Appearing in "Barbarians of the Border"
Featured Characters:
- Conan (Also appears in recap and flashforward)
- Robert "Bob" Howard ⏵
Supporting Characters:
- Lylah (First appearance)
Antagonists:
- Turanians
- Turanian soldiers
- Unnamed mage (First appearance)
- Yezdigerd
- Devil-Bats from the Outer Dark (First appearance; dies)
- Unnamed cult (First appearance)
- Dharmi Shan (First appearance; dies)
- Unnamed Zamorian Border Guard soldier (First appearance)
- Unnamed demon from the Outer Dark (First appearance) (Body destroyed)
- Ranjit Topi (First appearance)
- Carmelita (First appearance)
- Joe (First appearance)
Other Characters:
- Mercenaries (Corpses)
- Mexicans
- Santa Anna (Mentioned)
- Travis (Mentioned)
- Bowie (Mentioned)
- Crockett (Mentioned)
- Sam Houston (Mentioned)
- King Kull of Valusia (Mentioned)
- Bran Mak Morn (Mentioned)
- Solomon Kane (Mentioned)
- Greyhound (First appearance)
- Chiang Kai-Shek (Mentioned)
- Doc Howard (Mentioned)
- Zamorian Border Guard
- Yag-Kosha (Only in recap)
- Forest Demon (Only in recap)
- King Numedides (Only in recap) (Main story and flashforward)
- Bob Howard's mother ⏵
Deities and Invocations:
- Crom (Invoked)
- Erlik (Invoked)
- Ymir (Invoked)
- Tarim (Invoked)
- Cthulhu (Invoked)
- Yog-Sothoth (Invoked)
- Nyartlathotep (Invoked)
- Vergama (Invoked)
- Ubbo-Sathla (Invoked)
- Tsathoggua (Invoked)
- Kulthas (Invoked)
- Vramma (Invoked)
- Gol-Goroth (Invoked)
- Nodens (Invoked)
- Shub-Niggurath (Invoked)
- Gnoph-keh (Invoked)
- Nug (Invoked)
- Yeb (Invoked)
- Azathoth (Invoked)
- Nyogtha (Invoked)
- Hastur (Invoked)
- Chaugnar Faugn (Invoked)
- Eibon (Invoked)
Races and Species:
- Humans
- Vultures (Only in recap)
- Demons
- Devil-Bats from the Outer Dark" (presumably Old Ones or N'Garai)
- Forest Demons (Only in recap)
- Cobras (Mentioned)
- Gnoph-keh (Invoked)
Locations:
- Earth
- Hyboria
- Unnamed fortress
- Turan (Mentioned)
- Zamorian border
- Zamora
- Tarsephus (First appearance)
- Tower of Liquid Flame (First appearance)
- City of Thieves (Only in recap)
- Tarsephus (First appearance)
- Cimmeria (Mentioned)
- Crom's high windy mountain (Invoked)
- Nemedia (Mentioned)
- Belverus (Mentioned)
- Vendhya (Mentioned)
- Shirakma (Mentioned)
- Aquilonia (Mentioned)
- Black River (Mentioned)
- Desert (Only in recap)
- Aquilonia (Only in recap) (Main story and flashforward)
- Tarantia (Only in recap) (Main story and flashforward)
- Kadath (Invoked)
- Khitai (Mentioned)
- Vanaheim (Drawing)
- Asgard (Drawing)
- Hyperborea (Drawing)
- Border Kingdom (Drawing)
- Pictish Wilderness (Drawing)
- Zingara (Drawing)
- Argos (Drawing)
- Ophir (Drawing)
- Koth (Drawing)
- Shem (Drawing)
- Stygia (Drawing)
- Kush (Drawing)
- Darfar (Drawing)
- Brythunia (Mentioned)
- Hyrkania (Mentioned)
- Western Ocean (Only in recap)
- Pnakotis (Invoked)
- Hyboria
- Outer Dark / Realms Beyond (Mentioned)
- Earth
- United States of America
- Texas
- San Antonio
- Rio Grande Valley (Mentioned)
- Rio Grande (Mentioned)
- Los Olmos Creek (First appearance)
- Rio Grande City (First appearance)
- Unnamed cantina (First appearance)
- Rio Grande (Mentioned)
- San Jacinto (Mentioned)
- Cross Plains
- Abilene (Mentioned)
- Texas
- India (Mentioned)
- Calcutta (Mentioned)
- China (Mentioned)
- Japan (Mentioned)
- Manchuria (Mentioned)
- Roman Empire (Referenced)
- Rubicon (Mentioned)
- Egypt (Referenced)
- United States of America
Items:
- Argosy (Mentioned)
- Flight Stories (Mentioned)
- Weird Tales (Mentioned)
- Lotus powder
- Crown of Aquilonia (Only in recap) (Main story and flashforward)
- Phoenix sword (Only in recap) (Main story and flashforward)
- Ghorl Nigral (Invoked)
- The Phoenix on the Sword (Mentioned)
- Nemedian Chronicles (Mentioned)
Vehicles:
- Bus
- Cars
Events and Eras:
- Hyborian Age (circa 10,000 BC)
- Modern Age (February, 1932)
- Shanghai Massacre (Mentioned)
- Nanking Massacre (Mentioned)
- Alamo (Mentioned)
- San Jacinto (Mentioned)
- Crossing the Rubicon (Referenced)
- Dark Ages (Referenced)
Synopsis for "Barbarians of the Border"
- Synopsis not yet written
Notes
- The issue also includes:
- "A Short History of Savage Sword" by Roy Thomas, who presents a chronological look at the magazine's history.
- "The Father of Conan", a guest feature by Glenn Lord, literary agent for the estate of Robert E. Howard.
- The incantation chanted by Dharmi Shan is made of Cthulhu Mythos references, the first three created by H.P. Lovecraft, the next three by Clark Ashton Smith, the following three by Robert E. Howard, the seven next by Lovecraft, then one by Henry Kuttner, Ambrose Bierce, Frank Belknap Long, H.P. Lovecraft, Clark Ashton Smith and Willis Conover.