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trope is renamed Prefers Going Barefoot. Dewicking old name


* DoesNotLikeShoes: Aside from nude, Zabibi goes through the story in bare feet, presumably because, just like the rest of clothing, she is accustomed to be that way due to her work as a dancer.
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!!Tropes included!!Trope Eaters of Zamboula:
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* ArentYouGoingToRavishMe: [[spoiler:Zabibi can't help feeling a touch annoyed when Conan takes her gold instead of her body without a word of protest.]]
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* RedHerring: The titular man-eaters. Conan is only threatened by them at the start because he chose to stay at the wrong inn, and the story's main conflict is completely unrelated. Conan actually does the cannibals a favor in getting his poetic justice against the man who set him up to be eaten at the beginning.
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* {{Irony}}: Zabibi swears by Set several times, and states she worships the serpent god. She is nearly killed by magically conjured snakes.

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* {{Irony}}: Zabibi swears by Set several times, and states she worships the serpent god. She is nearly killed by magically conjured snakes.snakes in a sacrifice to ape god Hanuman.

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* {{Irony}}: Zabibi swears by Set several times, and states she worships the serpent god. She is nearly killed by magically conjured snakes.



* NoOntologicalInertia: The illusory cobras threatening Zabibi turn to wisps of smoke when Totrasmek dies. Conan only saw them as smoke, even while Totrasmek lived.




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* YourMindMakesItReal: Apparently the difference between Baal-pteor's mesmerism (or skill with it) and Totrasmek's. While the illusions Conan faces are proven false as he interacts with them, Totrasmek states that the cobras will kill Zabibi should they bite her, but Conan sees them as nothing more than wisps of smoke.
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* InfallibleBabble: Warns about the InnOfNoReturn.

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* InfallibleBabble: Warns Conan's friend babbles about the InnOfNoReturn.fate of strangers who stay the night in the house of Aram Baksh.



* LoveMakesYouCrazy: Conan flatters Zabibi with this.

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* LoveMakesYouCrazy: Conan flatters Zabibi with this.by saying, when told her lover has gone mad, that her beauty could have that effect on many a man.



* MasterOfIllusion: Conan realizes he's fighting one of these.

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* MasterOfIllusion: Both Baal-pteor and Totrasmek use mesmerism, of something similar, against Conan realizes he's fighting one of these.and Zabibi.



* ThePowerOfBlood: Why no blood can be shed during the sacrifice.

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* ThePowerOfBlood: Why no Baal-pteor was trained as a strangler, his god wants blood can so badly no drop is to be shed during the sacrifice.wasted.



* RingOfPower: The Star of Khorala.
* TheReveal: Zabibi is [[spoiler: Nafertari, the mistress of the town's ruler, Jungir Khan.]]

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* RingOfPower: The Star of Khorala.
Khorala, said to be able to control the minds of the opposite sex, and Totrasmek indicates it has more powers for one versed in his manner of sorcery.
* TheReveal: Zabibi is [[spoiler: Nafertari, the mistress of the town's ruler, Jungir Khan.]] And her lover [[spoiler:is really Jungir Khan.]] And Conan [[spoiler:knew the whole time.]]
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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Conan is offered a job as captain of the guard reporting solely to Nafertari, with his first task being to find Star of Khorala. [[spoiler:As Conan has already flinched it, he just uses the bag of gold she gave him to buy a horse and ride as fast as he can out of the kingdom, pausing only to get revenge on the innkeeper.]]

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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Conan is offered a job as captain of the guard reporting solely to Nafertari, with his first task being to find Star of Khorala. [[spoiler:As Conan has already flinched filched it, he just uses the bag of gold she gave him to buy a horse and ride as fast as he can out of the kingdom, pausing only to get revenge on the innkeeper.]]

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