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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.
Most importantly, an extra stanza in a draft version says Kull is riding in order to kill a king. The only king he is known to have killed is the previous king of Valusia, but Kull is already called "king" in the poem, which rules that out since Kull was only crowned after his successful rebellion.
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 .
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 Valusia in Lovecraft's stories.
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.
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.
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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.
