# Conan Stories — Character guide

> Key figures in Conan Stories by Robert E. Howard.

- [Conan](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/conan_stories_se/characters/conan.md): 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 
- [Balthus](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/conan_stories_se/characters/balthus.md): 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,
- [Valeria](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/conan_stories_se/characters/valeria.md): 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 
- [Olivia](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/conan_stories_se/characters/olivia.md): 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 w
- [Yasmina](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/conan_stories_se/characters/yasmina.md): 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 a
- [Taramis](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/conan_stories_se/characters/taramis.md): 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 n
- [Tascela](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/conan_stories_se/characters/tascela.md): 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 othe
- [Techotl](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/conan_stories_se/characters/techotl.md): A Xotalanc warrior who aids Valeria and Conan in Xuchotl.
- [Khemsa](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/conan_stories_se/characters/khemsa.md): A wizard and servant of the Black Seers of Yimsha.
- [Salome](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/conan_stories_se/characters/salome.md): A sorceress and ally of Constantius in the desert city.
- [Constantius](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/conan_stories_se/characters/constantius.md): A Khauran nobleman and conspirator with Taramis.
- [Bêlit](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/conan_stories_se/characters/belit.md): 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 b
- [Octavia](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/conan_stories_se/characters/octavia.md): A slave girl in the court of Taramis.
- [Kerim Shah](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/conan_stories_se/characters/kerim_shah.md): A Turanian spy and agent in the Vendhyan court.
- [Valerius](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/conan_stories_se/characters/valerius.md): A Nemedian knight and rival of Conan.
- [Tolkemec](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/conan_stories_se/characters/tolkemec.md): An ancient wizard of Xuchotl who betrays his people.
- [Zabibi](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/conan_stories_se/characters/zabibi.md): A dancing girl in Zamboula who aids Conan.
- [Yar Afzal](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/conan_stories_se/characters/yar_afzal.md): A Wazuli chieftain who opposes Conan.
- [Yasala](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/conan_stories_se/characters/yasala.md): A Vendhyan princess and sister of Yasmina.
- [Zogar Sag](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/conan_stories_se/characters/zogar_sag.md): A Pictish shaman and wizard who leads attacks on settlers.
- [Jehungir Agha](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/conan_stories_se/characters/jehungir_agha.md): A Turanian governor of Zamboula.
- [Olgerd Vladislav](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/conan_stories_se/characters/olgerd_vladislav.md): A Zingaran pirate leader who allies with Conan.
- [The Master](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/conan_stories_se/characters/the_master.md): A mysterious sorcerer ruling the city of Xuchotl.
- [Aram Baksh](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/conan_stories_se/characters/aram_baksh.md): A tavern keeper in Zamboula who betrays Conan.
- [Muriela](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/conan_stories_se/characters/muriela.md): A slave girl in the temple of the Black Seers.
- [Chunder Shan](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/conan_stories_se/characters/chunder_shan.md): A Vendhyan prince and brother of Yasmina.
- [Totrasmek](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/conan_stories_se/characters/totrasmek.md): A wizard of the Black Seers of Yimsha.
- [Slasher](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/conan_stories_se/characters/slasher.md): A Pictish warrior and ally of Zogar Sag.
- [Thutmekri](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/conan_stories_se/characters/thutmekri.md): A Stygian merchant and conspirator in Keshan.
- [Zargheba](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/conan_stories_se/characters/zargheba.md): A Zuagir chief who betrays Conan in the desert.
- [Baal-pteor](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/conan_stories_se/characters/baal_pteor.md): A Stygian sorcerer and servant of the Black Seers.
- [Khosatral Khel](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/conan_stories_se/characters/khosatral_khel.md): A demonic entity imprisoned in the city of Xuchotl.
- [Gorulga](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/conan_stories_se/characters/gorulga.md): A priest of the goddess in Keshan.
- [Valannus](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/conan_stories_se/characters/valannus.md): A commander of the Aquilonian border fort.
- [Yelaya](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/conan_stories_se/characters/yelaya.md): A princess of the city of Xuchotl.
- [Tiberias](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/conan_stories_se/characters/tiberias.md): A Nemedian knight and ally of Valerius.
- [Yezdigerd](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/conan_stories_se/characters/yezdigerd.md): King of Turan who opposes Conan.
- [Ghaznavi](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/conan_stories_se/characters/ghaznavi.md): A Turanian officer in the Vendhyan campaign.
- [Khauran](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/conan_stories_se/characters/khauran.md): A city and kingdom; also a character name for the twin queen.
- [Aratus](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/conan_stories_se/characters/aratus.md): A Nemedian knight and ally of Valerius.
- [Gwarunga](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/conan_stories_se/characters/gwarunga.md): A priest of the goddess in Keshan.
- [N'Gora](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/conan_stories_se/characters/ngora.md): A black warrior in the service of the goddess in Keshan.
- [Bhunda Chand](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/conan_stories_se/characters/bhunda_chand.md): A Vendhyan prince and brother of Yasmina.

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