![]() His world was dark and shadowy, with a much murkier feel than the later Hyborian Age. Kull, perhaps mentally battered by a hard life, was a loner. In stark contrast to Conan, Kull did not have the least interest in women. Having fought hard to win the kingship, he was rather uncomfortable and distrusting on the throne (with good reason as it turns out). Kull was a brooder, constantly preoccupied by dark thoughts regarding the nature of reality. The Kull tales were Howard's first attempts to create a fully-realised fantasy world and it was from Kull's Pre-Cataclysmic Age that Conan's Hyborian age was born.ĭespite their similar occupations, Kull was a vastly different character than Conan. ![]() It was the first published story about King Kull, an Atlantean renegade who became king of the prehistoric kingdom of Valusia. ![]() ![]() The Shadow Kingdom is considered by many to be the first modern Sword and Sorcery tale. ![]()
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