Reply to thread

Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jay Verkuilen" data-source="post: 7854466" data-attributes="member: 6873517">They were, though many of their missions are pretty inscrutable, given that they are at the behest of Sheelba of the Eyeless Face or Ningauble of the Seven Eyes. For the most part, Fafhrd and the Mouser are primarily in it for themselves, not for the greater good, although they do serve that from time to time. There are stories to the contrary but many of their stories are pretty much just greed-based, or that's how they start, anyway. One of my favorite stories is "The Two Best Thieves in Lankhmar", where they truly get their comeuppances. I do think, though, that they are quite different stories than most of the "save the world" mission stories that many modern adventures run.Many of Conan's tales are similar. "Red Nails" starts with Valeria looking for loot and Conan following her pretty much because he's looking to get in her pants. Then they get stuck in the adventure proper, though mostly they're motivated by survival. Some of the others are more "mission", though, such as "Hour of the Dragon", which is definitely a "save the world" kind of plot. "Heart of the Elephant" has Conan desiring to steal from the biggest target in town.(One way Conan make more sense to me is to think of these as embellished tales he's telling when he's an old King of Aquilonia, nearing the end of his life, with his Queen, Zenobia, then a mature woman, by his side.)</blockquote>