For centuries, married South African Ndebele tribes’ women saw wearing heavy rings around their neck as an honored status symbol. Neck rings are any form of stiff necklaces worn around the neck of an ...

Many Black Númenóreans came to live in ... The Corsairs of Umbar fought on Sauron's side in the War of the Ring. Variags were the Men of Khand, a southeastern realm of Middle-earth.