I didn't used any
Black Numenorean until some time ago, when i realized i was losing a few game due to lack of fierce minions at site 9. Numenorean is a guy that wins his 2 skirmished often (cause his ability along with war galley clean possession stuff from the companion he is fighting) and he haves 3 vitality with is nice to exert with halberd and add some pool for events. And the best stuff is... he isn't unique! Brute is more useful if you go for wounding, he is awesome countering companions like
Cirdan and
Eowyn, LoI. and with
red wrath he turns into a killer machine.
Red Wrath works nicely even without the bows, if you play
Castamir + Halberd you will probably have plenty of pool to play with. Also remember that if your opponents know you runs it every assign will be a tough decision for him/her in many cases.
For the elves i woul run Legolas, GL instead of
Arwen, QoEaM but that is more a personal preference. Like CWork said i would go for
That is No Orc Horn instead of
Must Be a Dream.
Sam, SoH is always a good splash in elven decks, i would or add 1 copy or remove something to add more copies of
elf-song.
Glimpse of Fate is a key condition for fighting elves, i would add one more in case it got discarded and to draw early on.