Appearing in "The Sleeper Beneath the Sands"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- Olgerd Vladislav / "Yffan" ⏵ (Apparent death)
- Sleeper / Sleeper Beneath the Sands / One Who Sleeps Beneath the Sands (First appearance)
Other Characters:
- Dhira (First appearance; dies)
- Ahmed Mullah (First appearance; dies)
- Dhira and Ahmed Mullah's caravan
- Unnamed Hyrkanian horse-archer (Mentioned)
- Yezdigerd (Mentioned)
- Astoreth (Invoked)
- Ishtar (Invoked)
- Salome (Referenced)
- Mitra (Invoked)
- Crom (Invoked)
- Turanian soldiers
Races and Species:
- Humans
- Gods (Mentioned)
- Elder Gods (Mentioned)
- Elder Gods / "Elder Spirits"
- Vultures/Buzzards
- Dinosaurs (Only in flashback)
- Horses
Locations:
- Earth
- Hyboria
- Khauran
- Eastern Desert
- Temple of the Sleeper
- Vezek (Mentioned)
- Hyrkania (Mentioned)
- Shem (Mentioned)
- Akbitana (Mentioned)
- Turanian Steppes (Mentioned)
- Khitai (Mentioned)
- Vilayet Sea (Mentioned)
- Zoporoska River (Mentioned)
- Koth (Mentioned)
- Zamboula (Mentioned)
- Lemuria (Mentioned)
- Thurian Continent (Mentioned)
- Atlantis (Mentioned)
- Hyboria
- Hell (Mentioned)
Events:
- Hyborian Age
- Great Cataclysm (Mentioned)
Synopsis for "The Sleeper Beneath the Sands"
- Synopsis not yet written
Appearing in "Gods of the Hyborian Age - Part One: The Homes Of The Gods"
Featured Characters:
- Ymir (Referenced)
- Gods of Cimmeria (Referenced)
- Mitra (Referenced)
- Asura (Referenced)
- Ibis (Referenced)
- Set (Referenced)
- Ishtar / Ashtoreth / Derketo (Referenced)
- Bori (Referenced)
- Anu (Referenced)
- Spider-God (Referenced)
- Bel (Referenced)
- Pteor (Referenced)
- Adonis (Referenced)
- Dagon (Referenced)
- Unnmed ivory goddess of Punt (Referenced)
- Yelaya (Referenced)
- Jullah (Referenced)
- Jhil (Referenced)
- Gwahlur, the "King of Darkness" (Referenced)
- Ollam-onga (Referenced)
- Thog (Referenced)
- Thaug (Referenced)
- Khosatral Khel (Referenced)
- Erlik (Referenced)
- Tarim (Referenced)
- Yajur (Referenced)
- Pictish pantheon (Referenced)
- Swamp-demons (Referenced)
- Dryads (Referenced)
- Gullah (Referenced)
- Jhebbal Sag (Referenced)
- "Children of Jhil" (Referenced)
- "Four Brothers of the Night" (Referenced)
Other Characters:
- Aesir (Referenced)
- Vanir (Referenced)
- Conan the Great (Referenced)
- School of skeptic philosophers (Referenced)
- Cult of Ibis (Referenced)
- Zuagirs (Referenced)
- Ghanatas (Referenced)
Races and Species:
- Gods (Referenced)
- Frost Giants (Referenced)
- Demons (Referenced)
- Swamp-demons (Referenced)
- Dryads (Referenced)
Locations:
- Hyboria (Referenced)
- Asgard / Aesgaard (Referenced)
- Vanaheim (Referenced)
- Cimmeria (Referenced)
- Aquilonia (Referenced)
- Argos (Referenced)
- Ophir (Referenced)
- Nemedia (Referenced)
- Zingara (Referenced)
- Southern Zingara (Referenced)
- Mountains between Aquilonia and Nemedia (Referenced)
- Koth (Referenced)
- Khoraja (Referenced)
- Khauran (Referenced)
- Hyperborea (Referenced)
- Border Kingdom (Referenced)
- Brythunia (Referenced)
- Corinthia (Referenced)
- Zamora (Referenced)
- Shem (Referenced)
- Stygia (Referenced)
- Luxur (Referenced)
- Acheron (Referenced)
- Black lands (Referenced)
- Abyss (Referenced)
- Outer Dark (Referenced)
Events:
- Fall of Acheron (Referenced)
Synopsis for "Gods of the Hyborian Age - Part One: The Homes Of The Gods"
- Synopsis not yet written
Appearing in "People of the Dark"
Featured Characters:
- Jim O'Brien (First appearance; dies) (In Modern Age)
- Conan (In Hyborian Age)
Supporting Characters:
- Richard Brent (First appearance) (In Modern Age)
- Eleanor Rand (First appearance) (In Modern Age)
- Tamera (First appearance) (In Hyborian Age)
- Gaeric (First appearance) (In Hyborian Age)
Antagonists:
- Aquilonian Army and their Gundermen allies (In Hyborian Age)
- People of the Dark / Children of the Night (First appearance) (In Modern and Hyborian Ages)
Other Characters:
- Cimmerians (In Hyborian Age)
- Crom (Invoked)
- Mitra (Invoked)
Races and Species:
- Humans
- People of the Dark (Race) (Little People / People of the Dark)
- Dwarves (Mentioned)
- Elves (Mentioned)
- Trolls (Mentioned)
Locations:
- Earth
- Hyboria/Europe
- Cimmeria / Scottish border, England, United Kingdom (In Modern and Hyborian Ages)
- Venarium (In Hyborian Age)
- Dagon's Cave (In Modern and Hyborian Ages)
- Aquilonia (Mentioned)
- Gunderland (Mentioned)
- Cimmeria / Scottish border, England, United Kingdom (In Modern and Hyborian Ages)
- Hyboria/Europe
- Hell (Invoked)
Items:
- Revolver
Events:
Synopsis for "People of the Dark"
Immediately after the Battle of Venarium, Conan stalks through the streets and spies Tamera and Gaeric, her lover. As the men fight, Tamera steals away into a nearby cave. The men briefly put aside their differences when they hear Tamera's terrified scream. The men separate and Conan eventually stumbles across a black altar with Tamera and Gaeric bound to it. A race of reptile/spider/humanoid creatures are planning to sacrifice them. Conan frees them and they escape through the caverns to a waterfall, where they split up again. The creatures chase Tamera and Gaeric to one side of the falls, and they fight and fall to their deaths, while Conan, safe on the opposite bank, escapes the other way.
Notes
- The Sleeper beneath the Sands is an original story by Roy Thomas meant as a sequel to A Witch Shall Be Born (Savage Sword of Conan #5): At that time, Roy Thomas couldn't use the sequel The Flame Knife by Robert E. Howard and L. Sprague de Camp,[1] as Marvel Comics had obtained the rights only to REH material. He consequently created his own sequel.[2]
- Later arrangements were made, allowing Marvel to use all Conan stories, whatever the author, and The Flame Knife was adapted in Savage Sword of Conan #31–Vol 1 32, but some inconsistencies existed between the two sequels.[1]
- Mirror of the Manticore (Savage Sword of Conan #58) was later published, Roy Thomas having asked REH-expert Fred Blosser to plot a story, in order to tie all the loose ends together.[1]
- People of the Dark is freely adapted from the story by Robert E. Howard, which is considered as part of the Cthulhu Mythos.[3]
- This issue also includes the article "Can Any Good Thing Come out of Cimmeria" by Lin Carter.
- Synopsis by YardIHS.
See Also
Links and References
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Savage Sword of Conan #58 ; Mirror of the Manticore's preface
- ↑ Savage Sword of Conan #59 ; The City of Skulls' preface
- ↑ "Nameless Cults: The Cthulhu Mythos Fiction of Robert E. Howard" is a collection of Cthulhu Mythos short stories by Robert E. Howard. It was first published in 2001 by Chaosium Press.