# Tascela — Conan Stories character guide

> Tascela in Conan Stories by Robert E. Howard.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Only Tascela, VI The Eyes of Tascela

**First appearance:** 0055-red-nails

## Snapshot

Ancient sorceress-queen of Xuchotl whose hypnotic eyes and cold political cunning keep a dying city's blood-feud balanced on a knife's edge.

## Who they are

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.

## Relationships

### [Valeria](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/conan_stories_se/characters/valeria)

_psychological_

Tascela is obsessed with Valeria, seeking to possess her and use her for her own dark purposes.

### [Conan](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/conan_stories_se/characters/conan)

_rivalry_

Conan opposes Tascela's evil schemes and fights against her attempts to enslave or harm Valeria.

### [Valeria](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/conan_stories_se/characters/valeria)

_psychological_

Tascela is obsessed with Valeria, seeking to possess her and use her for her own dark purposes.

### [Conan](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/conan_stories_se/characters/conan)

_rivalry_

Conan opposes Tascela's evil schemes and fights against her attempts to enslave or harm Valeria.

### [Conan](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/conan_stories_se/characters/conan)

_rivalry_

Conan opposes Tascela's evil schemes and fights against her attempts to enslave or harm Valeria.

### [Valeria](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/conan_stories_se/characters/valeria)

_psychological_

Tascela is obsessed with Valeria, seeking to possess her and use her for her own dark purposes.

## In the story

### [Jewels of Gwahlur](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/conan_stories_se/chapters/jewels-of-gwahlur)

The ancient priestess who guards the jewels and attempts to sacrifice Muriela.

### [Red Nails](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/conan_stories_se/chapters/red-nails)

The ancient, immortal queen of the Tecuhltli, who wields dark magic and seeks to use Valeria for her own sinister purposes.

### [III: The People of the Feud](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/conan_stories_se/chapters/iii-the-people-of-the-feud)

Princess of Tecuhltli, fixated on Valeria; revealed to be a witch who has kept her youth for decades.

### [IV: Scent of Black Lotus](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/conan_stories_se/chapters/iv-scent-of-black-lotus)

Tascela is mentioned as the mistress of Yasala and is suspected by Valeria of being behind the drugging attempt.

### [V: Twenty Red Nails](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/conan_stories_se/chapters/v-twenty-red-nails)

Fights savagely in the battle and later holds the pipes of madness taken from the Xotalancas.

### [VI: The Eyes of Tascela](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/conan_stories_se/chapters/vi-the-eyes-of-tascela)

Intervenes to take Valeria from Olmec, uses hypnotic power to paralyze him, and reveals her plan to restore her youth.

### [VII: He Comes from the Dark](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/conan_stories_se/chapters/vii-he-comes-from-the-dark)

Tascela lolls on the ivory throne, orchestrating the sacrifice and later reacting with horror at Tolkemec's appearance.

## Links

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