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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.
The foreign conspiracy uncovered, Kull is determined to defend Valusia from outside threats. Coupled with his long-time dreams of conquest, this convinces him to launch invasions of the neighbouring Seven Empires. The King and the Oak. Synopsis: Kull is riding to the sea when he is attacked by a moving oak tree.
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 ...
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 .
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.
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 This story would not be published until 1967, in the Lancer book, King Kull. Plot
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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.
