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<blockquote data-quote="Water Bob" data-source="post: 6624369" data-attributes="member: 92305"><p><strong>-- MORE NOTES FROM CONAN THE BARBARIAN --</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p>The book is so much better than the film. Remember the scene in the movie where Conan gets himself captured in the Messantian tavern in order to go to the mines and confront Lucius, the man Conan had cut the nose from his face when he was a boy? In the book, Conan notices the mercenaries looking for the thief, so Conan captures the thief himself and demands to be taken to their guard commander in order to claim the reward.</p><p></p><p>That seems a lot more like Conan that what we saw in the film.</p><p></p><p>I also enjoy the dialogue between Conan and the thief, Ela Shan, where Ela tells Conan how he lifted certain treasures from a villa after Yara's death (The Tower of the Elephant).</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><strong>V. ELA SHAN.</strong> A Shemite thief, from Asgalun (for some reason, the city is Argalon in the movie) . After the death of Yara and the fall of the Elephant Tower, Ela discovered one of Yara's villas and raided it for treasures. He's become known as a master thief with a specialty in picking locks. Why was Shan running from Lucius? Lucius approached him to stealth his way into Khalar Zym's lair at Khor Kalba and steal the Mask of Archeron! This is how Shan knows his way into the ancient city. He's been studying the place for months.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.conanmovieblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Conan-20110701-23.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><strong>VI. THE RED WASTES.</strong> The name refers not to the color of the place but to the amount of blood that has seeped into the ground. The Red Wastes are somewhat inland and east from the northern coast of Shem.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><strong>VII. TAMARA</strong>. Full name is Tamara Amaliat Jorvi Karushan. Monk. She is the Pure Blood that Khalar Zym seeks.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><strong>VIII. KHALAR ZYM.</strong> Bandit Warlord. Started raiding 20-30 years ago. Artus remembers tales of him when the Zingaran was a kid. Has taken the ruined city of Khor Kalba as his personal fortress. When Zym completed the Mask of Archeron, having found the last piece of it in Conan's village somewhere around 20 years ago, he expected it to activate. He did not know that blood was required. He slaughtered entire villages and poured gallons of blood upon the Mask to no avail. It was Marique, in her studies, that discovered that the Mask required a certain kind of blood, that of a pure-blood Archeronian (a race thought to be extinct). Thus, the hunt for the Pure Blood began.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://wir.skyrock.net/wir/v1/resize/?c=isi&im=%2F1403%2F59521403%2Fpics%2F3018240357_1_3_jVSt3na0.jpg&w=760" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><strong>IX. SHAIPUR OUTPOST.</strong> This abandon outpost is on the coast of Shem. From Messantia, the <em>Hornet</em> sails to the coast of Shem and up a muddy river, where Conan is set aground with horse. Conan will travel inland and east, towards the Red Waste, and Artus will take the ship down the coast on a parallel course to a bay near the outpost.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><strong>X. SHAIPUR RAVINE.</strong> This must be a pass between Argos and Shem. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><strong>XI. MARIQUE.</strong> Khalar Zym's daughter. She has arcane tattoos across her head, down to her shoulders. She drew the tattoos for the legion's tattooist, then had her father slay the tattooist so that he may never again make the marks. She follows the ways of the ancient priest-kings of Acheron. Stackpole does an excellent job writing Marique in the novel. He's given the character subtle "daddy issues" that are never explained overtly. But, you can tell, she yearns for Khalar's love. In fact, sick as it might sound, there are spots in the novel where I thought Marique might be trying to replace her mother in Zym's arms as well as other ways. Zym, at least, is not evil in this regard. His daughter seems to be a second thought to him, behind his grief over his dead wife and his lust for power.</p><p></p><p>Marique also shows more sorcerous power in the book than she does in the film. In once scene, Scouts were brought before the warlord and the witch. But, these were not normal scouts. She turned them to face into the Red Waste, drew a run between their shoulder blades using mud, then pressed her finger into the heart of the design, which laid right over the men's spines. What she whispered in their ears could age a man by 20 years if spoken louder. Then, she ordered, "Eyes closed. Tell me what you see." One of them sees nothing, but the other points toward the Waste and says, "There. It's beckoning. Blue, a soft blue, tendrils, weaving and flowing. Inviting. Mingling."</p><p></p><p>Marique says to the Scout, "Do not look where they conjoin, but follow the lines. Ignore the knots, do not get lost in the knots, follow the skein."</p><p></p><p>The other Scout speaks up, "But I see nothing."</p><p></p><p>"I know," says the witch, "One of you had to be blinded so the other could see. Remo, kill him."</p><p></p><p>That's awesome! That's some cool, very gritty, Hyborian Age type sorcery! More of that should have been in the film.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.ramascreen.com/wp-content/uploads/Conan-The-Barbarian-Rose-McGowan-Marique.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><strong>XII. THE LAND SHIP.</strong> Carried on the backs of eight elephants, Zym has taken a sailing vessel and ordered it customized as his mobile headquarters. Yes, Zym takes some pride in this demonstration of his wealth and power, but that's not why the Land Ship was created. It's creation was ordered to fulfill an ancient prophecy necessary in obtaining the Mask of Acheron. Obviously, I think Michael Stackpole thought the Land Ship as silly as the rest of us, but at least he took some time to give it relevance in the story. Marique has quite a library of Archeronian lore contained in the old of the vessel. Most of these scrolls and books were tracked down by Zym and her mother.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><strong>XIII. MALIVIA.</strong> This is Zym's dead wife, Marique's mother. She was burned to death, accused of being an Acheronian witch. Zym intends to use the power of the Mask to raise Malivia from the dead.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Water Bob, post: 6624369, member: 92305"] [b]-- MORE NOTES FROM CONAN THE BARBARIAN --[/b] The book is so much better than the film. Remember the scene in the movie where Conan gets himself captured in the Messantian tavern in order to go to the mines and confront Lucius, the man Conan had cut the nose from his face when he was a boy? In the book, Conan notices the mercenaries looking for the thief, so Conan captures the thief himself and demands to be taken to their guard commander in order to claim the reward. That seems a lot more like Conan that what we saw in the film. I also enjoy the dialogue between Conan and the thief, Ela Shan, where Ela tells Conan how he lifted certain treasures from a villa after Yara's death (The Tower of the Elephant). [b]V. ELA SHAN.[/b] A Shemite thief, from Asgalun (for some reason, the city is Argalon in the movie) . After the death of Yara and the fall of the Elephant Tower, Ela discovered one of Yara's villas and raided it for treasures. He's become known as a master thief with a specialty in picking locks. Why was Shan running from Lucius? Lucius approached him to stealth his way into Khalar Zym's lair at Khor Kalba and steal the Mask of Archeron! This is how Shan knows his way into the ancient city. He's been studying the place for months. [img]http://www.conanmovieblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Conan-20110701-23.jpg[/img] [b]VI. THE RED WASTES.[/b] The name refers not to the color of the place but to the amount of blood that has seeped into the ground. The Red Wastes are somewhat inland and east from the northern coast of Shem. [b]VII. TAMARA[/b]. Full name is Tamara Amaliat Jorvi Karushan. Monk. She is the Pure Blood that Khalar Zym seeks. [b]VIII. KHALAR ZYM.[/b] Bandit Warlord. Started raiding 20-30 years ago. Artus remembers tales of him when the Zingaran was a kid. Has taken the ruined city of Khor Kalba as his personal fortress. When Zym completed the Mask of Archeron, having found the last piece of it in Conan's village somewhere around 20 years ago, he expected it to activate. He did not know that blood was required. He slaughtered entire villages and poured gallons of blood upon the Mask to no avail. It was Marique, in her studies, that discovered that the Mask required a certain kind of blood, that of a pure-blood Archeronian (a race thought to be extinct). Thus, the hunt for the Pure Blood began. [img]http://wir.skyrock.net/wir/v1/resize/?c=isi&im=%2F1403%2F59521403%2Fpics%2F3018240357_1_3_jVSt3na0.jpg&w=760[/img] [b]IX. SHAIPUR OUTPOST.[/b] This abandon outpost is on the coast of Shem. From Messantia, the [i]Hornet[/i] sails to the coast of Shem and up a muddy river, where Conan is set aground with horse. Conan will travel inland and east, towards the Red Waste, and Artus will take the ship down the coast on a parallel course to a bay near the outpost. [b]X. SHAIPUR RAVINE.[/b] This must be a pass between Argos and Shem. [b]XI. MARIQUE.[/b] Khalar Zym's daughter. She has arcane tattoos across her head, down to her shoulders. She drew the tattoos for the legion's tattooist, then had her father slay the tattooist so that he may never again make the marks. She follows the ways of the ancient priest-kings of Acheron. Stackpole does an excellent job writing Marique in the novel. He's given the character subtle "daddy issues" that are never explained overtly. But, you can tell, she yearns for Khalar's love. In fact, sick as it might sound, there are spots in the novel where I thought Marique might be trying to replace her mother in Zym's arms as well as other ways. Zym, at least, is not evil in this regard. His daughter seems to be a second thought to him, behind his grief over his dead wife and his lust for power. Marique also shows more sorcerous power in the book than she does in the film. In once scene, Scouts were brought before the warlord and the witch. But, these were not normal scouts. She turned them to face into the Red Waste, drew a run between their shoulder blades using mud, then pressed her finger into the heart of the design, which laid right over the men's spines. What she whispered in their ears could age a man by 20 years if spoken louder. Then, she ordered, "Eyes closed. Tell me what you see." One of them sees nothing, but the other points toward the Waste and says, "There. It's beckoning. Blue, a soft blue, tendrils, weaving and flowing. Inviting. Mingling." Marique says to the Scout, "Do not look where they conjoin, but follow the lines. Ignore the knots, do not get lost in the knots, follow the skein." The other Scout speaks up, "But I see nothing." "I know," says the witch, "One of you had to be blinded so the other could see. Remo, kill him." That's awesome! That's some cool, very gritty, Hyborian Age type sorcery! More of that should have been in the film. [img]http://www.ramascreen.com/wp-content/uploads/Conan-The-Barbarian-Rose-McGowan-Marique.jpg[/img] [b]XII. THE LAND SHIP.[/b] Carried on the backs of eight elephants, Zym has taken a sailing vessel and ordered it customized as his mobile headquarters. Yes, Zym takes some pride in this demonstration of his wealth and power, but that's not why the Land Ship was created. It's creation was ordered to fulfill an ancient prophecy necessary in obtaining the Mask of Acheron. Obviously, I think Michael Stackpole thought the Land Ship as silly as the rest of us, but at least he took some time to give it relevance in the story. Marique has quite a library of Archeronian lore contained in the old of the vessel. Most of these scrolls and books were tracked down by Zym and her mother. [b]XIII. MALIVIA.[/b] This is Zym's dead wife, Marique's mother. She was burned to death, accused of being an Acheronian witch. Zym intends to use the power of the Mask to raise Malivia from the dead. [/QUOTE]
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