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Red Slayers, who defend the king, wear bronze armor and carry lances upon silver-shoed horses. They are Kull’s cavalry and composed of Valusian hillmen. Atlantis is the source of Valusia’s slaves. Outlaws roam the hills of Valusia, while gladiators fight in its arenas.
Kull of Atlantis or Kull the Conqueror is a fictional character created by writer Robert E. Howard. The character was more introspective than Howard's subsequent creation, Conan the Barbarian , whose first appearance was in a re-write of a rejected Kull story.
Valusia is a fictional country in the Kull stories of Robert E. Howard and his stories tell, among other things, of the Serpent Men trying to conquer the world once again, around 20,000 years ago, where Kull from Atlantis reigned over the Valusia Kingdom, located on the west coast of the main continent of Thuria.
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.
Kull of Valusia was the greatest king of the Pre-Cataclysmic Age, and a central individual of his time, much like Conan the Cimmerian some 8,000 years later.[2] He lived circa 18,500 BC,[citation needed] and originated from barbaric Atlantis.[2]
The Thurian Age is a period within the artificial mythology created by Robert E. Howard, in which the sword and sorcery tales of Kull of Atlantis are set. It the specific epoch for his fictional timeline. It's set within the same shared universe as the later Hyborian Age of Howard's Conan the...
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.
