Appearing in "Tower of Blood"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- Bounty hunters (First appearance)
- Laxil (First appearance)
- Mamnon of Ophir (First appearance)
- Uathacht (First appearance)
- Morophla (First appearance)
- Afterlings (First appearance)
- Dromek (First appearance)
Other Characters:
- Turanian Cavalry (Mentioned)
- Tarim (Invoked)
- King Ghannif (Referenced)
- Catamount (Mentioned)
- Crom (Invoked)
- Erlik (Invoked)
- Thoth-Amon (Mentioned)
- Mitra (Invoked)
- Ishtar (Invoked)
Races and Species:
- Humans
- Horses
- Vampires
- Afterlings (First appearance)
Locations:
Items:
Events:
- Hyborian Age
- War of the Tarim (Mentioned)
Synopsis for "Tower of Blood"
Conan and Red Sonja are being chased by bounty hunters after leaving the city of Arenjun with a suspicion of murder charge hanging over their heads. An arrow topples Sonja's mount, and Conan scoops her up as they make their way into a rocky, mountainous pass. They are forced to abandon their other horse as they reach a cavern in the cliffs, and Conan takes advantage of a loose boulder to topple on the pursuing bounty hunter, killing all but their leader, Mamnon, who flees to get more help. The two wander into the gigantic, red-misted cavern, and are attacked by a humanoid bat creature. They find a structure at the center of the fog, but are mystically attacked and rendered unconscious. Conan awakes first, to face Uathacht and her brother Morophla, immortal vampires cursed by Thoth-Amon, while the bat-creatures outside are creations called Afterlings. Morophla seems to have full power of Conan's actions, and forces him to carry Sonja to Dromek, a hideous creature who was used as a breeder for the brother and sister's food supply, but has since devolved into a monster. Uathacht pushes Sonja into Dromek's pit, but Conan jumps in and slays the creature. Conan and Sonja are brought to a cell where they await their fate.
Notes
- Tower of Blood is freely adapted from the story by David A. English.
- Synopsis by YardIHS.