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<blockquote data-quote="Salamandyr" data-source="post: 5728793" data-attributes="member: 40233"><p>I think it's fair to assume that Conan, where he could, worked to minimize the more monstrous activities of the bandits, pirates, and cutthroats that served him. While he was more than willing to split the skull of any who opposed him, you never once see him brutalizing the weak. Conan in a couple places expressed his distaste at forcing women as well (he does show an inclination to rape one time...the Frost Giant's Daughter, but that could easily have arisen from her ensorcelment) So I imagine, if Howard were asked, he would explain that Conan's men killed the opposition, took the choicest valuables, and left the women and children alive, and unharmed with enough to survive on. Or that he limited his predations to fat merchants, nobles, and enemy warships, farms and villages having little to steal anyway.</p><p></p><p>It's not particularly realistic, but those kinds of scruples also helps explain why Conan kept <em>losing</em> his followers as well. For a charismatic leader guy, he sure got betrayed a lot.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Salamandyr, post: 5728793, member: 40233"] I think it's fair to assume that Conan, where he could, worked to minimize the more monstrous activities of the bandits, pirates, and cutthroats that served him. While he was more than willing to split the skull of any who opposed him, you never once see him brutalizing the weak. Conan in a couple places expressed his distaste at forcing women as well (he does show an inclination to rape one time...the Frost Giant's Daughter, but that could easily have arisen from her ensorcelment) So I imagine, if Howard were asked, he would explain that Conan's men killed the opposition, took the choicest valuables, and left the women and children alive, and unharmed with enough to survive on. Or that he limited his predations to fat merchants, nobles, and enemy warships, farms and villages having little to steal anyway. It's not particularly realistic, but those kinds of scruples also helps explain why Conan kept [I]losing[/I] his followers as well. For a charismatic leader guy, he sure got betrayed a lot. [/QUOTE]
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