Luxur was the capital of Stygia in the Southern Kingdoms of Hyboria.[4]
History
At some point, the Yezmites once ruled over Luxur.[5]
Pre-Cataclysmic Age[]
According to legend, circa 20,000 BC, the evil and beautiful Princess Akivasha reveled in the black halls of Luxor. She became a vampire at some point.[1]
If the datation of "ten thousand years" before the Age of Conan (circa 10,000 BC) is correct, it implies Luxur already existed back in the Pre-Cataclysmic Age, and predated the Age of Kull (circa 18,500 BC). Luxur would have presumably been set in the region of the Unexplored South and Southern Jungles, presumably part of the pre-human civilization of the Serpent-Men.
It can be presumed that the datation is approximative and hyperbolic, considering that true vampires only appears circa 18,500 BC, and that Stygians came to inhabit the area only thousands years later.[6]
Hundreds of years before the Age of Conan, the King of Luxur defied Set and extinguished the sacred fire. For the sins he committed, he was later slain by an angry mob led by nobleman Kha Semblor. After his vengeful sister, Nitocris, ascended to the throne, she lured everyone who participated in her brother's slaying into a magnificent temple of Set, where she buried them alive and drowned them with the black waters of the River Styx. She then returned to her palace and committed suicide by suffocation.[7]
Centuries after, the ruler Ctesphon III was hurled into a deathlike state by his two magicians, Stornella and Valxavier. They returned to the abandoned temple of Set to revive her with a couple of magical artifacts, the Tear of Nitocris and the Crystal Conclave, followed by Conan the Cimmerian, who was trying to rescue a girl named Rosina, whom they kidnapped. As the crystal miniatures eventually came alive, killing anyone in sight, only Conan and Rosina barely escaped death. The Cimmerian, then left the girl while she was trying to put her shattered figurines back together.[7]Residents
- Akivasha - ancient evil princess, allegedly active circa 20,000 BC
- Yezmite cult - former secret rulers
- Rosina
- Kha Semblor - high priest of Set (undisclosed period)
- Nitocris - Queen (undisclosed period)
- Stornella and Valxavier - Sorcerers, siblings
- Ctesphon III - King circa 10,000 BC
See Also
- 13 appearance(s) of Luxur
- 1 minor appearance(s) of Luxur
- 22 mention(s) of Luxur
- 1 mention(s) in handbook(s) of Luxur
- 2 image(s) of Luxur
- 1 article(s) related to Luxur
Links and References
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Savage Sword of Conan #10 ; Conan the Conqueror: The Sacred Son of Set
- ↑ Conan the Barbarian #262
- ↑ Savage Sword of Conan #206 ; When Wizards Make War
- ↑ Conan the Barbarian #84
- ↑ Savage Sword of Conan #42 ; A Gazetteer of the Hyborian Age, Part IX: Yezmites' entry
- ↑ Vampires: The Marvel Undead #1 ; Vampires' Appendix lists Akivasha, described as a "Stygian princess"
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Savage Sword of Conan #216