Rabirian Mountains:---a tall, serrated and heavily forested range of purple mountains located in the north of Argos and Zingara. The mountains server a bulwark against invasion as they stretch from nearly the coast of Zingara to the Khorotas River. This border range is mined for precious metals. (Conan the Liberator, Conan the Guardian, Conan and the Amazon)

Raeda:---a clan of northeast Cimmeria; they have long noses. (Conan the Valorous)

Raguly Castle:---the stronghold of a Kothian baron who hales from the Karpash Mountains, a foreigner to the province he rules. Its location appears to be in southwestern Koth, just north of the Pyrrhenian Mountains. (Lord of the Black River)

Rahama:---the ancient name of the isle of Ganaku. It was inhabited by a race of giants, the Rahaman. They were the masters of stone-craft. Soon after inhabiting the island, the giants discovered a fountain that granted its drinker immortality, so they built a wall of stone around it. Centuries later, three Vendhyan ships led by a priestess named Jhaora visited the island. She massacred the Rahaman and took over the fountain. Since the fountain was the gift of the Rahaman gods, it soon went bad, turning all around it into evil creatures. It eventually dried up. The Rahaman never went back to their stone wall, intermarried with the few remaining Vendhyans, and became the Ganak, which means "Born of the Stone". (Conan and the Shaman's Curse)

Rahaman Islands:---a chain of islands in the Southern Ocean that lies to the south of the Isles of Pearl. The isles consist of Ganaku in the east, Zati in the west, and the central island of Arawu. The islands are so far out to sea that there are no legends of other lands. (Conan and the Shaman's Curse)

Rahamji:---the walled fortress-tower the Rahaman built around the fountain of immortality. This is the place that the looted treasure of Maharastra is located, including the Opaline Throne of Orissa. A carving of Kahli on one of its walls has the ability to devour souls. (Conan and the Shaman's Curse)

Raktavashi, Mount:---a mountain peak of the Himelian Mountains, located in the Kirghiz lands of northern Vendhya. (Savage Sword #234, "The Daughter of Raktavashi", by Roy Thomas)

Raman:---a border county of northern Aquilonia. (Conan the Liberator, Return of Conan)

Ramat, Hills of:---the estates of Khorshemitish nobles are found in these idyllic hills in Koth. (Conan and the Amazon)

Ramuda:---a lively trading-town of the Border Kingdom. (Conan the Barbarian #155, "Anger of Conan", by Michael Fleisher)

Rasht:---a small farming village on the banks of the Helu river in Stygia. The major battle of Taian independence took place here. (Conan the Rebel)

Ravengard:---a barony west of Sfanol in the Border Kingdom. (Conan the Barbarian #48, "Rats Dance at Ravengard", by Roy Thomas)

Raven Picts:---a clan that was the hereditary enemy of the Hawks. (Wolves Beyond the Border)

Ravenplain:---the site of a battle between Hyperborea and Brythunia. (Conan the Adventurer #6, "The Slaver", by Roy Thomas)

Ravonna:---a small, independent kingdom that lies in the hills between Argos and Poitain. (Savage Sword #66, "The Sea of No Return", by Roy Thomas)

Razadan:---a Hyrkanian city near Makkalet, twin to Dimmorz. (Conan the Barbarian #36, Beware Hyrkanians Bearing Gifts", by Roy Thomas)

Red Cliffs:---a small village of the Harangi, presumed to be located in the Drakken Hills of southern Koth. (Conan the Renegade)

Red River:---a broad, swift river in northern Ophir, it is a tributary of the Khoratas river. The river's source is in the Karpash Mountains and it winds through meadows and forests before reaching Ianthe. The river south of Ianthe is navagatable. (Shadows in the Dark, Star of Khorala, Conan the Great)

Red Waste:---see Shan-e-Sorkh

Rhamdan:---a Hyrkanian port on the eastern shore of the Vilayet Sea where one leg of the great caravan route ended. Its location is in some doubt. (Return of Conan)

Rhyl River:---a river in Nemedia, several days ride from the Border Range, and well north of the Thanzas. (Conan and the Death-Lord of Thanza)

Ribeth:---a fortified city-state lying in the region between the Styx and Ilbars rivers. It is two days ride east of Thesrad across a range of forested hills. (Against the Prince of Hell)

Ridge of the Spires:---a low range of mountains found in the steppe east of Zamora. The city of Elkad lie southeast of them. The remnants of a star-craft lie buried beneath the mountains. (Demon Night)

Rikos:--- a large island in the sea south of the Thurian continent. It is the rival of the island of Demascar. It sank shortly after Kull's visit. (Kull the Conqueror #5, "A Kingdom by the Sea", by Gerry Conway)

Rinjaruin:---a city-state of northern Zamora. (Red Sonja vol.3 #4, "Lussusar Must Die", by Tom DeFalco)

River of Death Ice:---see Snow Devil Glacier

Road of Kings:---one of the Hyborian kingdoms' most prominent works is this highway that runs west from the city of Aghrapur on the shore of the Vilayet Sea, passing through Arenjun and Shadizar, along Corinthia, through Belverus and Tarantia, and south through the Poitain to the Khorotas River valley and Messantia. The road provides a single uninterrupted caravan route from the Western Ocean to the shores of the Vilayet Sea. The road was begun nearly 200 years before Conan's birth by several Corinthian city-states. They sought to improve their economic condition, heighten their independence, and steal some of the caravan trade from Khauran. The Corinthian section was connected to pre-existing roads in Zamora and Nemedia. The road is a marvel of Hyborian engineering. Along its best stretches, the surface is covered with paving stones set so firmly into the roadbed that they have been compared to the flooring of a noble palace. Treaties between the Hyborian powers have kept the tolls at a minimum throughout its length. (Hand of Nergal, Conan the Rogue, Scarlet Citadel, GURPS Conan)

Ronda:---a northern barony of Aquilonia. (Conan the Liberator)

Ronnoco:---a city-state of Ophir, near the plain of Shamu. (Conan the Barbarian #52, "Altar and the Scorpion", by Roy Thomas)

Ruo-Gen:---probably a city-state rivaling Paikang and situated south of it. (Return of Conan)

Ruthalia:---a Nemedian town lying to the west of Dinander. (Conan the Warlord)

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10/23/98