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Often considered one of Creator/RobertEHoward's greatest works, it features many of the recurring themes present in his other works, such as the man's innate barbarism and the impermanence of civilization, yet given far more focus here.
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Often considered one of Creator/RobertEHoward's greatest works, it features many of the recurring themes present in his other works, such as the man's innate barbarism and the impermanence of civilization, yet given far more focus here.
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* AristocratsAreEvil: Conan points out the king had no use of this expansion even if he would have bothered sending sufficient force to defend the settlers: they would have lived better and produce way more by turning the barons deer hunting grounds into wheat fields if the prosperity was what mattered.
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* AristocratsAreEvil: Conan points out the king had no use of this expansion even if he would have bothered sending sufficient force to defend the settlers: they would have lived better and produce way more by turning the barons barons' deer hunting grounds into wheat fields if the prosperity was what mattered.
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* EvilColonialist: Downplayed, but the story definitely makes no valid justification for the Aqulonians expanding their kingdom into Pictland, and Conan explicitly says all this claiming of Pict lands is just going to bring retribution from the Picts onto the colonials. The Picts are still treated the same carricatural way most AlwaysChaoticEvil factions are in the settings instead of victims.
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* EvilColonialist: Downplayed, but the story definitely makes no valid justification for the Aqulonians expanding their kingdom into Pictland, and Conan explicitly says all this claiming of Pict lands is just going to bring retribution from the Picts onto the colonials. The Picts are still treated the same carricatural caricatural way most AlwaysChaoticEvil factions are in the settings instead of victims.
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* OffWithHisHead: Zogar Sag has his enemies decapitated so their heads can be offered on an altar.
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* HeroicDog: Slasher is one badass dog that manages to take down several Picts. [[spoiler: Conan even says Slasher fought better than most men at the end.]]
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* AristocratsAreEvil: Conan points out the king had no use of this expansion even if he would have bothered sending sufficient force to defend the settlers: they would have lived better and produce way more by turning the barons deer hunting grounds into wheat fields if the prosperity was what mattered.
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* CallForward: A few element that puts this story earlier than some others in Conan's history.
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* CallForward: A A few element that puts this story earlier than some others in Conan's history.
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* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Conan's woodcraft puts the Picts to shame. While they too can run in the forest without so much as a sound Conan can do it in chainmail and armor, so even when he is ambushed he can soak a few attacks before retaliating.
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* CallForward: A few element that puts this story earlier than some others in Conan's history.
** Conan jokes that the only thing left for him is to become a king.
** He states that nothing in this universe cold steel won't cut. ''The Devil in Iron'' will disabuse him of that notion and so will the ''Scarlet Citadel'' where he yearns for clean foe to slash.
* DarkMessiah: Zothar Sag is able to unite the Pict tribes to raid the settlement thanks to his display of magic. After being imprisoned by the settlers for stealing their ale he uses the power of the forest and promise to take the five heads of the people that arrested him. [[spoiler:He is also the son of one of their god]]
** Conan jokes that the only thing left for him is to become a king.
** He states that nothing in this universe cold steel won't cut. ''The Devil in Iron'' will disabuse him of that notion and so will the ''Scarlet Citadel'' where he yearns for clean foe to slash.
* DarkMessiah: Zothar Sag is able to unite the Pict tribes to raid the settlement thanks to his display of magic. After being imprisoned by the settlers for stealing their ale he uses the power of the forest and promise to take the five heads of the people that arrested him. [[spoiler:He is also the son of one of their god]]
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* AloneInACrowd: Balthus feels alone in Conan's presence.
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* AloneInACrowd: Balthus feels alone in Conan's presence. This is because the Cimmerian is so in tune with the forest Balthus feels him the same way he feels the trees and fauna.
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* EvilColonialist: Downplayed, but the story definitely makes no valid justification for the Aqulonians expanding their kingdom into Pictland, and Conan explicitly says all this claiming of Pict lands is just going to bring retribution from the Picts onto the colonials.
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* EvilColonialist: Downplayed, but the story definitely makes no valid justification for the Aqulonians expanding their kingdom into Pictland, and Conan explicitly says all this claiming of Pict lands is just going to bring retribution from the Picts onto the colonials. The Picts are still treated the same carricatural way most AlwaysChaoticEvil factions are in the settings instead of victims.
