KOTH
KOTH
(Large Kingdom) -- Pride of the Hyborian south, Koth is known for its
armour
making skill and adventurous people. The Kothic army is powerful and
balanced enough to fight against any army of the Hyborian Age. Both
Khauran and Khoraja have formed cultural and economic ties which
bind Koth into firm alliance with them during the early years of the
epoch.
NATIONAL HISTORY
Hear me, my Lord, as I speak of thy heritage, and the history of thy
people. Koth was carved from out of that evil empire of Acheron, many
thousands of years ago.
Yea, many Hyborian Swords cut down the arcane might of Acheron, and
upon the very heels of her defeat, vassal states of Argos, Ophir,
Corinthia, and Koth (then little more than a Khorshemish province)
revolted. Nemedia and Aquilonia were made Hyborian kingdoms, and Argos
fell to Hyborian conquerors soon after. But, Ophir, Corinthia, and Koth
remained independent for hundreds of years, people by a mixed race of
Acheronian and Valusian descent. This was a curious time in our
history. Finally, however, our Hyborian ancestors surged across these
very borders, crushed the remaining vassal states, and threw down the
last vestiges of Acheron evil.
Those surviving were put to rebuilding their broken cities; our
hot-blooded grandsires had learned to appreciate the rude cities and
luxuries afforded by their Hyborian kin in Nemedia and Aquilonia during
their forced transmigration. The rebuilding was swift, outpacing even
the northern neighbors so recently fled, and Koth as a result has been
called by some the first true Hyborian kingdom established. Our people
swept east to the Kothian uplands, then in a red tide turned south into
the Shemish lands to drive the accursed Stygians south even of the vile
river Styx. The Shemite states grew so in power and arrogance under our
protection that we were forced in time to abandon our garrisons and
march north of the Kothian hills.
Khoraja and Khauran remain independent Kothic states, valuable as
trading partners but untrustworthy always, and bothersome in time of
Kothic expansion.
Ours is an august tradition, foremost among our peers and beneficent to
out inferiors, sometimes to a fault. But always we remain the pride of
the Hyborian southern world! Now hearken and learn the length and
breadth of thy land.
