Heritage of the Hyborian Age

A companion piece for the 'Heritage' mod, detailing the changes made to NPC appearances.

Introduction

Hello everyone,

Welcome to the mod documentation guide for Heritage.

For those of you who've drunkenly stumbled onto this page, Heritage is a mod which adjusts the appearances of nearly all human NPCs in the game.

The mod does so in three main ways:
* Redesigning the random, general-purpose templates for the ten major races
* Removing randomization from (and redesigning when necessary) the 60 'special' race presets used by most named NPCs
* Adding 101 new appearance presets for select NPCs.

My goal with the mod is to improve the aesthetic quality of thralls and NPCs in the game, as I feel having companions, 'workers', and adversaries which look decent enhances the game experience. This is something I feel the base game lacks, as many NPCs have suffered a botched rhinoplasty or have cheekbones like a hammerhead shark (often both).

If you hadn't heard of it, you should give it a look, you might enjoy the mod. For those of you who came for info, let's begin.

INFORMATION UP-TO-DATE FOR UPDATE 1

General Changes

The Masses

* The race templates for the two sexes of the ten major races have been redesigned.

Additionally, two variants of Nordheimer, Aesir and Vanir, were created for the mod, used for the Aesir and Vanir Loysing factions, respectively.

These race templates consist primarily of customization selections (hair, head, skin, makeup, and so on) and face + body slider value ranges, selected from at random for each spawned NPC using that template.

I made an effort to balance the interests of variation within racial groups and distinction between groups, with the added complication of the characters looking acceptable. There will be overlaps, of course, due to the limited number of customization options available within the game.

Some broad changes that have been made to the core race templates are:

- Females of all races will have expanded options for eye makeup, whereas guyliner has been removed from nearly all male characters. Females of some races will also have the option of lip makeup.

- Female chest sizes have been adjusted so that they no longer fall outside the character creation maximum (don't worry, they'll still tend to be on the decently-endowed end).

- Males are now on average taller than females within-race, and average height will vary between races.

Because face and body sliders are largely shared between the different races, they will be listed further down in this section, split into Male and Female, including racial exceptions. Since DevKit values don't mean much to the average user, I'll also provide values in ticks, meaning clicks of the slider arrow from left to right (0 min to 20 max).

The customization selections will be included in each race's section in the guide. They will be listed as they appear in-game, not in the DevKit.

The Special

* The 'special' templates used for named NPCs of each race were adjusted to no longer use random facial sliders. Selection changes were also made to some of these presets.

There are 60 of these presets, separated into 3 presets per sex per race.

With some of these templates, I changed their customization selections:
- if they no longer resembled the core template of their race
- if they were too similar to other special presets
- if their appearance wasn't particularly compelling

For the time being, I'll probably not list out the specific selection changes.

The Unique

* Distinct, static appearance presets have been created for 101 select named NPCs, spread out across every race and most factions.

In some cases these new presets preserve or enhance an established look (similar to the special presets above), whereas others have changed the appearance greatly, altering the race and in at least one case the sex of the character.

The names of these NPCs will be listed in total in a section of their own, in addition to those in each racial block.

Male Slider Value Ranges

Eye Size
0.95 to 1.1 (6 to 15 ticks)
Eye Angle
General -1.5 to 1.0 (7 to 12 ticks)
Darfari / Kushite -2.0 to 1.0 (6 to 12 ticks)
Hyrkanian / Khitan -1.0 to 3.0 (8 to 16 ticks)
Eye Spacing
-0.05 to 0.1 (2.5 to 10 ticks)
Nose Width
0.3 to -0.2 (3 to 10 ticks)
Nose Size
0.9 to 1.1 (11.5 to 17 ticks)
Nose Height
General -7.5 to 2.5 (6 to 10 ticks)
Darfari / Kushite -10.0 to 2.5 (5.5 to 10 ticks)
Shemite / Stygian -5.0 to 7.5 (7 to 12 ticks)
Cheek Height
General 0.5 to 1.5 (5 to 15 ticks)
Darfari / Kushite 0.5 to 1.2 (5 to 12 ticks)
Hyrkanian / Khitan 0.0 to 1.5 (0 to 15 ticks)
Cheek Width
General 0.15 to -0.15 (9 to 11 ticks)
Darfari / Kushite 0.15 to -0.3 (9 to 12 ticks)
Mouth Thickness
-0.25 to 0.0 (2 to 7 ticks)
Jaw
General 0.5 to -0.5 (4 to 19.5 ticks)
Cimmerian 0.25 to -0.5 (7.5 to 19.5 ticks)
Chin
1.53 to 0 (3 to 7 ticks)
Ear Size
0.95 to 1.05 (7 to 14.5 ticks)
Ear Angle
-7.5 to 0.0 (10 to 16 ticks)
Chest
0.675 to 1.225 (5 to 15 ticks)
BENIS
0.75 to 1.25 (6.5 to 15.5 ticks)

Female Slider Value Ranges

Eye Size
1.025 to 1.1 (10.5 to 15 ticks)
Eye Angle
Cimmerian / Hyborian / Nordheimer / Zingaran -2.8 to 0.0 (6 to 14 ticks)
Darfari / Kushite -4.0 to -0.5 (3 to 12.5 ticks)
Hyrkanian / Khitan -2.5 to 2.237 (4 to 20 ticks)
Shemite / Stygian / Zamorian -3.6 to 0.5 (4 to 15 ticks)
Eye Spacing
-0.1 to 0.06 (0 to 8 ticks)
Nose Width
General 0.3 to -0.2 (3 to 10 ticks)
Darfari / Kushite 0.2 to -0.3 (4 to 11.5 ticks)
Nose Size
General 0.745 to 1.025 (7 to 15 ticks)
Darfari / Kushite 0.675 to 0.85 (5 to 10 ticks)
Hyrkanian / Khitan 0.675 to 0.92 (5 to 10 ticks)
Nose Height
General -10.0 to 2.0 (8 to 13 ticks)
Shemite / Stygian -5.0 to 10.0 (10 to 16 ticks)
Cheek Height
General 0.5 to 1.5 (5 to 15 ticks)
Cimmerian 1.0 to 1.5 (10 to 15 ticks)
Darfari / Kushite 0.5 to 1.2 (5 to 12 ticks)
Cheek Width
General 0.15 to -0.15 (9 to 11 ticks)
Darfari / Kushite 0.15 to -0.3 (9 to 12 ticks)
Mouth Thickness
-0.3 to 0.15 (4 to 13 ticks)
Jaw
0.39 to -0.39 (5 to 17 ticks)
Chin
1.53 to 0.0 (0 to 4.5 ticks)
Ear Size
0.9 to 1.05 (1.5 to 15.5 ticks)
Ear Angle
-7.5 to 0.0 (10 to 16 ticks)
Chest
0.7 to 1.4 (5.5 to 18 ticks)
BENIS
0.0

Cimmerians

The descendants of the ancient Atlanteans, the Cimmerians are a dark, gloomy race found among the foggy hills and hinterlands north of the Hyborian kingdoms.

In Robert E. Howard's Notes on Various Peoples of the Hyborian Age, the Cimmerians are described as a tall, powerful race with black hair and blue or grey eyes. Their skin is dark (though noted not as dark as Zamorians or Zingarans), perhaps tan to light brown.

It's worth noting that the only Cimmerian to appear in Howard's Conan stories is Conan himself.

In The Hyborian Age, the Cimmerians cut a bloody swath across the continent eastward during the Nordic Drift and the onset of the Ice Age, settling alongside the Nordheimer on the shore of the Vilayet (Caspian) Sea. They would later ride once again into history with the Nordics as the Proto-Indo-Europeans (otherwise known as 'Aryans'), with the Gaels descending from "pure-blooded Cimmerian clans".

SELECTIONS

Height
Male 1.02 to 1.04
Female 1.0 to 1.02

Head Shape:
Male 1, 3
Female 1, 3, 5

Skin Color:
3, 4, 5

Hair:
Male 1, 3, 5, 7, 10, 12
Female 1, 4, 5, 7, 10, 11

Hair Color:
9, 10, 11

Eye Color:
1, 2, 3, 11, 12, 13

Eyebrow Shape:
Male 1, 2, 3, 5, 6
Female 1, 2, 3, 5, 7

Eyebrow Color:
1, 2

Eye Makeup:
Female 2, 3, 4, 7, 12, 13

Lip Makeup:
None

Lip Color:
None

CHARACTERS WITH UNIQUE PRESETS

* Braga - male dialogue NPC
* Conall the Hammer - male Exile blacksmith
* Cruaidh the Crusher - male Black Hand fighter
* Dalinsia Snowhunter - female Forgotten Tribe / Accursed fighter
* Deirdre Deathbringer - female Exile fighter
* Gall o' the Spear-din - male Black Hand captain / fighter
* Lianeele - female Forgotten Tribe / Accursed dancer
* Maev the Magnificent - female Black Hand blacksmith
* Markos, Bane of Beasts - male Forgotten Tribe / Accursed archer
* Mountaineer - male dialogue NPC
* Rayne o' the Rosewood - female Black Hand carpenter
* Rethrous the Burdened - male bearer

(Conan is also affected, but only his height, and as he is not customized like the others listed, he will not be tallied on.)

Darfari

The Darfari make their first appearance in Shadows in Zamboula, where they are described as black cannibals, who file their teeth to points and fashion their hair into horns with the use of twigs and mud.

Because Conan Exiles doesn't have these interesting options available for customization, I settled on Funcom's standard of short-to-shaved hair with eyes ranging from light to dark brown.

SELECTIONS

Height
Male 1.0 to 1.02
Female 0.98 to 1.0

Head Shape:
Male 2
Female 2, 7

Skin Color:
8, 9

Hair:
Male 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12
Female 2, 3, 6, 8, 13

Hair Color:
10, 11

Eye Color:
7, 8, 9

Eyebrow Shape:
Male 1, 2, 3, 4, 6
Female 1, 2, 3, 5, 7

Eyebrow Color:
1, 2

Eye Makeup:
Female 2, 4, 7, 12, 13

Lip Makeup:
None

Lip Color:
None

CHARACTERS WITH UNIQUE PRESETS

* Aoda Maneater - female Darfari Cannibals fighter
* B'Naru Heavyhands - male Darfari Cannibals armorer
* Ch'epi, Eater of Man-Flesh - female Darfari Cannibals cook
* Darfari Witch Doctor - male and female Darfari Cannibals alchemist
* Dono'Thelpup - male bearer
* Gula of Zamboula - female Darfari Cannibals carpenter
* Nkosi the Ashen - male Black Corsairs leader

Hyborians

In his The Hyborian Age, Howard describes the first Hyborians as tawny-haired (tan, dirty blonde, light brown), grey-eyed, and light-skinned. Their sweeping southward across the continent, conquering and intermixing with the earlier inhabitants, as well as intermixing with imported slaves, resulted in a wide variation of appearance among the Hyborians. With this, the Hyborians seem to reflect Howard's idea of the Proto-Indo-Europeans in an earlier age.

With this diverse heritage, Hyborians will have the widest variety of hair and eye colors of all the races in the game. However, due to certain hair colors (blonde, red) not visually complimenting darker skin colors, in addition to many other races having medium to dark skin, Hyborians will be restricted to the lighter skin selections.

SELECTIONS

Height
Male 1.0 to 1.02
Female 0.98 to 1.0

Head Shape:
Male 1, 3, 5
Female 1, 3, 5

Skin Color:
1, 2, 3

Hair:
Male 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12
Female 1, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11

Hair Color:
4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11

Eye Color:
1 through 13 + 16

Eyebrow Shape:
Male 1, 2, 3, 5, 6
Female 1, 2, 3, 5, 7

Eyebrow Color:
1, 2, 3

Eye Makeup:
Female 2, 3, 4, 7

Lip Makeup:
Female 1, 3, 4

Lip Color:
Female 1, 2

CHARACTERS WITH UNIQUE PRESETS

* Alterra the Baker - female Stygian Invaders cook
* Anora Steelfingers - female Relic Hunter blacksmith
* Bessie - female Lemurian archer (changed her to align with Bessie's Bow description)
* Bragoras the Baker - male Relic Hunter cook
* Colvric the Blade - male Aquilonian Army fighter (changed to male)
* Diana Steelshaper - female Relic Hunter armorer
* Edric the Holy - male Black Hand priest of Mitra
* Erii the Ravager - female Votaries fighter (changed to female)
* Galter of Bossonia - male Black Hand archer
* Hagar Hawkeye - male Exile archer
* Lethandra - female Aquilonian Army dancer
* Lissa o' the Longbow - female Relic Hunter archer
* Lone Fisherman - male Relic Hunter cook (changed to male only)
* Muriela the Artisan - female dialogue NPC / priestess of Mitra
* Pelor the Well-traveled - male bearer

Hyrkanians

In The Hyborian Age, the Hyrkanians are described as an offshoot of the descendants of the ancient Lemurians, who rode westward to the shores of the Vilayet and established the kingdom of Turan.

The Hyrkanians are described as somewhat dark-skinned, dark-eyed, and generally tall and slender, however there exists a shorter variant, apparently resulting from intermixture with an aboriginal race of the Himelian mountains.

They developed a piratical tradition on the Vilayet Sea, and considering how most Hyrkanians in Conan Exiles are affiliated with the Black Hand pirates, their hair styles will reflect their outlaw culture.

Their real-world analogue would be the people of the Asiatic Steppes: the Huns, Mongols, and early Turks who terrorized and conquered swaths of eastern Europe and the Middle East.

SELECTIONS

Height
Male 1.0 to 1.02
Female 0.98 to 1.0

Head Shape:
Male 4
Female 4

Skin Color:
3, 4, 5, 6

Hair:
Male 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9
Female 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10

Hair Color:
10, 11

Eye Color:
8, 9, 13, 16

Eyebrow Shape:
Male 1, 2, 3, 4, 6
Female 1, 2, 3, 5, 7

Eyebrow Color:
1, 2

Eye Makeup:
Female 2, 3, 7, 12, 13

Lip Makeup:
Female 1, 4

Lip Color:
Female 1, 2

CHARACTERS WITH UNIQUE PRESETS

* Amurath the Swift - male Exile archer
* Captain's Bodyguard Undina - female Black Hand fighter
* Conchaka of Hyrkania - female Black Hand archer
* Gnash the Hungry - male Lemurian cook (classified as Lemurian)
* Hell-Breath - male Lemurian tanner (classified as Lemurian)
* Jamila the Pirate Queen - female dialogue NPC
* Mandughai Hundred-arrow - female Relic Hunter archer
* Mei the Blade - female Lemurian fighter (classified as Lemurian)
* Narr Goatfoot - male bearer
* Sarnai Thorn - female Black Hand archer
* Than Hammerblow - male Relic Hunter armorer

Khitans

The origins of mysterious Khitai date far back to the infancy of the Hyborian Age, when the ancient Lemurians, fleeing the cataclysm which drowned their islands, landed upon the eastern shores of the great continent. Here they fell prey to the original inhabitants, the proto-Stygians known in Conan Exiles as the Khari, who forced them into brutal servitude for thousands of years.

The Lemurians eventually overthrew their masters, forcing them fleeing into the west, leaving the Lemurians to dwell among the ruins of the empire. Over millennia, their race forked into several subgroups, one being the Hyrkanians who rode west into the great steppes of the continent's interior, and another the Khitans, who settled their own civilization in the jungles of the far east.

The Khitan make appearances in several of Howard's stories, such as the debauched denizens of Xuthal in The Slithering Shadow and the sorcerous pursuers of Conan in The Hour of the Dragon. They are described as dark-haired, yellow-skinned, with eyes dark, thin, and slanted. The Khitan are an analogue for the ancient Chinese, long shrouded in mystery to the peoples of the western world.

With respect to the game, Khitans will be lighter-skinned than their Hyrkanian cousins, with more 'civilized' hair styles.

SELECTIONS

Height
Male 1.0 to 1.02
Female 0.98 to 1.0

Head Shape:
Male 4
Female 4

Skin Color:
0, 1, 2

Hair:
Male 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12
Female 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11, 14

Hair Color:
10, 11

Eye Color:
9, 13, 15, 16

Eyebrow Shape:
Male 1, 2, 4, 6
Female 1, 2, 3, 5, 7

Eyebrow Color:
1, 2

Eye Makeup:
Female 2, 3, 4, 6, 7

Lip Makeup:
Female 1, 3, 4

Lip Color:
Female 1, 2

CHARACTERS WITH UNIQUE PRESETS

* Master Carver Huang - male dialogue NPC

Kushites

The Kushites belong to the northwestern-most of the Black Kingdoms, with the Ocean to the west and Stygia to the North. They are often found serving in the armies of Stygia, or as pirates raiding the coasts of the Black Kingdoms, Stygia, Shem, Argos, and Zingara.

Howard does not go into much detail with regards to Kushites, save that they resemble sub-Saharan Africans. Their depiction in the base game of long, wild hair adds good contrast to the Darfari, so it shall be retained. Kushites in this mod will have darker eyes than the Darfari, on average.

SELECTIONS

Height
Male 1.0 to 1.02
Female 0.98 to 1.0

Head Shape:
Male 2
Female 2, 7

Skin Color:
7, 8, 9

Hair:
Male 1, 2, 3, 5, 6
Female 1, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10

Hair Color:
10, 11

Eye Color:
8, 9, 16

Eyebrow Shape:
Male 1, 2, 3, 4, 6
Female 1, 2, 3, 5, 7

Eyebrow Color:
1, 2

Eye Makeup:
Female 2, 4, 7, 12, 13

Lip Makeup:
None

Lip Color:
None

CHARACTERS WITH UNIQUE PRESETS

* Arcos the Wanderer - male dialogue NPC
* Kathibria Featherstep - female bearer
* Kisthis Fleshtearer - male Votaries fighter
* N'batu - male Dogs of the Desert fighter
* She-Who-Wears-Mens-Skin - female Relic Hunter armorer
* Tarman - male Black Hand fighter

Nordheimers

The Nordheimer, per Howard's The Hyborian Age, were the descendants of snow apes which evolved into true men north of the Arctic Circle, having killed the Hyborian warband sent to exterminate them. Asgard and Vanaheim, the two regions of the Nordheimer, are located in the extreme north, beyond even Cimmeria.

They are tall and powerful, light-skinned, blue-eyed, with their race split in twain by the golden-haired Aesir and the red-haired Vanir. The two groups are normally antagonistic toward each other, however in the Exiled Lands they were forced for the sake of survival into cooperation, forming the Heirs of the North.

With the onset of the Ice Age bringing destruction to their homeland, either by plunging it below the sea or grinding it down beneath advancing glaciers, the Nordheimer burst out into the continent and destroyed everything in their path, forcing even the Cimmerians from their mountains. The bulk of the Nordheimer settled alongside the Cimmerians on the shore of the Vilayet, intermixing over time to become the Proto-Indo-Europeans. A band of Vanir adventurers had also sailed south, overthrowing the Stygian nobility and becoming a new caste of conquerors, the first Pharaohs of Egypt.

SELECTIONS

Height
Male 1.01 to 1.03
Female 0.99 to 1.01

Head Shape:
Male 1, 3
Female 1, 3, 5

Skin Color:
1, 2

Hair:
Male 1, 4, 5, 7, 10, 12
Female 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11

Hair Color:
General 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Aesir 4
Vanir 5 - 8

Eye Color:
1, 2, 11, 12

Eyebrow Shape:
Male 1, 2, 3, 5, 6
Female 1, 2, 3, 5, 7

Eyebrow Color:
General 3
Aesir 3 + 6
Vanir 3 + 9

Eye Makeup:
Female 2, 3, 4, 7

Lip Makeup:
Female 1, 3, 4

Lip Color:
Female 1, 2

CHARACTERS WITH UNIQUE PRESETS

* Airk the Slayer - male Exile fighter (from Rorikstead, I hear)
* Anastera the Seeress - female Heirs of the North priestess of Ymir
* Astrid of the Forge - female Black Hand smelter
* Beri - female Heirs of the North blacksmith
* Braggi the Bold - male Black Hand fighter
* Dances-With-Bears - female Aesir dancer
* Dina, Master Huntress - female Heirs of the North archer
* Freya - female companion
* Frigga Falsehope - female Exile fighter
* Gustaf the Reliable - male Heirs of the North carpenter
* Hagarth - male Heirs of the North quest NPC
* Hans the Brute - male Heirs of the North taskmaster
* Hodur the Humble - male Exile carpenter
* Katerina of the Wild Seas - female Black Hand fighter
* Ladagara, Daughter of Ymir - female Heirs of the North boss / demigod
* Noss the Murderer - male Exile fighter
* Rikkart the Baker - male Heirs of the North cook

Shemites

The Sons of Shem, or Shemites, are the descendants of tribals and nomads who dwelt in and around the Zuagir desert. There are some who keep to that lifestyle, but many others dwell in meadowland cities to the west.

The Shemites are described as of medium height, though somewhat shorter than the average Hyborian, bearing hook-noses, dark hair (a feature commonly-noted by Howard are their "blue-black beards"), and dark skin. However, outside of the harshness of desert living, Shemite complexions tend to be lighter. In this mod, Shemites will have comparable skin color to Cimmerians.

The Shemites, if you couldn't have guessed, are an analogue for the Semites, found in the Levant, Mesopotamia, and Arabia.

SELECTIONS

Height
Male 0.99 to 1.01
Female 0.97 to 0.99

Head Shape:
Male 3, 5
Female 1, 5, 6

Skin Color:
3, 4, 5

Hair:
Male 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 12
Female 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11

Hair Color:
4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11

Eye Color:
4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 16

Eyebrow Shape:
Male 1, 2, 3, 5, 6
Female 1, 2, 3, 5, 7

Eyebrow Color:
1, 2

Eye Makeup:
Female 2, 3, 4, 7

Lip Makeup:
Female 1, 3, 4

Lip Color:
Female 1, 2

CHARACTERS WITH UNIQUE PRESETS

* Beli the Breaker - female Relic Hunter taskmaster
* Daya Leaddrinker - female Relic Hunter smelter
* Du'neman the Dragoon - male Dogs of the Desert archer
* Eina the Light - female bearer
* Gilzan the Treasure-Hunter - male dialogue NPC
* Hyam Hammerhand - male Relic Hunter blacksmith
* Khalid the Maniac - male Relic Hunter Treasure Seeker taskmaster
* Razma - female dialogue NPC / Witch Queen host
* Saddur the Slaver - male Black Hand taskmaster
* Sadeh the Lithe - female Dogs of the Desert dancer
* Sayd Secretkeeper - male Votaries alchemist
* Sully - male Black Hand fighter

Stygians

In Howard's history The Hyborian Age, the proto-Stygians (referred to in Conan Exiles as the Khari), a "white-skinned master race", fled the uprising of their Lemurian slaves in the far east, conquering and settling the land which came to be known as Stygia.

The nobility of Stygia are described as tall, light-skinned, with straight features, owing to a bloodline most-closely resembling their ancestors. Due to intermingling with slaves from across the continent, however, the lower classes of Stygia are immensely varied in appearance, with influences from Hyboria, Shem, and the Black Kingdoms.

With respect to the mod, the Stygians will reflect their variety with the widest selection of skin colors, as well as the greatest height variation, of any race.

SELECTIONS

Height
Male 0.99 to 1.03
Female 0.97 to 1.01

Head Shape:
Male 5
Female 5, 6, 7

Skin Color:
1 through 7

Hair:
Male 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Female 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 10

Hair Color:
9, 10, 11

Eye Color:
7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 16

Eyebrow Shape:
Male 1 through 8
Female 1, 2, 3, 5, 7

Eyebrow Color:
1, 2

Eye Makeup:
Female 2, 3, 4, 7, 11

Lip Makeup:
Female 1, 4

Lip Color:
Female 1, 2

CHARACTERS WITH UNIQUE PRESETS

* Amzadi the Wanderer - female bearer
* Hap-zebah - female Stygian Invader archer
* Kraxus the Bastard - male Stygian Invaders leader
* Relic Hunter Captain - male Relic Hunter fighter (now male only)
* Sajara Snake Fang - female Votaries alchemist
* Senk the Pillowdancer - female Exile dancer
* Spinas the Marauder - male Votaries fighter
* Syra Brennerhet - female Votaries dancer
* Thutmekri the Dramatist - male Relic Hunter dancer
* Zoara of the Marshes - female Relic Hunter armorer
* Zoara the Savior - female Stygian Invader priestess of Set

Zamorians

The Zamorians, per The Hyborian Age, were the descendants of the Zhemri, a mysterious people of the south. These Zhemri migrated northward to a region southeast of Hyperborea, forming the kingdom of Zamora.

The Zamorians are described as rather dark-skinned, with dark brown or black hair. Some sources suggest Zamorian women tend to have larger breasts than average (not reflected in the mod).

Howard's essay states that, during the end of the Hyborian Age, the Hyrkanians fleeing eastward took with them remnants of the Zingarans and Zamorians, who formed a mixed race which became the ancestors of the ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ (Steam can go suck a fat one).

Since further description can be sparse, I went with the idea of leaning on a darker-skinned version of their real-world analogue, though lighter than the Darfari and Kushites they resemble in the base game, with either dark eyes or the otherwise-unused purple eyes to reflect their mysterious ancestry.

SELECTIONS

Height
Male 0.99 to 1.01
Female 0.97 to 0.99

Head Shape:
Male 1, 2, 5
Female 1, 2, 5, 6, 7

Skin Color:
5, 6, 7

Hair:
Male 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12
Female 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 10

Hair Color:
9, 10, 11

Eye Color:
9, 14, 15, 16

Eyebrow Shape:
Male 1, 2, 3, 5, 6
Female 1, 2, 3, 5, 7

Eyebrow Color:
1, 2

Eye Makeup:
Female 2, 3, 4, 7

Lip Makeup:
Female 1, 4

Lip Color:
Female 1, 2

CHARACTERS WITH UNIQUE PRESETS

* Danyo the Seductive - male Black Hand dancer
* Hesth Plainswalker - male bearer
* Ionna the Seductress - female Dogs of the Desert dancer
* Kaspa of the Forest - female Black Hand carpenter
* Luba the Luscious - female Relic Hunter dancer
* Parin of the Bloodmoon - female Dogs of the Desert priestess of Jhebbal Sag
* Zamorian Barkeeper - male and female barkeeper

Zingarans

The original inhabitants of the Zingg valley were of a tentatively-Shemitish ancestry, per The Hyborian Age. These people were conquered by a band of dark-skinned Picts, who settled among and intermixed with them. The advancing Hyborians then conquered the valley, lending their lineage to the mixed race which would become the Zingarans.

The Zingarans are described as being dark-skinned and of exotic habit, similar in those ways to the Zamorians but otherwise unrelated to them. The men tend to sport mustaches (sold separately).

The Zingarans have a strong maritime tradition, both as sailing merchants and pirates, more favorably referred-to in The Pool of the Black Ones as 'freebooters'.

While the real-world analogue for the Zingarans would be the people of the Iberian peninsula (Spain and Portugal), at the end of the Hyborian Age the surviving remnants of the Zingarans, along with the Zamorians, were taken eastward by the Hyrkanians, over time forming a mixed race which would become the G Y P S I E S.

For the purpose of distinction, Zingarans will be slightly lighter-skinned than Zamorians, and slightly darker-skinned than Cimmerians / Shemites, on average. Their head shapes will be similar to Hyborians.

SELECTIONS

Height
Male 1.0 to 1.02
Female 0.98 to 1.0

Head Shape:
Male 1, 3, 5
Female 1, 5, 6, 7

Skin Color:
4, 5, 6

Hair:
Male 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12
Female 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10

Hair Color:
9, 10, 11

Eye Color:
6, 8, 9, 10, 16

Eyebrow Shape:
Male 1, 2, 3, 5, 6
Female 1, 2, 3, 5, 7

Eyebrow Color:
1, 2

Eye Makeup:
Female 2, 3, 4, 7

Lip Makeup:
Female 1, 4

Lip Color:
Female 1, 2

CHARACTERS WITH UNIQUE PRESETS

* Alphonz of Zingara - male Relic Hunter / Stygian Invader carpenter
* Daicas the Sharp - male Votaries fighter
* Fairin of the Wild Coast - male bearer
* Iblis of Zingara - female Relic Hunter alchemist
* Inigo the Vengeful - male Relic Hunter tanner (prepare to die)
* Umbra the Slayer - female Stygian Invader fighter

Unique NPC Manifest

DISTINCT NPC APPEARANCES

BY RACE

CIMMERIAN - 12
DARFARI - 7
HYBORIAN - 15
HYRKANIAN - 11 (3 are Lemurian)
KHITAN - 1
KUSHITE - 6
NORDHEIMER - 17
SHEMITE - 12
STYGIAN - 11
ZAMORIAN - 7
ZINGARAN - 6

BY SEX

MALE - 52
FEMALE - 51
BOTH - 2

BY PROFESSION

ALCHEMIST - 4
ARCHER - 12
ARMORER - 5
BEARER - 9
BLACKSMITH - 5
CARPENTER - 6
COOK - 6
DANCER / ENTERTAINER - 10
FIGHTER - 23
PRIEST - 4 (1 Jhebbal Sag, 1 Mitra, 1 Set, 1 Ymir)
SMELTER - 2
SORCERER - a big fat 0
TANNER - 2
TASKMASTER - 4
DIALOGUE / MERCHANT / OTHER - 13

BY FACTION

EXILES
Airk the Slayer, Amurath the Swift, Conall the Hammer, Deirdre Deathbringer, Frigga Falsehope, Hagar Hawkeye, Hodur the Humble, Noss the Murderer, Senk the Pillowdancer (9)

DARFARI CANNIBALS
Aoda Maneater, B'Naru Heavyhands, Ch'epi Eater of Man-Flesh, Darfari Witch Doctor, Dono'Thelpup, Gula of Zamboula (6)

BLACK HAND
Astrid of the Forge, Braggi the Bold, Conchaka of Hyrkania, Cruaidh the Crusher, Danyo the Seductive, Edric the Holy, Gall o' the Spear-din, Galter of Bossonia, Kaspa of the Forest, Katerina of the Wild Seas, Maev the Magnificent, Rayne o' the Rosewood, Saddur the Slaver, Sarnai Thorn, Sully, Tarman, Captain's Bodyguard Undina (17)

LEMURIANS
Bessie (?), Gnash the Hungry, Hell-Breath, Mei the Blade (4)

DOGS OF THE DESERT
Du'neman the Dragoon, Ionna the Seductress, N'batu, Parin of the Bloodmoon, Sadeh the Lithe (5)

HEIRS OF THE NORTH
Anastera the Seeress, Beri, Dina Master Huntress, Freya, Gustaf the Reliable, Hagarth, Hans the Brute, Ladagara Daughter of Ymir, Rikkart the Baker (9)

FORGOTTEN TRIBE
Dalinsia Snowhunter, Lianeele, Markos Bane of Beasts (3)

RELIC HUNTERS
Alphonz of Zingara, Anora Steelfingers, Beli the Breaker, Bragoras the Baker, Daya Leaddrinker, Diana Steelshaper, Hyam Hammerhand, Iblis of Zingara, Inigo the Vengeful, Lissa o' the Longbow, Lone Fisherman, Luba the Luscious, Mandughai Hundred-Arrow, Relic Hunter Captain, She-Who-Wears-Mens-Skin, Than Hammerblow, Thutmekri the Dramatist, Zoara of the Marshes (18)

VOTARIES OF SKELOS
Daicas the Sharp, Erii the Ravager, Kisthis Fleshtearer, Sajara Snake Fang, Sayd Secretkeeper, Spinas the Marauder, Syra Brennerhet (7)

BLACK CORSAIRS
Nkosi the Ashen (1)

STYGIAN INVADERS
Alphonz of Zingara (again), Alterra the Baker, Hap-Zebah, Kraxus the Bastard, Umbra the Slayer, Zoara the Savior (6, 5 minus repeat Alphonz)

THE ACCURSED
Dalinsia, Lianeele, Markos (3, don't include repeats from Forgotten Tribe)
(These NPCs are only distinct from their Forgotten Tribe counterparts in that they all have strong black eye makeup because, you know, they're cursed.)

ARMY OF AQUILONIA
Colvric the Blade, Lethandra (2)

THE AESIR
Dances-With-Bears (1)

RELIC HUNTER TREASURE SEEKERS (Siptah)
Khalid the Maniac (1)

OTHER
Amzadi the Wanderer, Arcos the Wanderer, Barkeeper, Braga, Eina the Light, Fairin of the Wild Coast, Gilzan the Treasure-Hunter, Hesth Plainswalker, Jamila the Pirate-Queen, Kathibria Featherstep, Master Carver Huang, Mountaineer, Muriela the Artisan, Narr Goatfoot, Pelor the Well-Travelled, Razma, Rethrous the Burdened (17)

Total Thus Far - 105

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@Rhoshan Sorry for the delay, but thanks for the words!

[Rhoshan]

Splendid work, and awesome documentation. Love your mod. This completes the picture.

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@xouba I actually just finished reading through all of Howard's Conan stories (got the centenary edition a few months ago) which inspired me to make the mod. He certainly knew how to paint a scene!

Thanks for the comment, and be well!

[xouba]

As a fan of REH's Conan stories, and having enjoyed "The Hyborian Age" a lot, I'm very happy and thankful for your effort in this mod. Thanks, and may Crom be not too hard on you!

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