Mapping Conan's career (part 4)

This map takes us from one shadow to another- "Shadows in the Dark" through "Shadows in Zamboula." That was not at all intentional.

1. "Shadows in the Dark" begins in Khoraja's capital of the same name. Conan travels around Khorshemish in Koth for plot reasons.

2. Conan and his compatriots rescue King Khossus in Ianthe, Ophir. Realizing that one of his party is a traitor, he makes the journey to Messantia with just himself and the king.

3. Conan leaves Khossus in Messantia, stealing most of his gold pretty hilariously in the process. He puts the king on a ship and then jumps back to shore as it pulls away. Curiously, he travels an extremely far distance over land between this story and the next, which seems odd. I feel like that's a huge distance to cover, especially since it's said that Conan's about 30 and is only "about 31" in "Black Tears," but I'm not sure if there's a better placement for any of these stories. I know the William Galen Gray chronology puts "The Road of Kings after "Shadows in the Dark," but I don't know if that story ends closer to Turan, because the net says it's mostly a pirate story and I haven't done much research into it.

4. "Shadows in the Moonlight" picks up very, very far away on the Vilayet Sea, with Conan going to a nameless isle of iron statues. He leaves it at the end of the story and sails away with the Red Brotherhood.

5. Conan arrives on the coast of the Vilayet with the Red Brotherhood at the beginning of "The Road of the Eagles." They enter the nearby mountain range and attack a castle near the Yuetshi village.

6. "A Witch Shall Be Born" takes place almost entirely in Khauran or outside of it.

7. "Black Tears," about a year after "A Witch Shall Be Born," takes place in the desert and specifically the area known as the Red Waste. Conan goes to the desert city of Akhlat and the story ends with him leaving there. The line between Khauran and this really shouldn't be a straight line since the prologues states, "After the events narrated in "A Witch Shall Be Born", Conan leads his band of Zuagirs eastward to raid the cities and caravans of the Turanians" but I'm not going to muck up the map with a bunch of squiggles that represent nearly a year.

​8. "Shadows in Zamboula" takes place in Zamboula. Conan is there about a week, with the story taking place over the course of one night.