Tuzun Thune (Earth-616)

Tuzun Thune
Name	Tuzun Thune
Aliases	Impersonations: Gonar (impersonation)
Affiliation and Relationships
Affiliation	Former accomplice of Baron Kaanuub; Elder Nations
Physical Characteristics
Gender	Male
Eyes	Irises: Grey
Hair	Bald, Grey-haired beard
Origin and Living Status
Origin	Member of the Elder Race and magic user
Living Status	Deceased
Reality	Earth-616
Personal Information
Identity	Secret
Citizenship	Elder Nations
Occupation	Wizard
Base of Operations	Hyboria; formery House of a Thousand Mirrors, by the Lake of Visions, Valusia, Thuria
Creators and Appearances
Creators	Robert E. Howard, Roy Thomas, John Buscema
First	Conan the Barbarian #25 (January, 1973)
First	Conan the Barbarian #25 (January, 1973)
Death	Savage Sword of Conan #232 (February, 1995)
Death	Savage Sword of Conan #232 (February, 1995)

History

Origin

Tuzun Thune was a member of the Elder Race, ancient as the hills of Zalgara, who used magical Mirrors.

He was seemingly part of the Elder Nations who trampled lost tribes in their advance, before the time of Valusia.

Pre-Cataclysmic Age

During the Pre-Cataclysmic Age, he lived in the House of a Thousand Mirrors, by the Lake of Visions, in Valusia.

Tuzun Thune plotted with Baron Kaanuub against Kull: They had a girl at Kull's court to make him seek out Tuzun Thune at the House of a Thousand Mirrors. Tuzun Thune tried to defeat Kull using his mirrors, but was slain by Brule, thus saving Kull.

Hyborian Age

During the Age of Conan, he claimed to be the "last scion" of the Elder Race, returning as a reflection in a mirror.

His Mirrors were eventually acquired by Kharam-Akkad of Makkalet.

Attributes

Powers

Tuzun Thune, elderly in appearance, was likely thousands, if not tens of thousands, of years old when first glimpsed, and he survived another 8000 years living as a reflection in his mirrors. He could exit his mirrors if he could trade places with another sorcerer.

Weaknesses

Thune's life is depended on his mirrors. If they are broken, he would die.

Paraphernalia

Equipment

Virtually all of Tuzun Thune's magical power was derived from his mirrors, though the mirrors' origins are unknown. Without one of his mirrors, he was virtually powerless. Each mirror seemed to have a different power. Some mirrors could show images of the past and the future, or of other places, times, or beings of significance to the viewer. Some mirrors could open portals to other realms, allowing beings to pass to or from those realms. Some mirrors could capture the image of one gazing into the mirror, transporting that person and trapping him or her into the mirror itself. Some mirrors could entrap the souls of others within the mirror. Some mirrors could transport others through time. Some mirrors created mirrored duplicates of beings whose image he has captured on the mirror: these duplicates possess virtually all of the skills and abilities, and perhaps even the memories, of the originals, though it might be that Thune magically read the minds and/or memories of others and transferred this information into the doppelgangers. In addition, these doppelgangers seemed to gain stronger personalities and independence the longer they remained in existence, to the point that they might defy or even assault Tuzun Thune.

Notes

• Tuzun Thune was created by Robert E. Howard in "The Mirrors of Tuzun Thune" (Weird Tales; September, 1929).

See Also

• 6 appearance(s) of Tuzun Thune (Earth-616)
• 8 mention(s) of Tuzun Thune (Earth-616)
• 4 mention(s) in handbook(s) of Tuzun Thune (Earth-616)
• 5 image(s) of Tuzun Thune (Earth-616)

Links and References

• Tuzun Thune at the Appendix to the Handbook of the Marvel Universe