Savage Sword of Conan Vol 1 124

Savage Sword of Conan Vol 1 #124 Published May, 1986 Editor-in-Chief Jim Shooter Cover Artist Michael Golden "There Will Come a Dark Stranger" Writer Don Kraar Penciler Gary Kwapisz Inker Gary Kwapisz "Song of the Dead" Writer Chuck Dixon Penciler Geof Isherwood Inker Art Nichols Letterer Janice Chiang Editor Larry Hama Previous Issue Next Issue Savage Sword of Conan #123 Savage Sword of Conan #125

Appearing in "There Will Come a Dark Stranger"

Featured Characters:

•  Conan 

Supporting Characters:

• The Prophet Ismail (First appearance) (Ascends to Heaven)
• Prince Aziz (First appearance)
• Lord Fouad (First appearance)
• Makim Bey (First appearance)

Antagonists:

• Rashad Khan (Only appearance; dies)^[1]
• Rashad Khan's Iranistanian mercenaries (Only appearance)^[1]
  • Unnamed mercenaries (First appearance; many or all die)
• Princess Parviza (Only appearance; dies)^[1]
• Bundar, champion of the Hill Tribes (Only appearance; dies)^[1]

Other Characters:

• People of Khybal (First appearance)
  • Unnamed bootmaker (First appearance)
• Hill Tribes (First appearance)
• Future Devi of Vendhya (Mentioned)

Deities and Invocations:

• Asteroth (Invoked)
• Astarte / Ishtar (Invoked)
• Crom (Invoked)
• Mitra (Invoked)

Races and Species:

• Humans
• Avatars
• Horses
• Mules
• Camels
• Pigeons
• Rats
• Gods (Mentioned)
• Unidentified Felines
• Dragonflies (Mentioned)
• Serpents
• Vendhyan Tigers (Mentioned)

Locations:

• Afghulistan
  • Khybal (First appearance)
    • Great fortress (First appearance)
    • Royal palace (First appearance)
  • Mountains
    • Encampment of the Hill Tribes (First appearance)
      • Stronghold of the Hill Tribes (First appearance)
• Iranistan (Referenced)
• Khitai (Mentioned)
• Vendhya (Mentioned)
• Hyrkania (Mentioned)
• Cimmeria (Mentioned)
• Heaven (Mentioned)

Items:

• Crown of Khybal (First appearance)

Vehicles:

Events and Eras:

• Hyborian Age
  
  

Synopsis for "There Will Come a Dark Stranger"

• Synopsis not yet written.
  
  

Appearing in "Song of the Dead"

Featured Characters:

• Kull

Supporting Characters:

• Laria of Kamula (First appearance)
• Valusian soldiers
• Brule

Antagonists:

• Unnamed sorcerer / possibly "Something evil" (Death)

Other Characters:

• "Mighty Warrior"/"King" (Possibly Conan) (Carving)
• "Invaders" (Possibly Aquilonians and Gundermen, Picts, Hyperboreans or Vanir) (Carving)
• "a King" (Possibly Numedides) (Carving)
• "Something evil" (Carving)

Deities and Invocations:

• Valka (Invoked)
• Hotath (Invoked)

Races and Species:

• Humans
• Spiders
• Lions (Carving)
• Tigers (Mentioned)

Locations:

• Valusia
  • City of Wonders
    • Royal palace
      • Imperial bedchamber
      • Far below ground levels
  • Kamula (Referenced)
• "Mighty Land" (Possibly Aquilonia) (Carving)
  • "Wondrous City" (Possibly Tarantia) (Carving)
• "Land of Mountains and Ice" (Possibly Cimmeria) (Carving)
• Hell (Invoked)

Events and Eras:

• Pre-Cataclysmic Age
  
  

Synopsis for "Song of the Dead"

• Synopsis not yet written.
  

Notes

• In "Song of the Dead", Kull and his soldiers witness inscription of the story of a mighty warrior whose totem is the lion defending his homeland from invaders, slaying a king and stealing his crown to rule a mighty land from a throne in a wondrous city, until something slew the king and his followers, and ruled a barren wasteland. Kull rejects it as his history, noting that his totem is the tiger and not the lion, and that he doesn't comes from a "land of mountains and ice".
  • The "Mighty Warrior" could be Conan, who fought his homeland invaders (presumably the Aquilonians and Gundermen of Venarium, or possibly the Picts, Hyperboreans or Vanir), slew King Numedides of Aquilonia, stole his crown and ruled Aquilonia from Tarantia. However, the end of the warrior, killed while being a king, doesn't fit with the last known adventures of Conan.

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