# Valeria — Conan Stories character guide

> Valeria in Conan Stories by Robert E. Howard.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** IV, Valeria Olmec

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

## Snapshot

A pirate woman whose reckless courage and sharp tongue make her Conan's equal in a city of mad kings and blood-soaked altars.

## Who they are

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.

## Relationships

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

_romantic_

Conan and Valeria are passionate lovers and fierce warrior allies, sharing a deep bond of mutual respect and desire.

### [Tascela](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/conan_stories_se/characters/tascela)

_psychological_

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

### [Yelaya](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/conan_stories_se/characters/yelaya)

_friendship_

Valeria and Yelaya share a bond of sisterhood and mutual support in a hostile environment.

### [Techotl](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/conan_stories_se/characters/techotl)

_friendship_

Techotl assists Valeria as a loyal guide and ally during their shared adventures.

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

_romantic_

Conan and Valeria are passionate lovers and fierce warrior allies, sharing a deep bond of mutual respect and desire.

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

_romantic_

Conan and Valeria are passionate lovers and fierce warrior allies, sharing a deep bond of mutual respect and desire.

### [Techotl](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/conan_stories_se/characters/techotl)

_friendship_

Techotl assists Valeria as a loyal guide and ally during their shared adventures.

### [Tascela](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/conan_stories_se/characters/tascela)

_psychological_

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

### [Yelaya](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/conan_stories_se/characters/yelaya)

_friendship_

Valeria and Yelaya share a bond of sisterhood and mutual support in a hostile environment.

### [Tascela](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/conan_stories_se/characters/tascela)

_psychological_

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

### [Techotl](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/conan_stories_se/characters/techotl)

_friendship_

Techotl assists Valeria as a loyal guide and ally during their shared adventures.

## In the story

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

A fierce pirate woman and companion of Conan, who fights alongside him against the dangers of the lost city and its warring clans.

### [I: The Skull on the Crag](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/conan_stories_se/chapters/i-the-skull-on-the-crag)

Companion to Conan, terrified by the dragon's ferocity, nearly killed but saved by Conan.

### [II: By the Blaze of the Fire-Jewels](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/conan_stories_se/chapters/ii-by-the-blaze-of-the-fire-jewels)

Accompanies Conan, grows depressed by the silent city, spots the stealthy man from the gallery, and later flees through dark corridors with Conan and Techotl.

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

Accompanies Conan; Tascela stares at her with burning intensity; she asks about destroying dragons.

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

Valeria is the focal point of the chapter, experiencing the attempted drugging, interrogating Yasala, and preparing to fight her way out of Xuchotl.

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

Wounded in the leg during the battle, she is taken by Olmec to the Chamber of the... but is later rescued by Conan.

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

Abducted by Olmec, then captured by Tascela who intends to use her youth for immortality.

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

Valeria is the intended sacrifice, lying naked on the black altar, held down by attendants.

## Links

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