Herumor

[Numenorean]

if Herumor were around in the second age it would make it pretty difficult for him to still be Kocking around at the time of the new shadow

Pretty difficult - but in Middle Earth - not impossible. It seems that many evil men who fell under Saurons sway, particuarly those that had some minor power anyway, actively practiced necromancy, sorcery and other dark arts with the aim of cheating death.
However as Sharku pointed out, it could well be a re-cycled name too. At the risk of speculating though, I definately felt that the source of evil in New Shadow touches upon a deeper, darker and far more powerful resonance than just another Dark Captain with a familiar name from the South/East.

<font size=1 color=339966>[ 8:03 AM January 20, 2004: Message edited by: Numenorean ]