Zingara
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Zingara is a country of the Hyborian Age.
Several artists have taken the interpretation of Zingara being a knightly land of rapiers and honorable duels.
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[edit] Geography
Only the Alimane river separates the plains of Poitain from the plains of Zingara, and not once but a thousand times had it run red. Villages lay in ashes and deserted, the fields and meadows idle. Only the boldest ride the roads these days, and the native population had been decimated in the civil wars, and by raids from across the river.
Uninhabited forests at the foot of the hills on the border with Argos are said to be haunted by ghouls, man-eaters, spawn of darkness, children of unholy matings of a lost and forgotten race with the demons of the underworld. Somewhere are the ruins of an ancient, accursed city and among its tombs slunk these gray, anthropomorphic shadows.
Picts from Pictish Wilderness raid the mountains of Zingara for tin and grain.
Zingara also has fiend-haunted swamps with venomous serpents.
[edit] History and politics
The royal golden flag of Zingara.
[edit] Population and culture
Dark skinned people of Zingara are proud. Mustaches are common. They are known for chivalry and exotic habits.
Counts and barons live in castles. Nobles include the slave-drivers of the black serfs who toil in the plantations of southern Zingara.
The Zingarans are by nature neither explorers nor colonists. Ships from Zingara trade wine and ornaments with coastal tribes of Kush.
Zingarans wield swords with power and effect, swearing prodigiously, and are quite oblivious to all wounds except those instantly fatal. Armor and garments are rich and ornate, after the fashion of a Zingaran grandee.
[edit] Stories set in Zingara
- The Hour of the Dragon (alternate title: Conan the Conqueror)
[edit] Characters from Zingara
- Count Valenso Korzetta
- Belesa - his niece
- Galbro
- Black Zarono
- Bloody Tranicos
[edit] References
- Black Colossus [wikisource] — swamps mentioned.
