Fleeing Zingarans were settled in Zamora as subjects. After a few thrusts, Zamora fell easy prey and its largest city became the capital for the Hyrkanian kings. When the Picts invaded Aquilonia, legions stationed in Zamora were recalled to fight the invaders. The borders of Zamora saw three more invasion attempts. This made no difference to the Zamorians, as Aquilonian or Hyrkanian master was the same for them. Aquilonia reconquered Zamora and placed soldiers to anticipate more invasions, while also keeping the Zamorians subjected. However this alliance coincided with a Hyrkanian invasion.
ĭuring the rise of Aquilonia, Zamora entered an alliance (along with Brythunia and Koth) led by Nemedia, aiming to crush the greedy Aquilonia. Even the King of Zamora reportedly kept himself silent at all times, because of his fear towards Yara. It seems that for a couple of centuries much of the fate of Zamora was dominated by the evil sorcerer Yara. They formed the kingdom of Zamora southeast of the ancient Hyborian kingdom of Hyperborea. This new bloodline gave the Zhemri a sense of impetus, with begun to revive some faint shadow of their ancient culture. After the devastation of the Cataclysm, non- Valusian remnants of the Seven Empires, known as the Zhemri, dwelt in the southeast of Thuria.Īround 2000 years after the Cataclysm, their descendants began interbreeding with members of an unknown tribe. The history of Zamora traces its beginnings in the Thurian Age. However, Dale Rippke, using evidence from The Tower of the Elephant, argues convincingly that Howard's City of Thieves resides near the western border of Zamora where the Road of Kings enters Corinthia, placing the city all the way across Zamora from Arenjun. For many years, Larsha (which is in thel outheast of the country) was synonymous with the City of Thieves.
Sprague de Camp, in his re-written Conan story "The Hall of the Dead", adapted from an unfinished draft by Howard, introduced a fourth Zamorian city: Larsha.
The Zamorans he encounters here are inhabitants of the Maul, a section of the city where thieves and rogues gather. Conan first arrives here while searching for the most vile cesspit of cities, where he begins observing the ways of civilization. Howard named three cities of Zamora in his Conan stories: Shadizar, Arenjun, and Yezud.Īrenjun is the capital city of Zamora. It also shares borders with Brythunia in the north and Koth to the south. Zamora lies at the edge of the western Hyborian world, with Corinthia on its western fringe and wealthy Turan in the east.
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