Age of Conan - Regional Profiles @ Gamespy

Gamespy has a preview of one of the locations and some of the creatures from Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures. Focusing on the Khopshef Province, the article says:<blockquote>The Hyborian deserts contain secrets older than mankind itself. Nowhere is this more evident than in night-haunted Stygia, home to sorcerer-priests who worship the great serpent god Set. Stygia's cities rise like dusky jewels from the fertile lands on southern banks of the dark river Styx where slaves are sacrificed every day to slake the hunger of the Great Serpent. Scholars pore through crumbling texts for hints of lost knowledge that lie hidden among the trackless sands. In Stygia, dark knowledge is the path to true power.

Within Stygia, no place is more mysterious than Khopshef province, a land of fabled ruins recounted in ancient legends and caravan tales that lies far to the east of the coastal city of Khemi. The simple people of Khopshef province pray to their gods and try to go about their lives, mining salt from the flats around the village of Hep-Kab or welcoming the caravans traveling from Medjool Oasis to the south. Their major concerns are usually keeping out of the punishing sunlight at midday and warding their houses against the evils of the night. Of late, however, bad things are once again arising from the sands of Stygia.</blockquote>