Character guide

Conan

major

Also known as The Cimmerian, Conan of Cimmeria, Conan the Cimmerian

Conan moves through Hyborian kingdoms as mercenary, thief, and eventual king, his enormous frame and smoldering temper matched only by a cunning that keeps him alive when magic turns the world inside out. He bristles at wizards and priests who hide behind illusions, meeting each trap with a growl and a blade. His refusal to kneel to any man or demon drives the early stories, where his brute force and stubborn will collide with forces older and stranger than any sword.

Balthus

supporting

Also known as the youth Balthus

Balthus rides with Conan and a handful of borderers into Pictish territory, only to be ambushed and taken alive by warriors whose numbers and strange alliances hint at something far worse than a raid. Bound and bleeding, he watches the shaman Zogar Sag dance before the captives and feels his courage tested against a fear that has nothing to do with death. His greenness makes him the reader's eyes in a land where survival depends on learning fast or dying slow.

Valeria

supporting

Also known as IV, Valeria Olmec

Valeria fights and schemes alongside Conan in Xuchotl, a sealed city where two feuding factions and a sorceress queen turn every corridor into a trap. Her scream of fury and shame echoes through the tower, pulling Conan into a rescue that nearly kills him. She is no passive prize; her recklessness and pride make her a mirror to Conan's own, and her fate hangs over the story's middle like a blade.

Olivia

supporting

Also known as II Olivia

Olivia survives a shipwreck only to find herself hunted through moonlit ruins by something that leaves no tracks and kills without a sound. She clings to Conan as her only shield, her dark eyes wells of horror, yet she watches and learns as he reads the wilderness for signs of pirates and worse. Her fear grounds the story's early terror, and her gradual steadiness turns her from burden to witness.

Yasmina

supporting

Also known as the Devi Yasmina, Devi, Yasmina Devi

Yasmina rules Vendhya with the weight of her Devi-ship pressing on every choice, until black sorcery tears her from her throne and drags her through lives of suffering that are not her own. Even as she endures the whip and the rack in visions that are also memories, she never loses the consciousness of who she is. Her pride is both her torment and her weapon, and her rescue becomes the axis on which Conan's quest turns.

Taramis

supporting

Also known as The Bloodred Crescent Taramis, Queen Taramis

Taramis rules Khauran with imperious dignity until a woman with her own face and a crimson crescent between her breasts reveals herself as Salome, the witch foretold by an ancient curse. Stripped of guards, throne, and name in a single night, Taramis must reckon with a sister whose hatred is as old as their dynasty. Her struggle against Salome's sorcery and usurpation drives the story's early arc, where identity itself becomes a battlefield.

Tascela

supporting

Also known as Only Tascela, VI The Eyes of Tascela

Tascela rules Xuchotl from behind its locked doors, her power resting as much on the fear she inspires as on the magic she wields. She and the prince Olmec each keep the other alive only because each still needs the other's help, a partnership of mutual suspicion that is fraying fast. When Conan and Valeria blunder into the city, Tascela's gaze becomes the deadliest weapon in the story, and her long history with Tecuhltli's hidden passages makes her the pivot on which the early intrigue turns.

Techotl

minor

A Xotalanc warrior who aids Valeria and Conan in Xuchotl.

Khemsa

minor

Also known as the dying Khemsa

A wizard and servant of the Black Seers of Yimsha.

Salome

minor

A sorceress and ally of Constantius in the desert city.

Constantius

minor

A Khauran nobleman and conspirator with Taramis.

Bêlit

supporting

Also known as Bêlit The Tigress, the Tigress

Bêlit commands her own crew and answers to no man, yet she chooses Conan as her partner in plunder and passion, a bond that makes her both his greatest strength and his most dangerous vulnerability. Her ruthlessness in battle is matched by an almost tender devotion to him, and the tension between those two impulses drives much of their shared story. For readers meeting her early, she is the woman who proves Conan can be more than a lone wolf, and the one whose fate will matter most to him.

Octavia

minor

A slave girl in the court of Taramis.

Kerim Shah

minor

Also known as Presently Kerim Shah

A Turanian spy and agent in the Vendhyan court.

Valerius

minor

A Nemedian knight and rival of Conan.

Tolkemec

minor

Also known as old Tolkemec, Old Tolkemec

An ancient wizard of Xuchotl who betrays his people.

Zabibi

minor

A dancing girl in Zamboula who aids Conan.

Yar Afzal

minor

Also known as Afzal

A Wazuli chieftain who opposes Conan.

Yasala

minor

A Vendhyan princess and sister of Yasmina.

Zogar Sag

minor

Also known as Zogar, devil Zogar Sag

A Pictish shaman and wizard who leads attacks on settlers.

Jehungir Agha

minor

Also known as Jehungir, VI Jehungir Agha, the Agha, Agha

A Turanian governor of Zamboula.

Olgerd Vladislav

minor

Also known as Olgerd

A Zingaran pirate leader who allies with Conan.

The Master

minor

Also known as the master, The Master

A mysterious sorcerer ruling the city of Xuchotl.

Aram Baksh

minor

Also known as Aram

A tavern keeper in Zamboula who betrays Conan.

Muriela

minor

A slave girl in the temple of the Black Seers.

Chunder Shan

minor

A Vendhyan prince and brother of Yasmina.

Totrasmek

minor

A wizard of the Black Seers of Yimsha.

Slasher

minor

Also known as old Slasher

A Pictish warrior and ally of Zogar Sag.

Thutmekri

minor

Also known as Thutmekri the Stygian, the Stygian

A Stygian merchant and conspirator in Keshan.

Zargheba

minor

Also known as Presently Zargheba

A Zuagir chief who betrays Conan in the desert.

Baal-pteor

minor

Also known as the brown-skinned Baal-pteor

A Stygian sorcerer and servant of the Black Seers.

Khosatral Khel

minor

Also known as Khosatral

A demonic entity imprisoned in the city of Xuchotl.

Gorulga

minor

A priest of the goddess in Keshan.

Valannus

minor

A commander of the Aquilonian border fort.

Yelaya

minor

Also known as Princess Yelaya

A princess of the city of Xuchotl.

Tiberias

minor

A Nemedian knight and ally of Valerius.

Yezdigerd

minor

Also known as Turan, King Yezdigerd of Turan, King Yezdigerd

King of Turan who opposes Conan.

Ghaznavi

minor

A Turanian officer in the Vendhyan campaign.

Khauran

minor

A city and kingdom; also a character name for the twin queen.

Aratus

minor

A Nemedian knight and ally of Valerius.

Gwarunga

minor

A priest of the goddess in Keshan.

N'Gora

minor

A black warrior in the service of the goddess in Keshan.

Bhunda Chand

minor

Also known as Bunda Chand

A Vendhyan prince and brother of Yasmina.

Tecuhltli

minor

Also known as the Tecuhltli, The Tecuhltli, the dead Tecuhltli

A Xotalanc warrior in the city of Xuchotl.

Arus

minor

A priest of Mitra who aids Conan against the Picts.

Yakin

minor

Also known as Bît-Yakin

A priest of the goddess in Keshan.

Xatmec

minor

A Xotalanc warrior in Xuchotl.

Yanath

minor

A Xotalanc warrior in Xuchotl.

Tito

minor

Also known as Master Tito

A merchant in Zamboula who aids Conan.

Sergius

minor

A Nemedian knight and ally of Valerius.

Shah Amurath

minor

A Turanian prince and commander.

Khumbanigash

minor

A Xotalanc warrior in Xuchotl.

Astreas

minor

Also known as Nemedia, Nemedia The savant Astreas

A Nemedian scholar who aids Conan.

Gitara

minor

A witch of the Black Seers of Yimsha.

Jungir Khan

minor

A Turanian general in the Vendhyan campaign.

Zarallo

minor

A Zingaran pirate captain.

Ivanos

minor

A Nemedian knight and ally of Valerius.

Djebal

minor

A Zuagir chief who aids Conan.

Alafdhal

minor

A Wazuli chief who opposes Conan.

Chicmec

minor

A Xotalanc warrior in Xuchotl.

Hialmar

minor

A Nemedian knight and ally of Valerius.

Keshia

minor

A slave girl in the temple of the Black Seers.

Ivga

minor

A Xotalanc woman in Xuchotl.

Krallides

minor

A Nemedian knight and ally of Valerius.

Soractus

minor

A Nemedian knight and ally of Valerius.

Nafertari

minor

A Stygian sorceress and ally of Thutmekri.

Jelal Khan

minor

A Turanian officer in the Vendhyan campaign.

Alcemides

minor

Also known as good Alcemides

A Nemedian scholar who aids Conan.