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* INeedAFreakingDrink: Conan at the end.
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* INeedAFreakingDrink: Conan at the end. Given that this story contains some of the ''creepiest'' sorcery up with which Conan has ever had to put, one can hardly blame him.
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* {{Deathtrap}}: Tsotha's dungeons
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* {{Deathtrap}}: Tsotha's dungeonsdungeons.
* DecapitatedArmy: Justified. [[spoiler:Strabonus' death at Conan's sword marks the end of his siege, but the army had been well-demoralized by Conan's force up to that point, and Strabonus dying rallied the defenders to counterattack with Conan's reinforcements, showing the besieging army this was a fight they could no longer win.]]
* DecapitatedArmy: Justified. [[spoiler:Strabonus' death at Conan's sword marks the end of his siege, but the army had been well-demoralized by Conan's force up to that point, and Strabonus dying rallied the defenders to counterattack with Conan's reinforcements, showing the besieging army this was a fight they could no longer win.]]
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* EvilSorcerer: Tsotha-Lanti.
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* EvilSorcerer: Tsotha-Lanti. Maybe Pelias, but maybe not.
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* AffablyEvil: While it's debatable how evil Pelias is, he's certainly a jocular sort, quickly becoming friendly and polite to Conan, even stating that he should pouring their wine, as Conan is a king.
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* BadPowersGoodPeople: The most charitable interpretation of Pelias. A nice, friendly, heroic character who just happens to know how to do things like AnimateDead.
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* CavalryBetrayal: Inverted. An ally asks King Conan to bring himself and one thousand knights to aid in defending from a raiding rival. When Conan and ''five'' thousand knights arrive, they find the supposed rivals allied in a combined force of '''thirty thousand''', composed of knights, pikemen, and archers. Conan's cavalry (literal and metaphorical) is overwhelmed by weight of numbers.
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* AlwaysABiggerFish: A man comes to murder Conan, and finds himself feeding the snake meant to kill Conan.
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* AlwaysABiggerFish: AlwaysABiggerFish:
** A man comes to murder Conan, and finds himself feeding the giant snake meant to killConan.Conan.
** The snake in question finds itself on the receiving end upon seeing [[TheArchmage Pelias]], and promptly [[ScrewThisImOutOfHere bugs out and doesn't come back]].
** A man comes to murder Conan, and finds himself feeding the giant snake meant to kill
** The snake in question finds itself on the receiving end upon seeing [[TheArchmage Pelias]], and promptly [[ScrewThisImOutOfHere bugs out and doesn't come back]].
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* SnakesAreSinister: Satha, the giant [[LightIsNotGood white]] snake and chief among Tsotha-Lanti "pets". Ironically though, Conan admits he actually ''likes'' Satha the most, as of the [[EldritchAbomination monstrosities]] in Tsotha's dungeons at least Satha offers only a swift physical death.
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* FedToTheBeast: Tsotha pens Conan in the dungeon of the Scarlet Citadel with the intent of feeding him to his gigantic snake, Satha.
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* FedToTheBeast: Tsotha pens Conan in the dungeon of the Scarlet Citadel with the intent of feeding him to his gigantic snake, Satha.Satha, and is revealed to have done this to all of Pelias's apprentices while [[ForcedToWatch making him watch]].
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* GiantFlyer: Pelias uses one to get Conan to his kingdom
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* ManEatingPlant: In the dungeons.
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* ManEatingPlant: In Conan encounters one of these by the dungeons.name of Yothga in the dungeons. Conan, rather wisely, decides not to pull it up by its roots but to kill it with his sword instead. Pelias, who he rescued by doing this, tells him that if he had been able to pull it up by its roots, he would have found things clinging to the roots against which not even Conan's sword would prevail.
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* AbdicateTheThrone: Conan is offered bribes to do thisthis. Conan, being Conan, tells the bribers to go to hell.
* AnimateDead: To get out of the prison, Pelias uses his sorcery to reanimate their jailer and use him to open the door. This ''creeps Conan the fuck out.''
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* MadeASlave: Conan remembers the markets
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* NoblewomansLaugh: An EldritchAbomination produces this
* OfferedTheCrown: Arpello claims this
* OneHandedZweihander: Conan wields a broadsword thus
* PowderKegCrowd: Started by rumors of Conan's death
* ManEatingPlant: In the dungeons
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* {{Revenge}}: The slave that tries to kill Conan wants him dead because he killed his brother back during his pirate days, when he was known as Amra the Lion. Pelias himself isn't too fond of Tsotha either, especially after he [[ForcedToWatch forced him to watch his apprentices get fed to the big-ass snake]].
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* {{Revenge}}: The slave that tries to kill Conan wants him dead because he killed his brother back during his pirate days, when he was known as Amra the Lion. Pelias himself isn't too fond of Tsotha either, especially after he [[ForcedToWatch forced him to watch his apprentices get fed to the big-ass snake]].Satha]].
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* SelfMadeMan: Conan
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* VirginSacrifice: When Tsotha learns that Conan has returned and has freed his old rival Pelias, in a VillainousBreakdown moment, he promises Set the sacrifice of five hundred virgins of Shamar if he will grant them victory over Conan's forces. Even Strabonus is horrified.
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* VirginSacrifice: When Tsotha learns that Conan has returned and has freed his old rival Pelias, in a VillainousBreakdown moment, he promises Set the sacrifice of five hundred virgins of Shamar if he will grant them victory over Conan's forces. Even Strabonus Strabonus, Tsotha's ally, is horrified.
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** Also Pelias, until Conan saves him.
** Also Pelias, until Conan saves him.
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* AlwaysABiggerFish: A man comes to murder Conan, and feeds the snake sent to kill Conan.
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* AlwaysABiggerFish: A man comes to murder Conan, and feeds finds himself feeding the snake sent meant to kill Conan.
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King Conan is captured in a deadly trap by King Strabonus of Koth, his former ally King Amalrus of Ophir, and their evil sorcerous advisor (and true power behind the throne) Tsotha-Lanti. They want him to abdicate his throne in exchange for a pile of gold so that they can annex Aquilonia as part of their growing empire. Conan, being Conan, isn't having this one bit, and tells them all to go to hell. Tsotha pens him in the dungeons of the Scarlet Citadel, intending to feed him to his gigantic snake known as Satha. Meanwhile, Conan's kingdom is in a bad way, and the people suffer under the rule of Arpello, the puppet king installed by Strabonus and Tsotha. Conan escapes his bonds when a slave's attempt to avenge his brother upon him gets him killed by Satha. After braving the Citadel's many horrors, Conan finds and frees Pelias, a sorcerer and rival of Tsotha, who summons a giant flying beast to take him to Shamar, the capital of Aquilonia, and take it back from Arpello. Having taken back the capital, Conan rides with his army to take down Tsotha's imperial forces, and in a furious battle, Strabonus, Amalrus and Tsotha are all slain.
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King Conan is captured in a deadly trap by King Strabonus of Koth, his former ally King Amalrus of Ophir, and their evil sorcerous advisor (and true power behind the throne) Tsotha-Lanti. They want him to abdicate his throne in exchange for a pile of gold so that they can annex Aquilonia as part of their growing empire. Conan, being Conan, isn't having this one bit, and tells them all to go to hell. Tsotha pens him in the dungeons of the Scarlet Citadel, intending to feed him to his gigantic snake known as Satha.
Meanwhile, Conan's kingdom is in a bad way, and the people suffer under the rule of Arpello, the puppet king installed by Strabonus and Tsotha. Conan escapes his bonds when a slave's attempt to avenge his brother upon him gets him killed by Satha. After braving the Citadel's many horrors, Conan finds and frees Pelias, a sorcerer and rival of Tsotha, who summons a giant flying beast to take him to Shamar, the capital of Aquilonia, and take it back from Arpello. Having taken back the capital, Conan rides with his army to take down Tsotha's imperial forces, and in a furious battle, Strabonus, Amalrus and Tsotha are allslain.
slain.
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Meanwhile, Conan's kingdom is in a bad way, and the people suffer under the rule of Arpello, the puppet king installed by Strabonus and Tsotha. Conan escapes his bonds when a slave's attempt to avenge his brother upon him gets him killed by Satha. After braving the Citadel's many horrors, Conan finds and frees Pelias, a sorcerer and rival of Tsotha, who summons a giant flying beast to take him to Shamar, the capital of Aquilonia, and take it back from Arpello. Having taken back the capital, Conan rides with his army to take down Tsotha's imperial forces, and in a furious battle, Strabonus, Amalrus and Tsotha are all
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"[[http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Scarlet_Citadel The Scarlet Citadel]]" is a ConanTheBarbarian story written by Creator/RobertEHoward. First published in January, 1933.
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"[[http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Scarlet_Citadel The Scarlet Citadel]]" is a ConanTheBarbarian Literature/ConanTheBarbarian story written by Creator/RobertEHoward. First published in January, 1933.
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* FeatheredFiend: One attacks Tsotha's horse.
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* INeedAFreakingDrink: Conan at the end.
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* CrystalBall: Tsotha-Lanti has one. Pelias says it's a toy, but one which is useful when you have no time for something serious.
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"[[http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Scarlet_Citadel The Scarlet Citadel]]" is a ConanTheBarbarian story written by RobertEHoward. Creator/RobertEHoward. First published in January, 1933.
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King Conan is captured in a deadly trap by King Strabonus of Koth, his former ally King Amalrus of Ophir, and their evil sorcerous advisor (and true power behind the throne) Tsotha-Lanti. They want him to abdicate his throne in exchange for a pile of gold so that they can annex Aquilonia as part of their growing empire. Conan, being Conan, isn't having this one bit, and tells them all to go to hell. Tsotha pens him in the dungeons of the Scarlet Citadel, intending to feed him to his gigantic snake known as Satha. Meanwhile, Conan's kingdom is in a bad way, and the people suffer under the rule of Arpello, the puppet king installed by Strabonus and Tsotha. Conan escapes his bonds when a slave's attempt to avenge his brother upon him gets him killed by Satha. After braving the Citadel's many horrors, Conan finds and frees Pelias, a sorcerer and rival of Tsotha, who summons a giant flying beast to take him to Shamar, the capital of Aquilonia, and take it back from Arpello. Having taken back the capital, Conan rides with his army to take down Strabonus, and in a furious battle, Strabonus, Amalrus and Tsotha are all slain.
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King Conan is captured in a deadly trap by King Strabonus of Koth, his former ally King Amalrus of Ophir, and their evil sorcerous advisor (and true power behind the throne) Tsotha-Lanti. They want him to abdicate his throne in exchange for a pile of gold so that they can annex Aquilonia as part of their growing empire. Conan, being Conan, isn't having this one bit, and tells them all to go to hell. Tsotha pens him in the dungeons of the Scarlet Citadel, intending to feed him to his gigantic snake known as Satha. Meanwhile, Conan's kingdom is in a bad way, and the people suffer under the rule of Arpello, the puppet king installed by Strabonus and Tsotha. Conan escapes his bonds when a slave's attempt to avenge his brother upon him gets him killed by Satha. After braving the Citadel's many horrors, Conan finds and frees Pelias, a sorcerer and rival of Tsotha, who summons a giant flying beast to take him to Shamar, the capital of Aquilonia, and take it back from Arpello. Having taken back the capital, Conan rides with his army to take down Strabonus, Tsotha's imperial forces, and in a furious battle, Strabonus, Amalrus and Tsotha are all slain.
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King Conan is captured in a deadly trap by King Strabonus of Koth, his former ally King Amalrus of Ophir, and their evil sorcerous advisor (and true power behind the throne) Tsotha-Lanti. They want him to abdicate his throne in exchange for a pile of gold so that they can annex Aquilonia as part of their growing empire. Conan, being Conan, isn't having this one bit, and tells them both all to go to hell. Tsotha pens him in the dungeons of the Scarlet Citadel, intending to feed him to his gigantic snake known as Satha. Meanwhile, Conan's kingdom is in a bad way, and the people suffer under the rule of Arpello, the puppet king installed by Strabonus and Tsotha. Conan escapes his bonds when a slave's attempt to avenge his brother upon him gets him killed by Satha. After braving the Citadel's many horrors, Conan finds and frees Pelias, a sorcerer and rival of Tsotha, who summons a giant flying beast to take him to Shamar, the capital of Aquilonia, and take it back from Arpello. Having taken back the capital, Conan rides with his army to take down Strabonus, and in a furious battle, Strabonus, Amalrus and Tsotha are all slain.
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King Conan has been captured by King Strabonus of Koth, his former ally King Amalrus of Ophir, and their evil sorcerous advisor (and true power behind the throne) Tsotha-Lanti. They want him to abdicate his throne in exchange for a pile of gold so that they can annex Aquilonia as part of their growing empire. Conan, being Conan, isn't having this one bit, and tells them both to go to hell. Tsotha pens him in the dungeons of the Scarlet Citadel, intending to feed him to his gigantic snake known as Satha. Meanwhile, Conan's kingdom is in a bad way, and the people suffer under the rule of Arpello, the puppet king installed by Strabonus and Tsotha. Conan escapes his bonds when a slave's attempt to avenge his brother upon him gets him killed by Satha. After braving the Citadel's many horrors, Conan finds and frees Pelias, a sorcerer and rival of Tsotha, who summons a giant flying beast to take him to Shamar, the capital of Aquilonia, and take it back from Arpello. Having taken back the capital, Conan rides with his army to take down Strabonus, and in a furious battle, Strabonus, Amalrus and Tsotha are all slain.
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King Conan has been is captured in a deadly trap by King Strabonus of Koth, his former ally King Amalrus of Ophir, and their evil sorcerous advisor (and true power behind the throne) Tsotha-Lanti. They want him to abdicate his throne in exchange for a pile of gold so that they can annex Aquilonia as part of their growing empire. Conan, being Conan, isn't having this one bit, and tells them both to go to hell. Tsotha pens him in the dungeons of the Scarlet Citadel, intending to feed him to his gigantic snake known as Satha. Meanwhile, Conan's kingdom is in a bad way, and the people suffer under the rule of Arpello, the puppet king installed by Strabonus and Tsotha. Conan escapes his bonds when a slave's attempt to avenge his brother upon him gets him killed by Satha. After braving the Citadel's many horrors, Conan finds and frees Pelias, a sorcerer and rival of Tsotha, who summons a giant flying beast to take him to Shamar, the capital of Aquilonia, and take it back from Arpello. Having taken back the capital, Conan rides with his army to take down Strabonus, and in a furious battle, Strabonus, Amalrus and Tsotha are all slain.
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King Conan has been captured by King Strabonus of Koth and his evil sorcerous advisor (and true power behind the throne) Tsotha-Lanti. They want him to abdicate his throne in exchange for a pile of gold so that they can annex Aquilonia as part of their growing empire. Conan, being Conan, isn't having this one bit, and tells them both to go to hell. Tsotha pens him in the dungeons of the Scarlet Citadel, intending to feed him to his gigantic snake known as Satha. Meanwhile, Conan's kingdom is in a bad way, and the people suffer under the rule of Arpello, the puppet king installed by Strabonus and Tsotha. Conan escapes his bonds when a slave's attempt to avenge his brother upon him gets him killed by Satha. After braving the Citadel's many horrors, Conan finds and frees Pelias, a sorcerer and rival of Tsotha, who summons a giant flying beast to take him to Shamar, the capital of Aquilonia, and take it back from Arpello. Having taken back the capital, Conan rides with his army to take down Strabonus, and in a furious battle, both Strabonus and Tsotha are slain.
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King Conan has been captured by King Strabonus of Koth Koth, his former ally King Amalrus of Ophir, and his their evil sorcerous advisor (and true power behind the throne) Tsotha-Lanti. They want him to abdicate his throne in exchange for a pile of gold so that they can annex Aquilonia as part of their growing empire. Conan, being Conan, isn't having this one bit, and tells them both to go to hell. Tsotha pens him in the dungeons of the Scarlet Citadel, intending to feed him to his gigantic snake known as Satha. Meanwhile, Conan's kingdom is in a bad way, and the people suffer under the rule of Arpello, the puppet king installed by Strabonus and Tsotha. Conan escapes his bonds when a slave's attempt to avenge his brother upon him gets him killed by Satha. After braving the Citadel's many horrors, Conan finds and frees Pelias, a sorcerer and rival of Tsotha, who summons a giant flying beast to take him to Shamar, the capital of Aquilonia, and take it back from Arpello. Having taken back the capital, Conan rides with his army to take down Strabonus, and in a furious battle, both Strabonus Strabonus, Amalrus and Tsotha are all slain.
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King Conan has been captured by King Strabonus of Koth and his evil sorcerous advisor (and true power behind the throne) Tsotha-Lanti. They want him to abdicate his throne in exchange for a pile of gold so that they can annex Aquilonia as part of their growing empire. Conan, being Conan, isn't having this one bit, and tells them both to go to hell. Tsotha pens him in the dungeons of the Scarlet Citadel, intending to feed him to his gigantic snake known as Satha. Meanwhile, Conan's kingdom is in a bad way, and the people suffer under the rule of Arpello, the puppet king installed by Strabonus and Tsotha. Conan escapes his bonds when a slave's attempt to avenge his brother upon him gets him killed by Satha. After braving the Citadel's many horrors, Conan finds and frees Pelias, a sorcerer and rival of Tsotha, who summons a giant flying beast to take him to Shamar, the capital of Aquilonia, and take it back from Arpello. Having taken back the capital, Conan rides with his army to take down Strabonus, and in a furious battle, both Strabonus and Tsotha are slain.
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* EvilDetectingDog: When Satha flees before the sight of Pelias, Conan is afraid he has seen an evil detecting snake.notably unsettled by his assertion that the snake "saw his naked soul."
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* LeonineContract: while While Conan is prisoner, a slave one of Tsotha's slaves tries to wheedle promises from him for his freedom.freedom, before then revealing that he was the brother of a chief that Conan killed back in his pirate days, and that he will settle for nothing less than Conan's blood.
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* SwampsAreEvil: Where you get yourEyeOfNewt
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* VirginSacrifice: Pledged for powerWhen Tsotha learns that Conan has returned and has freed his old rival Pelias, in a VillainousBreakdown moment, he promises Set the sacrifice of five hundred virgins of Shamar if he will grant them victory over Conan's forces. Even Strabonus is horrified.
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* WhatYearIsThis: Pelias asks
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* WhatYearIsThis: Pelias asksasks Conan this.
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* BlowYouAway: Pelias uses this to get Conan to his kingdom
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* GiantFlyer: Pelias uses one to get Conan to his kingdom
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* TheGoodTheBadAndTheEvil: Sort of. [[AmbiguouslyEvilPelias isn't outright bad but as a sorceror he still gives Conan the creeps]]. Tsotha-Lanti however is definitely evil.
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* TheGoodTheBadAndTheEvil: Sort of. [[AmbiguouslyEvilPelias [[AmbiguouslyEvil Pelias isn't outright bad but as a sorceror he still gives Conan the creeps]]. Tsotha-Lanti however is definitely evil.
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* AlwaysABiggerFish: A man comes to murder Conan, and feeds the snake sent to kill Conan.
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* BlowYouAway: Pelias uses this to get Conan to his kingdom
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* ChildByRape: Tsotha-Lanti's purported BackStory. Demonic rape at that
* Deathtrap: Tsotha's dungeons
* DistressedDude: Conan
* TheEmpire: Trying to capture his kingdom
* EvilDetectingDog: Conan is afraid he has seen an evil detecting snake.
* EvilLaugh: Pelias. Even though he's on Conan's side
* EvilSorcerer: Tsotha-Lanti
* Deathtrap: Tsotha's dungeons
* DistressedDude: Conan
* TheEmpire: Trying to capture his kingdom
* EvilDetectingDog: Conan is afraid he has seen an evil detecting snake.
* EvilLaugh: Pelias. Even though he's on Conan's side
* EvilSorcerer: Tsotha-Lanti
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* MadeASlave: Conan remembers the markets
* ManEatingPlant: In the dungeons
* ManEatingPlant: In the dungeons
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* OfferedTheCrown: Arpello claims this
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* PullingThemselvesTogether: Tsotha-Lanti can do this.
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* ReligionOfEvil: Set worship
* {{Revenge}}: a slave tries to get this on Conan
* TheRival: the sorcerers
* SelfMadeMan: Conan
* SoleSurvivor: After the treachery
* SuccessionCrisis: Triggered by Conan's disappearance
* {{Revenge}}: a slave tries to get this on Conan
* TheRival: the sorcerers
* SelfMadeMan: Conan
* SoleSurvivor: After the treachery
* SuccessionCrisis: Triggered by Conan's disappearance
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"[[http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Scarlet_Citadel The Scarlet Citadel]]" is a ConanTheBarbarian story written by RobertEHoward. First published in January, 1933.
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!!Tropes featured in this story
* AbdicateTheThrone: Conan is offered bribes to do this
* BigBadassBirdOfPrey: One attacks Tsotha's horse.
* BuyThemOff: Offered to Conan
* CavalryBetrayal: Inverted
* TheChainsOfCommanding: Conan reflects how he learned this on the throne.
* EvilTowerOfOminousness: Tsotha's citadel
* FedToTheBeast: Tsotha goes to feed him to a snake.
* LeonineContract: while Conan is prisoner, a slave tries to wheedle promises from him for his freedom.
* NoblewomansLaugh: An EldritchAbomination produces this
* OneHandedZweihander: Conan wields a broadsword thus
* PowderKegCrowd: Started by rumors of Conan's death
* PuppetKing: The villains intend to install one
* SwampsAreEvil: Where you get your EyeOfNewt
* TurnCoat: Amalrus
* WeMeetAgain: Conan uses it at the end
* WhatYearIsThis: Pelias asks
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!!Tropes featured in this story
* AbdicateTheThrone: Conan is offered bribes to do this
* BigBadassBirdOfPrey: One attacks Tsotha's horse.
* BuyThemOff: Offered to Conan
* CavalryBetrayal: Inverted
* TheChainsOfCommanding: Conan reflects how he learned this on the throne.
* EvilTowerOfOminousness: Tsotha's citadel
* FedToTheBeast: Tsotha goes to feed him to a snake.
* LeonineContract: while Conan is prisoner, a slave tries to wheedle promises from him for his freedom.
* NoblewomansLaugh: An EldritchAbomination produces this
* OneHandedZweihander: Conan wields a broadsword thus
* PowderKegCrowd: Started by rumors of Conan's death
* PuppetKing: The villains intend to install one
* SwampsAreEvil: Where you get your EyeOfNewt
* TurnCoat: Amalrus
* WeMeetAgain: Conan uses it at the end
* WhatYearIsThis: Pelias asks
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