Overview
Valusia was a kingdom of Thuria during the Pre-Cataclysmic Era,[citation needed] ruled by King Kull circa 18,500 BC.[citation needed]
Prior to human rule, it belonged to the serpent-folk.[1]
It was considered one of the Seven Empires.[4][5][6][7]
History
Serpent-Men
The Serpent-Men ruled over Valusia.[1]
Human conquest
True men, ancestors of the Valusians, came from the East, crossing the Camoonian Desert and the Hills of Zalgara, and conquered Valusia from the serpent-folk. A few of those survived, went into hiding, plotting their way to reclaim their power.[1]
Unnamed king's rule
A legend among the Sea-Mountain Tribe mentioned a Valusian king, ambushed by Atlanteans, slain by Gandaro of the Spear and who turned into a Serpent-Man upon his death.[8]
Qar, the First City of Wonder
...[9]
19,500 BC: Eallal's rule
A thousand years before Kull, King Eallal ruled over Valusia, until he was found hideously murdered in his throne room, killed by a Serpent-Man.[8]
Unnamed king's rule
...[9]
18,500 BC
Borna's rule
King Borna was a tyrant. Ridondo, Kaanuub, Enaros and Ducalon conspired against him, Ridondo having approached Kull (an Atlantean barbarian that had ascended as commander of the Black Legion), and made him favor Kaanuub as king.
Ridondo then pretended to Kull that he had heard Borna planning to abolish the Black Legion due to the threat it could pose to his power. Kull bought it and went to confront his king. Kull managed to slay Borna, and before Kaanuub could do it, claimed the crown for himself.[10]
Kull's rule
...
Ardyon the First's rule
...
Siege of the City of Wonders
...
After Kull used the amulet of Ka to restore Gallus' life and accidentally summoned the death in the orchards of Valusia, the king decided to throw off into the sea the magic item, thinking it was never meant for mortal keeping.[11]
Maxmelle, a Valusian knight, was attacked by a horde of savages and inadvertently saved by a shepherd-boy named Sedrick: the grateful knight then took him to the City of Wonders as his new squire.[12]
18,000 BC
Volonius VII's rule
...[13]
Great Cataclysm
...[citation needed]
Facts
Religion
The local population of Serpent-Folk worshiped the dread god Sligguth.[14]
Economics
It was a slavery-based civilized land.[citation needed]
Politics and Laws
Valusia was governed by the King, along with the Royal Court (the king's privy council). The legislative power was held by the Senate.[15]
Points of Interest
- City of Wonders (also known as "Valusia" and as the "City of Crystal") (Capital)
- Kamula
- Ostium
Residents
Notes
Elder Valusia, as the land and kingdom were named when ruled by the Serpent-Men, is part of the Cthulhu Mythos.[16]
See Also
- 93 Appearances of Valusia (Kingdom)
- 3 Minor Appearances of Valusia (Kingdom)
- 42 Media Valusia (Kingdom) was Mentioned in
- 4 Images featuring Valusia (Kingdom)
- Location Gallery: Valusia (Kingdom)
- 6 locations in Valusia (Kingdom)
Links and References
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Handbook of the Conan Universe #1; Atlantis and the Pre-Cataclysmic Age
- ↑ Savage Sword of Conan #55; Wizard and Warrior
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Conan: The Ravagers Out of Time #1
- ↑ Handbook of the Conan Universe #1; Atlantis and the Pre-Cataclysmic Age's entry
- ↑ Savage Sword of Conan #14; A Kull Glossary: Valusia's entry
- ↑ Savage Sword of Conan #14; A Kull Glossary: Seven Empires's entry
- ↑ Savage Sword of Conan #39; A Gazeteer of the Hyborian Age, Part VII: Seven Empires's entry
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Kull the Conqueror #2
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Kull the Conqueror #6
- ↑ Kull the Conqueror #1
- ↑ Kull the Conqueror Vol 3 #2
- ↑ Conan the Barbarian #12
- ↑ Savage Sword of Conan #226
- ↑ Marvel Premiere #4
- ↑ Kull the Conqueror Vol 3 #3
- ↑ Elder Valusia at the H.P. Lovecraft Wiki
