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Khoraja is a country of the Hyborian Age.
Geography[]
On the southern side the hills fall away sheerly, marking a distinct geographical division between the Kothian uplands and the desert of Shem known as the Kothian Escarpment. Promontories run out into the desert, forming barren valleys; all but one, the Shamlan Pass, are closed on the northern extremity by rugged cliffs. A well is there, and a cluster of stone towers, occupied by the Zaheemi clan, whose duty it is to guard the caravan road.
Cities of Note:
- Khojara - The capital city has a population of 30,000 and hosts temples to Ishtar and the Shemite gods. The streets are wide and well lit, and the palace is surrounded by gardens.
- Khanyaria - A walled town with a population of 2,000 with narrow, cobbled streets. The buildings are domed, although a yellow tower, plated with gold coins, stands in the north of the city, home of Pelias the Sorcerer.
History and politics[]
This country has been carved out of Shemite lands by the swords of Kothic adventurers. Khoraspar was the south-eastern principality of Koth. It has since declared independence. Its young ruler, Count Khossa, had defied his king and set up a kingdom of his own — Khoraja. While Khossa was a captive in Ophir, his sister, Princess Yasmela, ruled the kingdom.
Population and culture[]
The population is partly Kothian, partly Shemite, ruled over by an aristocratic caste of pure Hyborians. Tall and gaunt, with features leaner and more hawk-like than purer-blooded desert kin. Hook-nosed, fiery-eyed men of the hill tribes.
A typical guardsman wears crested gilt helmet, silvered cuirass and gold-chased greaves, with a long-shafted battle-ax in his hands.
Commander of the armies is clad in the plate-armor, shadowed by the black plumes that nod above the vizored helmet.
There are the knights, gleaming in richly wrought plate-armor, colored plumes waving above their burnished sallets. Their steeds, caparisoned with silk, lacquered leather and gold buckles, caracole and curvet. Lance-points rise like a forest above the array, their pennons flowing in the breeze. Each knight wears a lady's token, a glove, scarf or rose, bound to his helmet or fastened to his sword-belt.
Light cavalry on rangy steeds uses Shemitish bows. Peaked steel caps are on their heads and chain-mail glints under their flowing kaftans.
Stories set in Khoraja[]
Characters from Khoraja[]
- King Khossa
- Princess Yasmela
- Agha Shupras — head of 5000 mounted archers
- Vateesa — daughter of an Ophirean priest
- Count Thespides
- Chancellor Taurus
References[]
- Conan of Cimmeria: Volume One (1932-1933) — Untitled Synopsis (Black Colossus)
- Return to the Road of Kings - Mongoose RPG Supplement (2007)
- Conan the Barbarian, Vol. 1, No. 26, May 1973 issue