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Originally Posted by Formendacil
The thing though, is that the people of North were NOT more morally pure than those of the South. While we are not given as close a view of the North as we are of the South, the division of the kingdom after the reign of Eärendur, and following petty squabling between Arthedain, Cardolan, and Rhudaur- and indeed, the alliance of Rhudaur with Angmar- is no better or more pure than Gondor and the Kinslaying, for example, except that Gondor always managed to keep itself intact in the end.
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Wasn't it that Gondorians' morale declined earlier than Arnorians'? That would maybe have some effect on the waning.
Also, I agree that mingling with the un-númenórians affected their lifespan. It's just biology. I think it's the same that if a black person and a white person get a child, s/he is less black/less white than her/his parent. Similarily a child of a númenórean would have a shorter lifespan than his/her númenórean parent, but longer lifespan than his/her un-númenórean parent. Does that make sense?