Showing posts with label The People of the Black Circle. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The People of the Black Circle. Show all posts

Monday, February 20, 2012

Does CONAN kill women?

Does CONAN kill women then?
Not "ordinarily" it would seem.
CONAN needs to get fresh clothes for Yasmina from a villager who is approaching. Yasmina asks if he will kill her to take them.
"I don't kill women ordinarily," he grunted; "though some of these hill women are she-wolves"
From, "The People of the Black Circle"
Page 317 "The Complete Chronicles of CONAN"

Muscles will help love over come class prejudice

After kidnapping Yasmina, the princess of a great kingdom, she clearly starts to fall for CONAN "gruff charms," despite the prejudice inherent to her position. While sharing a horse with CONAN it was said,
She was conscious of a recognition of shame that she could not find unpleasant the feel of his muscular flesh under her fingers.
From, "The People of the Black Circle"
Page 316 "The Complete Chronicles of CONAN"

Moral of the story...
If you want some "posh" get buff!

Wednesday, February 8, 2012

CONAN enjoys his varied career.

After kidnapping, then losing, then rescuing Devi Yasmina from evil wizards, she falls in love with CONAN and asks him to stay with her. He refuses saying,
I was born in the Cimmerian hills where the people are all barbarians. I have been a mercenary soldier, a corsair, a kozak and a hundred other things. What king has roamed the countries, fought the battles, loved the women and won the plunder that I have?
From, "The People of the Black Circle"
Page 350-1 "The Complete Chronicles of CONAN"

Thursday, February 2, 2012

Introducing... Devi Yasmina

Yasmina is introduced to us as she tends to her ailing brother. The first description of her however comes a little later when she goes to see the governor of Peshkharim, Chunder Saun.
It was a woman who had entered unannounced, a woman whose gossamer robes did not conceal the rich garments beneath them any more than they concealed the suppleness and beauty of her tall, slender figure. A filmy veil fell below her breasts, supported by a flowing head-dress bound about a triple gold braid and adorned with a golden crescent. Her dark eyes regarded the astonished governor over the veil, and then with an imperious gesture of her white hand, she uncovered her face.
From, "The People of the Black Circle"
Page 293 "The Complete Chronicles of CONAN"