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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.
After a failed raid, Kull is stranded in the kingdom of Valusia. He becomes an outlaw in the hills until captured and imprisoned. As a convict, his only option for employment is to fight in the gladiatorial arena, soon becoming a renowned fighter due to his barbarian ferocity.
In "The Curse of the Golden Skull" Kull, approaching his thirties, is recruited by King Borna of Valusia in a mission against the ambitious sorcerer Rotath of Lemuria. Kull proves to be an effective assassin .
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.
A thousand years before Kull, King Eallal ruled over Valusia, until he was found hideously murdered in his throne room (which became known as the Accursed Room), killed by a Serpent-Man. In the same period, hordes of savage Atlanteans decided to destroy Valusia's Scorpion God.
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The deities who later became known as the Elder Gods of the Hyborian Age intended to make King Kull of Valusia the vessel of their power, but chose instead to make the immortal cat, Sedrick (felinized by Thulsa Doom) the container of their power.