# Bêlit — Conan Stories character guide

> Bêlit in Conan Stories by Robert E. Howard.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Bêlit The Tigress, the Tigress

**First appearance:** 0005-queen-of-the-black-coast

## Snapshot

A pirate queen of the black coast whose fierce loyalty and appetite for blood and gold bind her to Conan as lover, captain, and equal.

## Who they are

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.

## In the story

### [Shadows in the Moonlight](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/conan_stories_se/chapters/shadows-in-the-moonlight)

The Tigress, Conan's ally and lover, present in the narrative.

### [Queen of the Black Coast](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/conan_stories_se/chapters/queen-of-the-black-coast)

The pirate queen who commands the Tigress and forms a powerful bond with Conan.

### [I: Conan Joins the Pirates](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/conan_stories_se/chapters/i-conan-joins-the-pirates)

The pirate queen of the black coast; her ship attacks the Argus, and she stops her warriors from killing Conan after witnessing his battle prowess.

### [II: The Black Lotus](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/conan_stories_se/chapters/ii-the-black-lotus)

Debates philosophy with Conan, declares her love stronger than death, leads the exploration of the ruined city, and orders the altar to be lifted.

### [III: The Horror in the Jungle](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/conan_stories_se/chapters/iii-the-horror-in-the-jungle)

Found hanged from the yardarm of her galley, dead.

### [IV: The Attack from the Air](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/conan_stories_se/chapters/iv-the-attack-from-the-air)

Lies dead on a pyre aboard the Tigress; her spirit appears to save Conan from the winged monster.

### [V: The Funeral Pyre](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/conan_stories_se/chapters/v-the-funeral-pyre)

Lies on the funeral pyre aboard the Tigress, returned to the sea she belonged to.

## Links

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