Sancha, from Donald M. Grant's limited edition "Pool of the Black One"Sancha of Kordava
(circa The Pool of the Black One)


Medium Human Female
3rd level Aristocrat

Hit Dice: 3D8 + 6 (21 hit points)
Inititiative: +3 (Dex)
Speed: 30 ft.
Armor Class: 13 (+3 Dex)
Attacks: dagger +1 Melee
Damage: dagger 1D4-1
Face/Reach: 5 ft x 5 ft/ 5ft
Saves: Fort +1, Ref +4, Will +4
Attributes: Str 8, Dex 16, Con 14, Int 11, Wis 12, Cha 15
Skills: Appraise +6, Bluff +8, Diplomacy +8, Perform (dance) +8, Swim +7, Profession (sailor) +1
Feats: Skill Focus (Swim), Endurance

Climate/Terrain: Pirate ship Wastrel
Organization: Solitary
Challenge Rating: 2
Treasure: None
Alignment: Chaotic Neutral
Advancement: by character class

 

Sancha had been the spoiled and petted daughter of the Duke of Kordava, until Zaporavo tore her screaming from the flaming caravel his pirates had plundered.  She learned what it was to be a buccaneer's plaything, supple enough to bend without breaking, living where other women had died.  She soon even came to enjoy the lifestyle, the battle, pillage, murder, and flight.  Soon Zaporavo would talk to her of his plans even when he was silent about them to his own crew.  She even swore with proficiency from her association with the pirate crews.

Nudity bothered her little, and she often wore nothing more than a pair of sandles and a sheer kirtle on deck.  She was nude throughout most of the story, "The Pool of the Black One".

Combat

Sancha is quite capable of defending herself against human foes, but apt to freeze and scream at the prospect of fighting inhuman foes.  She fights with a dagger, as many Hyborian noblewomen are taught to do.

Conan and Sancha

Sancha and Conan leaving the Isle of the Black Ones

"The Pool of the Black One" by Robert E. Howard first appeared in the October 1933 issue of Weird Tales.  It can be found also in the Lancer/Ace collection "Conan the Adventurer" and in Donald M. Grant's "The Pool of the Black One."  It is currently available in the British "Conan Chronicles Volume 1: The People of the Black Circle".

All the artwork on this page comes from the Donald M. Grant edition of this story.

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