Conan the Savage is a 1992 sword and sorcery

Sword and sorcery

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 novel written by Leonard Carpenter

Leonard Carpenter

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 featuring Conan the Barbarian

Conan the Barbarian

Conan the Barbarian is a fictional sword and sorcery hero that originated in pulp fiction magazines and has since been adapted to books, comics, several films , television programs, video games, roleplaying games and other media...

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Plot synopsis

After cheating death with his escape from a Brythunian prison mine, Conan is badly injured in a fight with a bear

Bear

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. He is nursed back to health by Songa, whom he eventually lives with. Conan finds her tribe's simplicity rewarding, but his idyllic life is disrupted when Brythunian soldiers, under orders to find the magic gems Songa's tribe use, attack and destroy his village.

The other narrative is the story of the sorcerer

Sorcerer

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 Tamsin, who watches her mother get rape

Rape

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d and her family killed by mercenaries hired by Brythunia's king. She gains magical powers of revenge

Revenge

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 through the power of her doll

Doll

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, who is inhabited by Ninga, a minor deity. Tamsin kills Brythunia's King Typhas and becomes ruler. When Conan comes to Brythunia's capital looking for vengeance, he battles Tamsin and eventually destroys her doll and her power.

Chronological notes

There is no specific age given in Conan the Savage. There is a reference to Conan's time spent with raiding with the Vanir

Vanir

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