Atlanteans



The Atlanteans are inhabitants of Atlantis. Atlantis existed back during the Thurian Age. This was before the continent sunk due to the Cataclysm.

Atlanteans went to war with the Picts, as they were archenemies. Although the Atlanteans were advanced technologically, they inevitably lost the war to the Picts. These Atlanteans devolved into apes. Eventually, progressing into the Hyborian Age, some of the apes evolved back into humans and are now known as Cimmerians.

Originally, Atlantis was a land of barbarians, one of whom, Kull, left and acquired the throne of the nearby kingdom of Valusia. The Atlanteans were warriors and hunters, divided into various autonomous tribes. They were often at conflict with the seven "civilized" kingdoms of the Pre-Cataclysmic era (Valusia, Grondar, Commoria, Thule, Verulla, Kamelia, and the Triple Federation), with the islanders of the Pictish Isles, and with the pirates of Lemuria.

Atlantean alchemists created the Serpent Crown, a vessel empowered by the demonic Elder God Set. The Serpent Crown is one of the few artifacts of ancient Atlantis that survived until modern times. Few historical personages of the Atlantean age are known to date. One of the few is Kull, the barbarian-king who ruled Atlantis about 500 years before it sank. Kull was renowned as the slayer of the arch wizard Thulsa Doom, and was the enemy of the Serpent People, nonhuman but humanoid offspring of Set.