I'll give you but a moment to pray to [your gods] to receive your lice-ridden soul -- provided you believe in them at all.
- —Conan the Barbarian to Akkheba
Appearing in "The Secret of Ashtoreth!"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Black Corsairs
- "Astoreth" (Astarta) (First appearance; dies) (Main story and flashback)
- Unnamed Sea-God (First appearance) (Main story and flashback)
Antagonists:
- Kelkans (Death) (Main story and flashback)
- Akkheba (Death)
- Warriors (Death)
- Early Kelkans (Only in flashback)
Other Characters:
- Barachan pirates
- Auro
- Ashtoreth / Ishtar (Mentioned)
- Aluna (Death) (Corpse, skeleton or other remains)
- Mitra (Invoked)
- Crom (Invoked)
- Erlik (Invoked)
- Astarta's father and king of Mu (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
- Muvian priests (Mentioned)
Races and Species:
Locations:
- Western Ocean
- Kelka (Destruction)
- Temple of Ashtoreth (Destruction)
- Barachan Isles (Mentioned)
- Kelka (Destruction)
- Shem (Mentioned)
- Asgalun (Mentioned)
- Mu (Only in flashback)
- Atlantis (Mentioned)
- Thurian continent (Mentioned)
Vehicles:
- Tigress
- Petrel
Events and Eras:
- Hyborian Age
- Pre-Cataclysmic Age (Only in flashback)
- Great Cataclysm (Only in flashback)
Synopsis for "The Secret of Ashtoreth!"
Plot summary from the Conan wiki.
Notes
- Freely adapted from the story The Marchers of Valhalla by Robert E. Howard.