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King Kull and his army was able to reach these mountains by nightfall, although no time is given when Kull set out. A colony of Picts are settled among the mountains of Valusia’s southern frontier to serve as a buffer against foreign invasion.
East of Atlantis lay the ancient continent of Thuria, of which the northwest portion is divided among several civilized kingdoms. The most powerful among these was Valusia; others included Commoria, Grondar, Kamelia, Thule, and Verulia. Note that the word "Thuria" never appears in any of the Kull stories.
Councillor Tu explains that Kull cannot do so due to Valusia’s ancient laws, inscribed in stone. Later, with the help of a bribed Red Slayer captain, the conspirators enter Kull's chamber but he manages to fend them off until he is saved by the nobleman.
Valusia is a prehistoric lost land, the setting of Robert E. Howard's tales of King Kull. It first appeared in "The Shadow Kingdom," regarded by Lovecraft as one of Howard's best stories of all time. "Shadow Kingdom" also marked the first appearance of the serpent-men, later added to the Cthulhu Mythos. Here's a list of every reference to ...
It also shows that Kull's rebelliousness against stifling old laws and traditions long antedated his becoming King of Valusia, and that he was very much an outsider even in his earlier life in Atlantis. This story would not be published until 1967, in the Lancer book, King Kull .
Their power is eventually broken by King Kull, formerly an Atlantean barbarian who had recently conquered Valusia, and the Pict Brule the Spear-Slayer, whose society was aware of the Serpent Men's infiltration.
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The kingdom is already ancient by his standards: "The hills of Atlantis and Mu were isles of the sea when Valusia was young." Verulia It shares a border with Valusia, but Verulia's exact location relative to its Valusian neighbor isn't made clear in the original Kull stories.
