The Crucifixion of Conan Howard

In Conan Howard is always a dark wizard there are dark wizards who have uneasy influence over alliances with the fighting men of that country. There's a I think it's in a witch shall be born that Conan kind of goes head to head with one of the generals of whatever nation and but there's a respect there right? He does kill him at the end yeah always always but that's not a lack of respect in a way, he says. The relationship is actually very touching because that that general actually captures and crucifies Conan which is a really interesting kind of symbolic inclusion given that this is a pre Christian setting.

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