Kezan Val was the Captain of the corsairs of the Kushite coast. Probably during one of their raids they captured Miri, a water nymph. Kezan Val bound her with a silver chain and obliged her to obey to his orders. He promised to free her if she cause 20 ships be wrecked. So she did. Kezan Val and his corsairs captured Conan of Cimmeria and other survivors of a shipwrecking caused by Miri. Despite his promise, Kezan Val didn't freed Miri when she asked him.