Khitai
Khitai is a country during the Hyborian Age. An ancient empire, stronghold of the world’s greatest wizards and masters of the eastern world, Khitai has a powerful army with a sound leadership based in Paikang, Shu-chen, and Ruo-gen.
Khitai is a country during the Hyborian Age.
An ancient empire, stronghold of the world’s greatest wizards and masters of the eastern world, Khitai has a powerful army with a sound leadership based in Paikang, Shu-chen, and Ruo-gen. Khitai is forever at war against Kambuja in the south, whose god-kings vie with them for supremacy in the arcane mysteries of the Scarlet Circle.
Geography
Khitai is the land east of Hyrkania, with the cities Paikang, Rou-gen, Shaulum, and Shu-chen. The Swamps of the Dead are also in Khitai along with the Great Wall of Khitai, which, at least partially, separates Khitai from Kusan and Hyrkania.
Khitai has jungles, where the natives and grey apes live, and the lethal Black lotus grows.
History and politics
For a while, at least, the inhabitants of Khitai worshiped the beings from Yag as gods. It was from Khitai where the evil sorcerer Yara encountered Yag-Kosha and enslaved him. In ancient times, Khitai was occupied by the conquerors from a mysterious continent in the eastern ocean (perhaps Mu, mentioned in the Kull story "By This Axe, I Rule!"). Following the Cataclysm, many of the surviving Lemurians were enslaved by this empire. After thousands of years, these slaves, and perhaps the gentle Khitanians, were able to overthrow this evil empire. It's possible Vendhya was somehow involved in their rebellion. The remnants of this master-race fled west, conquering the land of the giant-kings and founding Stygia.
Population and culture
The people of Khitai are said to be yellow-skinned. They worship Yun and his priests dwell in the jungles. The Khitan populace speaks Mandeer in the north and Min in the south.
Descriptions of its people and culture link them to Asian cultures. Relevant place names are generically Asian-sounding (Paikang, Rou-gen, Shaulum, and Shu-chen). Like China, Khitai has a Great Wall. Mandeer and Min are also analogous to Mandarin and Min Chinese, respectively.
As the people of Hyrkania became the Mongols, Huns, Tatars, and Turks, the country east of it would likely become China, Japan, and Korea.
