Return to the Road of Kings (2e)
Nemedia¸ Ophir¸ Brythunia¸ Hyberborea¸ Zamora with its dark-haired women and towers of spider-haunted mystery¸ Zingara with its chivalry¸ Koth that bordered on the pastoral lands of Shem¸ Stygia with its shadow-guarded tombs¸ Hyrkania whose riders wore steel and silk and gold. But the proudest kingdom of the world was Aquilonia¸ reigning supreme in the dreaming west. As the Road of Kings takes a traveller through the glittering and decadent realms of the lost Hyborian Age¸ so too does this tome work toward the same end. These fabled lands of ancient times are the shimmering background of your Conan The Roleplaying Game¸ the gleaming backdrop against which your action is set. These cultures¸ the grand forbearers of more modern times¸ are magnificent and degraded all at the same time. Each culture has its dark¸ rotten core and its flashy exterior¸ its gilt mask of civility.