The Road of Kings - The Gazeteer of Conan's World
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Written by award-winning Conan archivist¸ Vincent Darlage¸ The Road to Kings is a gazeteer focusing on the world of Conan¸ featuring fascinating details spanning every Hyborian land¸ from Aquilonia to Hyrkania and beyond.
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 Conan the Roleplaying Game¸ the gleaming backdrop against which your action is set. These cultures¸ the grand forbearers of more modern times¸ are both magnificent and tarnished. Superficially cosmopolitan and enlightened¸ nestling beneath this glittering exterior a core of ancient barbarism lingers.
"Herein are written the descriptions of this harsh world: Proud lands of blemished civility burning with civil wars; barbaric wildernesses of savage killers hunting with primitive weapons; dreaming kingdoms of dark priests worshipping with bloodied daggers; noble demesnes of arrogant knights fighting with grim determination; ancient realms of haunted towers lurking with baleful menace; glowering crags of icy rock slumbering with hidden peoples. All this and more¸ for know¸ O prince¸ that this is Hyboria!