History Characters / ConanTheBarbarian1982

Characters appearing in the 1982 film ''Film/{{Conan the Barbarian|1982}}''.
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!!Conan and his allies

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* FighterMageThief: Conan's three companions fit this dynamic.
** Valeria is the fighter as she has the most straightforward attacking style and has no trouble killing multiple enemies at once with her sword. [[spoiler:She also becomes a [[{{Valkyries}} Valkyrie-esque spirit]] after she dies.]]
** Akiro the Wizard is the only one in the party to have actual magical abilities such as [[HealingHands healing people from near death]] and some basic {{telekinesis}}.
** Subotai introduces himself as a thief in his [[EstablishingCharacterMoment first scene]]. He is also an archer and generally exploits his range advantage against his opponents. In the Battle of the Mounds, he takes up a spear in contrast to Conan who [[BrutishCharacterBrutishWeapon switches to a battle-axe instead]].
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[[folder:Conan]]
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!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger, Jorge Sanz (as a child)
!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/RichardDarbois (European French)

A Cimmerian who was enslaved when he was a child, witnessing the massacre of his family and people by a mysterious snake-worshipping cult. He grew up pushing a giant millstone wheel, developing a tremendous strength in the process, then became an unbeatable gladiator and eventually a matchless swordsman. Once he was freed, he became an outlaw and set out to accomplish his sworn vengeance against Thulsa Doom, the leader of said cult and the man responsible for the massacre of his people.
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* AdaptationalAngstUpgrade: He has a significantly more traumatic backstory than the literary Conan, and as a result, he's understandably a good deal less cheerful.
* AdaptationDyeJob: Schwarzenegger has dark brown hair instead of the plain black that the original Conan had.
* AdaptationPersonalityChange: Due to the major changes to his backstory, Conan is mostly TheStoic nursing a grudge instead of a free-wheeling EmotionalBruiser.
* AmazonChaser: Valeria's boldness and combat capability certainly were as attractive to Conan as her beauty.
* AwesomeButImpractical: Whirling his sword looks awesome, but offers no real advantage in a fight. Could be seen as a form of BringIt, and as a way of keeping his wrists flexible, or possibly just trying to back everyone else away from the twirling hunk of steel.
* BackFromTheDead: Close enough. He's very weakened from his ordeal on the Tree of Woe when Subotai and Valeria bring him to the Wizard. Spirits come to seek his soul that night, and Valeria prevents them from doing so. Earlier she said she was ready to pay the price. [[spoiler:It's implied this is why she doesn't come back alive from the raid on Thulsa Doom's mountain to kidnap the princess back.]]
* BadassInDistress: Thulsa Doom has him crucified on the Tree of Woe and it seems like he's gonna die. Then Subotai comes to rescue him.
* BarbarianHero: His literary counterpart is the TropeCodifier. Similarly, the movie version is a muscular, long-haired man who enjoys fighting and worships a war god named Crom. That said, the movie version of Conan is also educated in philosphy and poetry, making him a GeniusBruiser.
* BarbarianLonghair: He never cuts his hair short.
* BlasphemousBoast: Any deities better listen to him if he prays, because if they don't... then ''to hell with them!'' Downplayed, though, because this is actually a more or less correct way to pray to his personal deity. Crom flatly refuses to aid those who will not help themselves and has little use for reverence; he instead respects strength and those that fight for themselves, the former Conan has in abundance, and the latter he proves against Doom's men, possibly leading to Crom rewarding him with some DivineIntervention by sending a Valkyrie Valeria to aid him in a moment of need.
* TheBigGuy: Out of the trio with Subotai and Valeria, he is the strongest.
* BrutishCharacterBrutishWeapon: He uses a battle-axe as his alternate weapon during the Battle of the Mounds.
* CatchPhrase: He invokes the name of the WarGod of his people, "Crom", whenever he's surprised.
* CharacterTitle: ''Conan the Barbarian''.
* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: He developed a prodigious strength just by pushing a millstone for ''years''.
* CompositeCharacter: Having been a slave and gladiator, Conan is closer to Kull than he is his literary counterpart. Him fighting Thulsa Doom and a serpent cult are likewise more associated with Kull than Conan.
* CoolCrown: The crown of Aquilonia, which he wears when he is sitting on a throne before the end credits.
* CoolHelmet: Wears one during the Battle of the Mounds.
* CoolSword: When trying to escape a pack of wolves after he's been freed from his chains, he stumbles into an ancient tomb. In the hand of what appears to be an ancient king, he finds an exceptionally well-crafted sword, the Atlantean Sword. It then becomes his favored weapon and shows up again in the [[Film/ConanTheDestroyer sequel]].
* CrucifiedHeroShot: Actually crucified, on the Tree of Woe.
* CulturedBadass: "Language and writing were made available to him; the poetry of Khitai, the philosophy of Sung..."
* DissonantLaughter: As he's about to die crucified on the Tree of Woe, he starts laughing as soon as he sees Subotai coming to his rescue.
* DoomedHometown: His people and family were massacred by Thulsa Doom's army, and his village was burned to the ground.
* DressingAsTheEnemy: Knocks out and steals a member of Doom's Cult robes and impersonates him so he could sneak in.
* GladiatorGames: Becomes a successful gladiator once he is bought by "Red Hair".
* HeartbrokenBadass: Following [[spoiler: Valeria's death]].
* HelmetsAreHardlyHeroic: Mostly [[AvertedTrope averted]] during the Battle of the Mounds, except towards the very end, when he uses it to lure Thorgrim into a trap.
* HeroesPreferSwords: He is the main protagonist, and wields his Atlantean sword most of the time.
* HeroicBuild: Schwarzenegger had actually ''lost'' muscle mass since the end of his bodybuilding career, believe it or not. Everyone felt his 240lbs Mr. Universe physique would be too muscular and bulky to play the athletic and leaner Conan. Arnold stopped dieting and concentrated more on cardio work and dropped down to 210lbs.
* HornyVikings: The Cimmerians are presented as warriors searching for Valhalla as heard in this exchange with Subotai:
-->Crom is strong! When I die, I must go before him and he will ask me: what is the riddle of steel? If I cannot answer he cast me out of Valhalla and laugh at me! ''That'' is Crom! He who is strong in the mountains!
* KatanasAreJustBetter: Played with. Yamakazi Kiyoshi, the sword-master for ''Conan The Barbarian'', explicitly trained the cast in ''kenjutsu'' with katanas; and in fact Conan ''does'' practice with a shirazaya (wooden handled) katana early in the film. However, due to the bulk of Schwarzenegger's arm muscles, he was unable to perform the more elegant moves that Gerry Lopez (Subotai) and Sandahl Bergman (Valeria) were able to use throughout the movie, making him look UnskilledButStrong at the best in comparison in spite of Conan supposedly being the best swordsman of the trio.
* LonelyAtTheTop: Destined to wear the jeweled crown of Aquilonia upon a 'troubled brow', as stated and shown in the opening and closing narrations, the epilogue displaying a grim looking Conan sitting on the throne as King.
* LoveableRogue: After meeting Subotai, he becomes an outlaw, causes trouble to Thulsa Doom's snake cult and thus gains the sympathy of King Osric.
* MadeASlave: He was enslaved as a child by Thulsa Doom, but managed to survive and gain a heck of a muscle mass.
* MasterSwordsman: At some point in his career, he is brought to such a master in the East, and becomes one through his teachings.
* MenDontCry: As summed up here:
-->'''Subotai:''' He is Conan, [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy Cimmerian]]. {{He will not cry so I cry for him}}.
* MiseryBuildsCharacter: The movie even opens with the Nietzsche quote "That which does not kill us only makes us stronger."
* MrFanservice: He has a lot of {{shirtless scene}}s for a reason.
* MultiMeleeMaster: His experiences as a gladiator have made him this, especially once he goes to train with the weapon masters in the East. Some of the weapons he fights with early on are fairly rare and exotic.
* NemeanSkinning: When Conan finally finds the Atlantean sword inside the tomb, the wolves that had been hounding him wake up, waiting for him. Cut to Conan wearing their skins.
* ProudWarriorRaceGuy: He regularly invokes the god of war of his people, Crom, and seeks to prove himself worthy of entering Valhalla.
* TheStoic: At Valeria's funeral pyre, Subotai poignantly pointed out: "He is Conan, Cimmerian. He will not cry, so I cry for him."
* TimePassageBeard: He sports one as shown in the epilogue, when he becomes the King of Aquilonia.
* TookALevelInBadass: While he was always a strong man, training under masters at arms gave him some much-needed finesse to go with his force.
* UnexplainedAccent: As per usual for a Schwarzenegger character, Conan speaks with a thick Austrian accent despite nobody else, not even within his tribe, having one.
* UnskilledButStrong: When he's first thrust in a fighting pit as a gladiator, he doesn't quite know what to do and his adversary initially seems to overpower him, but then he uses his considerable strength to turn the tables. It then applies less and less as he becomes a killing machine and then no more once he's trained by masters at arms.
* WarriorPoet: The Wizard notes that Conan was not only educated in combat but also in philosophy and poetry. And there are these pieces of dialogue from the director's cut:
-->'''Conan:''' I remember days like this when my father took me to the forest and we ate wild blueberries. More than 20 years ago. I was just a boy of four or five. The leaves were so dark and green then. The grass smelled sweet with the spring wind. Almost 20 years of pitiless cumber! No rest, no sleep like other men. And yet the spring wind blows, Subotai. Have you ever felt such a wind?\\
'''Subotai:''' They blow where I live too. In the north of every man's heart.\\
'''Conan:''' It's never too late, Subotai.\\
'''Subotai:''' No. It would only lead me back here another day. In even worse company.\\
'''Conan:''' For us, there is no spring. Just the wind that smells fresh before the storm.
* YouKilledMyFather: And his mother, and his people. Not to mention taking his father's sword. And you better believe Conan will make you pay for it, Thulsa Doom.
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[[folder:Subotai]]
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[[caption-width-right:300:''"My god is stronger. He is the everlasting sky! Your god lives underneath him."'']]
!!!'''Played by:''' Gerry Lopez

An Hyrkanian outlaw Conan freed from his chains and befriended.
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* AmbiguouslyBrown: Subotai is a Tuvan (Turkic) name, but Gerry Lopez isn't of Northern Asian descent, although he is of Hawaiian-Mexican one instead and does look racially ambiguous.
* BarbarianHero: Hyrkanian (Hunnish / Mongol of sorts).
* BigDamnHeroes: He shows up to save Conan from the Tree of Woe and manages to save Osric's daughter from Thulsa Doom's snake-arrow at the end of the Battle of the Mounds.
* BowAndSwordInAccord: He's proficient with both his bow and his saber.
* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Subotai is neither seen nor even mentioned in ''Film/ConanTheDestroyer''. In ''The Horn of Azoth'', a comic book based on a draft script of ''Destroyer'', he appears (renamed) and is hanged for theft. This pisses Conan off.
* DoNotGoGentle: When Conan first meets him, he's been captured by the witch and chained up to be eaten by wolves. He asks for food--not because he's starving but so he'll have strength to fight when the wolves come. This apparently gains Conan's respect as he sets Subotai free.
* FamousNamedForeigner: He shares a name with UsefulNotes/GenghisKhan's top general.
* HeWillNotCrySoICryForHim: The TropeNamer. [[spoiler:He tells this to Akiro when Valeria's body is burned on a pyre.]]
* LoveableRogue: Like Conan, he commits a robbery against the BigBad's cult, which earns him the sympathy of King Osric.
* ManlyFacialHair: He knows how to kick ass just fine, and sports a thin and long moustache extending right down to his chin on both sides of his face in typical Mongol warrior fashion.
* SequelNonentity: Nowhere to be seen in ''Film/ConanTheDestroyer''.
* TrueCompanions: Befriends Conan, travels with him, teaches him how to be a thief, saves him from the Tree of Woe, and stands by him during the Battle of the Mounds.
* WeaponBasedCharacterization: During the Battle of the Mounds, he efficiently mows down multiple enemies with his spear and his archery, establishing his reliance on accuracy over brute strength.
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[[folder:Valeria]]
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[[caption-width-right:300:''"Do you want to live forever?"'']]
!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/SandahlBergman

A thief Conan and Subotai met as they were about to raid a tower belonging to Thulsa Doom's cult. She became Conan's lover.
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* ActionGirl: She's certainly not the DamselInDistress type. Valeria is a skilled swordswoman who fights alongside Conan.
* AmazonianBeauty: She's tall, muscular warrior woman who's downright gorgeous.
* AmbiguouslyBi: When the heroes are inspecting the cult orgy, Valeria seems equally enthused as Conan and Subotai are at the sight of so many buxom naked women, while she's already become Conan's lover.
* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler: Even ''death'' doesn't prevent her from saving Conan's skin.]]
* CatchPhrase: "Do you want to live forever?" [[spoiler: Given a MeaningfulEcho when she briefly comes BackFromTheDead to save Conan during the Battle of the Mounds.]]
* CompositeCharacter: Has aspects of Valeria and Bêlit from Howard's original stories.
* DeathSeeker: [[spoiler:She somewhat knew she was going to die, as she was ready to pay a price to the gods to save Conan.]]
* HellBentForLeather: Her outfits are made of leather.
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: Sort of. The way she accepted to pay the price for Conan's resurrection qualifies.]]
* IJustWantToBeNormal: She admits she wants to settle down with Conan and just be another couple who don't need to go on adventures or steal. Or at least have someone [[BattleCouple who will face death alongside her.]]
* ImColdSoCold: [[spoiler:She invokes the trope as she dies.]]
* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:Thulsa Doom shoots a venomous snake into her back like if it was an arrow.]]
* TheLostLenore: [[spoiler:She becomes this for Conan when she's killed. He still mourns her in the sequel and wants to bring her {{back from the dead}}. Although he's attracted to other women, he never acts on it after her.]]
* LoveInterest: She becomes Conan's lover after their raid on the snake cult tower.
* MsFanservice: Valeria is a beautiful warrior woman who has {{stripperific}} outfits, while she's topless at length when she goes to bed with Conan.
* NamedByTheAdaptation: Valeria's name is never mentioned in the movie but it is mentioned in the [[Film/ConanTheDestroyer sequel]].
* NotTooDeadToSaveTheDay: [[spoiler:She briefly comes back from the dead dressed in a Valkyrie-like outfit to block Rexor's strike and blind him temporarily with light, giving Conan enough time to get up and finish Rexor off.]]
* {{Stripperific}}: [[http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20111117003321/conan/images/d/d1/Download_%281%29.jpg This outfit]].
* ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend: To the point that she threatens to kill the wizard if his spell to revive Conan fails.
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[[folder:Akiro]]
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[[caption-width-right:325:''"Once great men lived here... giants... gods... once, but long ago. It is here that I met my master. It was no accident, nor it is mere chance that I am the teller of his tale."'']]
!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/{{Mako}}

An old sorcerer and hermit living on an ancient battlefield among warriors' remains and standing stones.
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* ActuallyPrettyFunny: When Conan laughs at his mystic threats, the Wizard himself starts laughing.
* BaldMystic: He has no hair on his head, knows a lot about magic, spirits and gods, and has a part in the Battle of the Mounds despite having no martial training. Even more so in the sequel, as he openly uses his powers this time.
* BigDamnHeroes: Gets his heroic moment when he saves Subotai's ass in the battle. He uses a spear to kill one of Thulsa Doom's men to save Subotai during the battle.
* CoolOldGuy: His apocalyptic threats to Conan the very first time they meet don't last very long before he reveals himself as a fun guy to share a campfire with, as well as a wise and trustworthy ally for Conan.
* FirstPersonPeripheralNarrator: He narrates Conan's story and has a role in it as well.
* HandSeals: Uses one, with his hands clasped and his indexes and pinkies touching tips, when trying to protect himself from the spirits.
* TheHermit: He lives alone in a hut, preferring the company of the dead over that of the living.
* HospitalityForHeroes: He welcomes Conan the first time they meet and provides him goods and a dromedary.
* LargeHam: Mako certainly had a ball playing him, and his epic narration certainly displays it.
* NamedByTheAdaptation: He is referred to as "Akiro" in the [[Film/ConanTheDestroyer sequel]].
* {{Narrator}}: All of the narration parts are done by him. He describes himself as Conan's "chronicler" in the OpeningNarration.
* NonActionGuy: Defied. He's not strong enough to wear an armor (frequently losing his balance because of it) or even fight, but still takes part in the battle.
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!!Thulsa Doom's cult

[[folder:Thulsa Doom]]
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[[caption-width-right:300:''"Infidel defilers. They shall all drown in lakes of blood. Now they will know why they are afraid of the dark. Now they will learn why they fear the night."'']]
!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/JamesEarlJones

The mysterious and heartless leader/spiritual guide of the Children of Doom, an apocalyptic cult that uses snakes as symbols. He is said to be several hundred years old.
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* AdaptationalAttractiveness: James Earl Jones is not exactly Brad Pitt but Doom had a SkullForAHead in the original ''Literature/{{Kull}}'' stories.
* AdaptationSpeciesChange: From an [[OurLichesAreDifferent undead sorcerer]] to a [[SnakePeople snake sorcerer.]]
* AmbiguouslyBrown: Invoked; his dark skin, straight hair and blue eyes are meant to portray him as a race that no longer exists in the context of our world.
* AmbiguouslyHuman: He's said to be hundreds of years old and he definitely has supernatural powers, although it's possible that he exaggerates how old and powerful he truly is and that he's just a regular human who knows some magic.
* AnimalMotifs: Snakes everywhere. He even transforms into one, and might be one.
* {{Animorphism}}: He can turn himself into a snake.
* BadBoss: To make a point about MightMakesRight, he hypnotizes one of his own followers into jumping off a cliff.
* BigBad: His slaughter of Conan's village (including personally decapitating Conan's mom with Conan's father's sword) is why Conan wants him dead.
* BlasphemousBoast: His speech to Conan and belief about how flesh is stronger than steel is one big affront to Crom and his Riddle of Steel, who Doom clearly became disillusioned with over the years. In the end he receives a DeathByIrony and KarmicDeath when his flesh doesn't prove stronger than Conan's steel that he scorned.
* ButForMeItWasTuesday: Does not remember specifically plundering Conan's village and selling him and the other children into slavery.
-->'''Conan''': You killed my mother... you killed my father! ''You killed my people!'' You took my father's sword!
-->'''Doom''': Ah! It must have been when I was younger.
* ChewingTheScenery: His RousingSpeech to his cult [[spoiler: just before Conan kills him]].
* ColdSniper: With a bow and arrow. He uses a ''[[AbnormalAmmo snake]]'' as the arrow.
* CompellingVoice: His monotone yet authoritative voice can hypnotize as surely as his stare does.
* CoolHelmet: In keeping with his snakes-themed cult, his helmet's two "horns" are snakes and the nasal protection looks like a snakes' tail. See [[https://www.monstersinmotion.com/cart/images/211BA12_Conan-Helmet_05.jpg here]].
* CreepyMonotone: He constantly speaks on the same soft tone, and it sounds creepy.
* DarkIsEvil: He wears black clothes most of the time, and he's the most evil being in the film.
* DarkMessiah: Styles himself a prophet that will "cleanse" the world.
* DeathByIrony: In the end Doom is decapitated by Conan's steel AncestralWeapon, after he had previously mocked steel, Crom and the Riddle Of Steel with a BlasphemousBoast by claiming flesh was stronger.
* DirtyCoward: There are four occasions where it's implied that despite his magic powers, numerous followers and intimidating aura, he's a coward at heart. First he hypnotizes Conan's mother when she is prepared to fight him with a sword, then decapitates her when she lowers her sword and guard instead of fighting her fairly. Second he turns into a giant snake and flees the orgy chamber before the battle, with the novelization explaining he knew the chamber was about to be attacked by Conan and the others. Third he returns only after they are escaping with the Princess to shoot Valeria InTheBack with a snake arrow as they are leaving, killing her. And lastly he later attacks Conan, Subotai and the Wizard with overwhelming odds in his favor to kidnap the Princess again, and when the tide of battle surprisingly turns against them, instead of joining the battle and [[VillainousValor fighting Conan]], he tries to [[IfICantHaveYou kill the Princess]] and flees again back to his lair when he fails to accomplish even this.
* DoomyDoomsOfDoom: Thulsa Doom, leader of the cult of the Children of Doom, who await the day of doom when they'll rain doom upon their enemies while chanting "dooooom".
* EvilIsPetty: He has an entire village put to the sword and its children enslaved just so he could have a good steel sword.
* EvilSoundsDeep: It's Creator/JamesEarlJones, so it's a given.
* FauxAffablyEvil: Doom almost seems guilt-ridden when he notes that all Conan has done with the passion his people's massacre has devoted him is to plot revenge and then get caught... and then orders him crucified within the same breath.
* HypnoticEyes: Apparently, he can bend someone to his will by simply looking him in the eyes. It works on Conan's mother... but less so on Conan himself at the end.
* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler:In the end, he perishes by decapitation at Conan's hands from the very thing he searched in the first place when he devastated Conan's village, the thing he treated with disdain afterwards: the steel, Conan's father's sword that he used to decapitate Conan's mother.]]
* MeaningfulName: '''Doom''' is at the center of his preaches.
* MightMakesRight: His philosophy of "StrongFleshWeakSteel" (which the trope doesn't actually describe) is essentially this -- what use are weapons against the (physical or mystical) strength of the individual if it's sufficiently powerful to make the world conform to it?
-->'''Doom'': ([[PsychicAssistedSuicide after sending a follower falling to her death]]) ''That'' is strength, boy! ''That'' is power! The strength and power of flesh! What is steel, compared to the ''[[GlovedFistOfDoom hand]]''[[hottip:*:non-gloved variant]] that wields it?
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: What with "Doom" in his name.
* NoHistoricalFiguresWereHarmed:
** Some critics have found him somewhat reminiscent of infamous cult leader Jim Jones.
** His cult also bears a lot of similarities with the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_Assassins Order of Assassins]]. Religious fanatics who willingly commit murder and suicide for their master, assassinating authority figures that don't submit to them, using drugs and sex to control followers... his fortress is even in a ''mountain'', much like the Order's citadel of Alamut.
* OffWithHisHead: [[spoiler:His fate. Very [[KarmicDeath karmic]], since he killed Conan's mother the same way and with the same sword, which belonged to Conan's father, who also got killed during the raid on Conan's home village.]]
* PsychicPowers: He's got HypnoticEyes and his power on weak minds is akin to MoreThanMindControl.
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: He is said to be a thousand years old.
* ReligionOfEvil: His {{cult}}, the Children of Doom.
* ReptilesAreAbhorrent: His cult's symbol is a double-headed snake, worships an actual giant snake, and Doom himself can turn into a snake.
* RoguesGalleryTransplant: Never fought Conan in the original stories, making his debut in the ''Literature/{{Kull}}'' cycle.
* ScaledUp: During the orgy scene, Thulsa Doom transforms into a giant snake and exits through a hole in the wall. In the film it's unclear why he did this, but in the novelization it explains that Doom could sense the presence of Conan and his allies, and realizing the danger he was in he transformed into a snake as a way of making a quick exit.
* ScaryBlackMan: Somewhat of an aversion. Thulsa Doom has black skin, but he also has blue eyes and straight hair. According to the director's commentary they wanted Thulsa Doom to look like he was a member of a race that has since vanished from the Earth.
* SnakePeople: There are some implications he might be some form of this. He doesn't look like a snake on the outside, but he can turn himself into one, can command snakes (as demonstrated when he turns one into an arrow) and has HypnoticEyes.
* SorcerousOverlord: He has magical powers, and might just be the head of a cult, but said cult spreads in several cities and he's in position to actually threaten local kings.
* SoftSpokenSadist: He raises his voice only twice: during his monologue after capturing Conan (once when recounting Conan's sins of killing Doom's pet snake and again in emphasis of the power of simple flesh (see "Might Makes Right, above.)) The rest of the time, he keeps cool, calm, and poised, much like the snakes that surround him.
* TranquilFury: Even when ''really'' pissed off, he still remains a SoftSpokenSadist who speaks with a CreepyMonotone.
-->'''Doom''': Infidel defilers. They shall all drown in lakes of blood. Now they will know why they are afraid of the dark. Now they learn why they fear the night.
* TrickArrow: Fires snake-arrows -- arrows that are originally snakes, are pulled out and magically made into arrows, then fired, then they turn back into snakes. This is too awesome and scary to be laughed at -- it ends up doing in [[spoiler:Valeria]].
* WizardsLiveLonger: He's a SorcerousOverlord who claims to be a thousand years old.
* WouldHitAGirl: In his case, decapitate the girl (Conan's mother), mind control the girl into jumping off a cliff (a follower), or shoot the girl with snake–arrows [[spoiler: (Valeria).]]
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[[folder:Rexor]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"YOU?!"'']]
!!!'''Played by:''' Ben Davidson

Thulsa Doom's second-in-command and the high priest of his cult.
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%%* BarbarianLonghair
* ButtMonkey: Gets the more humiliating misfortunes; the snake head column winds up landing on his head during the orgy fight, knocking him out, and his horse face-plants during the Battle of the Mounds.
* CoolHelmet: With two peaks.
* CoDragons: With Thorgrim.
* CoolSword: He wields Conan's father's sword when Conan meets him again years after the sacking of the Cimmerian village. Thulsa Doom had no interest in steel anymore at some point, and gave the sword to Rexor, most likely.
* TheDragon: According to Valeria, he's Thulsa Doom's second-in-command.
* EvilCounterpart: One could say he is one of these to Conan as an intelligent, fearless barbarian warrior who just happens to serve a corrupt regime.
* GeniusBruiser: Rexor is both a powerful fighter and in charge of administrations, such as the temple with the giant snake.
* HighPriest: He is in charge of the {{Virgin Sacrifice}}s to Thulsa Doom's giant snake.
* ItsPersonalWithTheDragon: Downplayed; while Conan surely wants Rexor dead (Rexor led the raid on Conan's village, ordered the death of Conan's father and uses the stolen sword of Conan's father), it's really [[BigBad Thulsa Doom]] he's after.
* LargeAndInCharge: The tallest of Thulsa Doom's lieutenants and also the second in command.
* ManlyFacialHair: Sports a long mustache and is one of Thulsa Doom's most skilled commanders.
* MasterSwordsman: He matches Conan with swords for some time, before his...
* RasputinianDeath: [[spoiler:Conan gloriously offs him with several sword blows]].
* RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: His outfit at the beginning of the film features a cape of black fur and has a large red X on the torso.
* WorthyOpponent: Seems to regard Conan's mother as such. They salute and looked like they were about to duel before Thulsa Doom arrived.
* WreckedWeapon: Rexor wields Conan's father's sword against Conan himself, who breaks it with the Atlantean sword. Rexor still goes on for a second with his broken weapon, until Conan finishes him off.
* YouExclamation: When facing Conan again during the orgy fight.
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[[folder:Thorgrim]]
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!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/SvenOleThorsen

Thulsa Doom's third-in-command, and the tamer of Doom's cult's giant snake.
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* BarbarianLonghair: In keeping with his Music/{{Manowar}}-inspired look.
* TheBrute: A large man who mostly knows how to wield his mallet and not much else.
* BrutishCharacterBrutishWeapon: His favorite weapon is a big mallet that looks like a beer barrel on top of a short pole.
* CoDragons: With Rexor.
* CoolHelmet: Wears two helmets over the course of the film. [[http://archive.thearnoldfans.com/pictures/costars/sven/9_Thorgrim.jpg One that covers half of his face]] during the attack on Conan's village, and a [[https://image.invaluable.com/housePhotos/profilesinhistory/87/589387/H3257-L96344520.jpg spiky and oversized one]] decades later during the Battle of the Mounds.
* DoesNotKnowHisOwnStrength: Causes the collapsing of a pillar with one single swing of his hammer, much to his own surprise.
* DumbMuscle: Thorgrim is nowhere near as smart as his partner, which ends up getting him killed.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: According to Doom, he raised the giant snake in Doom's temple from an egg and has been beside himself with grief ever since Conan killed it.
* FluffyTamer: Took care of Thulsa Doom's giant snake before Conan killed it.
* HornyVikings: His name is evocative of the Norse mythology and his look is very similar to Viking-themed HeavyMetal bands like Music/{{Manowar}}. Given that Sven Ole-Thorsen is Danish, this was probably intentional.
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Thorgrim's habit of smashing things without thinking is used against him by Conan during the Battle of the Mounds by means of a nasty trap that ends up putting a spike roughly the thickness of your average birch tree straight through the big guy's chest. Ouch. And worse, he's still moving.
* LeeroyJenkins: His habit of [[GenreBlindness smashing things without thinking]] gets him killed during the Battle of the Mounds.
* MightyGlacier: Nearly as strong as Conan, but much slower.
* ShirtlessScene: He's shirtless during the orgy fight.
* TheVoiceless: He never speaks once in the film, although he still utters a loud cry of pain as he's impaled by Conan's trap.
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!!Other characters

[[folder:Nial]]
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[[caption-width-right:300:''"For no one, no one in this world can you trust. Not men, not women, not beasts. THIS you can trust ''[shows the sword]''."'']]
!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/WilliamSmith
!!!'''Dubbed by:''' Creator/PierreHatet (European French)

Conan's father.
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* BackStab: One of Thulsa Doom's riders plants an axe in his back.
* BarbarianTribe: Subverted. Conan's tribe is portrayed as peaceful pelts-wearing villagers living in the woods, in contrast with the raid of armored pillagers led by Thulsa Doom, who are from "civilized" cities and come to RapePillageAndBurn.
* BeardOfBarbarism: He is a Cimmerian, and he's bearded.
* TheBlacksmith: He knows the "Enigma of Steel" and puts it in practice to forge himself a CoolSword.
* CoolSword: He forges himself a [[https://www.reliks.com/products/5141/1200x0/2.jpg sword]], which is quite a beautiful piece of work considering the otherwise simple/crude-looking barbarian civilization he is part of.
* DoomedHometown: He is Conan's father and dies watching his village burn.
* {{Fed to the Beast}}s: He is killed by Thulsa Doom's war hounds.
* ForgingScene: The movie's opening shows him forging his sword.
* GoodParents: He clearly adores his son while giving him words of wisdom, which makes his death all the more heart-rending.
* NamedByTheAdaptation: According to the novelization, his name is Nial.
* WeHardlyKnewYe: He dies as part of the DoomedHometown at the beginning of the film.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Maeve]]
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!!!'''Played by:''' Nadiuska

Conan's mother.
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* DoomedHometown: Her son witnesses her death and the sacking and burning of the barbarian village they lived in.
* ForgingScene: She assembles the hilt of her husband's sword.
* MamaBear: She dies while trying to protect her son, sword in hand.
* NamedByTheAdaptation: Her name is never spoken in the movie, but according to the novelization it's Maeve.
* OffWithHerHead: Thulsa Doom beheads her with Nial's sword. Right in front of poor young Conan, no less.
* UglyGuyHotWife: While Nial certainly isn't ugly, his wife is nothing short of stunning.
* TheVoiceless: She never speaks.
* WeHardlyKnewYe: Like her husband, she dies as part of the DoomedHometown at the beginning of the film.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Red Hair]]
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!!!'''Played by:''' Luis Barboo

A slave master who buys Conan and has him trained to use him as a gladiator.
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* BeardOfBarbarism: He doesn't seem to belong to a barbarian horde, but has Conan brought before [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khan_(title) Khan]]-like chiefs, seemingly sharing their very barbarian point of view. And he's bearded.
* GladiatorGames: Buys Conan, forces him into gladiator pit fights and bets on him.
* LikeASonToMe: It's implied he comes to identify more with Conan than his own sons, and this is why he frees his most valuable gladiator.
* NoNameGiven: The character's name is never mentioned in the film, he's simply credited as "Red Hair".
* PetTheDog: He abruptly decides that Conan has been a slave for long enough and sets him free. Though he's drunk at the time, so he probably regretted it in the morning.
* ProfessionalGambler: He bets on Conan during gladiator pit fights. He must have made quite a fortune since Conan never lost a single fight.
* SlaveLiberation: One night, for some reason, he had enough with Conan and broke his SlaveCollar, freeing him.
* SympatheticSlaveOwner: For a given value of "sympathetic". At least he's never seen mistreating Conan (needing him in top shape and one piece anytime there's a pit fight must help) and lets him go after a while.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:King Osric]]
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[[caption-width-right:300:''"You alone have stood up to their god, and what are you? THIEVES!"'']]
!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/MaxVonSydow

The ruler of the kingdom of Zamora.
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* CoolCrown: He wears a headdress that is more akin to a helmet, with red silk, fur and metal parts circling it.
* DespairSpeech: He laments to Conan, Subotai and Valeria about the abduction and brainwashing of his daughter by Thulsa Doom.
-->'''Osric:''' There comes a time, thief, when the jewels cease to sparkle, when the gold loses its luster, when the throne room becomes a prison, and all that is left is a father's love for his child.
* TheGoodKing: Though he is called "Osric the Usurper", he wants nothing more than to save his daughter and fight the cult that is corrupting his kingdom. Indeed, if the stories of Conan and Kull are any indication, the usurper may in fact be a ''liberator''.
* HeroOfAnotherStory: From the narration we learn that King Osric is a northern barbarian who became a king by his own hand. This foreshadows Conan's own later rise to power as king of Aquilonia.
* HeroWithBadPublicity: If his nickname "The Usurper" is any indication.
* HowTheMightyHaveFallen: The {{Narrator}} says that Osric was "once a powerful Northman like my lord, but now old and [[TheAlcoholic sotted]]."
* TheKindnapper: He has Conan, Valeria and Subotai captured by his soldiers and brought to him. Instead of punishing them for breaking into Thulsa Doom's Serpent Cult's tower and landing him in hot water with the cult, he salutes and thanks them for causing so much trouble to his foes, and then hires them to get his daughter back.
* TheUsurper: Stole the former ruler of Zamora's rightful throne, if his nickname is any indication, although he seems to be a good king otherwise.
* LargeHam: Max von Sydow simply let himself go in his only scene.
-->'''Osric:''' Rexor himself has come before me. Threaten me, a king?! What DARING! What OUTRAGEOUSNESS! What INSOLENCE! What ARROGANCE!
-->''[Rises from his throne]''\\
'''Osric:''' I salute you!
* MinorMajorCharacter: He's the king of Zamora, and only shows up in one scene.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: At the very least he wants to rid his kingdom of Thulsa Doom's evil cult.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Princess Yasimina]]
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!!!'''Played by:''' Valérie Quennessen

The daughter of King Osric. She fell under the influence of Thulsa Doom and became one of his closest followers, much to her father's despair.
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* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Is so in thrall to Thulsa Doom that she tries to resist Valeria during her rescue.
* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: After Thulsa Doom's defeat at the Battle of the Mounds, she cries out after him, begging him not to leave her behind. [[TrickArrow He]] [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness complies]]. Fortunately, Subotai saves her in the nick of time.
* FeatherBoaConstrictor: Uses living snakes as body ornaments.
* HeelFaceTurn: At first she is completely devoted to Thulsa Doom. But after Thulsa Doom attempts to kill her with a snake arrow she becomes loyal to Conan.
* LivingMacGuffin: Her only purpose is to get Conan to confront Thulsa Doom.
* MindControl: Her mind is clearly under Thulsa Doom's influence.
* NamedByTheAdaptation: The Princess' name is never said in the movie, but according to the script and novelization her name is "Yasimina".
* SaveThePrincess: King Osric gives a mission to Conan, Subotai and Valeria that is getting his daughter out of Thulsa Doom's clutches.
* SexSlave: It is not sure whether Thulsa Doom himself or one of his male followers used her as a sex slave, but she's surely surrounded by a lot of them in a room that is devoted to orgies. King Osric also says bitterly "She is to be ''his!''" implying that as a princess she's being reserved to be wed by Thulsa himself, who has nefarious designs for her and her power.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: After losing his entire force at the battle of the Mounds, Thulsa Doom temporarily halts his retreat to try bumping her off with another snake arrow, having no further use for her or perhaps just to spite the heroes.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:The Witch]]
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[[caption-width-right:300:''"Do you not wish to warm yourself by my fire?"'']]
!!!'''Played by:''' Cassandra Gava

A witch Conan meets while wandering after finding his Atlantean sword.
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* AmbiguousSituation: It's implied she was actually an evil spirit in a false body or some kind of shapeshifter, given that she explodes when thrown to the fire and becomes a ball of light, but the movie doesn't explain it.
* CreepyMonotone: She speaks the same monotone way throughout her scenes with Conan.
* HoneyTrap: She invites Conan in her hut to warm by her fire, offers him food and drinks, predicts his future and has sex with him. Then she turns into a succubus of sorts.
* HotWitch: She's a witch, and quite a sexpot.
* KillItWithFire: Averted; Conan throws her into her fireplace when she turns into a demon. She does not die but instead transforms into a [[{{Fireballs}} fireball]] and shoots off into the woods with an EvilLaugh.
* TheImmodestOrgasm: Has one while having sex with Conan, just before turning into a succubus.
* MagicalBarefooter: She's barefoot, in line with her wild witch outlook but in spite of the supposedly cold climate. She later takes off everything anyway.
* OurVampiresAreDifferent: She grows vampire-like teeth while having sex with Conan.
* SchmuckBait: A beautiful woman living alone in the woods invites a sword-bearing barbarian into her nice warm hut. Conan is rightfully wary, but nearly falls victim to her anyway. Conan then finds Subotai chained up behind her hut as wolf food, having apparently been captured by her earlier.
* {{Seers}}: She was able to predict Conan's arrival, and she can predict his future. [[spoiler: Not so much the end result of their tryst, though.]]
-->'''Witch:''' They said you would come, from the North. A man of great strength. A conqueror. A man who would someday be king by his own hand. One that would crush the snakes of the Earth.
* SexForServices: Asks for a 'price' from the well-muscled barbarian in exchange for information. However it's just a means of getting her victim close, or maybe [[SexMagic summoning her demon powers]]. Fortunately she moans out the information he wants just before her transformation.
* SuccubiAndIncubi: She turns into a succubus right after her orgasm, growing [[http://www.abandomoviez.net/db/persona/Cassandra_Gava.jpg vampire-like teeth and nails]].
[[/folder]]
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* AmazonianBeauty: She's tall, muscular and is downright gorgeous.

* AmazonianBeauty: She's tall, in terrific shape and is downright gorgeous.

* DisproportionateRetribution: He has an entire village put to the sword and its children enslaved just so he could have a good steel sword.

* SnakePeople: There are some implications he might be some form of this. He doesn't look like a snake on the outside, but he can turn himself into one, can command at snakes (as demonstrated when he turns one into an arrow) and has HypnoticEyes.