Accounts about Larsha, "The Accursed", described it as a ruined city in Zamora, lying east of Shadizar. It was supposed to contain treasures and to be allegedly dating back to Cataclysmic times,[1][2] and to be guarded by mummified giant warriors from a past age.[2] (possibly retconned, see notes)
By the Age of Conan though, circa 10,000 BC, Larsha was an active city of thieves in Zamora.[4]
Residents
- Elophistus, the King of Thieves
- Taliman
- Unnamed thief of the Cult of Bel
Notes
- Larsha was created by Robert E. Howard in the unfinished fragment "The Hall of the Dead",[1] adapted in "The Keepers of the Crypt" (Conan the Barbarian #8; August, 1971), written by Roy Thomas and penciled by Barry Smith.
- In the adaptation, Larsha was replaced by Lanjau, a ruined city in Corinthia.
- Larsha's entry in A Gazetteer of the Hyborian Age (Part V; Savage Sword of Conan #36; December, 1978) was generally reprised in Zamora's profile in Handbook of the Conan Universe #1 (January, 1986): Larsha, The Accursed, was a ruined city in Zamora, lying east of Shadizar. It was supposed to contain treasures, to be allegedly dating back to Cataclysmic times,[1][2] and to be guarded by mummified giant warriors from a past age,[2] seemingly adapted in Conan the Barbarian #8 as the Keepers of the Treasure-Crypt of Lanjau.
- Larsha later appeared in "Horror Out Of Time" (Savage Sword of Conan #186; June, 1991), as an active city of thieves in Zamora, with little to no relation with Larsha the Accursed as depicted in A Gazeetteer of the Hyborian Age or in the Handbook of the Conan Universe. It is unknown whether the previous informations about the city remain canon.
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Savage Sword of Conan #36 ; A Gazetteer of the Hyborian Age, Part V: Larsha's entry
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Handbook of the Conan Universe #1 ; Zamora's profile
- ↑ Handbook of the Conan Universe #1 ; Map
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Savage Sword of Conan #186 ; Horror Out Of Time