REH's Conan stories list of names and ethnicities

(Hopefully I haven't missed to many names or gotten the ethnicities wrong)

Abbreviations of Ethnicities

Acheron = Ach

Aesir = Aesir

Afghul = Afg

Aquilonian = Aq

Argossean = Arg

Bakalah = Bak

Brythunian = Bry

Corinthian = Cor

Dagonian = Dag

Hyrkanian = Hyr

Keshan = Kes

Khauran = Kha

Kothian = Kot

Kozaki = Koz

Kshatriyan = Ksh

Kushite = Kus

Kutchemesian = Kut

Messantian = Mes

Nemedian = Nem

Ophirean = Op

Pelishtim = Pel

Pict = Pict

Shemite = Shem

Stygian = Sty

Tlazitlans = Tla

Turanian = Tur

Vanir = Vanir

Xuchotlan = Xu

Yimsha = Yim

Zamboulan = Zamb

Zamoran = Zam

Zingaran = Zin

Zuagir = Zu

Acheron

Xaltotun - Ach

Aesir

Gorm - Aesir

Horsa - Aesir

Niord - Aesir

Wulfhere - Aesir

Afghul

Yar Afzal - Afg

Aquilonian

Albiona - Aq

Altaro - Aq

Arpello - Aq

Ascalante - Aq

Athemides - Aq

Balthus - Aq

Dion - Aq

Epemitreus - Aq

Gromel - Aq

Hadrathus - Aq

Namedides - Aq

Numedides - Aq

Orastes - Aq

Pallantides - Aq

Prosepero - Aq

Publius - Aq

Rinaldo - Aq

Servius Galannus - Aq

Soractus - Aq

Thespius - Aq

Tiberias - Aq

Trocero - Aq

Valannus - Aq

Valeria - Aq

Valerius - Aq

Volmana - Aq

Zelata - Aq

Argossean

Bracus - Arg

Demetrio - Arg

Galacus - Arg

Strom - Arg

Tito - Arg

Bakalah

Aja - Bak

Bajujh - Bak

Brythunian

Aratus - Bry

Natala - Bry

Corinthian

Ivanos - Cor

Muriela - Cor

Dagonian

Khosatral Khel - Dag

Yateli - Dag

Hyrkanian

Amurath - Hyr

Keshan

Gorulga - Kes

Gwarunga - Kes

Khauran

Ivga - Kha

Krallides - Kha

Salome - Kha

Taramis - Kha

Valrius - Kha

Kothian

Almuric - Kot

Arbanus - Kot

Constantius - Kot

Khossus - Kot

Sergius - Kot

Shupras - Kot

Strabonus - Kot

Taurus - Kot

Thespides - Kot

Tsotha-Lanti - Kot

Vateesa - Kot

Yasmela - Kot

Zorathus - Kot

Kozaki

Olgerd Vladislav - Koz

Kshatriyan

Bunda Chand - Ksh

Chunder Shan - Ksh

Devi Yasmina - Ksh

Gitara - Ksh

Kushite

Ajaga - Kus

Ajonga - Kus

Laranga - Kus

Shukeli - Kus

Yasunga - Kus

Kutchemesian

Thugra Kohotan (Nathok) - Kut

Messantian

Publio - Mes

Nemedian

Alcemides - Nem

Amalric - Nem

Arideus - Nem

Arus - Nem

Aztrias Petanius - Nem

Demetrio - Nem

Dionus - Nem

Enaro - Nem

Kalanthes - Nem

Kallian Publico - Nem

Nimed - Nem

Numa - Nem

Octavia - Nem

Posthumo - Nem

Promero - Nem

Tarascus - Nem

Taurus - Nem

Zenobia - Nem

Ophirean

Akkutho - Op

Amalrus - Op

Khossus - Op

Livia - Op

Olivia - Op

Theteles - Op

Tina - Op

Pelishtim

Bit-Yakin - Pel

Pict

Zogar Sag - Pict

Shemite

Belit - Shem

Gebal - Shem

Gilzan - Shem

Khumbanigasa - Shem

Servio - Shem

Zargheba - Shem

Stygian

Ctesphon - Sty

Kutamun - Sty

Rammon - Sty?

Tascela - Sty

Thalis - Sty

Thoth-Amon - Sty

Thothmekri - Sty

Thothmes - Sty

Thutmekri - Sty

Tuthamon - Sty

Yara - Sty?

Tlazitlan

Chicmec - Tla

Olmec - Tla

Tachic - Tla

Techotl - Tla

Tecuhltli - Tla

Topal - Tla

Xamec - Tla

Xecelan - Tla

Xotalanc - Tla

Yanath - Tla

Yasala - Tla

Zlanath - Tla

Turanian

Alafdhal - Tur

Ghaznavi - Tur

Jehungir Agha - Tur

Jelal - Tur

Jungir Khan - Tur

Kerim Shah - Tur

Khosru Khan - Tur

Yildiz - Tur

Yezdiderd - Tur

Vanir

Bragi - Vanir

Heimdul - Vanir

Xuchotlan

Tolkemec - Xu

Yimsha

Khemsa - Yim

Zamboulan

Aram Baksha - Zamb

Ghanara - Zamb

Nafertari - Zamb

Totrasmek - Zamb

Zabibi - Zamb

Zamoran

Shevatas - Zam

Zingaran

Belesa - Zin

Beloso - Zin

Galbro - Zin

Gebbrelo - Zin

Sancha - Zin

Tranicos - Zin

Valbroso - Zin

Valenso - Zin

Zaporavo - Zin

Zarono - Zin

Zingelito - Zin

Zuagir

Djebal - Zu

Misc. and Unkown

Akivasha - ?

Astreas - ?

Athicus - ?

Joka - ?

Murilo - ?

N'Gora - Island Kingdoms?

N'Yaga - Island Kingdoms

Nabonidus - ?

Ortho - ?

Pelias - ?

Petreus - ?

Satha - Giant Snake

Thak - Ape-Man

Tiberio - ?

Vathelos - ?

Yag-Kosha (or Hogah) - from the green planet Yag

Yelaya - ?

Zang - ?

Zarallo - ?

Compiled from Del Rey's The Coming of Conan the Cimmerian

The Phoenix in the Sword

Ascalante - Aq

Ctesphon - Sty

Dion - Aq

Epemitreus - Aq

Gromel - Aq

Numa - Nem

Numedides - Aq

Pallantides - Aq

Prosepero - Aq

Publius - Aq

Rammon - Sty?

Rinaldo - Aq

Thoth-Amon - Sty

Trocero - Aq

Volmana - Aq

Frost-Giant's Daughter

Bragi - Vanir

Gorm - Aesir

Heimdul - Vanir

Horsa - Aesir

Niord - Aesir

Wulfhere - Aesir

The God in the Bowl

Arus - Nem

Aztrias Petanius - Nem

Demetrio - Nem

Dionus - Nem

Enaro - Nem

Kalanthes - Nem

Kallian Publico - Nem

Posthumo - Nem

Promero - Nem

The Tower of the Elephant

Taurus - Nem

Yag-Kosha (or Hogah) - from the green planet Yag

Yara - Sty?

The Scarlet Citadel

Ajaga - Kus

Akkutho - Op

Amalrus - Op

Arbanus - Kot

Arpello - Aq

Athemides - Aq

Khossus - Op

Namedides - Aq

Pelias - ?

Satha - Giant Snake

Shukeli - Kus

Strabonus - Kot

Tsotha-Lanti - Kot

Queen of the Black Coast

Belit - Shem

N'Gora - Island Kingdoms?

N'Yaga - Island Kingdoms

Tito - Arg

Black Colossus

Amalric - Nem

Khossus - Kot

Kutamun - Sty

Shevatas - Zam

Shupras - Kot

Taurus - Kot

Thespides - Kot

Thugra Kohotan (Nathok) - Kut

Vateesa - Kot

Vathelos - ?

Yasmela - Kot

Iron Shadows In The Moon

Amurath - Hyr

Aratus - Bry

Ivanos - Cor

Olivia - Op

Sergius - Kot

Yildiz - Tur

Xuthal of the Dusk

Almuric - Kot

Natala - Bry

Thalis - Sty

The Pool of the Black One

Sancha - Zin

Zaporavo - Zin

Rogues in the House

Athicus - ?

Joka - ?

Murilo - ?

Nabonidus - ?

Petreus - ?

Thak - Ape-Man

The Vale of Lost Women

Aja - Bak

Bajujh - Bak

Livia - Op

Theteles - Op

The Devil in Iron

Ghaznavi - Tur

Gilzan - Shem

Jehungir Agha - Tur

Jelal - Tur

Khosatral Khel - Dag

Octavia - Nem

Yateli - Dag

Yezdiderd - Tur

Compiled from Del Rey's The Bloody Crown of Conan

The People of the Black Circle

Bunda Chand - Ksh

Chunder Shan - Ksh

Devi Yasmina - Ksh

Gitara - Ksh

Kerim Shah - Tur

Khemsa - Yim

Khosru Khan - Tur

Yar Afzal - Afg

The Hour of the Dragon

Akivasha - ?

Ajonga - Kus

Albiona - Aq

Altaro - Aq

Amalric - Nem

Arideus - Nem

Beloso - Zin

Demetrio - Arg

Gebal - Shem

Hadrathus - Aq

Laranga - Kus

Nimed - Nem

Orastes - Aq

Publio - Mes

Servio - Shem

Servius Galannus - Aq

Tarascus - Nem

Thespius - Aq

Thothmekri - Sty

Thothmes - Sty

Tiberias - Aq

Tiberio - ?

Tuthamon - Sty

Valannus - Aq

Valbroso - Zin

Valerius - Aq

Xaltotun - Ach

Yasunga - Kus

Zelata - Aq

Zenobia - Nem

Zorathus - Kot

A Witch Shall Be Born

Alcemides - Nem

Astreas - ?

Constantius - Kot

Djebal - Zu

Ivga - Kha

Khumbanigasa - Shem

Krallides - Kha

Olgerd Vladislav - Koz

Salome - Kha

Taramis - Kha

Valrius - Kha

Zang - ?

Compiled from Del Rey's The Conquering Sword of Conan

The Servants of Bit-Yakin

Bit-Yakin - Pel

Gorulga - Kes

Gwarunga - Kes

Muriela - Cor

Thutmekri - Sty

Yelaya - ?

Zargheba - Shem

Beyond the Black River

Balthus - Aq

Soractus - Aq

Tiberias - Aq

Valannus - Aq

Valerius - Aq

Zogar Sag - Pict

The Black Stranger

Belesa - Zin

Bracus - Arg

Galacus - Arg

Galbro - Zin

Gebbrelo - Zin

Strom - Arg

Thothmekri - Sty

Tina - Op

Tranicos - Zin

Valenso - Zin

Zarono - Zin

Zingelito - Zin

The Man-Eaters of Zamboula

Alafdhal - Tur

Aram Baksha - Zamb

Ghanara - Zamb

Jungir Khan - Tur

Nafertari - Zamb

Totrasmek - Zamb

Zabibi - Zamb

Red Nails

Chicmec - Tla

Tascela - Sty

Techotl - Tla

Tecuhltli - Tla

Tolkemec - Xu

Olmec - Tla

Ortho - ?

Tachic - Tla

Topal - Tla

Valeria - Aq

Xamec - Tla

Xecelan - Tla

Xotalanc - Tla

Yanath - Tla

Yasala - Tla

Zarallo - ?

Zlanath - Tla

Clark Ashton Smith - Some Ideas and Descriptions from his Stories 1

SPOILER WARNING!

If you have not read this story TURN BACK NOW! or risk losing forever the unspoiled appreciation of Clark Ashton Smith's prose.

Inspired by the rules and setting of the Astonishing Swordsmen and Sorcerers of Hyberborea boxed set and the discussion of the same on the OD&D Forum I have started sifting through my collection of Clark Ashton Smith for ideas.

The Abominations of Yondo

(This story first appeared in print in the April 1926 issue of Overland Monthly but the typescript is dated February 5th 1925)

Cactus-Forest [WD]

Fungi, Monstrous [MON]

Insects, Long-Legged [MON]

Lake, Weird [RVR]

Monstrous Thing [MON]

Ong (Lion Headed) [Deity]

Ong, Inquisitors of [ORG]

Vipers, Pale-Green [MON]

Yondo, Desert of [PLC]

Cactus-Forest

Ong

Ong, Inquistors of

"It was noon of a vernal day when I came forth from that interminable cactus-forest in which the inquisitors of Ong had left me, and saw at my feet the grey beginnings of Yondo."

Yondo, Desert of

"The sand of the desert of Yondo is not as the sand of other deserts; for Yondo lies nearest of all to the world's rim; and strange winds, blowing from a gulf no astronomer may hope to fathom, have sown its ruinous fields with the grey dust of corroding planets, the black ashes of extinguished suns. The dark orb-like mountains which rise from its pitted and wrinkled plain are not all its own, for some are fallen asteroids half-buried in that abysmal sand. Things have crept in from nether space, whose incursion is forbid by watchful gods of all proper and well-ordered lands; but there are no such gods in Yondo, where live the hoary genii of stars abolished, and decrepit demons left homeless by the destruction of their antiquated hells."

Cactus-Forest

Fungi, Monstrous

Vipers, Pale-Green

"...in that fantastic wood, I had found no token or memory of spring; and the swollen, fulvous, dying and half-rotten growths through which i had pushed my way, were like no other cacti; but bore shapes of abomination scarcely to be described. The very air was heavy with stagnant odors of decay; and leprous lichens mottled the black soil and russet vegetation with increasing frequency. Pale-green vipers lifted their heads from prostrate cactus-boles, and watched me with eyes of bright ochre that had no lids or pupils. These things had disquieted me for hours past; and I did not like the monstrous fungi, with hueless stems and nodding heads of poisonous mauve, which grew from sodden lips of fetid tarns; and the sinister ripples spreading and fading on the yellow water at my approach..."

Insects, Long-Legged

"I went forward, sinking at each step in a loathly softness, and followed by certain long-legged insects that I had met among the cacti. These insects were the color of a week-old corpse, and were as large as tarantulas; but when I turned and trod upon the foremost, a mephitic stench arose that was more nauseous even than their color."

Lake, Weird

"Topping one of the any mound-like ridges, I saw the waters of a weird lake, unfathomably dark and green as malachite, and set with bars of profulgent salt. These waters lay far beneath me in a cup-like basin; but almost at my feet on the wave-worn slopes were heaps of that ancient salt; and I knew that the lake was only the bitter and ebbing dregs of some former sea. Climbing down, I came to the dark waters, and began to lave my hands; but there was a sharp and corrosive sting in that immemorial brine, and I desisted quickly, preferring the desert dust that had wrapped about me like a slow shroud."

Monstrous Thing

"It was then that I heard a diabolic chuckle on the hillside above me. The sound began with a sharp abruptness that startled me beyond all reason, and continued endlessly, never varying its single note, like that mirth of some idiotic demon. I looked up, and saw the mouth of a dark cave, fanged with green stalactites, which I had not perceived before. The sound appeared to come from within this cave.

...with all the rapidity of nightmare, a monstrous Thing emerged. It had a pale, hairless, egg-shaped body, large as that of a gravid she-goat; and this body was mounted on nine long, wavering legs with many flanges, like the legs of some enormous spider. The creature ran past me to the water's edge; and I saw that there were no eyes in its oddly sloping face, but two knife-like ears rose high above its head, and a thin, wrinkled snout hung down across its mouth, whose flabby lips, parted in that eternal chuckle, revealed rows of bat's teeth."

In the few short pages of the Abominations of Yondo there is much more about the desert and its horrific denizens. Asteroid pits, ruined cities and ruined temples, mausoleums broke and surrounded by rotting cypresses. Shadow creatures, beckoning statues, vapors with the sickening odor of corruption, empty suits of armor marching across the desert, mummies of ancient kings ridden by ape-like demonic beasts with distorted bodies.

An obvious scenario idea is for the players to be driven through the mutated cactus-forest with the desert of Yondo their only means of escape, but Yondo can be the setting for many adventures. The story is a description of Yondo's horrors but it hints at greater terrors and perhaps great rewards for those who would dare explore its shattered fanes and ruined necropoli.

Vance's Dying Earth, Reference Notes - Pg#9

(Cobalt Mountains) - [PLC]
Others tossed darts at the spread-eagled body of a young Cobalt Mountain witch.
Pg#9


(Dance of the Fourteen Silken Movements) - [FEST]
In a little cleared space a garlanded courtesan of the Kachique littoral danced the Dance of the Fourteen Silken Movements to the music of flutes.
Pg#9


(Deodand) - [MON]
In the shadow of a balcony a girl barbarian of East Almery embraced a man blackened and in a leather harness as a Deodand of the forest.

***

On a terrace some stood looking into a sunken pool where a pair of captured Deodands, their skin like oiled jet, paddled and glared...
Pg#9


(Dying Earth) - [PLC]
They were gay, these people of waning earth, feverishly merry, for infinite might was close at hand, when the red sun should finally flicker and go black.
Pg#9


(East Almery) - [PLC]
The streets surged with the wine-flushed populace, costumed in a multitude of bizarre modes... In the shadow of a balcony a girl barbarian of East Almery embraced a man blackened and in a leather harness as a Deodand of the forest.
Pg#9


(Fire-flies, blue) - [MON]
From the balconies dangled flower chains and cages of blue fire-flies.
Pg#9


(Kaiin, City of) - [TWN]
...It was night in white-walled Kaiin, and festival time. Orange lanterns floated in the air, moving as the breeze took them. From the balconies dangled flower chains and cages of blue fire-flies. The streets surged with the wine-flushed populace, costumed in a multitude of bizarre modes.

***

...At a tavern he refreshed himself with biscuits and wine; then he made for the palace of kandive the golden.
Pg#9


(Kaiin, Lords of) - [ORG]
Through the arcade he slipped into the grand salon where the lords of Kaiin made merry like the throngs of the street.
Pg#9

(Kandive the Golden, prince) - [NPC]
Name mentioned
Pg#9


(Kandive the Golden, prince - Palace of) - [CSTL]
The palace loomed before him, every window and balcony aglow with light.

...Through the arcade he slipped, into the grand salon, where the lords of Kaiin made merry like the throngs of the street. Turjan threaded the rainbow of silk, velour, sateen, watching the play with amusement. On a terrace some stood looking into a sunken pool...

...In alcoves beflowered girls offered synthetic love to wheezing old men, and elsewhere others lay stupified by the dreampowders. Nowhere did Turjan find prince Kandive. Through the palace he wandered, room after room, until at last in an upper chamber he came upon the tall golden-bearded prince...
Pg#9


(Kauchique) - ?
The streets surged with the wind-flushed populace, costumed in a multitude of bizarre modes... In a little cleared space a garlanded courtesan of the Kachique littoral danced the Dance of the Fourteen Silken Movements to the music of flutes.
Pg#9


(Lanterns, Orange) - [ITM][SPL]
Orange lanterns floated in the air, moving as the breeze took them.
Pg#9


(Melantine) - [PLC]?
The streets surged with the wind-flushed populace, costumed in a multitude of bizarre modes. Here was a Melantine bargeman...
Pg#9


(Occupation) - [JOB]

...bargeman

...warrior

...courtesan

...witch
Pg#9


(Pandelume) - [NPC]
Name Mentioned
Pg#9


(Phandaal's Mantle of Stealth) - [SPL]
So, uttering Phandaal's Mantle of Stealth, he faded from the sight of all men.
Pg#9


(Santanil) - [NPC]
Male resident of Kaiin
Pg#9


(Turjan of Miir) - [NPC]
Name Mentioned
Pg#9

(Valdaran's Green Legion) - [ORG]
The streets surged with the wind-flushed populace, costumed in a multitude of bizarre modes... here a warrior of Valdaran's Green Legion.
Pg#9

Vance's Dying Earth, Reference Notes - Pg#7-8

(Ascolais, Land of) - [PLC]
"A man lives in the land of Ascolais, not far from your castle Miir."

"...Who is this Man?"

"...Prince Kandive the Golden."
Pg#7


(Blue Stone, Amulet of carved) - [ITM][SPL]
"... an Amulet of carved blue stone."
Pg#7


Kandive wears this amulet hidden below his singlet. When an enemy appears he takes it out to display on his chest, such is the potency of the charm. No matter what else, do not gaze on this amulet, either before or after you take it, on pain of most hideous consequence."
Pg#8


(Crystal)- [ITM][SPL]
"Extend your hand," said the voice. Turjan did so, and felt a hard object placed therein. "When your mission is accomplished, crush this crystal and at once you will find yourself in this room."
Pg#8


(Embelyon, Land of) - [PLC]
He found the next room to be circular and high-domed with the varying lights of Embelyon pouring down through sky-transparancies.
Pg#8


(Kain, City of) - [TWN]
"When you wake, you will be in the city Kaiin."
Pg#8



(Kandive the Golden, Prince) - [NPC]
"A man lives in the land of Ascolais..."

"...about his neck hangs an amulet of carved blue stone."
Pg#7

"Kandive wears this amulet hidden below his singlet. When an enemy appears he takes it out to display on his chest..."
Pg#8


(Miir, Castle) - [CSTL]
"...the land of Ascolais, not far from your Castle Miir."
Pg#7


(Pandelume) - [NPC]
"No one may gaze on Pandelume. It is the law."
Pg#7

Pandelume's voice was amused. "I. Too," he replied, "have vats where I old life into varied forms. This girl T'Sais I created, but I wrought carelessly, with a flaw in the synthesis."
Pg#8


(Pandelume's Manse) - [CSTL]
"Pandelume dwells beside the stream..."

...Soon he came to a long low manse of red stone backed by dark trees. As he approached the door swung open.


...So Turjan wonderingly entered the manse of Pandelume. He found himself in a tapestried chamber, bare of furnishing save a single settee. No one came to greet him. A closed door stood at the opposite wall...
Pg#7

"...In a moment open this door, enter, and move to the pattern pf runes on the floor."

Turjan performed as he was bid. He found the next room to be circular and high-domed with the varying lights of Embelyon pouring down through sky-transparancies.
Pg#8


(Pandelume's Vats) - [ITM][SPL]
"I too," he replied, "have vats where I mold life into varied forms."
Pg#8


(T'Sais) - [MON][NPC]
Pandelume's creation
"As I approached your dwelling, a woman of insane fury wished to kill me. This I would not permit and she departed in rage. Who is this woman and why is she thus?"

Pandelume's voice was amused. "I. Too," he replied, "have vats where I old life into varied forms. This girl T'Sais I created, but I wrought carelessly, with a flaw in the synthesis. So she climbed from the vat with a warp in her brain, in this manner: what we hold to be beautiful seems to her loathsome and ugly, and what we find ugly is to her intolerably vile, in a degree that you and I cannot understand. She finds the world a bitter place, peopled with shapes of direst malevolence."
Pg#8


(Turjan of Miir) - [NPC]
Name Mentioned
Pg#7

Name Mentioned
Pg#8


(Turjan's Vats) - [ITM]
"For some time I have been striving to create humanity in my vats. Yet always I fail, from ignorance of the agent that binds and orders the patterns. This master-matrix must be known to you; therefore I come to you for guidance."
Pg#7