Thongor of Valkarth

Thongor of Valkarth is the titular hero of the Thongor of Lemuria series. He was created in 1965 by Lin Carter in the novel The Wizard of Lemuria. An obvious homage to Robert E. Howard's Conan the Barbarian, Thongor was a wandering barbarian mercenary from the northern city of Valkarth on the fictional continent of Lemuria. He is described as being tall and enormously broad-shouldered, with long black hair and golden eyes. He was extremely capable with all weapons, particularly the broadsword. Although he started off as a mercenary, pirate, and thief, he eventually became the greatest hero in Lemuria and Emperor of Patanga and its subsidiary city-states.