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Issue: The Savage Sword of Kull #2
Publication Date: October 2011
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Issues: #2 of 2 Issues
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Publisher: FlagDark Horse
Brand: Dark Horse Books [facing left]View Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Dark Horse Books
On Sale Date: 10/05/2011
Volume: 2
Pages: 452
ISBN: 9781595827883
UPC/EAN: 978159582788351999
Price: $21.99 CAD
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Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 58 (48 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color cover; black and white interior
Dimensions: standard Modern Age U.S.
Paper Stock: cardstock cover; newsprint interior
Binding: squarebound; trade paperback
Publishing Format: collected editions
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[untitled]

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Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Kull
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The Savage Sword of Kull Volume Two

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Character(s): Kull
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Table of Contents

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Character(s): Kull
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The Lair

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Genres: fantasy
Character(s): King Kull; Darus; Wolf-Men
First Line: Thank you for inviting us on your hunt, my liege.
Synopsis: On a hunting trip, Kull is captured by picts. His captors make a stop in a village full of surprises.
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The Barrens

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Genres: fantasy
Character(s): King Kull; Brule; Krodan (death)
First Line: A farming village.
Synopsis: Alone, Brule tangles with Legionnaire deserters.
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Beneath the Crown ... A Warrior!

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Genres: fantasy
Character(s): King Kull; Seljack (death); Brule; Black Legion; Alecto
First Line: The Commorians had attacked in many autumns past...
Synopsis: In the tenth year of Kull's reign over Valusia, the Commorians launch their most imposing attack ever. It has gone on so long that the mercenaries Kull hired want to quit.
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The Prince of Thieves

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Genres: fantasy
Character(s): King Kull; Sharra; Red Slayers
First Line: There are not many choices in careers for a young man growing up in Valusia.
Synopsis: Kull's palace grounds are being infiltrated from above and below. A thief from above and killers from below.
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The Sea King

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Genres: fantasy
Character(s): King Kull; Brule; Zardis; Alecto; Fish-Men; Ohris Dehjmal
First Line: I sense that ... now ... is the time.
Synopsis: From the depths of the far seas come minions of an old power to seek revenge on Kull.
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The Totem

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Genres: fantasy
Character(s): King Kull; Brule; Kralt; Alecto
First Line: We should have seen herds by now.
Synopsis: Kull and friends hunt for meat.
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Keeper of Laws

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Genres: fantasy
Character(s): King Kull; Brule; Councillor Tu; Tralus; Ota Caristah (death); Black Legion; Red Slayers
First Line: My liege... look there... before the city walls...
Synopsis: Returning from battle, Kull finds that the cult of Ral has seized power.
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Fool's Night

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Genres: fantasy
Character(s): King Kull; Laria
First Line: Here is where the dog sleeps.
Synopsis: Several different groups launch night attacks on Kull at the same time, with counter-productive results.
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The Tolltaker

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Genres: fantasy
Character(s): King Kull; Brule; Alecto; Black Legion
First Line: Brule, this country is not familiar to me.
Synopsis: Returning home from battle, Kull's weary army is confronted by an ornery tolltaker.
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The Brawl

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Genres: fantasy
Character(s): King Kull; Black Legion
First Line: The sun sets on the city of wonders.
Synopsis: While Valusia slumbers, refugees of the night are joined by a hooded visitor in a well-lit hostel.
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The Mine

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Genres: fantasy
Character(s): King Kull; Clystra (flashback); Black Legion (flashback); General Kull (flashback)
First Line: I wondered where you were, my liege.
Synopsis: Kull remembers a time when he was a general overseeing the digging of a mine, and how one overseer treated him.
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Character(s): King Kull
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[untitled]

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Character(s): King Kull
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The Caravan

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Genres: fantasy
Character(s): King Kull; Toran; Alecto
First Line: Follow me! Lead the camels down here.
Synopsis: Tax evasion in the Commorian outlands.
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Nightmare

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Genres: fantasy
Character(s): King Kull; Serpent-Men; Laria
First Line: The city of wonders. The capital and seat of power of Valusia.
Synopsis: Kull dreams about the coming of the serpent cult.
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Gift of the Pirate King!

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Genres: fantasy
Character(s): King Kull; Brule; Kha Taranka; Leopard-Men
First Line: There is no love lost between us, Kha Taranka.
Synopsis: A pirate king offers Kull a gift of a female leopard.
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Rites of Passage

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Genres: fantasy
Character(s): King Kull; Brule; Councillor Tu; Cyrton (death); Alecto; Senator Tulna
First Line: So... insofar as we of the senate have come to a decision...
Synopsis: Cyrton, commander of the Black Legion, challenges Kull.
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Host of the Serpent Cult

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Genres: fantasy
Character(s): King Kull; Brule; Councillor Tu; Laria; Serpent-Men; Alecto
First Line: People of Valusia and its capital...
Synopsis: The coven of the snake surrounds the City of Wonders.
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Traitors' Gold!

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Genres: fantasy
Character(s): King Kull; Brule; Lord Rota Aurix (death); Serpent-Men
First Line: It is the third month of the siege of the crystal city.
Synopsis: When King Kull punishes Lord Aurix for hoarding food, Aurix seeks to betray Kull to the Serpent Men. The effort fails, and the Serpent Men's punishment for Aurix is terrible.
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Trial by Fear (part 1)

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Genres: fantasy
Character(s): King Kull; Brother Zef (death); Rindi; Brule
First Line: All is well, Brother Zef.
Synopsis: A baby with an odd birthmark is found at Kull's door.
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A Bond of Blood (Trial by Fear, part 2)

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Genres: fantasy
Character(s): King Kull; Vectan; demon Licar
First Line: Oh, Licar. Despair has driven me to call upon you for aid.
Synopsis: A demon from another dimension challenges Kull.
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Invictus

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Genres: fantasy
Character(s): King Kull; Bakas; Councillor Tu
First Line: What am I bid for this strong ma--.
Synopsis: Bakas' appearance reminds Kull of his days as a galley slave.
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Caresses of Mine Enemy

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Genres: fantasy
Character(s): King Kull; Bakas; Acuea; Sonal; Councillor Tu; Brule
First Line: I'm telling you, if you so much as look at her...
Synopsis: Kull's men are mesmerized by a water sprite.
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The Plague King

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Genres: fantasy
Character(s): King Kull; Khorata (death); Red Slayers
First Line: It has been half a year that the serpent cult...
Synopsis: A group of plague carriers want their homes back.
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Distortions

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Genres: fantasy
Character(s): King Kull; Bakas; Ralim (death); Fen Gur; Selrac
First Line: How odd. The square is usually crowded at this time of day.
Synopsis: A man arrives claiming to be an heir to Borna and to Kull's throne.
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Siege

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Genres: fantasy
Character(s): King Kull; Brule; Bakas; Red Slayers; Kelkor; Ka-Nu
First Line: Stop sulking, Brule.
Synopsis: Seriously wounded and delirious, Kull unknowingly fights one of his greatest battles on and off of the battlefield.
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Death and Taxes

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Genres: fantasy
Character(s): King Kull; Brule; Councillor Tu; Bollag Zajak; wizard Bismuth; Red Slayers; Tax Collecter Freen
First Line: Too long have only the honest men of Valusia...
Synopsis: No one likes taxes, but, if one must pay, Kull will make sure that ALL pay.
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Robert E. Howard's King Kull part I

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Genres: fantasy
Character(s): King Kull; Brule; Serpent-Men
First Line: Heavyhanded had he seized the decaying throne of ancient Valusia...
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A Groaning in the Earth

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Genres: fantasy
Character(s): King Kull; Brule
First Line: The echoes persist.
Synopsis: King Kull witnesses horror on the field of battle.
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Robert E. Howard's King Kull part II

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Genres: fantasy
Character(s): King Kull; Brule
First Line: I was a hairless ape roaming in the woods...
Synopsis: The saga of Kull rendered in a series of illustrations.
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The Man Who Would Be King

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Genres: fantasy
Character(s): King Kull; Brule; Dendor; Red Slayers; Bakas
Synopsis: An imposter is looting and pillaging villages, giving the real King Kull a bad name.
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Threnody

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Genres: fantasy
Character(s): King Kull; Bakas; Cyrus (death); Yubis (death); Tirak (death); Kigan (death)
Synopsis: King Kull cannot look after all of his subjects, can he?
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Horror Out of Time: Prologue

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Genres: fantasy
Character(s): King Kull; Brule; sorcerer Ohris Dehjmahl (flashback)
Synopsis: In a distant past, King Kull of Valusia vanquished the evil wizard Ohris Dehjmal and scattered his remains over the world so that he would not rise again.
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Death and Life in Tiger Valley (part 1)

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Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Kull; Ram-Os (introduction); Chieftan Ba-Dar (introduction); Gorm-Li (death); Osa (death); Iraina (introduction); Dal-Fah (death); Hro-Gar (death)
Synopsis: Ram-Os predicts a child born during the next full moon will one day rule the entire Thurian continent. King Ba-Dar declares that any child born that night must die. Gorm-Li and Osa give birth to twins. Osa dies in childbirth. Ram-Os rescues the girl child and tigers rescue the boy.
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Disclose Notes: Beginning the origin of King Kull. First appearance of his sister, Iraina.
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Death and Life in Tiger Valley: Part II

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Character(s): Kull (origin details); Am-Ra; Sareeta; Ram-Os; Gon-Talf; Iraini; Ku-Var; Khor-Nah
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Death and Life in Tiger Valley: Part III

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Character(s): Kull (origin details); Ascalante; Sareeta; Chief Ba-Dar; Ku-Var; Iraina; Ram-os; Am-Ra; Khor-Nah
Synopsis: More than a decade ago, Ram-os rescued two orphaned infant twins. Ba-Dar would have had both murdered because of a prophecy, but Ram-os reared Iraina in secret and Kull was carried off by tigers. Since Kull returned to the tribe, the shaman has cared for both, though the tribe does not know of Iraina's existence. She and Kull know nothing of each other until one day Kull saves her from a tiger.
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The Pict-Killer

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Character(s): Kull; Am-Ra
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[untitled]

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Character(s): King Kull
Synopsis: King Kull with axe, tiger.
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Bride of the Buccaneer

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Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Kull; Sareeta; Am-Ra; Ku-Var; Ram-Os; Raiko; Chieftain Ba-Dar
Synopsis: Young Kull and friend Sareeta discover a ship-wrecked Lemurian. Sareeta agrees to free him if he will take her away with him.
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Raiders of the Pictish Isles

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Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Kull; Hal-Mar; Tor-Tan; Over-King Nial; Ka-Nu; Gonar; Jaggta-Noga; Dinaldo; Tathal
Synopsis: Young Kull leads a raid on the island of Tathel, home of Nial, Over-King of the savage Pict Warriors.
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Vengeance in Valusia (part 1)

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Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Kull; Khor-Nah; Rendel; Captain Murom
Synopsis: Young Kull of Atlantis and friend Khor-Nah are at sea. Swept overboard, they are captured by Valusians.
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The Pit (Vengeance in Valusia, part 2)

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Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Kull; Khor-nah; Baron Ergon; Captain Murom; Rendel (death); Wulfin (death)
Synopsis: Captured by Valusians, young Kull and friend Khor-nah of Atlantis are forced to fight to the death in a pit.
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Exile of Atlantis

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Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Kull; Khor-Nah; Am-Ra; Sareeta (death); Lo-Zar
Synopsis: Sareeta, a villager who ran away to marry a Lemurian, is captured and the village means to burn her at the stake.
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By This Axe I Rule

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Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Kull; Snake-Men
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Conscience of the King

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Genres: fantasy
Character(s): King Kull; Councillor Tu; Laria; Brule; Bakas; Serpent-Men
Synopsis: Kull's City of Wonders is saved from the serpent cult by the encouragement of a blind begger girl.
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The Savage Brotherhood

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Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Kull; Kathonor; Leyr; Kolos (death)
Synopsis: After jumping ship from a Lemurian galley, Kull joins a band of border thieves until a bounty hunter shows up.
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Caresses of Mine Enemy

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Genres: fantasy
Character(s): King Kull; Councillor Tu; Captain Bakas; Ala the water witch; Red Slayers; Bruno; Phastos; Black Legion; Brule
Synopsis: In a batch of new slaves, one woman causes a great stir.
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Enslaved! (Rotath - Part 1)

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Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Kull; Sareeta (flashback); Arthog; Captain Tokor
Synopsis: Young Kull the Atlantean, late of the Sea-Mountain tribe, swims away after killing a childhood friend to spare her being burned at the stake. He is captured by a Lemurian pirate ship and enslaved.
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Like a Wolf at Bay (Rotath - part 2)

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Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Kull; Captain Tokor; Arthog; Wolf-Man
Synopsis: Young Kull, slave on a Lemurian pirate ship, is tossed into the arena to fight a man who is half wolf.
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Rotath of Lemuria (Rotath - part 3)

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Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Kull; Wolf-Man; Captain Tokor; Rotath; Ape-Men; Xeethra; Arthog (death)
Synopsis: The sorcerer Rotath strikes and the shackled Kull (and the wolf-man) escapes.
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the Oath (Rotath - part 4)

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Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Kull; Wolf-Man; Captain Tokor (death); Rotath; Ape-Men; Xeethra
Synopsis: Kull and the wolf-man look for a way off of Rotath's island.
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Kull Comics Chronology

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Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Kull
Synopsis: A Chronicle of Kull in the pages of Marvel Comics from 1971 to 1995.
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Death in a High Place (Rotath - part 5)

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Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Kull; Wolf-Man; Rotath (death); Xeethra
Synopsis: Kull has vowed to kill Rotath for Captain Tokor.
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