It seems likely that Acheron overextended itself by annexing these Stygian satellites, leaving its northern frontier vulnerable to the subsequent Hyborian invasions. The latter three nations were also under the hegemony of Old Stygia at one time, apparently falling to Acheron at a later date. Its area roughly corresponded to Aquilonia, Argos, and Nemedia, and its dominion later extended over western Koth, Ophir, and Corinthia. Howard: "Hour of the Dragon"Īn ancient kingdom, extinct in Conan's time, founded by a northern offshoot of the Lemurian survivors several thousand years after the Cataclysm. The wizards of Acheron practiced foul necromancy, thaumaturgy of the most evil kind, grisly magic taught them by devils." - Robert E. It was finally overthrown by the Hyborian tribes of the west. "It was a black reality, an empire of black magicians, steeped in evil now long forgotten.
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