Some geographical things

[René]

1st a curiosity: the Nemedian Urlaub river means in German Holiday river. For the specialists: the etymology includes the English "leave / license" to get a free day, if I'm correct.

2nd a question for the pastiche experts: in the German GURPS CONAN map there are Nord-Königreiche (Northern Kingdoms) east of Hyperborea. Are they part of Hyperborea or an independent entity with a different racial (Hyrkanian?) stock?

Again thanks for your time!

 

[The King]

2nd a question for the pastiche experts: in the German GURPS CONAN map there are Nord-Königreiche (Northern Kingdoms) east of Hyperborea. Are they part of Hyperborea or an independent entity with a different racial (Hyrkanian?) stock?

Again thanks for your time!

Personaly this is the first time I see that one or more kingdoms are existing in this region. Considering that these only appear in the German maps I really don't know in which novels the cartographer found it.
Most sources I read say this is open land (tundra) from where Hyrkanians occasionaly raid.
But it can be a reference to the 1st movie where Conan is enslaved as a child and then used for pit fights in several cities. These kingdoms could then be independant city-states.
When Conan is freed it probably runs southward, toward Zamora, where he encounters the Hyrkanian thief whose name I forgot.

The major error is that the Mount of Doom is located near the Vilayet sea in full Hyrkanian/Turan territory. It is hard to believe the sect could settle there unscathed.
When he created such a reknowned but feared location as the Masters of Yimsha, Howard decided they were in a hard to be reached mountanous region, not a plain from where anyone could attack.

 

[Raven Blackwell]

The major error is that the Mount of Doom is located near the Vilayet sea in full Hyrkanian/Turan territory. It is hard to believe the sect could settle there unscathed.

Or that the locals would put up with all of Sauron's orcs living in the area. :lol:

 

[The King]

Hum yes I made some confusion: this is the Mountain of Power isn't it (what a silly name).
And the name of the thief is Subotai.

In the movie we see a part where some human meat is being cooked but the servants are humans. In the novel however (by de Camp who wrote the scenario for the movie) these guys are troglodytes flesh eaters more akin to apes than humans (I think they're called trolls).

Indeed I am confused because Decipher publishes new material for Lord of the Rings. Not that I prefer it to Conan's but I dislike D20 system quite a lot.

 

[Yogah of Yag]

1st a curiosity: the Nemedian Urlaub river means in German Holiday river. For the specialists: the etymology includes the English "leave / license" to get a free day, if I'm correct.

Yes! I wondered the same thing about Urlaub! I thought "what a peculiar name for a river", right?!

Also, somewhere (I forget exactly) in the Road of Kings I noticed a forest called Bloddolk. That's Swedish for "Blood-Dagger." Hmmm....It makes one wonder why....Perhaps a haunt for brigands or highwaymen. Maybe someone who has read pastiche can tell us why.

 

[René]

2nd a question for the pastiche experts: in the German GURPS CONAN map there are Nord-Königreiche (Northern Kingdoms) east of Hyperborea. Are they part of Hyperborea or an independent entity with a different racial (Hyrkanian?) stock?

Again thanks for your time!

Personaly this is the first time I see that one or more kingdoms are existing in this region. Considering that these only appear in the German maps I really don't know in which novels the cartographer found it.
Most sources I read say this is open land (tundra) from where Hyrkanians occasionaly raid.
But it can be a reference to the 1st movie where Conan is enslaved as a child and then used for pit fights in several cities. These kingdoms could then be independant city-states.

In the Mongoose CONAN map there is a region in eastern Hyperborea called THe Northlands. Porbably the Gurps term Nordkönigreiche means the same.

 

[The King]

In the Mongoose CONAN map there is a region in eastern Hyperborea called THe Northlands. Porbably the Gurps term Nordkönigreiche means the same.

then you should directly ask Vincent Darlage but I can't see any other aswer than the one I gave you.