History
The Yellow Lotus of Khitai was used for its lethal pollen. Hisarr Zul tried to kill the young adventurer Conan of Cimmeria by blowing Yellow Lotus powder through a rolled parchment, but Conan blew the other end himself, causing Hisarr Zul to collapse almost instantly, preventing him from using the antidote.[1]
Tatur, the Wigur shaman of the Turanian governor Veziz Shah, gave Thanara a pouch of pollen of the Yellow Lotus of Khitai to use as a last resort against King Conan of Aquilonia, allowing her to capture him and deliver him to King Yezdigerd at Aghrapur.[2]Properties
The flower was used for its pollen, which caused those who breathed it in to faint for several days or even die, depending on the dose. The pollen could be made into a greenish mist,[2] or a yellow-greenish powder. The pollen of the Yellow Lotus could be delivered either by tossing it,[2] or blowing it through a tube.[1] An antidote existed to the Yellow Lotus powder.[1]
Trivia
- In "Black Lotus and Yellow Death", the final chapter of the adaptation of the novel Conan and the Sorcerer by Andrew J. Offutt, there is no Black Lotus, but instead only Yellow Lotus.