A slave girl owned by the count of Komahar in the original story,[1] Ala was absent from the adaptation.
This character appears in both versions of the story "Caresses of Mine Enemy", published in Savage Sword of Conan #158 (March, 1989) and Savage Sword of Conan #215 (November, 1993). The two stories have slight variations, including this character's name:
In the first story, written by John Arcudi, Acuea was a women delivering mineral water from Kamula. Her mesmerism failed on Bakas because he was "not solely motivated in the ways of the flesh", and after her defeat, she was released near Kamula.
In the retelling of the story, written by Roy Thomas from Arcudi's plot, Ala was a slave instead, Bakas resisted her because of his homosexuality, and she was released into the River Stagus. Apart her name and role as slave, this character doesn't appear to reprise other elements drawn from her inspiration.
The Kull Comics Chronology, in Conan Saga #97 (April, 1995) confirms the two tales to be the same, and that the water nymph is released into River Stagus, but doesn't mention the character's name.[4]
↑Conan Saga #97 ; The Kull Comics Chronology: Nymphs and Pretenders. The entry mentions the stories to be one and the same, the woman to be a water nymph, and that she was released into the River Stagus
