History Literature / Kull

* BerserkButton: Kull will look for any excuse to go kick someone's ass. He's easily bored. However the opening ''Riders Beyond the Sunrise'' takes the cake: Tu explains to Kull that Lala-ah eloping with Felgar violates Valusian tradition and custom... and Kull doesn't care, Tu tells him that her marrying a foreigner without his permission is an insult to the crown... and Kull cares not, but then the rider who led the search for them relays a message from Felgar insulting Kull personally... '''[[RuleOfThree and Kull completely loses his shit!]]'''

-->-- '''Kull''', ''By This Axe I Rule!''[[note]]A similar thing under similar circumstances was said by Franchise/{{Conan|TheBarbarian}} in Chapter II of ''Literature/ThePhoenixOnTheSword''.[[/note]]

* TheExile: Kull has been exiled from Atlantis ever since he performed a MercyKill on a woman who would have been burned at the stake for marrying a Lemurian. The untitled story that occurred in has even since been called "Exile of Atlantis."

* LizardFolk: The Serpent-men who are the villains of "The Shadow Kingdom." They are quite literally half-human and half-snake but strangely have legs in contrast to SnakePeople, making them closer to this trope in appearance.

* MagicMirror: The titular mirrors in "The Mirrors of Tuzun Thune" with one apparently crafted by the "Deepest magic."

* CrossOver: ''Kings of the Night'', featuring Kull and Literature/BranMakMorn.

* ReptilianConspiracy: The TropeMaker-"The Shadow Kingdom" has the Serpent People, an ancient race who have infiltrated human society through their glamoring abilities and secretly rule many.

* TruthPassword: The Serpent Men can magically disguise themselves as humans, often posing as other people, but due to their facial anatomy they cannot say the phrase "Ka nama kaa lajerama".

* {{Shibboleth}}: The Serpent Men can magically disguise themselves as humans, often posing as other people, but due to their facial anatomy they cannot say the phrase "Ka nama kaa lajerama".

%%* ContemplateOurNavels: Most egregiously seen in ''The Mirrors of Tuzun Thune''.
%%* CosmicHorrorStory.

%%* CurtainCamouflage

%%* DividedWeFall
%%* DuelToTheDeath

%%* EvenEvilHasStandards
%%* EvilIsNotWellLit

%%* FeudingFamilies
%%* FireForgedFriends
%%* GlorySeeker
%%* GoMadFromTheRevelation
%%* TheGoodChancellor: First Councillor Tu.
%%* GreenEyedMonster

%%* HiddenDepths
%%* HumanSacrifice

%%* IdenticalGrandson
%%* InHarmsWay
%%* ItWasAGift

%%* MadOracle

%%* {{Masquerade}}

%%* MercyKill
%%* NoOntologicalInertia
%%* ObviousTrap
%%* OrWasItADream
%%* OurGhostsAreDifferent

%%* ThePromise

%%* ThePromise

%%* ReligionOfEvil

%%* RequisiteRoyalRegalia
%%* RoyalBlood
%%* ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem: Look at IAmTheNoun above.

%%* SchrodingersButterfly
%%* SelfMadeMan

%%* TalkingInYourDreams

%%* VestigialEmpire

%%* ZergRush

-->-- '''Kull''', ''By This Axe I Rule!''[[note]]A similar thing under similar circumstances was said by Conan in Chapter II of ''Literature/ThePhoenixOnTheSword''.[[/note]]

-->-- '''Kull''', ''By This Axe I Rule!''[[note]]A similar thing under similar circumstances was said by Conan in Chapter II of ''Literature/ThePhoenixOnTheSword''[[/note]]

-->-- '''Kull''', ''By This Axe I Rule!''

* IAmTheNoun: "I AM THE LAW!", Kull said, fed up with the Can't-Marry-Slaves law. He takes an ax to it. Could very well be a {{Trope Namer|s}}.

* AdaptationNameChange: For the Marvel comics:
** Ala, the "traitor" in "Exile of Atlantis", became Sareeta.
** Ascalante, Gromel and Volmana of "By This Axe I Rule" were renamed Ardyon, Enaros and Ducalon respectively.