Mapping Conan's career (part 7)

1. "Beyond the Black River" begins with Conan in the Pictish Wilderness, eventually going to Fort Tuscalan with Balthus.

2. Conan and Balthus defend Velitrium during the end of "Beyond the Black River."

3. In "Moon of Blood," Conan and some Aquilonian soliders attack the Pictish village of Gwawela.

4. "Moon of Blood's" climax happens at Massacre Meadow, near South Creek.

5. Between stories, Conan goes to Tarantia, capital of Aquilonia, for the first time and pisses off King Numedides. He flees back west.

6."The Treasure of Tranicos" opens with Conan fleeing Picts through the Pictish Wilderness, noted several times that he is deeper into Pict territory than any non-Pitcish person has ever been. He ends up going to Korvala Bay, far to the north. For some reason, the map I'm using refers to it as "Korvela" with an E.

I'm not adding Conan the Liberator to my map since I read the Savage Sword adaption just as a bonus, the same way I left Conan and the Sorcerer off my early maps. Additionally, Wolves Beyond the Border doesn't appear here because Conan's not in it! It sure would be hard to track his movements in a story in which he's only mentioned.

7. "The Phoenix on the Sword" keeps Conan entirely in Tarantia, the capital of Aquilonia. However, he does sort of astrally-project / have a dream which takes him to the tomb of Epemitreus the Sage, underneath the mountain of Golamira, far in the north of Aquilonia. He doesn't actually, physically move there, though.

8. "The Scarlet Citadel" begins on the plains of Shemu, with Conan leading his army. Because my map doesn't have anywhere with this name marked, I'm placing it in northern Ophir, near Shamar, where Koth is laying siege.

9. After a betrayal, Conan is brought to the citadel at the center of Khorshemish, the capital city of Koth. Most of the story takes place here in the dungeons.

10. Flown back to Tarantia by a giant bat creature summoned by Pelias, Conan re-takes control of his country by throwing Arpello off the castle wall.

11. Once again leading Aquilonia, Conan and his army march to Shamar, where Conan defeats the wizard Tsotha.