Mapping Conan's career (part 8)

So much happens in The Hour of the Dragon that it became clear about halfway through reading it that it would require its own map of Conan's movements. To that end, here it is.

1. The novel opens with Conan in a military encampment at Valkia, in eastern Aquilonia. That's not marked on my map, but since they're at war with Nemedia, I've put it near the Nemedian border.

2. Conan is poisoned / bewitched into being immobile, causing him to be captured at the battle of Valkia. Conan is taken to Belverus, the capital of Nemedia. He eventually escapes.

3. Crossing the border into Aquilonia, Conan meets a witch who changes his plans.

4. Conan heads west, almost to Aquilonia, where he stops at the estate of his loyal friend, Servius Galannus.

5. Conan does a whole lot while sneaking around Tarantia. He decides that he needs to find the Heart of Ahriman.

6. Conan heads south to Poitain with his companion Albonia to the castle belonging to Count Trocero. He and Albonia are traveling by boat.

7. From Trocero's castle, Conan rides a horse south into Zingara, where he ends up at the castle of Count Valbroso in the Forest of Ghouls.

8. After escaping Valbroso's castle, Conan rides to the port city of Messantia in Argos and meets with an old acquaintance named Publio.

9. Conan takes a ship from Messantia south to the river Styx and the Stygian port city Khemi. While there, he disguises himself as a priest of Set.

10. Conan follows a group of priests of Set to a black pyramid away from the city.

11. With the Heart of Ahriman in hand, Conan returns to the ship on which he sailed to Stygia. They head north back toward Aquilonia.

12. From here, exact placement of Conan's movements get harder. We know he is approaching "from the south" with a large force of men. However, the narrative is very unclear about where the ending takes place. We know it is at a hill called the King's Altar, but that hill is surrounded by rolling plains and its location is pretty generic.