Hyboria
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Hyboria is a fantasyworld originally created by Robert E. Howard and later expanded upon by many other writers, artists, game and film makers. Hyboria is an elaborate world with many fictional cultures, races and gods.
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[edit] The Pre-Cataclysmic Age
Before the great Cataclysm, Hyboria was dominated by the great civilizations of Kamelia, Valusia, Verulia, Grondar, Thule and Commoria. All these people spoke the same language, and were arguably from the same origin.
The barbarians of the age were the Picts, living on the Pictish Isles in the west, the Atlanteans living on a small continent between the Pictish Isles and the Thurian Continent, and the Lemurians who lived on a chain of large isles on the eastern coast of the Thurian Continent.
There was also other civilizations. Far to the south there was a civilization, unconnected with the Thurian culture. This was a mysterious civilization, apparently pre-human in it's nature.
[edit] The Cataclysm
The Cataclysm changed the world forever. Atlantis and Lemuria to the east, sank into the water, and the Pictish Isles were heaved up to form mountain peak of a new continent. Great volcanoes broke forth from the ground and earthquakes shock down cities of the great civilizations. Whole nations were blotted out.
All inhabitants of the Pictish Isles were killed, but a colony of Picts, setteled along Valusia's southern frontier to serve as a buffer against foregin invasion, were left untouched, ensuring the survival of the race. The continent of the Atlanteans was left relatively untouched by the cataclysm.
To the east, many Lemurians escaped the sinking isles by ship. They reached the continent where they were enslaved by an ancient race allready living there.
[edit] Aquilonia
The kingdom of Aquilonia is home of the Aquilonians, a tall, roman-like people.
The capital of Aquilonia is Tarantia. This is where King Conan resides.
[edit] Game notes
This is the world that Funcoms Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures is set in. Due to the size of Hyboria, the whole world will not be avalible in the game. At launch, only parts of the regions of Aquilonia, Baracha Isles, Border Kingdoms, Cimmeria and Stygia will be avalible. More might become avalible in later expansions of the game.
