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Conan series by Various Authors



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Conan is a Cimmerian. From Robert E. Howard’s writings (The Hyborian Age among others) it is known that the Cimmerians were based on the Celts. He was born on a battlefield and is the son of a village blacksmith. Conan matured quickly as a youth and, by age fifteen, he was already a respected warrior who had participated in the destruction of the Aquilonian outpost of Venarium.[9] After its demise, he was struck by wanderlust and began the adventures chronicled by Howard, encountering skulking monsters, evil wizards, tavern wenches, and beautiful princesses. He roamed throughout the Hyborian Age nations as a thief, outlaw, mercenary, and pirate.[10] As he grew older, he began commanding larger units of men and escalating his ambitions. In his forties, he seized the crown of the tyrannical king of Aquilonia, the most powerful kingdom of the Hyborian Age, having strangled the previous ruler on the steps of the throne.[11] Conan’s adventures often result in him performing heroic feats, though his motivation for doing so is largely to protect his own survival or for personal gain.

A conspicuous element of Conan’s character is his chivalry. He is extremely reluctant to fight women (even when they fight him) and has a strong tendency to save damsels in distress. In “Jewels of Gwahlur”, he has to make a split-second decision whether to save the dancing girl Muriela or the chest of priceless gems which he spent months in seeking, and with no hesitation he saves the girl and lets the treasure be irrevocably lost. In “The Black Stranger”, Conan saves the exile Zingaran Lady Belesa at considerable risk to himself, giving her as a parting gift a fortune in gems big enough to have a comfortable wealthy life in Zingara, and asking for no sexual favors in return. Reviewer Jennifer Bard also noted[12] that when Conan is in a pirate crew or a robber gang led by another male, his tendency is to subvert and undermine the leader’s authority, and eventually supplant (and often, kill) him (e.g. “Pool of the Black One”, “A Witch Shall be Born”, “Shadows in the Moonlight”). Conversely, in “Queen of the Black Coast” it is noted that Conan “generally agreed to her [Belit’s] plans. Hers was the mind that directed their raids, his the arm that carried out her ideas. It was a good life.” And at the end of “Red Nails” Conan and Valeria seem to be headed towards a reasonably amicable piratical partnership”.


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