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The Hour of the Dragon
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Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_content_3'); })The Hour of the Dragon is the only full length Conan the Barbarian novel by Robert E. Howard. Published in 5 parts, from December, 1935 to April, 1936.An ancient wizard named Xaltotun is brought Back from the Dead by a group of Nemedian conspirators using the Heart of Ahriman. Xaltotun seeks to conquer the world, but first he sets his eyes on Aquilonia, and its king, Conan. Using his dark magic, he defeats Conan and locks him away, setting his forces to reap the spoils of Conan's fallen kingdom.A slave girl named Zenobia, who has fallen in love with Conan, helps him to escape and steal the Heart of Ahriman. Unfortunately, Conan loses the Heart, and must travel from one end of Hyboria to the other in order to get it back, having many adventures along the way. All the while he is pursued by Xaltotun's evil minions, who seek to reclaim the Heart.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_content_2'); })After reclaiming the Heart, Conan rallies his forces, including an order of good magic users called the Cult of Asura, and sets out to reclaim his kingdom and save the world from Xaltotun.Marvel Comics attempted an adaptation in their Conan the Barbarian comic book, but it was never completed. They had more success in their Savage Sword of Conan magazine. Darkhorse Comics would make their own comic adaptation years later.The story received a loose adaptation with the 1997's Kull The Conqueror movie. | |
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Dragon-in-Chief | |
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Dragon-in-Chief: Two-fold. Amalric is merely a baron, nominally subordinate to both Tarascus and Valerius, but everyone knows his wealth and power is what really drives the takeover of both Nemedia and Aquilonia. And in the final battle, it is his death that puts the final nail in the coffin of those opposing Conan. But above even him is Xaltotun; he theoretically has no political power at all, but when, late in the story, he tells the others that he is "the real master of the western nations," they are chilled by the sudden realization that he is correct. | |
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Villain Opening Scene | |
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Villain Opening Scene: With the conspirators as they bring Xalotun back to life. | |
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Virgin Sacrifice | |
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Virgin Sacrifice: Xaltotun attempts this to unleash an unholy fury upon the heroes, but is stopped. | |
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Genre Savvy: The first time we see Conan in person, he clearly isn't buying the idea that the recent plague in Nemedia was a natural occurrence. | |
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Happy Rain: The end of the plague is a storm. | |
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Royals Who Actually Do Something: Big time. The novel begins with Conan leading an army into battle, then he escapes from the dungeons of Nemedia, then he goes on a quest to recover the only weapon capable of destroying Xaltotun, and the novel ends with him rallying an army to his cause and defeating the invaders. Conan is probably the most proactive king in fantasy since King Arthur. | |
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Wrong Genre Savvy | |
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Wrong Genre Savvy: Tarascus believes the Heart of Ahriman is the source (or at the very least, an amplifier) of Xaltotun's black magic, so he has it stolen from where Xaltotun hides it and replaced with a fake one so his men can dispose of it in hopes Xaltotun will be weakened in case of inevitable betrayal. In fact, the Heart is the only thing that can actually counter Xaltotun's dark magics, and Conan's quest and victory is only made possible by this act. | |
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Blood Magic | |
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Blood Magic: Why Xaltotun lets his allies die. | |
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When the Clock Strikes Twelve: When executions are held. | |
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Kick the Dog: Xaltotun turns the belt of a soldier into a deadly snake, which promptly kills the poor soldier with its venom. Xaltotun does this simply to illustrate to his allies how dangerous he is. | |
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Burn the Witch! | |
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Burn the Witch!: Happens to Zelata, fortunatly she is saved by Conan. | |
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Fourth-Date Marriage | |
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Fourth Date Marriage: After Zenobia helps Conan escape from the dungeons of Nemedia's Royal Palace, Conan rewards her by marrying her and making her the queen of Aquilonia. Even in the few pages they're together, some effort is made to show why Conan would like her for queen. She loves him devotedly, but is very sensible, brings him proper weapons, steals a perfect horse for him, and keeps her head in a crisis. | |
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Artifact of Doom | |
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Artifact of Doom: Inverted with the Heart of Ahriman, which is an artifact of pure good. When Xaltotun comes into posession of it, he hides it in a box because he knows that it can not be used to aid his evil magic. He also knows that it's the only thing capable of destroying him. | |
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Happily Ever After: In the very last sentence of the book, Conan speaks of Zenobia, the slave girl who saved him at great risk to herself: "She was a slave in Nemedia, but I will make a queen in Aquilonia". Howard wrote no Conan adventures set beyond this moment, evidently intending his hero to have some bit of rest in a blissful happy marriage. | |
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Girl in the Tower: Countess Albiona. | |
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Power Crystal | |
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Power Crystal: The Heart of Ahriman, aside from being the MacGuffin, is a magical artifact so powerful and mysterious that it can bring the dead back to life which no other magic can do - and that is considered one of the least of its abilities. Not even Xaltotun, the greatest Acheronian sorcerer of his day had unlocked all or even most of its secrets. Xaltotun even feared it for this reason and kept it safely hidden because it could undo him easily. | |
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The Caligula | |
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The Caligula: Valerius' reign as false king of Aquilonia is known for such debauchery and decadence that even his own allies tell him that he's overdoing it. What they don't realize he's intentionally doing it. | |
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Book-Ends: The story begins and ends with the army of Aquilonia going into battle with the army of Nemedia. | |
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Magic Is Evil | |
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Magic Is Evil: Subverted. Unlike most Conan stories written by Howard, in which Conan overcomes evil wizards or supernatural monsters via mundane means, Conan in this story is aided by good-aligned magic users such as Zelata and the Cult of Asura. | |
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Noble Wolf | |
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Noble Wolf: Zelata has one. | |
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Beautiful Slave Girl | |
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Beautiful Slave Girl: Zenobia, who is a harem slave to the King of Nemedia (although he has so many girls in his harem that he has never touched her). | |
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Dark Is Not Evil | |
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Dark Is Not Evil: The Cult of Asura. Its members wear dark robes and are extremely secretive, but they happily aid Conan in regaining his throne. | |
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Names to Run Away from Really Fast: Xaltotun of Python. | |
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Fisher King | |
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Fisher King: Conan's loss of his throne and the corresponding loss of the Heart of Ahriman leads to the devastation of Aquilonia. Though not exactly mystical, this was very much deliberate as Howard was writing the story for a British market. | |
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Scarily Competent Tracker | |
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Scarily Competent Tracker: The Khitan assassins Valerius sics on Conan pursue him across several kingdoms and an ocean without much trouble. They appear to be doing much of it just by smell. | |
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Secret Circle of Secrets | |
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Secret Circle of Secrets: The cult of Asura. | |
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The Undead | |
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The Undead: The Heart of Ahriman can grant a sort of false life to long dead and mummified corpses that has all the appearance and function of true life - however it is still a false life and can be undone by the same magic from the jewel that granted it. | |
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Mugging the Monster | |
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Mugging the Monster: A galley captain is short a seaman and decides to kidnap an unconscious Conan. Conan reacts exactly as you would expect him to. | |
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El Cid Ploy | |
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El Cid Ploy: When Conan is disabled by sorcery before the first battle, his advisers try this (over Conan's objections; Conan himself asked them to strap him into his saddle so he could still lead the charge). It fails, because the stand-in doesn't have Conan's battle experience and falls for a trap — just as Xaltotun planned. | |
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Our Liches Are Different | |
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Our Liches Are Different: Xaltotun | |
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Slave Galley | |
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Slave Galley: Conan get shanghaied to served in one, at least until he takes over the galley in question. | |
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Back from the Dead | |
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Back from the Dead: Xaltotun at the beginning of the story. | |
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Ominous Fog: Valerius curses it. | |
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Villainous Breakdown | |
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Villainous Breakdown: Xaltotun has one when he sees that Hadrathus and Zelata have the Heart of Ahriman in their possession. | |
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Big Bad | |
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Big Bad: Xaltotun. | |
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Nature Hero | |
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Nature Hero: Zelata the witch. She lives away from civilisation, finds animals to be much more friendly than humans, and has both a wolf and eagle for companions. | |
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Our Vampires Are Different | |
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Our Vampires Are Different | |
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Cool Sword | |
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Cool Sword: A good, practical one. | |
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MacGuffin | |
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MacGuffin: The Heart of Ahriman. | |
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Love at First Sight | |
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Love at First Sight: When Zenobia first appears at the door of Conan's cell and offers to free him, he is initially suspicious of her motives. She explains: "I have loved you, King Conan, ever since I saw you riding at the head of your knights when you visited King Nimed years ago. My heart tugged at its strings to leap from my bosom and fall in the dust of the street under your horse's hooves". | |
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Two Aliases, One Character | |
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Two Aliases, One Character: In Argos, the fact that Conan the Cimmerian, King of Aquilonia and Amra the Lion, the legendary pirate, are one and the same is known to a select few. | |
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Evil Is Not Well-Lit | |
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Evil Is Not Well-Lit: They imprison Conan there. | |
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Obfuscating Insanity | |
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Obfuscating Insanity: Though Valerius seems to be a completely debauched wastrel, there is a method to his madness. He hates pretty much everyone in both Aquilonia and Nemedia, especially Amalric, and wants to ruin both kingdoms so thoroughly that Amalric's imperial ambitions will never be realized. | |
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A Nazi by Any Other Name | |
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A Nazi by Any Other Name: The book was written in late 1933 or early 1934, shortly after Hitler took power in Germany. Looking at the map appearing in every Conan book it is clear that Aquilonia is France and Nemedia is Germany - hereditary enemies. There is a new regime in Nemedia, which initially arouses enthusiasm, immediately starts planning war and conquest, and perpetrates countless atrocities. Xaltotun plans to perpetrate "the greatest bloodbath the world had ever seen" in order to bring back the glories of an ancient empire. Nemedia/Germany occupies Aquilonia/France, puts a collaborator regime in power, brutally oppresses the Aquilonian Resistance. Finally, the Aquilonians are liberated and take grim revenge on those who had collaborated with the occupiers. Howard, who would not live to see the Second World War, made a fairly accurate prediction. | |
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Seers | |
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Seers: A cryptic one. | |
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Cool Old Lady | |
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Cool Old Lady: Zelata. | |
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Our Ghouls Are Creepier | |
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Our Ghouls Are Creepier | |
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DeadlyDecadentCourt | |
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Deadly Decadent Court: Valerius turns the Aquilonian court into this after taking over. | |
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Famed In-Story | |
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Famed In-Story: Conan. He uses it. | |
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Rightful King Returns | |
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Rightful King Returns: Twice. | |
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Turncoat | |
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Turn Coat: Publio. | |
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The Vamp | |
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The Vamp: Akivasha. | |
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Killer Gorilla | |
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Killer Gorilla: Conan encounters one while escaping from a Nemedian dungeon. | |
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The Starscream | |
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The Starscream: Almaric wanted to manipulate his allies in order to become the emperor of the hyborian kingdoms. | |
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The Power of Friendship | |
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The Power of Friendship: Many of Conan's triumphs in this story are due to assistance from allies that he helped at some point in the past. The villains, on the other hand, ultimately fail because they have their own conflicting secret agendas, do not trust each other, and cannot work together effectively. In fact, the villain's downfall began the very moment Tarascus stole the Heart of Ahriman without Xaltotun's knowledge, believing it was the source of his power but in reality was the only thing capable of stopping him, and sends it away. This is the only reason why Conan is able to go on his quest for it, retrieve the Heart, and put an end to the villain's plans. | |
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