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* NoEnding: The novel ends with [[spoiler:Conan and Valeria in the middle of nowhere rushing to investigate what has just killed their horses]]. Anyone wanting to know what happened next will need to read ''Literature/RedNails'' to find out how that is resolved.
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* {{Revision}}: While the novel doesn't directly contradict anything that is established in ''Literature/RedNails'', it shows Conan and Valeria interacting with each other while serving in Zarallo's mercenaries to a far greater degree that their dialogue at the start of the novella implied, having had an entire adventure together already.
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* {{Revision}}: While the novel doesn't directly contradict anything that is established in ''Literature/RedNails'', it shows Conan and Valeria interacting with each other while serving in Zarallo's mercenaries to a far greater degree that than their dialogue at the start of the novella implied, having had an entire adventure together already.
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* DoggedNiceGuy: Conan, strangely enough, toward Valeria. He sticks close to her hoping to impress her enough with how much more powerful, skillful, and honorable he is compared to the other available men she might take to bed. He seems certain it's a matter of ''when'', not ''if'', she'll fall into his arms. [[spoiler:"Red Nails" indicates his confidence was not misplaced.]]
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* {{Revision}}: While the novel doesn't directly contradict anything that is established in ''Literature/RedNails'', it shows Conan and Valeria interacting with each other while serving in Zarallo's mercenaries to a far greater degree that their dialogue at the start of the novella implied, having had an entire adventure together already.
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* SlaveLiberation: Type 3. [[spoiler:The new slaves arriving at the mine take the opportunity of their guards being distracted by used-up slaves being sacrificed to Set to kill them and break free. Before anyone can react, hundreds of slaves are grabbing rocks and making for their mining tools to violently claim their freedom.]]
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* SlaveLiberation: Type 3. [[spoiler:The new slaves arriving at the mine take the opportunity of their guards being distracted by used-up slaves being sacrificed to Set to kill them and break free. Before anyone can react, hundreds of slaves are grabbing rocks and making for their mining tools to violently claim their freedom. This puts Conan in the odd position of siding with the slavers, something he does not typically do.]]
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* SlaveLiberation: Type 3. [[spoiler:The new slaves arriving at the mine take the opportunity of their guards being distracted by used-up slaves being sacrificed to Set to kill them and break free. Before anyone can react, hundreds of slaves are grabbing rocks and making for their mining tools to violently claim their freedom.]]
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* PerspectiveFlip: The final scene of the novel shows the first scene of ''Literature/RedNails'', but from Conan's perspective.
* {{Prequel}}: This story is an immediate prequel to ''Literature/RedNails'', with Conan and Valeria serving in Zarallo's mercenaries in Sukhmet and the circumstances that led them to where the were in that story. The final scene of the novel is the first scene of the novella.
* {{Prequel}}: This story is an immediate prequel to ''Literature/RedNails'', with Conan and Valeria serving in Zarallo's mercenaries in Sukhmet and the circumstances that led them to where the were in that story. The final scene of the novel is the first scene of the novella.
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* PerspectiveFlip: The final scene of the novel shows the first scene of ''Literature/RedNails'', but from Conan's perspective.
perspective, rather than Valeria's.
* {{Prequel}}: This story is an immediate prequel to ''Literature/RedNails'', with Conan and Valeria serving in Zarallo's mercenaries in Sukhmet and the showing the circumstances that led them to wherethe they were in that story. The final scene of the this novel is actually the first scene of the novella.
* {{Prequel}}: This story is an immediate prequel to ''Literature/RedNails'', with Conan and Valeria serving in Zarallo's mercenaries in Sukhmet and the showing the circumstances that led them to where
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* SuperPersistentPredator: The novel features a considerable variety of dangerous predators that pursue their victims with a persistence at odds with their known behavior. JustifiedTrope because [[spoiler:there is nothing natural about the animals' behavior, it is the result of the sorcery of a Priest of Set who is compelling them to try to kill Valeria. Said sorcerer/priest also puts a dying curse on Conan to make every predator in the region come after him.]]
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* SuperPersistentPredator: The novel features a considerable variety of dangerous predators that pursue their victims with a vicious persistence at odds with their known behavior. JustifiedTrope because [[spoiler:there is nothing natural about the animals' behavior, it is the result of the sorcery of a Priest of Set who is compelling them to try to kill Valeria. Said sorcerer/priest also puts a dying curse on Conan to make every predator in the region come after him.]]
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* HelmetsAreHardlyHeroic: Averted. Conan's mercenary kit includes a helmet, and he goes without more because of the heat than anything else,bnd claps it on when necessary. [[spoiler:His not wearing it during the slave revolt nearly gets him brained by a thrown rock; he immediately puts it on to prevent a recurrence.]]
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* HelmetsAreHardlyHeroic: Averted. Conan's mercenary kit includes a helmet, and he goes without more because of the heat than anything else,bnd else, and claps it on when necessary. [[spoiler:His not wearing it during the slave revolt nearly gets him brained by a thrown rock; he immediately puts it on to prevent a recurrence.]]
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* GroinAttack: After a tense stand-off with a handsy Stygian, when Valeria makes one last remark he can't ignore, the man prepares for violence, and Valeria defused it with a sea boot to the nethers.
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* GroinAttack: After a tense stand-off with a handsy Stygian, when Valeria makes one last remark he can't ignore, the man prepares for violence, and Valeria defused defuses it with a sea boot to the nethers.
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* ForeignFanservice: In Stygia, Valeria gets a lot of attention because as a Northerner, her blonde hair, pale skin, and impressive height all make her exotic. Some comments indicate Stygians in general like getting Northern women, especially as slaves, for their exotic beauty, and imply the reverse is also true, with Northerners buying slaves from Stygia and further south in the Black Kingdoms.
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** Conan muses about Stygians keeping pet snakes, considered sacred thanks to the country's official god being Set, but is thankful Sukhmet doesn't have the larger serpents, like Khemi does, and notes those snakes are permitted to wander and devour whoever they want, as avatars of Set, and that Conan has killed one instead of let it eat him. Conan will face another such serpent, and kill it instead of letting it eat him, in "Literature/HourOfTheDragon."
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** Conan muses about Stygians keeping pet snakes, considered sacred thanks to the country's official god being Set, but is thankful Sukhmet doesn't have the larger serpents, like Khemi does, and notes those snakes are permitted to wander and devour whoever they want, as avatars of Set, and that Conan has killed one instead of let it eat him. Conan will face another such serpent, and kill it instead of letting it eat him, in "Literature/HourOfTheDragon."Literature/TheHourOfTheDragon."
