<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=294097.msg14439694#msg14439694">Quote from: Chanticleer on 08-10-2018, 01:53:04</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Most specifically, Kull was the king of a kingdom built on the ruins of another kingdom, the ancient capitol of a race of (supposedly long gone) serpent people, and there were those around him who were Not As They Seemed. That was more what I was pointing at. Kind of an 'eek! secret reptile people!' thing.<br/><br/>As I recall, Kull (Howard's original) was made king because he killed pretty nearly everyone who opposed him on his way to the throne. He certainly wasn't a 'knightly' sort. He was more like the eventual Conan the King: a savage conqueror ruling over a bunch of 'civilized' folk (who didn't realize there were snakes in their walls).<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>Also the Snake People were creations of H.P. Lovecraft, Robert Howard's closest and dearest friend. They would toss ideas and concepts to one another in many of their stories. Although the Serpent Men of Valusia did not appear in any specific Howard story, they were present in his essay "The Hyborian Age". Other Conan authors added the snake-folk in their stories, and the Serpent People were present in the Marvel Comics Conan series and the King Kull series. AND they were the main baddies in the Conan the Adventurer cartoon that ran from 1992 to 1993.