Savage Sword of Conan Vol 1 5

Alternate Covers: Textless Cover Savage Sword of Conan Vol 1 #5 Published April, 1975 Editor-in-Chief Marv Wolfman Cover Artist John Buscema Boris Vallejo "A Witch Shall Be Born / A People Betrayed / The Tree of Death / A Letter to Nemedia / ...And Dwell in Darkness / Wolves of the Desert / The Voice in the Crystal / The Shadow from the Temple" Writer Roy Thomas Penciler John Buscema Inker Tony DeZuniga Colourist Black and White Adapted from original material by Robert E. Howard Previous Issue Next Issue Savage Sword of Conan #4 Savage Sword of Conan #6

Appearing in "A Witch Shall Be Born / A People Betrayed / The Tree of Death / A Letter to Nemedia / ...And Dwell in Darkness / Wolves of the Desert / The Voice in the Crystal / The Shadow from the Temple"

Featured Characters:

• Conan

Supporting Characters:

• Taramis, Queen of Khauran (First appearance)
• Marcios (First appearance)

Antagonists:

• "Taramis" / Salome, the Witch (Only appearance; dies)^[1] (Main story and flashback)
• Constantius, the falcon (Only appearance; dies)^[1] (Main story and flashback)
• Constantius' Shemitish mercenaries
  • Khumbanigash (Only appearance; dies)^[1]
• Zang (Only appearance; dies)^[1]
• Zinn (Only appearance; dies)^[1]
• Thaug (Only appearance; dies)^[1]

Other Characters:

• The Kings of Khauran
  • Previous Salome (Mentioned)
  • First queen of their line (Mentioned)
• Unnamed "Fiend of Darkness" (Mentioned)
• Magician from Khitai (Only in flashback)
• Ivga (First appearance)
• Khaurani soldiers
  • Attalus (First appearance)
• Zuagir nomads / The Desert Wolves (First appearance)
  • Djebal (First appearance)
  • Farra (First appearance)
  • Olgerd Vladislav (First appearance) (Leaves team)
• Astreas (First appearance)
• Krallides (Only appearance; dies)^[1]
• Alcemides (Referenced)

Invocations and Deities:

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

Races and Species:

• Humans

Locations:

• Earth (Main story and flashback)
  • Hyboria (Main story and flashback)
    • Khauran (First appearance)
      • Khauran City (First appearance)
      • Oasis of Arkel (Mentioned)
    • Khitai (Only in flashback)
    • Shem (Mentioned)
    • Koth (Mentioned)
    • Turan (Mentioned)
    • Nemedia (Referenced)
    • Zaporoska (Mentioned)
• Hell (Invoked)

Events:

• Hyborian Age
  
  

Synopsis for "A Witch Shall Be Born / A People Betrayed / The Tree of Death / A Letter to Nemedia / ...And Dwell in Darkness / Wolves of the Desert / The Voice in the Crystal / The Shadow from the Temple"

• Synopsis not yet written.
  

Notes

• A Witch Shall Be Born is adapted from the story by Robert E. Howard.
• Cover art: sketch by Buscema.

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