Bossonia

Bossonia
Name	Bossonia
Aliases	Bossonian Marches, Bossonian Marshes
Characteristics
Demonym	Bossonians
Location Details
Reality	Earth-616
Galaxy	Milky Way
Star System	Sol
Planet	Earth
Continent	Hyboria
Country	Aquilonia
Region	Hyborian Lands ; Hyborian Kingdoms
Creators and Appearances
Creators	Robert E. Howard
First	Savage Sword of Conan #46 (September, 1979)
First	Savage Sword of Conan #46 (September, 1979)

Bossonia, or the Bossonian Marches, was a province of Aquilonia. It extended from Zingara in the southwest, northward so far as to potentially also include the provinces of the Goralian Hills with Cimmeria to the north and the Border Kingdom in the northeast. It isolated Aquilonia from the Pictish Wilderness, located to the west, beyond the Thunder River, Conajohara of the Westermarck, and the Black River. The Marches were bordered to the south and east by the River Shirki.

History

Origins

The Bossonians were the "rugged" descendants of an unknown aboriginal people mixed with Hyborians.

Hyborian Age

The rustic Bossonians helped colonize the hinterlands between the Black and Thunder Rivers, the land known as the Westermarck, and the formed the backbone of the Aquilonian armies of conquest.

Age of Conan

The Bossonians became increasingly a bulwark against the Picts.

In the northern highlands, Conan was awaken to the distant sound of battle, where a caravan was ambushed by bandits and a Walking Thorntree. Reaching the battlefield, he spared the life of the village youths who mistook him for a bandit, and met Blerun, chief of Kyof's Grove, and his granddaughter, Vessila, the village seer.

The bandits who had survived the battle made their rude camp nearby, which Conan assaulted and took one prisoner to interrogate. The forest trees were magically animated by Basilio Rez's dark magic, until he was defeated by Conan and Spirits of the Trees were freed.

End of Aquilonia

After serving increasingly as a bulwark against the Picts, the Marches eventually fell, and the Picts overwhelmed and invaded Aquilonia.

Facts

Bossonians

The population, the Bossonians, lived in walled villages defended by archers.

The rustic people of the Bossonian Marches were farmers, foresters, and hunters by trade, sustaining on farming and hunting. They were particularly determined defensive fighters, and had a tradition of training their lads in archery: The Bossonians were great archers in those days, and represented most of the bowmen of the Aquilonian military. They had distinguished themselves in wars against the Cimmerians and Picts.

Points of Interest

• Bridge of the Accursed
• Endless Stair
• Galparan
• Goralian Hills
• River Shirki
• Kyof's Grove
• Torh

Residents

• Spirits of the Trees

Notes

• Bossonia was created by Robert E. Howard, and was mentioned and/or depicted in The Hyborian Age, God in Bowl, Beyond Black River, and Conan the Conqueror.
  • It was in part based on Wales, and the Bossonian archers on the Welsh bowmen of the Middle Ages.

See Also

• 10 appearance(s) of Bossonia
• 1 appearance(s) in handbook(s) of Bossonia
• 25 mention(s) of Bossonia
• 1 image(s) of Bossonia
• 4 article(s) related to Bossonia