Hurled through the unknown, Conan of Cimmeria awoke in the Thurian Age. Found and bound by Brule the Spear-Slayer, Conan earned the Pict warrior’s trust through combat, when the Cimmerian’s lion-shuddering aura showed Conan’s true mettle to his would-be captor. Taken to Valusia, the City of Wonder, Conan briefly reunited with Yag-Kosha, a figure slain by Conan’s own hand in the future yet to come, and the ancient alien informed the Cimmerian he had become unstuck in time and was now traveling in the distant past. Further explanations would wait, as Brule presented Conan to the city’s mighty ruler: King Kull. But, having locked himself in seclusion, the king had become unhinged, declaring both Brule and Conan to be assassin’s in disguise. When Kull unleashed an unexpected assault upon Brule, Conan challenged the Atlantean King, leading to barbarian and monarch trading vicious blows, but their fight was cut short when the king’s loyal Red Slayer guards arrived to arrest the “traitors”…