# Baal-pteor — Conan Stories character guide

> Baal-pteor in Conan Stories by Robert E. Howard.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** the brown-skinned Baal-pteor

**First appearance:** 0018-the-people-of-the-black-circle

## Who they are

A Stygian sorcerer and servant of the Black Seers.

## In the story

### [III: Black Hands Gripping](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/conan_stories_se/chapters/iii-black-hands-gripping)

A Kosalan strangler and servant of Totrasmek, he attempts to kill Conan with his bare hands but is overpowered and killed.

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