History
Kha Taranka, the pirate king of Lemuria, was presumably the successor or deposer of King Asfodel IV or of his heirs.[2]
While Kha Taranka posed as the respectable monarch of a "law-abiding people", he funded and harbored fleets of pirates who preyed on the trade routes of the Western Sea, which was known of Valusia.
Intending to keep on his pirate activities undisturbed, he came to the Crystal City, claiming to King Kull he wished to forge a new age of peace between Lemuria and Valusia. As gift, he brought a female leopard to bring company to Kull's male leopard (in fact a shapeshifting beast-woman meant to assassinate Kull). At night, the beast-woman made her move but was slain. In return, Kull let his leopard loose in Kha Taranka's chamber, who thought it was the beast-woman returning successful,[1] presumably killing him.See Also
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Savage Sword of Conan #145 Gift of the Pirate King
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Conan Saga #97 ; The Kull Comics Chronology: Blood on the Border