History Characters / ConanTheBarbarian

* RapePillageAndBurn: Prior to the events of the story, he "tore [Sancha=] screaming from the flaming caravel his wolves had plundered" and forced her to become his SexSlave.

* RapePillageAndBurn: Prior to the events of the story, he "tore [[Sancha=]] screaming from the flaming caravel his wolves had plundered" and forced her to become his SexSlave.

* SmugSnake: The narration explains that he has "vague grandiose dreams," and does not think any of his subordinates coould jeopordize his position of power.

* RapePillageAndBurn: Prior to the events of the story, he "tore [[Sancha=] screaming from the flaming caravel his wolves had plundered" and forced her to become his SexSlave.

* TheStarscream: In ''A Witch Shall be Born'', he usurps leadership of the Zuagirs from his boss, Olgerd Vladislav.

* RapePillageAndBurn: Prior to the events of the story, he "tore [Sancha=] screaming from the flaming caravel his wolves had plundered" and forced her to become his SexSlave.

* WouldHitAGirl: He forces Sancha to become his SexSlave, and the narration notes that Sancha's enslavement to Zaporavo is an existence that would have killed another woman. The narration notes that "the lurking devil in [=Zaporavo=] [...] frequently made him hurt [=Sancha=] without cause."

* TheMole: As mentioned by Nabonidus, "he sold [=state secrets=] to rival powers"

* AssholeVictim: While he was betrayed and killed by his ambitious ubordinate Conan so the latter could make himself the captain of the ''Watrel'', he was a pirate who kidnapped Sancha and forced her to be his SexSlave.

* RapePillageAndBurn: Prior to the events of the story, he "tore [[Sancha=]] screaming from the flaming caravel his wolves had plundered" and forced her to become his SexSlave.

* WouldHitAGirl: He forces Sancha to become his SexSlave, and the narration notes that Sancha's enslavement to Zaporavo is an existence that would have killed another woman. The narration notes that "the lurking devil in [[=Zaporavo=]] [[...]] frequently made him hurt [[=Sancha=]] without cause."

* TheMole: As mentioned by Nabonidus, "he sold [[=state secrets=]] to rival powers"

Literature/ThePoolOfTheBlackOne

* SmugSnake: The narration explains that he has been in a position of power for so long, he thinks he cannot be threatened by rivalries.

!!Literature/RoguesInTheHouse

[[folder:Murilo]]

A nobleman who recruits Conan to assassinate his rival Nabonidus.

* TheDandy: He is described in the narration as having "scented black curls and foppish apparel."
* EnemyMine: He teams up with his enemy Nabodinus after they are imprisoned by Thak.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Even though he is selling state secrets abroad, he is disgusted with Nabodinus for the suffering he has caused the people of their kingdom, declaring that "You are a greater thief than I am."
* KarmaHoudini: He never gets any comeuppance for selling secrets abroad.
* TheMole: As mentioned by Nabonidus, "he sold [[=state secrets=]] to rival powers"
* OhCrap: "He broke into a profuse sweat," upon being delivered a severed ear by Nabonidus.

[[folder:Nabonidus]]
Nabonidus, the Red Priest, is a corrupt priest who has a feud with he nobleman Murilo.

* AdmiringTheAbomination: He expressing pride upon seeing Thak display enough intelligence to use a trap Nabonidus prepared for his own enemies.
* AngryGuardDog: He keeps a guard dog in his gardens, but it gets killed by Thak.
* BondVillainStupidity: After having Conan and Murilo at his mercy, he take the time to gloat instead of killing them immediately, giving Conan the opportunity to kill him first.
* BigFancyHouse: He lives in a house that is described by visitors as having "rich furnishings".
* EnemyMine: He forms a temporary alliance with Conan and Nabonidus to defeat Thak, who had trapped them all inside Nabonidus' own house.
* GadgeteerGenius: He created "and arrangement of [[=tubes and=]] mirrors" that allows him to one of the chambers of his house from below it. He also has several death traps around his house.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Although he is a corrupt individual who will use LoopholeAbuse to get around an oath he swore "by thr soul of Mitra" if given the opportunity to do so, he will not break the oath outright.
* FingerInTheMail: He sends a severed ear to Murilo.
* ExactWords: He gives his word not to tell the king anything that would cost Murilo his life, but he never promised not to kill Murilo himself.

[[folder:Thak]]

Thak is an ape-like being who was raised by Nabonidus to be his servant. Eventually, Thak rebelled against his master.

* BigBad: Of ''Rogues in the House''.
* BodyguardBetrayal: He served as a bodyguard for Nabonidus before eventually turning against the Red Priest.
* TheDogBitesBack: He betrays and imprisons Nabonidus, the man who enslaved him for most of his life.
* FrazettaMan: He is an ape-like being who has developed intelligence. Nabonidus speculates that his race will eventually evolve into people.
* GeniusBruiser: He possesses both a high degree of intelligence, and a formidable opponent for Conan in a straight-up fight.
* ItCanThink: He was able to betray and imprison his master Nabondus in a move Nabonidus said "must have been the result of long and careful planning." He also turns prove capable of utilizing one the [[DeathTrap death traps]] Nabonidus set in his house, by remembering and imitating what Nabonidus had done.
* KillerGorilla: He is at an immediate evolutionary stage between ape and human, and he is said by Nabonidus to "have the strangth of a true gorilla"
* MadeASlave: When he was a cub, he was taken by Nadonidus, who kept him as a servant for the majority of his life.
* RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: He wears Nabonidus' red robs over his black body, giving off this appearance.
* WorthyOpponent: Conan expresses his respect for Thak after killing him.
-->'''Conan''': ''I have slain a man tonight, not a beast. I will count him among the chiefs whose souls I've sent into the dark, and my women will sing of him.''
* {{Unperson}}: [[spoiler:After his death, Nabonidus plans to inflict this fate of him by disposing of his body with acid, as well as killing Conan and Murilo (who the only surviving people besides Nabonidus himself aware of Thak's existance). Before he can go this with this, Nabonidus is slain by Conan, who plans to [[DefiedTrope defy this trope]], vowing that "my [[=Conan's=]] women will sing of him".]]

!!Literature/TheDevilInIron

[[folder:Jehungir Agha]]
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The young and cruel Turanian governor of the Khawarizm that concocts a plan to lure and slay Conan.

* AntagonisticGovernor: He is charged by the Emperor to guard the coastal border of the Vilayet sea and clashes with Conan in the book.
* KickTheDog: In case you were unsure with him being evil since he is in service of Yezdigerd, he order his slave girl Octavia to seduce Conan as part of his plan, and when she refuses, he orders his Shemite henchmen Gilzen to rape her. In his introductory chapter no less...

[[folder:Khosatral Khel]]
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A demonic demigod awakened by the removal of a sacred dagger that was supposed to keep him imprisoned.

* AchillesHeel: He can shrug off anything you throw at him, unless it is from the magical knife he was buried with. He knows it too: before he knew Conan had the knife, he went blindly chasing after him through the jungle, attacking like a crazed berserker, but upon seeing the knife, he quickly pulls away in fear, giving Conan the chance he needs to strike.
* BigBad: In ''Literature/TheDevilInIron''.
* DependingOnTheArtist: One of the more notable cases, manly because nobody can seem to determine exactly what Khosatral is meant to look like compared to other characters. While he is described as having black hair, wide limbs and wearing a loincloth (sort of like Conan, ironically), he is also described as having an otherness about him which terrifies those who meet him.
** In the Marvel Comics, he was drawn as a twelve-foot giant with white eyes and silver skin.
** In a separate comic, also by Marvel, he was depicted as even larger, nearly twenty feet tall, with stone gray skin, black eyed and bald.
** In the Dark Horse publications, he has red skin and glowing blue eyes.
* TheDreaded: Most notably, he is one of the few antagonists that made Conan filled with the horror and dread.
* ImplacableMan: He shrugs off nearly everything Conan throws at him.
* HumanoidAbomination: Khel looks like a human in "shape and aspect", but his behavior and the fact he can shrug off any damage shows he isn't. His description -- which describes his human form as [[BizarreAlienBiology so contary to humanity and nature]] that it is, by its very ''existence'', blasphemy -- is currently featured in this trope's quote page.
* ReptilesAreAbhorrent: Not to the extent of, say, [[SnakesAreSinister Thoth Amon]], but he does have a recurring snake theme. There are snakes carved on the walls of his palace, and Conan fights a giant snake guarding his [[AchillesHeel special knife]].
* SealedEvilInACan: More like Sleeping Evil in a Table with a knife over his chest trapping him.
* ThisWasHisTrueForm: After being felled by Conan, his humanoid form reverts back to the ghastly shape he was originally summoned to. We don't see it in detail in the books, but [[TakeOurWordForIt Conan is so terrified he flees for his life upon seeing it]]. They do show it in the comics and in the Dark Horse publication, he resembles a black skeleton with multiple arms and covered in tar.

[[folder:King Yezdigerd]]
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Yezdigerd is the King of Turan, an Eastern nation in the distant Vilayet Sea and considered the mightiest empire to have ever existed. He is the son of King Yildiz, one of Conan's former employers. First referenced in ''The Devil in Iron'' where he is Jehugir Agha's boss, and referenced again in ''The People of the Black Circle'', where he is the boss Kerim Shah, who arranges the assassination of the King of Vendhya. Yezdigerd makes his first full appearance in the pastiche novel ''The Return of Conan'', where Yezdigerd and his minions hunt for Conan, who left Aquilonia in order to rescue his wife Zenobia from the EvilSorcerer Yah Chieng. However, Conan turns the tables on Yezdigerd and kills him once and for all. Yezdigerd is expanded in the Marvel Comics where he is a frequent rival to Conan after initially employing the barbarian as a mercenary against the people of Makkalet. In the Marvel Comics, Yezdigerd is also father to a woman named Yolinda, and the grandfather to her two [[HalfHumanHybrid Half-Human Hybbrids]], Salbatanu and Zosara.

* DealWithTheDevil: In the backstory ''The Black Stranger'', he makes a deal with "a fiend from the outer gulfs" to kill one of his enemies, but reneges on his deal instead of repaying him. ''The Treasure of Tranicos'' de Camp's version of the story, he makes the death with Thoth-Amon, who summons the demon to kill his enemy, but betrays Thoth-Amon.

[[folder:Black Zarono]]
Black Zarono is a buccaneer captain who seeks the Treasure of Tranicos.

* ShootTheMessanger: Downplayed. When Tina gives Valenso news he does not want to believe, he whips her.

* YouDare: In ''The Black Stranger'', He exclains "You dare!" to Zarono after the latter requests to marry Valenso's niece Belasa.

!Characters from non-Howard stories

[[folder:The Bone Woman]]
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A mysterious and sinister crone with magical powers, she turned Janissa into her unquestioning enforcer and ordered her to serve as bodyguard to Kalanthes.

* AintToProudToBeg: After Conan confronts her for being a fraud, she abandons her previously haughty attitude and begs for mercy.
* AndTheirWasMuchRejoicing: She expresses her relief when she learns Zargheba is dead.

!!Literature/TheBlackStranger

[[folder:Black Zarono]]
Black Zarono is a buccaneer captain who seeks the Treasure of Tranicos.

* CoDragons: With Menkara to Duke Villagro, and later to Thoth-Amon, in ''Conan the Buccaneer''.
* DeadpanSnarker: In ''The Black Stranger'', his response to Valenso telling him that his can defend his force against Zarono's men is that "You were not holding it very successfully against Strom[[=banni=]]."
* DeathGlare: In ''Conan the Buccaneer'', he gives one to his ally Menkara after the latter tells their boss Villagro that Zarono had gotten into a tavern fight.
* TheRival: With the pirate Strombanni for the Treasure of Tranicos.
* SavedByCanon: Since his appearance in ''Conan the Buccaneer'' chronolically prececes his appearance in ''The Treasure of Tranicos'', his survival is a ForegoneConclusion.
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!!Literature/TheHourOfTheDragon

[[folder:Akivasha]]
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Encountered in ''Hour of the Dragon'', she is a vampiress encountered by Conan in his quest for the Heart of Ahriman.
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!Characters from non-Howard stories

[[folder:The Bone Woman]]
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A mysterious and sinister crone with magical powers, she turned Janissa into her unquestioning enforcer and ordered her to serve as bodyguard to Kalanthes.

* BigBad: Since his accomplices Thutkekri and Zargheba are off-page antagonists, with the latter even being KilledOffScreen halfway through the story, Gwarunga effectively serves as the story's main on-page villain. Gwarunga's off-page villainy entails giving "secret of the pool-entrance to Zargheba" in order make it possible for Thutmekri and Zargheba to deceive the Keshans, and Gwarunga's on-page villainy entails trying to kill Muriela after she betrays Thutmekri, and later trying to kill Conan himself.
* ImpaledWiithExtremePrejudice: He is impaled to death by Conan.

* GreaterScopeVillain: Downplayed in ''Jewels of Gwahlur'', despite being freuqently mentioned in the story as Conan's main rival, he doesn't physically appear throughout the story, leaving his accomplice Gwarunga as the main on-page antagonist.

[[folder:Zogar Sag]]

Zogar Sag is a Pictish wizard who comes into conflict with the Aquilonians.

* BeatThemAtTheirOwnGame: In ''Jewels of Gwahlur'', he learns that his rivals are planning to use the slave girl Muriela to impersonate the goddess Yelaya in order to deceive the Keshans into giving Thutmekri their treasure and turning on Conan. Conan instead convinces Yeleya to turn on Thutmekri and his co-conspirators by telling the Keshan to give the teasure to Conan and turn on Thutmekri. This backfires when Thutmekri uses a second fake Yelaya to expose Conan and Muriela's deceit.

[[folder:Muriela]]
A Corinthan dancing girl who impersonate Yelaya

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[[folder:Thutmekri]]

Referenced in ''Jewels of Gwahlur'', Thutmekri is a Stygian competing with Conan for the Teeth of Gwahlur.

* ConMan: He tries to con the Keshans into giving him the Teeth of Gwahlur.
* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: [[spoiler: He is killed in the pastiche ''The Ivory Goddess''.]]
* NoodleIncident: The narration og ''Jewels of Gwahlur'' mentions that "He and [[=Conan=]] knew each other of old, and without love."
* TheRival: With Conan in the treasure hunt for the Teeth of Gwahlur.

!!Literature/BeyondTheBlackRiver

[[folder:Zogar Sag]]

Zogar Sag is a Pictish wizard who comes into conflict with the Aquilonians.

* BigBad: Of ''Beyond the Black River''.
* HalfHumanHybrid: [[spoiler: He is the son of a demon.]]
* KilledOffscreen: [[spoiler: Zogar Sag is revealed to have been killed at the end of the story. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] as the descriptions of the wound that inflicted on Zogar at the time of his death match the ones Conan inflicted on a demon at the climax of the story, and said demon mentioned that Zogar would suffer any injuries that he did.]]
* OffWithHisHead: Zogar Sag ends up being partially decapitated due to his connection with the demon Conan slew in this manner.
* SummonMagic: He has the abilities to summon demons.
* {{Synchronization}}: He is magically connected with a demon he summoned, who is his half-brother. Said demon says that he and Zogar with both receive any damage inflicted on the other. [[spoiler:It results in Zogar being killed when Conan partially decapitates the demon.]]

!!Literature/ManEatersOfZamboula

[[folder:Totrasmek]]
Totrasmek is an evil sorcerer who serves as the High Priest of Hanuman.

* BigBad: Of ''Man-Eaters in Zamboula''.
* TheDreaded: According to Zabibi, he is dreaded by several powerful people and groups.
* HighPriest: He is the High Priest of Hanuman.
* IOwnThisTown: The narration of ''Man-Eaters of Zamboula'' mentions that "for years [[=he=]] had spun his slimy webs of power throughout the city of Zamboula"

!!Literature/TheBlackStranger

[[folder:Black Zarono]]
Black Zarono is a buccaneer captain who seeks the Treasure of Tranicos.

* CoDragons: With Menkara to Duke Villagro, and later to Thoth-Amon, in ''Conan the Buccaneer''.
* DeadpanSnarker: In ''The Black Stranger'', his response to Valenso telling him that his can defend his force against Zarono's men is that "You were not holding it very successfully against Strom[[=banni=]]."
* DeathGlare: In ''Conan the Buccaneer'', he gives one to his ally Menkara after the latter tells their boss Villagro that Zarono had gotten into a tavern fight.
* TheRival: With the pirate Strombanni for the Treasure of Tranicos.
* SavedByCanon: Since his appearance in ''Conan the Buccaneer'' chronolically prececes his appearance in ''The Treasure of Tranicos'', his survival is a ForegoneConclusion.

!!Literature/TheHourOfTheDragon

[[folder:Akivasha]]
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Encountered in ''Hour of the Dragon'', she is a vampiress encountered by Conan in his quest for the Heart of Ahriman.

* DeadpanSnarker: When seeing Olmec attempt to force Valeria to drink alcohol, she c that "Your guest does not like your wine, Olmec."

* DidYouActualylBelieve: She mocks Conan for thinking she wouldn't prepare for him.

* YouFool: She calls Conan a fool after he falls into her trap, and one of her minions a fool for believing in the ghost of Tolkemic.

* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: Despite being referred to a princess, she participates in the fight between the Tecuhltli and the Xotalanc. After the fight, the narration states that "Tascela was the only one of the Tecuhltli who had escaped without a wound. The princess was untouched, though she had fought as savagely as any."

* VillainKiller: In the Howard stories, his kills include Strabonus, Thugra Khotan, Shah Amurath, Sergius, Thak, Nabonidus, Khosatrel Khel, Zogar Sag (by killing the demon he is [[{{Synchronization}} synchronized]] with), Baal-Pteor, Totrasmek, and Tolkemec. In the pastiches, he kills Olgerd Vladislav, King Yezdigerd, Yah Chieng, and Sagyetha. His killing of Numedides is first referenced in the Howard story ''The Phoneix in the Sword'', but depicted in the pastiche novel ''Conan the Liberator''. In the Marvel Universe', he kills Thulandra Thuu and [[spoiler:the resurrected Thoth-Amon.]]

* YouHaveOutlivedUourUsefulness: Tries to have Conan killed after using Conan to destroy the Xotalancas.

* BigBad: Of ''Red Nails''.

* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: Despite being a princess, she participates in the fight between the Tecuhltli and the Xotalanc. After the fight, the narration states that "Tascela was the only one of the Tecuhltli who had escaped without a wound. The princess was untouched, though she had fought as savagely as any."

ReportsOfMyDeathHaveBeenGreatlyExaggerated: He is presumed dead by Prince Olmec, but is revealed to still be alive towards the end of the story.

Olmec is one of the Tecuhtli rulers.

* ChronicBackackstabbingDisorder:During the conflict between Tecuhltii and Xotalanc, "Tolkemec aided first one and then the other, betraying each faction as it fitted his purposes."
* ColdBloodedTorture: He spent several days being subjected to torture by the Tecuhltli twelve years before the events of ''Red
Nails''.

[[folder:Tolkemec]

Tokemec was a former slave who became one of the co-rulers of the Tlazitlans before a conflict between the rulers resulted in Tolkemec imprisoned. Although Tolkemec managed to escape, he was believed to have died.

[[folder:Tascela]]

Tascela is a Tecuhtli princess who seeks to sacrifice Valeria to restore her youth.

* BigBad: Of ''Red Nails''.
* MoreDeadlyThanTheMale: She overpowers her co-ruler, Olmec, after they have a disagreement over what to do with Valeria.
* OlderThanTheyLook: Although she has the appearance of a young women, Techotl tells Conan that she was already an adult "when the Tlazitlans journeyed from Lake Zuad."
* VainSorceress: She is a sorceress who maintains her youth by taking it from other women.

[[folder:Valeria]]

Valeria was a member of the Red Brotherhood who later joined up with Zarello's Free Companions, only to flee after she killed a Stygian officer.

* ActionGirl: She is a deadly fighter.
* BadassInDistress: Despite her abilities as a warrior, she is captured by Olmec, who lusts after her, and later Tascela, who plans to kill her to restore her youth.
* DesignatedGirlFight: She kills Tascela at the end of the story.
* FlayingAlive: Conan tells Valeria that this fate was in store for her had she been captured by the Stygians.
* LustObject: In the backstory of ''Red Nails'', she was this to Red Ortho, who desired her as a mistress. During the story proper, she becomes one to Olmec as well. Conan pursued her when she fled the Free Companions, and is thus in the story, pretty much only because he desperately wants to get in her pants.
* PirateGirl: She was a member of a group of pirates known as the Red Brotherhood.
* RealWomenDontWearDresses: She is introduced wearing breeches instead of a skirt.
* StatuesqueStunner: Described as "tall" in "Red Nails" and very definitely beautiful. In ''Conan -- Blood of the Serpent'' she's explicitly only four inches shorter than Conan, himself, who is "a handspan over six feet." This is perhaps based on the version of the character from the film -- Sandahl Bergman is only two inches shorter than Arnold Schwarzenegger.
* {{Stripperiffic}}: When she is introduced in ''Red Nails'', she is described as being "clad more scantily even than the others" ("others" meaning the other scantily-clad women in the room).

!!Literature/TheGodInTheBowl

[[folder:Demetrio]]
The Chief of the Inquisitorial Council of the city of Numalia, who leads the investigation into the murder of Kallian Publico.

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Downplayed. He makes a serious effort to find the murderer of Kallian Publico instead of following Dionus' suggestion to beat a confession out of Conan, who is the most obvious suspect, and eventually comes to the correct conclusion that Conan is not the killer. On the other hand, even after admitting is certainly that Conan is innocent, he admits that he intends to use Conan as a [[TheScapegoat scapegoat]] for the murder if he can't find the true murderer, so that he can "satisfy justice." He also offers to cover up Aztrias Petanius' attempted theft of a goblet if the latter admits to it.
* ScrewThisImOutOfHere: Towards the end of the story, he flees the Temple of Kallian Publico with his comrades once they see Prometo drop dead.

[[folder:Dionus]]
A Numalian prefect who is antagonistic towards Conan during the investigation of Kallian Publico's murder.

* EarAche: He loses his right ear to Conan.
* PoliceBrutality: He is eager to beat a confession out of Conan.

[[folder:Kallian Publicos]]
The late owner of a museum Conan has been hired to steal from.

* AssholeVictim: He intended to steal from a priest and and use his employee Arus as a [[TheScapegoat scapegoat]] to be crucified, only for Kallian to be killed by a creature hidden inside the very bowl he intended to rob. He also [[SlaveryIsASpecialKindOfEvil had a slave]], Enaro, who openly admitted to wanting to kill Kallian.
* DeathByMaterialism: He opens a bown intended for Caranthes, hoping to steal the treasure he believes to be inside it. He is instead killed byt a monster hidden inside of it.
* PosthumousCharacter: He is found at the beginning of ''The God in the Bowl''.
* SpannerInTheWorks: His greed derails Thoth-Amon's plan to assassinate Caranthes, as by opening the bowl Thoth-Amon sent Caranthes, Kallian set off a chain of events that ensure the monster hidden inside the never reaches its intended target of Caranthes.

!Characters from non-Howard stories

[[folder:The Bone Woman]]
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A mysterious and sinister crone with magical powers, she turned Janissa into her unquestioning enforcer and ordered her to serve as bodyguard to Kalanthes.

* DealWithTheDevil: She offers her protection to Conan from Thoth-Amon. Him being GenreSavvy and knowing what happened to [[BreakTheCutie Janissa]], he refuses.
* EvilMentor: To Janissa. The way she turned an innocent girl into a cold assassin was despicable.
* EvilOldFolks: While her motives for protecting Kalanthes and Conan are mysterious, there is no denying that this crone is evil.
* InstrumentOfMurder: Instead of some wand or staff, she uses a flute to canalize her magic in order to raise and control zombies or to [[spoiler:manipulate an EldritchAbomination such as Nazu]].
* ManipulativeBitch: [[spoiler:She faked her death at Janissa's hands and then instilled her desire to start a slave liberating crusade in her former student by assuming the form of a female slave. This was all a ploy to direct her towards the Tower of Silence, massacre the Priests of Asura and then summon a Great Old One]].
* MiniatureSeniorCitizens: She is very diminutive in size. Think of an [[EvilCounterpart evil]] [[Franchise/StarWars Yoda]].
* OffWithHerHead: How Janissa kills her.
* OhCrap: Has one when Conan kills Nazu via the massive chime in the tower.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: That is pretty much how she is known for.
* SkeletonsInTheCoatCloset: Her robes are adorned with several little bones, giving meaning to her name.
* VillainousBreakdown: Has a slight one when Conan tells her to go to hell.
* WickedWitch: She got the look down in the part, except for the pointed hat.

[[folder:Captain Bor'Aqh Sharaq]]
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Created for the Marvel-branded ''Savage Sword of Conan'' comics, Sharaq was a ruthless Barachan pirate member who crossed swords with Conan and ended up losing a hand and being left for death, but survived and vowed revenge on the Cimmerian at any cost.

* ArtificialLimbs / SwissArmyAppendage: His prosthetic arm that can be fitted with a sword, an axe or a spring-powered throwing iron.
* BadassNormal: Most of Conan's enemies were dark wizards, Sharaq only got a metal arm with detachable blades and a very dark determination.
* BerserkButton: Conan the Cimmerian is the biggest one for him, but the prospect of any one else killing him but Sharaq himself sends him in a frenzy.
* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: Has a tendency to [[UngratefulBastard kill people who help him out]].
* {{Determinator}}: Despite being a villain, he is more of this trope than an ImplacableMan, since he keeps coming back through sheer force of will.
* EscapedFromHell: In the second confrontation with Conan, Sharaq was thrown into a sacrificial pit and dragged to a infernal dimension by the very hands of a demon-god. He was forced to serve said demon-god, who created a device to cross over into the mortal plane, but Sharaq waited for his master to sleep long enough to steal the device and go back home.
* EyeScream: His right eye was gouged out under torture to reveal where Conan is. [[TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou He refused even more to tell his captors since only he is allowed to kill the Cimmerian himself]].
* HandicappedBadass: Losing his sword hand in a duel with Conan and later an eye to Zingarans have only made him ''more dangerous''
* HumanPopsicle: His ultimate fate is being frozen in place.
* JokerImmunity: He survived things that any other person would have died from: being thrown off a tower, dragged to another dimension, turned into a statue. It got to the point even the writers were sick of him.
* KickTheDog: Let's see: killing an elderly couple who saved him after his escape from the Zingarans, murdering the blacksmith who forged his mask and metal arm, raping a young woman right after he killed her lover, testing the rapid aging dust on a prostitute, holding an entire family hostage... The list is very long.
* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: He vowed by the gods that he would take Conan's life himself and not even under pain of torture he would reveal his location.
* ThePowerOfHate: His hate for Conan keeps him alive.
* TalkLikeAPirate: He distinctly spoke this manner in this introduction. This comes to bite him in the ass big time when a couple of Zingaran sailors find him marooned in an isle and he pretends he is just a Zingara fisherman, but his accent completely gives him away and the others recognize him as Captain Sharaq and promptly arrest him.
* TakenForGranite: A cat-like monster turned him into a gem statue, though he managed to recover.

[[folder:Conn]]
First appearing in ''The Witch of the Mists'', he is the firstborn son of Conan and Zenobia.

* DistressedDude: In ''The Witch of the Mists'', he is kidnapped by the Hyperboreans, who are allied with Thoth-Amon.
* ExtremelyProtectiveChild: In ''Red Moon of Zembabwei'' and ''Shadows in the Skull'', [[spoiler:he kills King Nenaunir and Thoth-Amon respectively]] to save his father's life.
* NonProtagonistResolver: In ''Shadows of the Skull'', [[spoiler:He is the one who kills the longtime villain Thoth-Amon, not his father Conan.]]
* StrongFamilyResemblance: Conn resembles his father Conan.
* SunkCostFallacy: After getting lost hunting after a white stag, Conn expects to be punished by his father for wandering to far, but continues hunting the stag in the hopes that his success would impress Conan enough to dampen his anger.

[[folder:The Devourer of Souls]]

Introduced in Marvel Comics, Wrarrl, also known as the Devourer of Souls, is an interdimensional being who has antagonized Conan on multiple occasions.

* EvilIsBigger: He is taller than Conan.
* ForcedTransformation: He has the power to inflict this on his victims in order to devourer of souls.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: He has red eyes.
* TinTyrant: He has this appearance.
* YourSoulIsMine: He devourers the souls of his victims.

[[folder:Diana]]
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A character from an untitled Howard story that was never finished during his lifetime and was published under the name ''A Snout in the Dark''. She was a Nemedian slave caught up in the court intrigue of the Kushite city of Shumballa. Diana receives a substantially bigger role in the comics; she was a Brytunnian noblewoman who accompanied her sister Natala and her brother-in-law in search of a treasure when they were attacked by pirates in service to Thoth-Amon. They tortured Natala's husband to death, while the sisters were sold to slavery. However, they were the two people who know where the treasure is currently located.

* AdaptationExpansion: Receives a much bigger role in the comics.
* AttemptedRape: In the comics, Eamon the Flayed tries forcing himself on her, but she fights him off and ends up killing him.
* BittersweetEnding: She briefly reunites with her sister, but they go separate ways when Natala decides to accompany Conan and Diana joins Abit.
* BrokenBird: Diana and her sister were taken as slaves and were separated when she was sent to a RoyalHarem. She becomes even more broken following her ordeal in ''Conan the Avenger''.
* CuteMute: In the comics, after being mutilated by Tanada.
* DamselInDistress: In her backstory and her current state.
* EarnYourHappyEnding: She undergoes a lot of trauma in her backstory and during the comic's storyline, but her ultimate fate is ascending to the throne of Shumballa as Abit's queen after he is chosen to be their new monarch.
* MadeASlave: Just like Natala, she was sold to slavery by Amon's minions. However while Natala became merely a menial worker, Diana had the even more unfortunate fate of being forced into a harem.
* RelatedInTheAdaptation: In the ''Conan the Avenger'' comics, she is Natala's sister whereas in the original books there was no such indication they were related.
* SexSlave: To the King of Shumballa.
* TongueTrauma: Her tongue is torn out by the king's sister Tanada because Diana was given as a gift by her political rival Thuthmes to the king to manipulate him.

[[folder:Diviatix]]

A Pictland druid who aids Conan against Thoth-Amon during ''Black Sphinx of Nebthu''.

* TheAlcoholic: He is infamous for his penchant for alcohol
* TheArchmage: Conan calls him "the greatest white magician on earth in our age."
* DavidVersusGoliath: He is the David to Thoth-Amon's Goliath.
* IncorruptiblePurePureness: Diviatix is able to wield the Heart of Ahriman without succumbing to power hunger.
* LightIsGood: He wears white robes, and he is a benevolent magician.
* MagicStaff: His staff has the ability to "[[=sprout=]] fresh young leaves."
* PintSizedPowerhouse: When he has the Heart of Ahriman in his possession, he has the power to crush the sorcerers of the Black Ring, despite his small size.
%% * WhiteMagic: He practices this type of magic.

[[folder:Duke Feng]]
A Khitan guide who betrays Conan.

* BigBad: Of ''The Curse of the Monolith''.
* EvilReactionary: He attempts to orchestrate the deaths of Conan and his men into order to prevent the culture of his kingdom, Kusan, from outside influence, which he fears is being threatened by a treating his own king signed with Conan's employer, King Yildiz of Turan.
* FauxAffablyEvil: He behaves with mock politeness when taunting Conan.
-->'''Duke Feng''': ''Forgive the ruse, O noble savage! It was needful that this person concoct some tale to appeal to your primitive lust for gold, in order to allure you hither alone.''
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: He is killed by the very monster he planned to kill Conan with.
* ManipulativeBastard: He manages to lure Conan into a deadly trap with false promises of treasure.

[[folder:Duke Villagro]]
Appearing in ''Conan the Buccaneer'', Villagro is a Zingaran nobleman who seeks to usurps the throne of Zingara from King Ferdrugo.

* AristocratsAreEvil: He is a Duke who is plotting against his king.
* LeanAndMean: The narration of ''Conan the Buccaneer'' describes him as lean and elegant.
* NotSoHarmlessVillain: Throughout most of the story, he relies on Black Zarono, Menkara, and Thoth-Amon to do the heavy-lifting for him. However, once Thoth-Amon betrays him, Villagro steals the Cobra Crown and dons it himself, giving him enough magical power to pose a serious challenge to Thoth-Amon.
* TheUnfought: He is killed by Thoth-Amon become Conan has a chance to fight him.

[[folder:Jalung Thongpa]]
* Appearing in ''The City of Skulls'', Jalung Thongpa is the ruler of Meru.

* AdiposeRex: He is described as "short and fat."
* AndNowYouMustMarryMe: He attempts to force Zosara, the daughter of King Yildiz, to marry him.
* BaldOfEvil: He is bald, and he kidnaps Zosara to be his bride and sends Conan and Juma into slavery.
* BigBad: Of ''The City of Skulls''.
* GodEmperor: He is referred to by his subjects as a god-king.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: He is crushed to death by a statue which was animated through his own prayers.
* RedRightHand: He has a mismatched face, with one half "[[=hanging=]] slackly from the bone and [[=bearing=]] a blank, filmed eye."

[[folder:Janissa the Widowmaker]]
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Introduced in the Dark Horse comics, Janissa was originally a Zingaran lady turned into a warrior woman who fought side by side with Conan.

* AmazonBrigade: By the time she is reintroduced in ''Conan the Avenger'' comics, she is leading an all-female warband of ex-slaves she had freed and trained to fight.
* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: She wanted to get away from her controlling father and not be forced into an ArrangedMarriage, but unfortunately she sought [[EvilOldFolks the Bone Woman]] of all people to turn her into a fighter.
* CharacterDevelopment: Was rather coarse and rude when she first met Conan; by the time they meet again she's far more calm and thoughtful, and even respects Conan for indirectly inspiring her to finally stand up to the Bone Woman.
* DarkActionGirl: A brutal and ruthless fighter who served as an assassin for her EvilMentor.
* DontYouDarePityMe: Conan is utterly shocked after hearing her backstory, but she brushes off any attempt of sympathy from him.
* TheDragon: To the Bone Woman, originally.
* DualWielding: Her favored weapons are two curved swords.
* FoeRomanceSubtext: With Conan when they meet in Avengers.
* GoodScarsEvilScars: She sports a large one in the left side of her face. Not very a very disfiguring one, mind you.
* HeelFaceTurn: Introduced as an AntiVillain, she rebels against her EvilMentor and starts fighting for a noble cause.
* LadyOfWar: Despite not being lady-like, her movements are surprisingly graceful and elegant.
* RapeAsBackstory: As part of her training, Janissa had been repeatedly raped by demons every night until she could find a way to fight them off.
* SlaveLiberation: After turning away from the Bone Woman's service, she embarks on a new quest to free any woman she can find, build an army and eventually take on Shem and Turan, the biggest slave-trades in Hyboria - its something that Conan definitely approves.
* {{Stripperiffic}}: Her outfit [[BareYourMidriff bares her stomach]] and even features some {{Underboobs}}
* TookALevelInKindness: Is far more pleasant when Conan meets her in the Akrel Oasis; they even part on amicable terms.
* TrainingFromHell: The Bone Woman trapped Janissa in a cave and summoned demons to attack her every night. If they overpowered her, they would beat and rape Janissa. The Bone Woman then proceeded to augment her strength with magic and advised her on battle tactics, until Janissa grew so deadly with the blade that she managed to slay the monsters for a month. Then the Bone Woman implies they were manifestations of her own mind.

[[folder:Juma]]
Introduced in ''The City of Skulls'' Juma was Conan's comrade during his as a mercenary for King Yildiz of Turan.

* BirdsOfAFeather: He and Conan, who has much in common, namely their impressive heights and their status as outsiders, quickly became good friends when they met as mercenaries for Turan.
* GalleySlave: Like Conan, he is forced to work on a galley during ''The City of the Skulls''.
* MadeASlave: He was kidnapped and sold into slavery when he was a child., and in ''The City of Skulls'', he is enslaved once again the the Meruvians.
* NonProtagonistResolver: In ''The City of Skulls'', it is he, not Conan, who kills [[BigBad Jalung Thongpa]] by throwing him into the path of the very statue Jalung animated.

[[folder:Kalanthes]]
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High priest of Ibis, the peaceful Stygian god of knowledge. He is one of the few sympathetic magic users in this setting.

* AnimalMotifs: The ibis bird, obviously. Kalanthes wore at some point a feathered robe resembling his god.
* TheArchmage: He commands a powerful will and magic that arguably rivals any other soul on the continent.
* AscendedExtra: In Howard's tales, he was just a guy Thoth was trying to kill.
* BigGood: In ''VideoGame/AgeOfConan'', he is the primary-quest giver and mentor figure to player characters.
* CoolOldGuy: Kalanthes is supposedly centuries old according to [[WordOfGod Kurt Busiek]].
* GoodCannotComprehendEvil: The main reason he failed to stop Thoth's rise to power; he didn't want to believe his friend was evil until it became so obvious it couldn't be ignored.
* GentlemanAndAScholar: A humble and pleasant CoolOldGuy and priest of the Stygian god of knowledge.
* TheHeretic: Ever since Thoth-Amon usurped power in Stygia and made Set its mainstream deity, the priests of Ibis were declared heretical and driven out from their country.
* IntergenerationalFriendship: With Conan. Kalanthes is centuries older than Conan yet he and Conan view the other with respect (in fact there's one instance when Conan is willing to do something he otherwise wouldn't because Kalanthes is the one who asked.)
* LastOfHisKind: The last still living priest of Ibis.
* OddFriendship: Its hard to imagine someone like Conan being friends with [[AlwaysChaoticEvil a Stygian sorcerer]].
* WhiteMagic: Unusual in Hyboria where most MagicIsEvil. Justified since Ibis is his patron god rather than Set.

[[folder:King Nenaunir]]
King Nenaunir is the ruler of Zembabwei and an ally of Thoth-Amon.

* AttackOnTheHeart: [[spoiler:He is stabbed in the heart by Conn.]]
* BigBad: Of ''Red Moon of Zembabwei''.
* EvilLaugh: He laughs when watching Conan's struggle with Damballah.
* EvilOverlord: He is the ruler of Zembabwei, and he performs human sacrifices.
* HighPriest: Of Damballah (a.k.a. Set).
* HumanSacrifice: He sacrifices people to Damballah.
* ICanRuleAlone: By the time of ''Red Moon of Zembabwei'', Nenaunir makes it clear that he has no intention of sharing power with Thoth-Amon.
* InsistentTerminology: He insists on referring to Set as Damballah.
* {{Lunacy}}: He has the ability to summon Set during a lunar eclipse.
* PurpleIsPowerful: He wears purple robes when attempting to sacrifice Conan and Conn to Damballah, and he is an EvilOverlord.
* ScaryBlackMan: He is a muscular black man who performs [[HumanSacrifice Human Sacrifices]] and plans to TakeOverTheWorld.
* SnakesAreSinister: He possesses a serpent mask and a staff with the head of a serpent (both of which are on his person during the attempted sacrifice of Conan and Conn)
* TakeOverTheWorld: He plans to conquer the world and become its sole ruler.
* ThroneMadeOfX:He has a throne of skulls.
* UnderestimatingBadassery: In ''The Witch of the Mists'', he does not consider Conan to be a threat.

[[folder:Kulan Gath]]
From the Marvel Comics, he is a power-hungry sorcerer who has been the enemy of Conan, Red Sonja, Spider-Man and the Avengers. He is recently the main antagonist of the "Savage Avengers" comics.

* BackFromTheDead: He is resurrected by Armati following his death at the hands of Shuma-Gorath.
* CannibalismSuperpower: He ''eats magicians for their power''. Dr Strange, a rival sorcerer who's seen the worst horrors imagined and beyond that, is repulsed by him.
* EvilIsNotAToy: He is killed by Shuma-Gorath after seeking to control him.
* FreudianExcuse: He grew up a slave and was abused in many ways. This led to him desiring power to avoid that fate forever.
* GodzillaThreshold: In the "Savage Avengers" comic, he has grown so strong that Doctor Strange requires the assistance of many enemies and rivals, from Doctor Doom to the otherworldly beings Shuma-Gorath and Nightmare.
* UnholyMatrimony: With both Vammatar and Armati.

[[folder:Louhi]]
Appearing in ''The Witch of the Mists'' Louhi is a witch who kidnaps Conan's son Conn.

* EvilOldFolks: She is an old woman.
* GodSaveUsFromTheQueen: She is referred to as priestess-queen.
* LeanAndMean: In ''The Witch of the Mists'', she is described as "old, lean, and withered."
* LightIsNotGood: She wears white robes.
* UnderestimatingBadassery: She does not consider Conan to be a threat, despite Thoth-Amon's warnings.
* WickedWitch: Louhi is an old, wrinkly witch, and was complicit in the kidnapping of a child.
* [[ManOnFire Woman on Fire]]: She catches on fire when hot coals light her robes.

[[folder:Oshmaan the Executioner]]
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A one-shot villain from ''Savage Sword'' who stands out for being one of the vilest enemies that Conan had fought against. Oshmaan is a Hyrkanian warlord in service to Turan who deserts to create his own horde, the Sons of the White Wolf, who aim to create their own empire.

* AppropriatedAppelation: Lady Alondra called him a "bloody executioner" for killing her husband, but Oshmaan like the title so much he took it as his ''nom de guerre''.
* DangerousDeserter: He was once a Hyrkanian mercenary employed by the Turanians until he grew sick of fighting their wars against his own people and went rogue.
* DarkMessiah: He adopt the worship of White Wolf, an Hyrkanian pagan deity before the Great Cataclysm and they adopted Tarim and Erlik as gods, and uses it as a rallying banner to unite his army.
* DirtyCoward: After his men are defeated by Conan's nomadic allies, he tries to flee and gloats he will take the Cimmerian's head to the King of Turan so he can rejoin the nation he betrayed.
* IHaveYouNowMyPretty: Tries to claim Alondra for himself as the first woman of his harem.
* RapePillageAndBurn: His ''modus operandi'', starting by pillaging the innocent city of Djebal and slaughtering the entire population except for the young and attractive women, who are made {{Breeding Slave}}s for him and his soldiers.
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: While the setting as a whole isn't very friendly to women to begin with, Oshmaan manages to appall others by treating women as breeding stock with the sole purpose of creating a MasterRace so he can take over all of Hyboria.
* VillainousBreakdown: He becomes completely insane when his forces are butchered by Conan's desert allies.
* WouldHitAGirl: As if his treatment of women in general wasn't bad enough, he mistreats Alondra and threatens to [[ATasteOfTheLash whip her]] if she continues to spur his advances. At the climax of his story, him and his men butcher the harem prisoners for no reason but to spite Conan's allies.
* WouldHurtAChild: He has no compunction about putting even ''babes'' to the sword.

[[folder:The Prince]]
Exclusive to the Dark Horse comics, he belongs to a mighty eastern empire in the distant future from Conan's time that had conquered the land that used to be Hyboria. He was sent on a mission to catalog the land's history and comes across the Nemedian Chronicles narrating his life. He is the prince whom the opening narration ("Know o Prince") refers to.

* AudienceSurrogate: The Prince's role is to have someone narrate the story to the audience through him.
* FramingDevice: Conan's accounts are narrated to him by Wazir.
* HeroWorshipper: ''Oh yes''. The Prince expresses both fascination and admiration for Conan's legend and quickly becomes his fanboy, if his excitement at hearing his stories is any indication.
* NoNameGiven: His name is never said in the story.
* NonSpecificallyForeign: Even though he looks fairly Arabic and is mentioned to have come from the vague East, his place of origin is not named in the comic.
* TheUnfavorite: Its stated that he has no love for his father and the feeling is mutual, since the Prince suspects his father will try to [[OffingTheOffspring have him killed at some point]].
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: He hasn't appeared in any new comics ever since Sorrow of Akivasha in 2009.

[[folder:Set]]
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The patron deity of Thoth-Amon, much like his servant he only appeared sparingly in the original books. He is most certainly a bigger threat in the comics, adaptations and spin-off media and serves as the GreaterScopeVillain for the Conan mythos.

* AntiClimaxBoss: Despite Yara's fearsome reputation, [[spoiler: once Conan confronts him person, he goes down easily]]. Justified because Conan was only was able to do so with [[spoiler: the power of the [[MineralMacguffin Heart of the Elephant]]]], which was so heavily guarded that the task of obtaining it nearly killed Conan, [[spoiler:and actually did killed the expert thief Taurus.]] Even with the Heart of Ahriman in his possession, [[spoiler:he still needed instructions from Yag-Kosha in order to effectively use it against Yara, instructions which Yag-Kosha managed to without from Yara.]]