Age of Conan Regional Profile: Khemi and the Stygians
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The Stygians are an ancient, decadent people. Their culture is more than fifteen hundred years older than any of their neighboring kingdoms to the north and is dominated by a ruthless theocracy dedicated to the worship of the serpent-god, Set. The Stygians are masters of occult secrets and diabolic lore. Their scholarship is legendary and their mastery of the magical arts is without equal anywhere in the known world. Unlike the Hyborian kingdoms, the Stygians care little for what goes on beyond their borders. While the Aquilonians and the Nemedians measure their worth in castles and glittering armies, the scholar-priests of Stygia care nothing for such trifles. They learned long ago that true power lies in knowledge and in pacts with dark powers older than the cosmos itself.
