their use of Mûmakil in warfare. The Coast Southrons are skilled warriors, but their kingdoms are less inclined to war than those of their Harnedhrim neighbors, as they instead seek to imitate Umbar in becoming wealthy and powerful. The Coasts are home to many great city-states with rich histories, most notably Ain an-Ahar and Ajtiaz an-Ahar. The lands around Umbar, the Southron Coasts, are home to the coastlings, the most numerous of the Southrons.
This realm is infamous as the home of the Corsairs of Umbar, barbaric pirates that plague the Bay of Belfalas. Black Númenóreans once ruled over Umbar, and though they're long gone, the lords of Umbar continue to follow their traditions, and the Umbarians still see themselves as the most "civilised" of the peoples of Harad. The city of Umbar itself is the greatest in all of Haradwaith, built by the Númenóreans in days long past. The people of Umbar in the west live in the most powerful of the Haradric realms. The Harnedhrim aren't as advanced as some of the other Southrons, but they have a fierceness and devotion to their cause that few Haradrim can match. They are a warlike and vengeful people, and they remember well the countless injustices they suffered under Gondorian rule. Once, they lived in Harondor to the north, but they were driven out of their homeland by Gondor millennia ago.
The Harnedhrim live in Harnennor, the northernmost of the Southron realms. This faction is split into five distinct sub-factions. They worship the Dark Lord, known to them as Mulkhêr the Excellent, and his enemies are theirs. For thousands of years, they have been at odds with their northern neighbours, the Gondorians, and they have sworn allegiance to Mordor for the war that is to come. The Southrons of Near Harad are the swarthy men of the great Southlands, mostly isolated from the Westlands of Middle-earth.
Near Harad ( Harnennor, Southron Coasts, Umbar, Gulf of Harad, Half-deserts, The Great Desert), Harondor, Corsair CoastsĬoast Southrons ( archer, merchant, traders, warlord, warrior, champion), Corsairs ( captain, slaver), Gulfings ( warrior, archer, warlord, traders), Harnedhrim ( archer, warrior, warlord, traders), Harad Nomads ( guard, archer, chieftain, merchant, traders), Umbarians ( archer, traders, captain, soldier)