Acheron Empire
The Acheron Empire is a country that features in Conan.
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History
The Acheron Empire was an ancient country formed thousands of years ago during the Hyborian Age. It stemmed ultimately from a mysterious continent in the eastern ocean, who had established an empire in later Khitai. These did enslave the Lemurians who managed to escape the cataclysm. The Lemurians were finally able to overthrow this evil empire. The survivors of the master race fled westwards, establishing Stygia and its daughter-kingdom Acheron. When the Hyborians who founded the western kingdoms arrived, they found a developed and complex civilization, with standing armies, long-standing urbanism, and strong religion, that overcame them and enslaved them, though not without effort.
When the barbarians finally made their bloody war on their southern enemies, Acheron was destroyed by the forces of Aquilonia and Nemedia.
Overview
It was an empire which included lands of southern Nemedia and Brythunia, most of Corinthia, most of Ophir, parts of western Koth and the western lands of Shem, northern Argos, and eastern Aquilonia.
The people of Acheron revered Set rather than Mitra, and were in league with Stygia. The wizards of Acheron practiced foul necromancy, thaumaturgy of the evilest kind, grisly magic taught them by devils. Many barbarians, both men and women, died screaming on the altar. Their heads were piled to make a pyramid in the great square in Python, the capital city, when the kings returned from the west with their spoils and naked captives
Members
- Xaltotun :
- Bel-Hissar :
- Naka :
Notes
- The Acheron Empire was created by Robert E. Howard where it made its first appearance in Weird Tales v1 "The Hour of the Dragon" (April, 1935).
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Appearances
- Weird Tales v1: "The Hour of the Dragon" (1935)
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