Zamora's Royal Power Versus Set's Priests

Conan the Barbarian

A kingdom's slow surrender to a religious empire, from tolerated shrines to the murder of its king and the final rupture of the cult.

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The Towers Everywhere The Towers Everywhere from "Conan the Barbarian". The Towers Everywhere A food vendor tells Conan that the cult of Set now has a tower in every town of Zamora.

The Towers Everywhere from "Conan the Barbarian". The Towers Everywhere A food vendor tells Conan that the cult of Set now has a tower in every town of Zamora.

The Towers Everywhere A food vendor tells Conan that the cult of Set now has a tower in every town of Zamora. The Recent Spread The religion was a little band only years ago; now its towers darken the sky. Its growth is the most dangerous story in the realm. The Mother Tower The Tower of the Black Serpent in Shadizar is the mother of them all, the heart of a political serpent wrapping the kingdom.

The Helpless Crown The Helpless Crown from "Conan the Barbarian". The Helpless Crown Osric admits he cannot move against the priests because many of his people see him as a foreign king with no true claim.

The Helpless Crown from "Conan the Barbarian". The Helpless Crown Osric admits he cannot move against the priests because many of his people see him as a foreign king with no true claim.

The Helpless Crown Osric admits he cannot move against the priests because many of his people see him as a foreign king with no true claim. The Guard's Fear Even his bravest warriors shrink from the cult, and nightly deaths silence opposition. The Thieves as Army The king's desperation is so complete that he commissions three gutter-thieves to do what his kingdom cannot.

The Priests' Boldness The Priests' Boldness from "Conan the Barbarian". The Priests' Boldness Yaro enters the throne room and announces the cult's audacious plan to marry the king's daughter.

The Priests' Boldness from "Conan the Barbarian". The Priests' Boldness Yaro enters the throne room and announces the cult's audacious plan to marry the king's daughter.

The Priests' Boldness Yaro enters the throne room and announces the cult's audacious plan to marry the king's daughter. The Throne as Vassal Zamora is to become the true kingdom of Set and the center of an expanding empire. The crown is a puppet already. The King's Defiance Osric calls the union monstrous and invokes his guards, a defiance that signs his death warrant.

The Guard's Apostasy The Guard's Apostasy from "Conan the Barbarian". The Guard's Apostasy The two guards Osric trusted most prove to be the cult's sleepers.

The Guard's Apostasy from "Conan the Barbarian". The Guard's Apostasy The two guards Osric trusted most prove to be the cult's sleepers.

The Guard's Apostasy The two guards Osric trusted most prove to be the cult's sleepers. The Mind-Stealing Doctrine In answer to Yaro's question, they draw swords as if hypnotized, confirming the cult's infiltration of the very palace. The Crash of the Crown Osric's death leaves Zamora with no king and a queen still lost in the Mountain.

The Broken Hierarchy The Broken Hierarchy from "Conan the Barbarian". The Broken Hierarchy Doom's death cuts the cult's head; Yaro's murder by his own followers cuts its limbs.

The Broken Hierarchy from "Conan the Barbarian". The Broken Hierarchy Doom's death cuts the cult's head; Yaro's murder by his own followers cuts its limbs.

The Broken Hierarchy Doom's death cuts the cult's head; Yaro's murder by his own followers cuts its limbs. The Towers Begin to Empty The shrines across Zamora lose their purpose, though Conan warns that snakes are hard to kill. The Queen's New Power Yasimina inherits a troubled throne but now moves against scattered cultists with the moral force of a survivor.

during the food-stall conversation in Shadizar

during Osric's audience with the thieves

when Yaro demands Yasimina for Doom

the night of Osric's murder

after Doom's death