valeria-hyborian-ohotcu VALERIA
of the RED BROTHERHOOD

Real Name: Merina;
    renamed Valeria by her uncle Brandus/Kirkos

Identity/Class: Human;
    Hyborian era (circa 10,000 BC);
    Aquilonian citizen

Occupation: Pirate, mercenary, warrior

Group Membership: Red Brotherhood;
    formerly the Free Companions, crew of the Eryx (notably Rovik and Skel), crew of the Red Hand, crew of the Pelican, crew of the Sea Fox (Baccar, Ghorus, Mhuto, Rafe, Shad, many others; unidentified mutineers), crew of Gowar's ship (including Agir, Gowar, Katur of Stygia, Muzumbe, Naguth and Tobak), crew of Rogarth of Vanaheim's ship

Affiliations: Conan of Cimmeria, Dexitheus, Dobanpu, Emwaya, Enduin of the Go'Hengi, Fox, Garth (mercenary), the Ichiribu, Kirkos (ship captain), Metallus of Messantia, Mokassa, Lady Morganis of Kordava, Njall, General Prospero, Publio, Ram Lal, Red Sonja of Hyrkania, Rhonk and an unidentified ally, Rogarth of Vanaheim, Rovik, Seyganko, Shad, Skel, Strombanni, Techotl, Count Trocero, Varnigern and his crew, Ymac, Zora; unidentified pirate on Zingaran galley (SSoC225/2); ; three former candidates for the Order of the Chalice of Tarim who renounced the Order; bear mother and her cub (SSoC179)
    unidentified Kothian who told her of the Heart of the Earth; unidentified Shemite trader; unidentified thief along the road to Messantia (SSoC172);
    formerly Agir, Bewayo of the Go'Hengi, Black Zarano, Friends of the River (crocodiles), Gestuin, Go'Hengi tribe, Gowar and crew, Hedin and the people of Baqqa, Iron Damsels (Lupara, Marika, Persephone, Soraya), Captain Makhis of Stygia, the Nain, Old Bull (crocodile), Red Ortho, the Tecuhltli (notably Olmec), Zarallo/Zarello, Zingelito, two unidentified northern men (possibly from Three Rivers; SSoC#179)
    she occasionally invoked deities such as Ymirvaleria-hyborian-ssoc73-prof

Enemies: Agir, Ahmak, Aondo, Black Zarano, Aerik Blackeye and his crew, Big Brukka, Burning Skull, Clesus, Crawler, Darfari cannibals, Darrus, demon-tree/island, Dom Delaris, Devourer of the Dead, dragon-god, dragon (triceratops-like creature), fire-snakes, Galacus, Gestuin, God-Men of Thunder Mountain, the last of the Golden Serpents, Gowar, Ghurvald and his Vanir party, Hedin and the people of Baqqa, "hellbeast" (giant seal creature; SSoC170), Inissos, Jolari, Katur of Stygia, the Kwanyi, Licio of Messantia, the Living Wind, Makeem of Hyrkania (and his men), Makhis, Marsius of of Messantia, M'Ruki tribe, Muzumbe, Naguth, the Nain, King Numedides of Aquilonia, Nuyenghan of the M'Ruki, Olmec, Order of the Chalice of Tarim, Otah the Lizard God, Picts worshipping Otah (notably their shaman), Pneumitis of Hyrkania (and his men), Ram Lal, Red Ortho, Ryku, Shaman of the M'Ruki, Sloth, Princess Tascela, Tecuhltli, Thebnu, Thulandra Thuu, Tobak, Tolkemec, Turanian soldiers, Tureem, Votaries of Ararata (Asa, Bela, Kera), Wobeku, the Xotalancas, the Xuchotl, Yasala, Zarallo/Zarello;
    various unidentified guards associated with Ahmak and Bragatos in Messantia; unidentified guards of Tarantia's Iron Tower, unidentified bandits raiding Baqqa; unidentified crewmates who mutinied against her, unidentified thieves along the road to Messantia (SSoC172); two unidentified northern men (from the trading post at the Howling River; SSoC#179)
    indirectly Atarata, N'Kosi of the Kwanyi's Leopard Clan;
    presumably Omm (with some connection to its statue, which she fought);
    formerly Garth the mercenary; Red Sonja of Hyrkania, Strombanni, Ymac; formerly the men of Tortage (while under the influence of the Votaries of Ararata);
    while not enemies, she frequently had an antagonistic relationship with Conan of Cimmeria

Known Relatives: Lord Daquius (father, deceased), Merina (mother, deceased), Brandus (aka Kirkos, paternal uncle, presumably deceased), Clesus (maternal uncle, presumably deceased)

Aliases: Val, Valeria of the Red Brotherhood;
    Pirate Queen of the Baracha Isles
    "she-devil" (from Gowar)

Base of Operations: Unrevealed;
    last seen outside the Iron Tower in Tarantia, Aquilonia;
    formerly mobile;
    formerly the ship of Gowar;
    formerly the ship of Rogarth of Vanaheim;
    formerly the Sea Fox ship;
    formerly Varnigern's ship;
    formerly Lireigh, Vanaheim;
    formerly the ship Eryx;
    formerly Sukhmet, Stygia;
    formerly mobile aboard Red Ortho's Pelican;
    formerly mobile aboard Strombanni's Red Hand;
    formerly aboard a Zingaran galley;
    formerly the ship of Captain Rogarth of Vanaheim;
    formerly her uncle Clesus' home in Kordava, Zingara;
    formerly her uncle Clesus' home in Tarantia, Aquilonia;
    formerly mobile aboard the ship of Kirkos;
    formerly the Summer Star ship across the Vilayet Sea;
    formerly her father's home in Aquiloniavaleria-hyborian-ssoc179-stabtwo

First Appearance: Weird Tales (July, 1936: "Red Nails";
    (Marvel) Savage Tales I#2 (October, 1973)

Powers/Abilities: Valeria is an experienced warrior and a highly skilled swordswoman, archer, equestrian, oarsperson and ship captain.

    Skilled in all matters of sea-life, she can catch fish in a river with a dagger.

    Valeria is strong and skilled enough to punch an athletic man hard enough to break his jaw and knock him out. She can shoot an arrow through the skull of a very large bear

    She was not above torturing/whipping another woman/person for information, at least when her life was potentially endangered.

    Valeria was known by legend as "as bold and heartless a creature as ever walked a quarterdeck, man or woman"

    She can curse in virtually any language of her time as well as understand most.

    Passionate in battle and in romance, Valeria was also highly interested in wealth, and she was sometimes willing to betray allies to achieve wealth.

    She once possessed a pellet able to emit thick black smoke to hide one from one's enemies.

Height: Unrevealed (approximately 5'8")
Weight: Unrevealed (approximately 135 lbs.)
Eyes: Blue green (the color of the sea)
Hair: Blonde


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valeria-hyborian-rsii2-toddler-fullHistory:
(Savage Sword of Conan I#225/2 (fb)) - After her mother died in childbirth, her father, Lord Daquius named her after her mother: Merina. Daquius raised Merina lovingly.

(Savage Sword of Conan I#225/2 (fb) - BTS) - When Merina was seven-years-old, Daquius -- who was famed for his fairness, was asked to mediate between Turan and Khorusan/Khorusun in Aghrapur.

(Red Sonja II#1 (fb) - BTS) - Planning to take Merina with him aboard the "Summer Star" ship, Daquius sought to hire a pair of trained swordsmen to protect his daughter.

(Red Sonja II#1) - Having learned of Daquius' need for bodyguards, Red Sonja and her companion Zora met with him and convinced him to hire them, after which he introduced them to the treasure he wished them to protect: Merina.

    Merina told her father that they wore swords but that none of the toy soldiers with which she played were women. 

valeria-hyborian-rsii2-taughtarchery    The next day, Daquius, Merina, Sonja, and Zora sailed across the inland Vilayet Sea aboard the Summer Star. Merina worried when Sonja was initially beset with sea sickness, and she told her father who advised her to have some root tea.

    Sonja was recovered by the following day when the Summer Star was beset by pirates, and Sonja had Zora take Merina below the deck while she engaged the pirates. When the pirate captain, Kirkos, prepared to engage Sonja, he recognized Daquius as his brother, and he aborted the assault, commanding his crew back to their ship.

(Red Sonja II#2 - BTS) - Presumably seeking to meet up with Daquius, Kirkos traveled to Aghrapur, where he was recognized as a pirate, captured, and imprisoned.

(Red Sonja II#2 / Savage Sword of Conan I#225/2 (fb)) - En route to Aghrapur, Zora taught Merina archery.

    Following Daquius' meeting with King Yildiz, he spotted Kirkos being marched down the street prior to his execution. Daquius explained his relationship to and his desire to rescue Kirkos, and Sonja made a plan to do that with him while leaving Zora behind to protect Zora. However, when Zora removed the wrappings from an idol that had the masculine form of the androgynous Red Goddess Zora's people had worshipped, Zora fainted, and Merina was captured by members of Kirkos' crew, figuring to ransom her.




    After Kirkos had been rescued by Sonja, Kirkos' crewmen brought Merina to him, they recognized each other (Merina recognized him by his real name, Brandus, but Kirkos explained to her to use his new name). However, they were swiftly beset by Turanian soldiers, seeking to recapture Kirkos, and so Kirkos and his crew took Merina, Sonja, and Zora with them and fled aboard his ship.valeria-hyborian-ssoc225-slainfatherskiller

    Understanding only that his daughter had been abducted by the pirates and was aboard that ship, Daquius led a Turanian ship to pursue and board the pirate ship. While Merina was hidden below the deck, she took the bow and arrows of a fallen pirate and made her way up to the ship's crow's nest. She was too late to stop her father from being slain by a Turanian captain who saw his speaking to Kirkos as the misunderstanding was explained, but Merina slew that Turanian with an arrow and then proceeded to take out a number of other Turanians, allowing Kirkos' pirates and Sonja to finish off their attackers. However, a Turanian aboard their warship fired an arrow at Sonja, and Zora dove in its path to save her, and was slain instead.

    After Sonja slew Zora's killer, Merina knelt before her father's corpse before Kirkos had it committed to the sea. Merina -- who had fallen in love with the sea -- then expressed her desire to stay with her uncle, and Sonja left her with him. Kirkos gave Merina a new name to go with her new life: Valeria.

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(Savage Sword of Conan I#225/2 (fb)) - For the next year or two, Valeria watched many sea raids from hiding, fiercely determined to one day take part in them. Realizing that if he did not, someone else would, Kirkos trained Valeria in swordsmanship. Eventually, however, Kirkos decided to send Valeria back to Aquilonia with enough treasure that she would be accepted into the household of her maternal uncle Clesus. Caring little for Valeria, Clesus used the gold to move them to Kordava, Zingara where he used the last of Valeria's money to set himself up as a merchant prince with a few Zingaran ships, which were sunk by Barachan pirates.

    <Four years before the story in Savage Sword of Conan I#225> - Clesus sought to regain his wealth by marrying Merina (as he called her) to Dom Delaris, the richest man in Kordava, in exchange for an en route chest of gems. Despite her wishes to the contrary, Valeria was dressed for marriage, but she fled. When her uncle pursued and began battering her with plans to drag her back to Delaris, she stabbed him in the thigh and dove into the waters at the port of Kordava, capital of Zingara.

(Savage Sword of Conan I#225/2 (fb)) <Four years before the story in Savage Sword of Conan I#225> - From the port of Kordava, Valeria swam into the water and climbed aboard the ship containing Delaris' dowry. After descending a rope into the cargo bay, she tied the chest to her back, climbed back up the rope, and threw the chest into the water in an effort to prevent her marriage. The guard confronted her, intrigued by her actions, and bade her -- under the threat of calling out the captain -- tell her reasons to cast the chest overboard rather than steal it.

    The guard convinced her that her uncle and Delaris would still try to marry her, and she resolved to join the crew by cutting her hair, wearing baggy clothing, and posing as a boy named Val.

(Savage Sword of Conan I#77/3 (fb) - BTS) - Captain Rogarth of Vanaheim took Valeria off of a sinking ship and raised her as his own daughter. At Valeria's insistence, Rogarth trained her as a pirate.

(Savage Sword of Conan I#77/3 (fb) - BTS) - Valeria was known for forcing her pirate brethren to to spare the lives of innocent sea-farers.

(Savage Sword of Conan  I#196) - "Val" was aboard the Zingaran merchant ship carrying Lady Morganis of Kordava when it was sacked by the crew of the Red Hand, led by Captain Strombanni and including second mate Conan of Cimmeria. After taking out the rest of the crew, Strombanni and Conan found Lady Morganis, but when Strombanni expressed a desire to force himself on her, "Val" rushed out from behind a curtain, tackled Strombanni, and tried to finish him with a dagger. Strombanni grabbed the face of the "boy," but Val sliced his shoulder, forcing him to let go; however, Conan then rushed forward and punched the "boy" unconscious, after which they realized the attacker was a girl.

    They were soon after beset by Black Zarono and the crew of the Petrel, who had followed the Red Hand, knowing Strombanni was seeking the legendary Treasures of Trannicos. When Strombanni slipped on blood on the deck, the recovered Valeria saved Strombanni from Zarono, leading Zarono and his crew to retreat to the Petrel and negotiate an agreement to split the treasure should they discover it. Impressed with Valeria's courage and fighting abilities, Strombanni invited  her to join his crew and become a Barachan pirate; she accepted, liking the sound of "Valeria of the Red Brotherhood." Conan recognized Valeria's experience and was surprised to find that they had Red Sonja of Hyrkania in common as allies, but Valeria sensed him looking at her body as they spoke, and she broke off the conversation and kept her distance from him.

(Savage Sword of Conan I#196) - Strombanni's first mate, Galacus, unsuccessfully tried to force himself on Valeria once or twice.

    Later, after Strombanni and Conan had departed to explore the island of Tothmekri, along with Zarono and an equal number of men from both crews, Galacus tried to force himself on Morganis. Valeria cold-cocked Galacus and then took Morganis in a rowboat in an effort to save her from further assaults. However, they arrived on the island nearby the others just after the Devourer of the Dead had been magically summoned by a spell-trap set long ago by Tothmekri. Conan saved Valeria and Morganis from the Devourer, which he subsequently neutralized by shattering the mystic talisman that had summoned it.

    Valeria explained her presence by claiming that Morganis had fallen overboard, and Conan, having glimpsed her rowboat, kept her secret, hoping to eventually and willingly romance Valeria. valeria-hyborian-ssoc197-punch

(Savage Sword of Conan I#197 (fb) - BTS) - Darrus attempted to grope Valeria and lost a finger as a result (she said he was counting on four fingers, which is normal, as you only have four fingers and a thumb on each hand, but I think it is clear that she meant four digits and that he had lost a digit).

(Savage Sword of Conan I#197) - Valeria remained silent during a challenge between Conan and Zarono, after which Conan chose her to accompany him and Morganis into Messantia to meet with the merchant Publio in hopes of contacting Morganis' husband, Lord Hambria of Kordava, and arranging her ransom. En route, Conan mentioned Belit, but when Valeria asked about the legendary pirate, Conan refused to talk about it, although he did  note that Belit was the best pirate with whom he had ever served; Valeria silently took ire with that comment. Valeria subsequently knocked out -- with a kick and a punch -- the half-drunk guards Licio and Marsius who sought to take the two women. valeria-hyborian-ssoc197-stab

    In Publio's house, Valeria stood back as Conan agreed to Publio's plan -- at Morganis' request and direction -- to send his agent Ram Lal to retrieve the Dragon of Kao Tsu (called "Kaontsu" in its first reference and then "Kao Tsu" consistently thereafter) from Ahmak -- along with its replica/fake (to ensure the correct one was obtained) -- to serve as the ransom for Publio to deliver Morganis to Hambria.

(Savage Sword of Conan I#197 - BTS) - Meanwhile, Strombanni and Galacus, along with Zarono and his agent Zingelito, met with Bragatos, who possessed another map to the Treasures of Trannicos. However, someone knocked over the miserly Bragatos' sole candle and then slew Bragatos and stole the map before the candle could be re-lit. All present suspected each other, but they ultimately fled from guards..

(Savage Sword of Conan I#197) - However, after Ram Lal had alerted the guards before fleeing back to Publio, delivering the fake dragon to him before fleeing again, Publio sent Conan and Valeria to recover the real dragon. Avoiding guards along the way, they found Ram Lal dead of a slit throat and bereft of the real dragon; they fought their way free from additional guards and joined up with Morganis, who had fled Publio's domicile.

    In an effort to escape the guards, they entered the Temple of a Thousand Gods, which contained idols of numerous gods of numerous faiths; however, Ahmak's Zamoran agent Tureem led him to them and then used his spider amulet to animate a large marble idol of Omm. The Omm idol slew Ahmak, and Conan slew Tureem, but this failed to stop the idol. Although Valeria's swordstrike to Omm idol's leg did not harm it, it distracted the idol sufficiently for Conan to escape its mandibles, after which Conan toppled the statue of the death god Dagon and drove its sword to impale the Omm idol, which stopped flailing moments later.

    Valeria, Conan and Morganis subsequently met up with Strombanni, Galacus, Zarono and Zingelito, and -- after reviewing their adventures and issues-- they all returned to the Red Hand.valeria-hyborian-ssoc225-full

(Savage Sword of Conan I#198) - As Conan wrestled fellow crewman Ravio for sport, Valeria, knowing Conan would win, refused to bet on him on principle. When another of the crewmen leaned on her and asked why she did not bet on him, she advised him to remove his arm from her shoulder before she removed it from his. After the Red Hand's crew rescued the adrift votaries of Atarata, Morganis hoped that Strombanni would be drawn to them and leave her alone, but Valeria advised her that if that happened, she would have to find a new place to sleep. As the men of the crew began to fall under the votaries' influence, Valeria was frustrated with the behavior of men and women that she did not understand.

    After they docked in Port Tortage, Valeria observed even Conan falling under their influence, however briefly. Later, at the Sign of the Skull tavern, she mocked Conan as having returned from tucking the priestesses into bed, but when he offered to tuck her in, she punched him in the jaw. While Conan was knocked to the ground, both he and the other pirates all roared with laughter, while Valeria angrily departed, noting that she would wager that Conan would have a sore jaw when he awakened the next day.

    After all the men of Tortage -- save Conan, whose non-Hyborian nature spared him from Atarata's influence -- fell under the votaries' influence, Asa instructed Valeria and the "fallen women who cling like filthy barnacles to this island's men" that they must leave Tortage at once, never to return. Valeria was surprised when the ensorceled men went along with this and although she drew her sword and fought back, she was swiftly overwhelmed. She asked Conan if he was going to let them drag her off like this, but he replied only, while sipping his beer, "What did you ever do for me, girl?"

    The ensorcelled men carried Valeria and the other women -- who also were immune to Atarata's influence -- off to Red Ortho's Pelican ship, and he -- at the votaries' bidding -- took them away to the mainland.

(Savage Sword of Conan I#199 (fb) - BTS) - After Red Ortho asked Valeria to be his first mate, she departed with him in search of Zingaran merchant vessels. Morganis, at least, appreciated that Ortho wanted Valeria to be more mate than first.

(Savage Tales I#2 (fb) - BTS) - Valeria joined a group of pirates known as the Red Brotherhood.

(Savage Sword of Conan I#225 (fb) - BTS) - As she departed Conan's company, she was first mate on Red Ortho's galleon as a Barachan pirate.

(Savage Sword of Conan I#225 (fb)) - Valeria participated in looting Zingaran merchant men and the occasional vessel from Shem or Stygia. This was the life she had longed for ever since being a child, and it mattered little to her whether the pickings were slim or sumptuous. She intended to remain a pirate forever.

    However, after a number of unsubtle hints, Red Ortho made it clear what he expected from Valeria. Resisting the urge to skewer him on the spot, Valeria fended him off with vague promises until the ship neared the coast of Kush, off Zabhela, at which point she jumped overboard and swam ashore.

    As the Kushite city had underwent a recent revolution, the people wanted no part of any white mercenary, let alone a woman. However, a Shemite trader took a liking to her, gifting her with a pellet able to emit thick black smoke to hide one from one's enemies, and he told her of the Zingaran Zarallo who had brought his "Free Companies" (sic) south to guard the Darfar border at Sukhmet. Valeria joined the east-bound caravan.

    After the caravan-master led them into the Lake Zuad swamps to avoid a sandstorm, they were attacked by Darfari cannibals. The caravan-master was wounded and left behind, and Valeria took command of the caravan.

(Savage Sword of Conan I#225) - Aided by a group that turned out to be some of Zarallo's Free Companions, Valeria's caravan drove off the cannibals. She then greeted the rescuers, who included Conan and their captain, Makhis, who allowed Valeria's group to ride along them. She listened as Conan related the moon-eating ritual of the Darfari, and they considered the Darfari may have used the captured caravan-master to perform their ritual.

    Makhis invited Valeria to have a drink with him and they could discuss how he could sponsor her in the Free Companions, but she informed him that she only drank in groups or alone. After Makhis' departure, Conan advised her that it was not wise to anger one who would soon be her superior officer, but Valeria expressed her frustration with men seeking to have their way with her. After Conan shared the details of how he had joined Zarallo's Free Companions, Valeria revealed the events leading to her arrival there as well. Rebuffing Conan's romantic advances, she called it a night.

    Overnight and under the full moon, they were beset by Darfari who had underwent the moon-eating ritual. Conan heard them coming and alerted Valeria and the others, but the tribesmen proved immune to their weapons and captured Valeria, Conan, and at least some of the others. As the Darfari prepared to roast Valeria first, Conan found the black pellet Valeria had gained from the Shemite trader and then challenged the Darfari leader that he could prove his medicine (magic) was better than the Darfari's. In response, Conan hurled the pellet into the sky where its thick black smoke blocked out the moon, making it look like he had killed the moon. With the Darfari's belief in their invulnerability shaken, Conan slew their leader and freed Valeria and the others, and they fought their way away and fled on horseback.

    Some days later, Valeria and the others arrived in Sukhmet, and Conan's vouching for her convinced Zarallo to accept Valeria into his company, although it infuriated Valeria that this was necessary.

(Savage Tales I#2 (fb) - BTS) - In Sukhmet, Valeria served under Zarello in the Free Companions.

(Savage Sword of Conan I#225) - Regardless, Valeria received only the lowest jobs, like night guard duty, and Captain Makhis always watched her.

(Savage Tales I#3 (fb) - BTS) - In the Sukhmet barracks, Valeria punched a Khitan wrestler, breaking his jaw and knocking him senseless.

(Savage Tales I#2 (fb) - BTS / Savage Sword of Conan I#225) - Eventually at a tavern, Makhis attempted to force himself on Valeria, and she fatally stabbed him. Zarallo announced that for killing a Stygian officer, she had forfeited her protection and that she would have to pay the price, although he had his troops hold back Makhis' vengeful brother, Thebnu. During that struggle, Valeria fled and escaped Sukhmet on horseback.

(Savage Sword of Conan I#225) - Initially heading west toward Stygia, on a sudden impulse, Valeria headed south back toward Darfar.

(Savage Tales I#2 (fb) - BTS) - Valeria was unaware that Conan followed her, also on horseback.

(Savage Tales I#2 (fb) - BTS / Savage Sword of Conan I#225) - Zarallo's patrols followed Valeria's trail west and lost her, but Thebnu identified her change in direction and followed her south.

(Savage Tales I#2 (fb) - BTS / Savage Sword of Conan I#225) <The day before the main story> - Conan slew Thebnu and left his carcass for the vultures.

valeria-hyborian-savt2-face(Savage Tales I#2) - After glimpsing the walled city of Xuchotl, Valeria was approached by Conan and resisted his advances until drawn to the sound of the dragon-god (a carnivorous stegosaurus-like creature) devouring their horses. The two narrowly survived an encounter that apparently slew the creature and subsequently approached and entered the jade-laced Xuchotl. When she napped while Conan looked around, Valeria awakened to observe the macabre Burning Skull encountering Techotl and Chicmec of the Tecuhltli of the Western Gate. After Valeria had slain the Burning Skull and destroyed the magical skull itself, Techotl told her of the his people and their enemies, the Xotalancas of the Eastern Gate, after which they sought to locate Conan.valeria-hyborian-savt2-full-squat

(Savage Tales I#3) - Valeria and Techotl were attacked by a quartet of Xuchotli. While Techotl fought one of the men, Valeria slew one and wounded another, who continued to bite and scratch her as she fought the fourth. When Conan returned and slew the last standing attacker, Valeria finished off the one on her leg. Techotl then led Valeria and Conan to Tecuhltli, during which time they fled the Crawler, which Conan wounded in the shadows. After Tecuhltli's Prince Olmec and Princess Tascela learned that their guests had slain the Burning Skull as well as the dragon-god (to escape which the people who would divide into the Xotalancas and the Tecuhltli had fled into Xuchotl), Olmec related the history of Xuchotl and his people and hired Conan and Valeria to help them defeat the Xotalancas.

    As Valeria slept that night, Tascela's servant, Yasala, attempted to drug her with the black lotus. Waking up in time to prevent this, Valeria whipped Yasala for information, but Yasala ultimately escaped into the catacombs after asking for wine to gather her strength and then throwing it in Valeria's face. When the Xotalancas attacked en force, Conan and Valeria joined the Tecuhltli in slaying them, although Valeria received a cut to the back of her thigh (thigh in picture, calf per Conan's description). Although Olmec believed that the Xotalancas had sent their last man, he sent Conan, accompanied by Yanath and Topal, to Xotalanc to see if any remained alive.

    After Conan destroyed the Pipes of Madness, which Tolkemec (a former slave of Xuchotl's original inhabitants who had let the invaders into the city to slaughter them) had used to grant the Xotalancas access to Tecuhltli, he headed out. Soon after, however, Olmec ambushed Valeria, using a bearhug to cause her to pass out and then punching down and stabbing Techotl when he disapproved.

    While Olmec sought to make Valeria his mate, Tascela entranced him with a gaze and drugged him with wine, after which she withstood a powerful punch from Valeria and then informed Valeria that she would use her to restore her own fading youth.

(Savage Tales I#3/3 (fb) - BTS) - Valeria was stripped naked and restrained on an altar in preparation for her to be sacrificed.

(Savage Tales I#3/3 - BTS) - After Conan returned from Xotalanc, having slain all those commanded by Olmec to slay him, he encountered the dying Techotl who told him that Olmec had taken Valeria. Finding Olmec imprisoned in a death trap under Tascela's command, Conan freed him, and Olmec revealed Tascela's involvement and led Conan to her. When they approached the sacrificial chamber and heard Valeria's voice, Olmec struck Conan from behind, but Conan avoided the brunt of the impact and pulled Olmec to fall down the stairs with him, killing Olmec en route.

(Savage Tales I#3/3) - Rushing to save Valeria, Conan stepped in an iron trap (like a bear trap). However, when Tascela prepared to sacrifice Valeria, she was interrupted by Tolkemec, who used a mystic wand he had discovered to blast holes through the others present in the chamber indiscriminately. To save herself, Tascela freed Conan, and he finally slew Tolkemec after evading a deadly blast with Valeria's warning. Tascela recovered the wand and threatened Conan, but Valeria stabbed her through the chest from behind, killing her.

    Valeria and Conan agreed to depart the city and leave its haunted jewelry behind, after which Conan plotted to get them both on a ship's deck and to show the world what plundering meant.

(Savage Sword of Conan#211 - BTS) - The fall of Xuchotl was discovered by N'Kosi of the Kwanyi's Leopard Clan who was then brought by members of the Lion Clan to Thunder Mountain where his knowledge was taken by Geyrus of the God-Men along with his life. The information was further magically gained by Dobanpu, Emwaya and Seyganko of the Ichiribu.

(Savage Sword of Conan#211) - In the forest, Conan slew a boar, but after he advised that lighting a fire would draw attention for unknown tribesmen, Valeria refused to eat the raw meat. He provided other forms of guidance, advising her against leaving a trail by supporting herself on branches, against risking infection or leeches by soaking her blistered feet in standing water. Fleeing from crocodiles, Valeria knocked Conan into a tree, opening a pit, into which Valeria followed him. They encountered and slew a "dragon" (a triceratops-like creature) that attacked them. Having gagged upon eating the fungus on the wall on which Conan had fed, she welcomed the idea of eating "dragon meat."

(Savage Sword of Conan#212) - After feasting on the "dragon meat," Valeria followed Conan into another tunnel, in which they encountered ornate stone doors they could not open; Conan considered that the whole area smacked of Xuchotl's mix of sorcery and craftsmanship, while Valeria wondered whether the serpentine carvings represented the golden serpents they had heard of from black traders who came to Sukhmet.

    Traveling down a third tunnel, Valeria and Conan encountered the immense skeleton of what they presumed to have been one of the golden serpents, within the coils of which were piled high glowing green gems. After Valeria filled her boots with the smaller gems, Conan offered to help her carry the boots in exchange for a half share. They soon after scaled a wall toward light from a hole, and after a tremor caused the light to fade, Conan -- via his familiarity with similar languages from amongst the black kingdoms as well as offerings of the gems they had recovered-- convinced Seyganko of the Ichiribu to lower a rope and have his people pull them up; their possession of the revered "fire stones," led some to believe the pair were spirits rather than mortal. Aondo -- backed by three other warriors -- challenged Conan (with Valeria the prize to the victors) and had him trapped on a ledge until Valeria threatened to throw the rest of the gems they had down the pit, after which the Ichiribu witch doctor Dobanpu ordered his people to spare them until his trials could test whether they were spirit or mortal.valeria-hyborian-ssoc215-cover

    In preparation of the challenge, Valeria enjoyed a bath from the servant woman Mokossa until Conan interrupted, detailing their current situation, after which they confronted Dobanpu. The witch doctor explained that Conan had to pass three challenges while Valeria would pass the fourth, but Conan insisted he meet the trials alone. Per tradition, the two had to be wed by Ichiribu law, and Conan convinced Valeria to go along with this. Conan told her that if he failed the challenges, she would go to the bed of the winner.

(Savage Sword of Conan#213) - After Conan won a spear throwing contest against Aondo but lost the spearing of the fang-fish contest to him, he invited Valeria to take the third challenge, a canoe race on the Lake of Death. The Ichiribu accepted Valeria as a warrior to allow her to compete, and she appreciated that if they lost this contest, they would be executed instantly, as opposed to being raped and then killed as she would have been if Conan had competed and lost. Although Aondo pulled ahead, he attempted to cut off Valeria and force her to crash into the sculpted marker that was their turnaround point; however, she deftly braked and then went around him while Aondo instead damaged his boat. With the gained advantage, Valeria reached land first and won.

    In the fourth contest, Conan ultimately defeated Aondo in a rectangular ring, but Wobeku -- unable to get a clear shot at Conan -- fired a poisoned blowdart at Valeria. However, Emwaya (Dobanpu's daughter), having rooted for Valeria in the rowing contest, reached out her hand, which the dart instead struck. Although Dobanpu accepted Conan and Valeria's status as gods due to their victories, Seyganko warned Conan and Valeria that if Emwaya died, he would kill them himself.

(Savage Sword of Conan#215) - With Emwaya recovering, Conan declined Seyganko's offer of a woman to warm his bed, noting he was pledged to Valeria; attracted to Conan by this, Valeria initiated a romance. Conan and Valeria subsequently worked with Seyganko, training the Ichiribu new ways to fight their ancient enemies, the Kwanyi. At Dobanpu's decree, Conan and Valeria led the Ichiribu through a tunnel beneath the River of Death, seeking to ambush the Kwanyi in their own land. En route, they were attacked by the last survivor of a race of Golden Serpents, who drew from the life forces of those it slew to heal itself. Magically aided by Emwaya, Dobanpu led the Golden Serpent away down a side corridor, and Emwaya led Conan and Valeria to follow them.

(Savage Sword of Conan#217/2) - After Conan's stabbing of the Golden Serpent sprayed its blood, which burned those it touched, he warned Valeria to take shelter to protect her precious hide, leading her to note that the fire had not gone out of their relationship. This in turn inspired Conan to set fire to the fungus covering the tunnel walls, and the Golden Serpent was consumed by the wall of flames.

    The smoke from this fire then took on a magical life to ensnare then, but Dobanpu mystically contained the smoke, allowing Conan, Valeria and the others to flee up stairs to escape to the surface. There they joined the war against the Kwanyi, but they were soon interrupted by the Living Wind, summoned by Ryku amidst the Gods of Thunder Mountain, who were allied with the Kwanyi. However, the Living Wind destroyed Ryku and his ally Kwanyi leader Jolari, after which it took a semi-humanoid form and threatened Ichiribu and Kwanyi alike. Dobanpu ultimately transformed himself into a wind-like being that merged with the Living Wind before dispelling it.

    After members of the Ichiribu and Kwanyi discussed peace, Valeria and Conan took their leave, with Valeria planning to use the firestones she had obtained from the skeleton of a Golden Serpent to purchase her own ship. She suggested Conan could command a crew, but she accepted when he advised her that "we two hardheads...would be at each throats long before the coffers were full." He considered that someday, however, they may live to put the crimson back in the Red Brotherhood.

valeria-hyborian-rob1-wconanvcrocs(Conan: River of Blood#1 (fb) - BTS) - Apparently seeking to lay a false trail, Conan convinced Valeria to row a canoe down a river.

(Conan: River of Blood#1) - After narrowly navigating a series of rapids, Conan and Valeria eventually lost their canoe in a waterfall, after which they fought off multiple crocodiles. As they were on the verge of being overwhelmed, a group of crocodiles known as the Friends of the River -- led by the Old Bull and instructed by Enduin of the Go'hengi tribe -- attacked and slew or drove off the crocodiles threatening Conan and Valeria. After the Friends of the River retrieved their canoe, the Old Bull guided Conan and Valeria to Enduin, becoming forceful when they once tried to escape to land.

    After Enduin explained that his people defended themselves from the M'Ruki and that either people would spear strangers without a second thought, Conan and Valeria reluctantly accepted his hospitality, and the two made the most of the night, although they got little sleep.

(Conan: River of Blood#2) - The next day, Enduin informed Conan and Valeria that the M'Ruki would be attacking soon, but he was slain by a M'Ruki spear soon after, surviving long enough to tell Conan and Valeria as well as his own tribesmen that he had told the Friends of the River to follow Conan and that Conan was Amra.

    Conan and Valeria fought off the attacking M'Ruki who fled when Bewayo and the Go'Hengi arrived and joined the fight. Setting a number of traps to lessen the numbers, Conan and Valeria joined the Go'Hengi in ambushing the M'Ruki village and looting some cattle; they also appeared to take some children, although it was not clear to me whether they were recovering Go'Hengi children or taking M'Ruki children (hopefully the former).

    As Conan and Valeria led the women and children across the river for safety, the M'Ruki -- having learned of this and led by their warrior chieftain Nuyenghan -- attacked. The women and children helped fight the M'Ruki.

(Conan: River of Blood#3) - As Conan engaged Nuyenghan, Valeria was overwhelmed by a group of M'Ruki, but Conan rescued her, and then the Friends of the River came to their aid, after which Bewayo and the Go'Hengi warriors arrived and joined the fight as well.

    Most of the M'Ruki fell in battle, but the M'Ruki Shaman obtained Enduin's crocodile totem and, invoking the deity Inissos, not only took control of the Friends of the River but also generated a number of fire-breathing snakes. Valeria prepared to hurl her spear at the Shaman, but a Go'Hengi warrior -- thinking to save her from the fire-snakes' blasts -- tackled her to the ground.

    Ambushed by his former ally, the Old Bull of the crocodiles, Conan slew him and hurled his carcass at the M'Ruki Shaman's canoe, disrupting his spells and destroying the Fire-Snakes.

    Conan was hurled some distance away by the magical explosion, but Valeria found him, and the two resolved that they should depart as they no longer had any friends in the Go'Hengi tribe.

(Giant-Size Conan#1 (fb)) - Alongside Conan, Valeria fought some beings.

(Savage Sword of Conan I#25 (fb)) - At some point soon after, Valeria watched as Conan departed on horseback.


(Savage Sword of Conan I#127 (fb) - BTS) - From a village on the eastern shore of the Vilayet Sea, the brothers Pneumitis and Makeem began eliminating the Red Brotherhood.
   
    An unidentified member of the Red Brotherhood -- apparently upon threat of death -- told Pneumitis' men that Valeria could be found at the village inn.

(Savage Sword of Conan I#127 - BTS) - Conan located the man who had sold out Valeria, forced him to reveal her location and then threw him in the water to be torn apart by the Vilayet Crabs.

    Pneumitis sent the Garth and a number of other Hyrkanian mercenaries to finish off Valeria.

(Savage Sword of Conan I#127) - Expecting an assault, Valeria left her bed and then ambushed her attackers, slaying three of them before being pulled down by a number of others. With two men holding her, a third prepared to rape her before taking her in, but then Conan arrived and helped Valeria finish off the remaining attackers.

    Although appreciating Conan's aid, Valeria was insistent that she had not asked for it and that things between them would remain finished. Nonetheless, they fled on horseback into the hills together, and once within their lodging, arguments swiftly turned to heated passion.

(Savage Sword of Conan I#127 - BTS) - The cowardly Garth, having stayed outside to supervise, continued to pursue Valeria and Conan.

(Savage Sword of Conan I#127) - Conan heard Garth's approach and captured him. Both Conan and Valeria felt that they could not overcome Pneumitis and Makeem's forces nor the price on their head, and so they forced Garth to fake their capture to facilitate a meeting with Pneumitis, during which they ambushed and captured his guards. Under duress, Pneumitis agreed to drop the price on Valeria's head and seek no further retaliation if they brought him the valuable Chalice of Tarim. valeria-hyborian-ssoc177

    Bringing along Garth for assistance, Conan and Valeria invaded the Citadel of the Order of the Chalice of Tarim, with Conan lowering Valeria down by a rope to grab the chalice while the monks prayed and prepared to induct new members. Spotted, they fled on horseback, tying a rope across the path behind them to trip those pursuing on horseback.

    They delivered the chalice to Pneumitis, but he betrayed them, with Makeem then arrived, having never agreed to drop his vendetta against them. Dropping to his knees and begging for his life, Garth then pulled the rug out from beneath the brothers, and the trio then took advantage of their foes to slay them, with Valeria and Conan slaying Makeem and Pneumitis, respectively.

    With no one left to pay them, other guardsmen allowed the trio to escape, after which Valeria resolved that she and Conan were not fit for each other due to their strong wills, and she parted ways with Conan and Garth. However, the latter two were subsequently ambushed by the Order of the Chalice of Tarim, who captured Conan but dismissed Garth as a worthless coward when he begged for his life. Garth then located Valeria and joined her in traveling to the Citadel and rescuing Conan. After Conan knocked their leader and the chalice into the lava, most of the cultists, mystically bound to the chalice, leapt into the lava as well. Three who had never drank from the chalice renounced the Order, and they were left in peace.

    Valeria subsequently again parted ways with Conan, who departed with Garth.

(Savage Sword of Conan I#177/2 (fb) - BTS) - Valeria joined the Red Brotherhood crew of the pirate ship Eryx and entered a romance with its captain, Rovik.

(Savage Sword of Conan I#177/2 (fb) - BTS) - The wealthy merchants of the trading port Baqqa, on the Zimbabwean coast, hired the Red Brotherhood crew of the pirate vessel Eryx to defend Baqqa from bandits seeking to plunder it.

(Savage Sword of Conan I#177/2) - After the Red Brotherhood drove out and slaughtered the bandits, Hedin, the leader of Baqqa, had the captain proceed with their treacherous plans, closing the city's gates and then opening fire on the Red Brotherhood with the goal of wiping them all out. valeria-hyborian-ssoc172

    Appreciating the desperation, Rovik led Valeria and the surviving pirates to retreat.

(Savage Sword of Conan I#177/2 - BTS) - Although certain that the pirates would not last long in the jungle, Hedin ordered an increasing of the guard, as he figured Rovik's crew was likely to try something.

(Savage Sword of Conan I#177/2) - Dissuading Rovik from attempting a suicidal assault on the fortress, Valeria instead convinced him to take over the less-heavily guarded dam to control Baqqa's food and supplies, slaying the guards there in the process.

    Ignoring Valeria's arguments to the contrary, Rovik subsequently led a couple of men to sneak in and try to liberate Baqqa's treasury, but they fell into a trap and were burned alive.

    Valeria resolved to close the dam and flood Baqqa, and Skel used an oil lamp to slowly burn the rope controlling the gate, allowing them to reach the Eryx and sail to safety while Baqqa was swiftly flooded.
(Savage Sword of Conan I#172/2) - Riding by horse on the road to Messantia, Valeria stopped to set up camp for the night and was surprised when the gravely-injured Gestuin suddenly tore out of a shallow grave. He asked her for help, and although she was surprised that he was still alive, she assured him that she would do her best to keep him that way.

(Savage Sword of Conan I#172/2 (fb) - BTS) - Over the succeeding days or weeks, Valeria nursed Gestuin back to health.

(Savage Sword of Conan I#172/2) - As Gestuin was feeling better, he and Valeria became friendly, and he convinced her to help him gain revenge on the three thieves that ambushed him and left him for dead.

    The next evening, Valeria and Gestuin located the thieves, along with a new recruit. As Valeria attacked the fleeing men, Gestuin enjoyed dealing one of them slow death with repeated sword wounds.
    Considering this torture, Valeria stopped Gestuin and finished off his victim.

    When Gestuin cornered and threatened the new recruit, Valeria insisted he leave the young man alone, and when Gestuin refused and swung his sword at her, she dodged and stabbed him through the chest.

    Noting that all the weeks of healing had been undone in a moment, she considered that it might have been better had she never found him, and that he would have died a man, rather than a rabid animal.

valeria-hyborian-ssoc170-full(Savage Sword of Conan I#170 - BTS) - At some point, Valeria sailed the fleshpots of the bottom of the world with the Red Brotherhood. She learned to curse in any language and to understand most.

(Savage Sword of Conan I#170 (fb) - BTS) - Conan left Valeria, and her crew took her ship from her and left her stranded in the village of Lireigh, a port on the western coast of Vanaheim.

(Savage Sword of Conan I#170 - BTS) - In the western sea, Varnigern's fishing boat discovered and rescued a nearly frozen man on a raft in the west sea, far to the north of the coast of Nordheim. They brought him back to Lireigh.

(Savage Sword of Conan I#170) - Hearing of the rescued "stranger from the South," the curious Valeria came to see the man in Varnigern's lodge. Although the man was burning with fever and dying, Valeria identified his language as Kothian, and she asked to be left with the man, and she would learn his tale.

(Savage Sword of Conan I#170 (fb) - BTS) - Before the Kothian died halfway through the night, Valeria learned that he was the mate of a crew of Argosians (Argosseans?) who sailed to the top of the world and found a gem the size of a mountain, which they called the Heart of the Earth, and which lit the night with its emerald glow.

valeria-hyborian-ssoc170-vsonja(Savage Sword of Conan I#170) - After Valeria shared what she had learned, Varnigern was desperate to acquire this giant gem, and he agreed to Valeria's demand that they be equal partners on an expedition to acquire this gem. As the ship prepared to depart, they were joined by Conan, who sought to leave this port (he did not relate that he was seeking to escape a group of people seeking to kill him). Although still irritated at Conan for abandoning her, Valeria vouched for Conan, and Varnigern accepted him.

(Savage Sword of Conan I#170 - BTS) - Meanwhile, Aerik Blackeye of a village in the nearby Taiga Forest hired Red Sonja to join a group of men to hunt down the man who had romanced his daughter, Hala, and slain his friend, Dulf Argon. Sonja only learned that they were hunting a large, black-maned Cimmerian, but she correctly suspected this to be Conan. Aerik, Sonja and their associates arrived at the dock shortly after Varnigern's ship departed, and Aerik bartered and sold everything he could for a ship to pursue Varnigern's to gain their vengeance.

(Savage Sword of Conan I#170) - After having traveled far north, Valeria and Conan's romance was interrupted by Varnigern to assist in navigating the frigid waters. Conan and the others used poles to help keep the ship from crashing into icebergs, while Valeria -- as the lightest -- stood watch in the crow's nest. Eventually, Valeria saw the emerald glow and guided the ship to the Heart of the Earth, which turned out to be only a giant iceberg illuminated by unrevealed means. Varnigern was furious and sought vengeance on Valeria for leading him on this fool's quest, but they were then interrupted by the arrival of Aerik's ship, which rammed and damaged Varnigern's.

    Seeing Conan and Sonja recognize each other, Valeria -- with neither woman apparently recognizing the other -- assumed Sonja to be a past lover who wanted Conan back, and she attacked Sonja. While fighting back, Sonja denied interest in Conan and even voiced her vow of celibacy, but Valeria continued the assault, and the women battled furiously, eventually knocking each other overboard; they continued to fight despite the frigid waters.

     Hearing the cracking of icebergs, Conan attempted to call a halt to the battling to move to a safer location, but everyone else disregarded that battle, and falling ice sank both boats. Conan, Valeria and Sonja survived, but all others were lost. Conan forced some temporary peace between the women, and they made a fire to dry off and survive.

valeria-hyborian-ssoc179-bow     Conan eventually slew a seal-like creature, and they harvested the meat and fat to eat and insulate themselves. A giant seal-creature shattered the ice beneath their feet, and Conan speared it and rode it underwater until sharks gathered by its blood fed on it, and he returned to the surface. Valeria and Sonja lit a fire from the seal's fat to dry their clothes, and they made a broth from the seal-creature's blood.

    As they headed south, they encountered a blizzard, and Conan forced Valeria and Sonja to tether to each other to him. However, Valeria cut the line between herself and Sonja, and eventually Sonja was separated. Barely surviving as it was and unaware of what Valeria had done, Conan replied, "Crom save her." With Conan and Valeria cuddled up under a blanket of snow, Sonja caught up to them, and she and Valeria fought anew. However, Conan interrupted them and showed them that they had reached solid ground and a forest again. Appreciating that they were in the northernmost reaches of Nordheim and still days of travel ahead of them, they continued their southward trek.

(Savage Sword of Conan I#179) - In the northernmost reaches of Nordheim, Valeria slew a bear but failed to appreciate that it was only a cub, and they were soon assaulted by the very large and angry mother bear. The bear pinned Conan and stunned Sonja before Valeria slew it via an arrow through the skull. As they cooked the meat and Conan prepared the fur, they heard the singing of the local Nain (an Inuit-like people) and convinced them to allow their trio to accompany them toward the nearest town as they transported a fertility fetish to a Southern tribe. Finding that the fetish was made of solid gold, Valeria suggested that they steal it, but Conan forbade this.

    With a day's march from the trading post, Valeria suggested to Sonja that they steal the fetish, but Sonja told her that she never stole from those who would miss it. Reminding Valeria that the Nain had helped them, Sonja suggested she concern herself more with the sort of stories that mentioned her name. At the trading post of the Howling Valley, Valeria, Conan and Sonja ate and drank heavily until Valeria turned in for the night, noting that she had a hidden gold purse to pay for their dining. Instead, she sought out a pair of men and convinced them to help her ambush the Nain, steal their sled carrying the golden fetish and load it into a boat to escape down the river.

valeria-hyborian-ssoc179-boatfight    En route, the two men sought to partake of Valeria's favors, and she slew or cast both men overboard shortly before she encountered rapids that she narrowly survived before her ship became stuck by a town. There she encountered the Iron Damsels, whom she enlisted to protect her from the pursuing Conan, with whom they held a grudge due to previous encounters.

    When Conan and Sonja arrived, they revealed Valeria's duplicity, after which the Iron Damsels resolved to slay the trio and take the fetish for themselves, but they were then confronted by Ghurvald and his Vanirmen who were pursuing the Nain, who had apparently stolen the idol from them. Conan convinced the Damsels to put aside their own conflict until the Vanirmen were finished.

    Ultimately, by the time they had taken care of the Vanir, the ship carrying the fetish went over Hammergodt Falls and was seemingly lost. After Conan admitted that he had planned to steal the fetish, all of the women were poised against him, but Sonja told them that they were all brigands and rogues and that they should just leave him and be done with it.

(Savage Sword of Conan I#179 - BTS) - After the women had departed, Conan located the idol and sled on a shore, and he subsequently carried it on a raft down the river, having a loud laugh in the process.
   
   
   

(Savage Sword of Conan I#138 (fb) - BTS) - Discovering a map to an ancient city rich in gems, Valeria considered that Conan could read the map but that he would not believe her based on the bad terms on which they had last parted. Instead, she allied with fellow seaman Rhonk and an unidentified man to manipulate Conan into following the map while she and Rhonk secretly followed him.

(Savage Sword of Conan I#138 - BTS) - In Fort Tuscelan, Aquilonia, Valeria's unidentified ally showed Conan a fake gem and gave him the map in exchange for a portion of the treasure.

(Savage Sword of Conan I#138) - Valeria congratulated her ally, advising him that if Conan had suspected his duplicity, he would have split his head like a melon.

    The next day, as Conan led a small band of men (Fox, Njall, Sloth & Ymac) into the Pictish wilderness, Valeria and Rhonk secretly followed them. That evening, Conan discovered Rhonk following him and battered him. Valeria put her knife to Conan's throat and ordered him to let her ally go, but he punched her away before recognizing her. When she charged him again, he slapped her down and warned her to stop. When Conan's band arrived, he had them bind Valeria and Rhonk. After Valeria explained herself, Sloth recommended they kill them both, although he wanted to take their time with Valeria. Conan punched Sloth back and then ordered Valeria and Rhonk to be untied, allowing the two to travel with them.

valeria-hyborrian-ssoc138-dagtocon     After Sloth was pulled under and perished trying to cross a marsh, Conan paid a local to guide their way across. When they next encountered the Pictish totem of Otah, the Lizard God, Valeria mocked it as a scarecrow. After reaching fresh water, Valeria resolved to take a bath, and Conan chose to watch over her. While Conan initially resisted, Valeria eventually seduced him, telling him that the world was a hard and cruel place and that they must take their pleasures where they may.

valeria-hyborrian-ssoc138-prepswim     When they subsequently found the only path through a Pictish village, Conan advised they wait until the dead of night and then cross, although they heard the monstrous growl of Otah from the woodlands. As Ymac stood guard, however, Valeria led Rhonk to strike him from behind, after which they attempted to get to the lost city on their own.

(Savage Sword of Conan I#138 (fb) - BTS) - As Valeria and Rhonk sneaked through the Pict village, however, Rhonk tripped and awakened the Picts, who captured and bound them as sacrifices to Otah.

(Savage Sword of Conan I#138) - As the Picts called to Otah, Rhonk lamented his fate, stating that he was a fool to follow Valeria, but she advised him that he was born a fool. As the Pict shaman/leader warned her of her fate, Valeria swung her legs forward and kicked him in the face.

    As Otah approached and consumed Rhonk, Conan, who had discovered her fate and observed from a distance, fired an arrow, severing the bonds holding her against the wall. As Valeria fled, Conan put his knife to the shaman's neck and commanded him to let him and his men (and Valeria pass).

    After Valeria had hidden out in a tree, Conan and his associates found her, and -- although he refused to sever the ropes connecting her wrists -- she followed him to avoid the smaller predator saurids. They subsequently located the city from the maps, and they found it to be plentiful with gems. Despite Valeria's protestations of wanting more, they left with as many jewels as they could carry, but they were soon confronted by Otah. Conan put out the creature's left eye with an arrow, and they ultimately pulled down a crumbling temple on it, after which Conan shoved a sword deep into its skull, although the rest of Conan's party perished.

    Despite his frustration with her manipulations and an adventure that nearly ended with his death, when Valeria invited Conan to accompany her and "make the seas run red again, Amra," he was intrigued.
   
   

valeria-hyborian-ssoc139-fight(Savage Sword of Conan I#139 (fb) - BTS) - Suspecting mutiny/treachery from her crew aboard the Sea Fox, Valeria had Conan remain on a nearby cliffside armed with bow and arrows.

(Savage Sword of Conan I#139) - With Conan hidden behind rocks, Valeria called to her crew as "Sea Dogs, advising them that their captain had returned and that they should have a mug of warm wine waiting for her after the cold swim. After kissing Conan, she dove off the cliff and then swam to and boarded the Sea Fox.

    She greeted the loyal Shad, but when she gave orders to her crew, they told her that they had sailed under her command for too long with too little to show for it. As the mutineers restrained Valeria and their leader threatened to rape her before killing her, she kicked him in the testicles, but was then tied to the mast. As their leader raised a lash to flay her, Conan fired an arrow through his throat, killing him.

    As she had Shad untie her, Valeria warned the others that she had 50 Pictish bowmen hidden in the rocks with arrows pointed at their hearts, and when another of the head mutineers denounced this, Conan fired an arrow into his forehead, killing him, too.

(Savage Sword of Conan I#139 (fb) - BTS) - The mutiny collapsed, and most of the crew raced to Valeria's side and identified those who had planned the revolt. They and/or Conan slew the primary mutineers, after which Conan boarded the Sea Fox as well.

(Savage Sword of Conan I#139) - Valeria and Conan celebrated with some romance in her cabin, but they were interrupted by a call from her crew as their ship was approached by an Aquilonian warship. Valeria exhorted her crew to raise the sails to the fullest and row with all their might.

    However, as night fell, the wind died down and the oarsmen tired, the Aquilonian ship planned to ram them. Instead, Valeria had her men prepare the catapult, and they launched fiery globes of oil that set the Aquilonian ship aflame and allowed the Sea Fox to leave them behind.

    The next morning, Valeria and her crew were surprised to find an island where there had not been one before. Needing fresh water and a rest for the oarsmen, they docked. The crewmen Rafe was agonized by consuming fruit from the trees, and the men found that the vines they cut for kindling were milk-filled.

    Seeing men watching them but unable to catch them,as well as appreciating that there ere no birds or pests on the island, Conan became concerned. After Shad appreciated the absence of night noises, Valeria mocked their concerns and led Conan to make night noises of their own. Afterward, however, Valeria also felt eyes upon them, and she became concerned as well.valeria-hyborian-ssoc139-with conan

(Savage Sword of Conan I#139 - BTS) - Valeria's crewman Ghorus was captured by the island's plant-people and sacrificed to their god/creator.

(Savage Sword of Conan I#139) - Informed of Ghorus' absence, Valeria instructed her crew to find him, and, with Conan and Shad, she returned to the Sea Fox, advising them that they would only wait until dawn. Aboard the ship, they found Rafe to have apparently died, shriveled as with old age.

(Savage Sword of Conan I#139 - BTS) - A plant-creation in the form of Ghorus slew Baccar and Mhuto, after which it led the other plant men to swim to and invade the Sea Fox.

(Savage Sword of Conan I#139) - Valeria and Conan's romance was again interrupted by these invaders, and they led their crew to rally around the mast to fight them, after which tendrils from the island wrapped around the Sea Dog. Conan used the oil globes to set the vines aflame, but the plant men continued to fight.

    The Aquilonian warship, having recovered from the flames and followed them, rammed the Sea Fox, shattering it. Valeria and her crew, with Conan, boarded the warship. The Sea Fox exploded with flames and slew the Demon-Tree, after which the plant-men aboard the warship perished, as well.

    Meanwhile, with Conan having slain the whipmaster and had Shad free and arm the slaves, when the Aquilonians confronted Conan and Valeria, the slaves turned the tide and instead enslaved the captain and his crew.
   
   

(Savage Sword of Conan I#201 (fb) - BTS) - Perhaps because both Valeria and Conan wanted to be in charge, they eventually parted ways.
   


valeria-hyborian-ssoc73-full(Savage Sword of Conan I#73 (fb) - BTS) - Valeria served under Rogarth of Vanaheim.

    When Rogarth was without ship, Valeria shipped with Gowar, as she was interested in his intent to recover the Treasure of Mogar, allegedly a vast treasure of rare jewels left by some forgotten older race in some hidden temple. Gowar's crewman Agir was the only man known to have seen the temple and lived to tell of it. Agir guided Gowar's crew to an unidentified island.

(Savage Sword of Conan I#73 (fb)) - After their ship approached an unidentified island, Valeria was sent in a longboat with seven men (including Gowar and Agir) toward shore...

(Savage Sword of Conan I#73 (fb) - BTS) - The rest of the crew, as instructed, took the ship and departed on another mission of plunder with plans to return at a later date.

(Savage Sword of Conan I#73 (fb)) - As the others on the longboat rowed toward land, they roared and bellowed at Valeria, but when one of them charged at her, Valeria slashed him across the eye or face before leaping out of the boat and rushing toward shore.

(Savage Sword of Conan I#73 (fb) - BTS) - Valeria apparently slew one of the men who pursued her before she fled into the woods.

(Savage Sword of Conan I#73 (fb)) - After Metallus, a man who was the sole survivor of a ship that had burned at sea and had made it to shore a week earlier, found the dead man and looted his sword and knife, Valeria mocked his looting of the dead. She subsequently approached him, and her behavior made it clear to him that she was Valeria, of whom he -- as any sailor -- had heard rumors. Although he disdained pirates, Metallus was convinced to lead Valeria to a place of safe-hiding as the pirates would kill them both.

    As they descended a cliff, a withered vine broke under Valeria's weight, and she landed nearby the pirate Agir, who prepared to slay his off-balanced foe until Metallus hurled a dagger into Agir's back, killing him. Metallus then continued leading her across narrow paths and through a waterfall into a hidden cavern, where Valeria discussed her recent history and related what she knew of the Treasure of Mogar, and Metallus reiterated his disdain for pirates. They subsequently heard Gowar outside the cavern, ordering his four remaining men to find him "that she-devil."

(Savage Sword of Conan I#74/3 (fb)) - After Valeria identified Gowar and his associates and they departed, Valeria's hunger led her to insist that they return to the longboat on which she had arrived, which contained bread and preserved meats. However, as they did so, they were discovered and engaged by Muzumbe and Naguth.

(Savage Sword of Conan I#76/3 (fb)) - As Metallus slew Muzambe, Valeria disarmed Naguth before shoving her sword through his chest. After gathering the longboat's food, Valeria and Metallus found a secluded spot by a fresh stream to eat. Valeria noted Gowar as being one of the two men she had ever feared, identifying Conan as the other. After she bragged of Conan's prowess, Metallus asked if he was her lover, angering Valeria, who insisted that no man could call her his. Metallus suggested that no woman who was a plunderer and a murderer could also be virtuous, further upsetting Valeria.

(Savage Sword of Conan I#77/2 (fb)) - Although Valeria initially threatened to kill Metallus for his scurrility, she appreciated that she owed him her life and withdrew her sword. She subsequently dropped to the ground in tears, noting that she was aware of her many many crimes and that only thing keeping her from feeling damned was that she had remained virtuous. After she told of being raised by Captain Rogarth, Metallus recalled hearing how she had forced her pirate brethren to spare the lives of innocent seafarers on ships they had taken, and he apologized, noting his cruel words to have been unjust. He cleared a space behind some fronds for her to sleep while he took first watch, although he found himself thinking of her golden curls and brooding eyes.valeria-hyborian-ssoc76-swordfight

 (Savage Sword of Conan I#78/3 (fb)) - Valeria awakened to find Metallus having fallen asleep, after which she resolved to explore the Eastern swamps, which were the only portion of the island Metallus had not searched, as he considered them to be impenetrable. She goaded Metallus to go by telling him that Conan would not hesitate, but she subsequently complimented Metallus, telling him that he would not cut a bad figure compared to Conan. They continued into deep muck and past large serpents until Valeria rushed into a deep pool and was nearly pulled beneath the waters before Metallus saved her.

    Reaching solid ground, they found an ancient street that they followed to a temple, which they entered and found a blood-stained altar before being confronted by Gowar, Tobak and Katur. After Tobak hurled a dagger into Metallus' sword-arm, he pulled it out and fought back, gaining the advantage over Tobak before being dropped by a rock to the back of the head by Katur. Meanwhile, Valeria savagely attacked Gowar, only to lose her footing on a rock, allowing Gowar to knock the sword from her hand and then catch and bind her.

(Savage Sword of Conan I#79/3 (fb)) - After Valeria was tied to a pillar and Metallus feet were bound (as Tobak has misremembered and thought both of Metallus' arms were broken), Gowar and the others began searching for the treasures. Tobak killed himself after being bitten by a lethally venomous serpent. As Gowar and Katur attempted to locate the treasure, they set off an ancient trap that dropped a giant rock on them, killing them.

    Limited to one arm, Metallus untied himself and then Valeria, after which they made it just outside the temple before he passed out. After he recovered and they made it to the longboat, Valeria treated Metallus' wounds and splinted him, they spotted an approaching merchant ship, and Metallus happily agreed to pretend that Valeria was his sister to prevent her from being slain as a pirate. After Valeria told Metallus that he was the third man she respected, he told her that while her beauty initially fascinated him, the sterling worth of the soul that lied beneath her reckless mask spurred him to propose a more lasting union.

    Valeria admitted that she had never met a man both as kind and bold as him and that she would be honored to be his wife, but she was young and needed time, although she might feel favorable to such a match if he could wait awhile. After Metallus agreed to wait until the wanderlust had left her blood, she kissed him passionately.

valeria-hyborian-ssoc201-fast(Savage Sword of Conan I#201 (fb) - BTS) - Conan heard that Valeria had "taken up with some trader from Messantia," but he didn't credit it.

(Savage Sword of Conan I#201 (fb) - BTS) - Apparently hearing that Conan had been imprisoned in the Tarantia's Iron Tower by King Numedides, Valeria donned a cloak and traveled to Tarantia's Frog and Candle tavern, where she had numerous beverages.

(Savage Sword of Conan I#201) - Seeking to recruit aid to rescue Conan, Count Trocero and General Prospero, along with Mitrain priest Dexitheus, traveled to the Frog and Tavern. Their whispers were overheard by the cloaked Valeria, who recognized them and summoned them to her table. Her slurred speech and cloaked form caused the trio to initially dismiss her as a down-and-out drunk man, but when she bumped into and angered Big Brukka on the way out, he tore off her cloak. When he tried to manhandle her, she kicked him in his tenders but then collapsed from over-drinking. Nonetheless, when Brukka swung his sword, she blocked it, kicked out his feet and then slashed his throat with her sword.

    Impressed with her skills, Dexitheus, Prospero & Trocero helped her back to her place on Filcher's Alley, during which time she stopped to vomit. While they wished only to pay her to forget she had seen them seeking to rescue Conan, she cleaned herself up and revealed that she was Valeria of the Red Brotherhood.

(Savage Sword of Conan I#201 (fb) - BTS) - The trio gave Valeria information on secret passageways into and out of the Iron Tower, and they hired her to rescue Conan.

(Savage Sword of Conan I#201) - Evading guards, Valeria slipped into Conan's cell. Having been tormented by Numedides' wizard Thulandra Thuu's illusions, Conan initially tackled her to determine if she was real. After Valeria kissed him hard enough to make his lip bleed, Conan was convinced, after which she used her sword to shatter his restraining chain, although this alerted Thulandra Thuu that Conan was being freed.

    After Valeria told Conan that Trocero and Prospero had hired her, they fought and slew a pair of onrushing guards and then Valeria led Conan down to a subterranean escape route. Via the Book of Guchupta of Shamballah, Thulandra Thuu reanimated these guards and sent them after Valeria and Conan. The decapitated guard choked Valeria even after Conan cut his body in half and she chopped his arm off at the elbow, while its disembodied head bit her calf.

    As living guards rushed to engage them, Conan tore the arm and head off of Valeria and threw them at the guards, and the mindless body parts attacked and incapacitated those guards. Having drained his powers, Thulandra Thuu resolved to allow Conan and Valeria to depart Tarantia.

     As they fled other approaching guards, Valeria found the bite wounds on her leg prevented her from running, and so Conan punched out Valeria and hid her in a chamber below the streets.

(Savage Sword of Conan I#201 - BTS) - Vowing to return for vengeance against Numedides, Conan escaped on a horse stolen from the guards.

(Savage Sword of Conan I#201 - BTS) - The next morning, Prospero had heard nothing from Valeria, but Dexitheus' mystic senses alerted him that Conan had survived.
   
   

Comments: Created by Robert E. Howard.
    Adapted to Marvel by Roy Thomas and Barry Smithvaleria-hyborian-gsc1

    "Red Nails" was the last Conan story written by Robert E. Howard before his death.

    Her father's name was "Daquius" in Red Sonja II#1-2, but "Daquis" in SSoC#225/2

    Thanks to MarvelousLuc for cleaning up the SSoC#215 cover image, removing the text, etc.!

    Giant-Size Conan#1 has King Conan flashback to his past "in league with Valeria of the Red Brotherhood."
    It may or may not be a new scene. I'm not sure if the serpent creature goes with her of the Kozaki?

    It is odd that Valeria does not remember Red Sonja nor does Sonja remember Valeria in Savage Sword of Conan I#170 or 179, as Red Sonja had spent a significant amount of time with Valeria, protecting and training her when Valeria was a young girl. While the Savage Sword of Conan#225/2 that covers their interactions had not come out yet, the Red Sonja II#1-2 issues had come out seven years before.
    Sonja's lack of recognition is more understandable, as not only was Valeria a fairly young girl, she was not even going by the name Valeria at that time: She was still Merina.
    However, it's a little harder to explain Valeria's lack of memory of the woman who had trained her. As Merina, she was younger, and she had a hard life of fighting, with lots of blows to the head. Perhaps she was so infatuated with Conan at the time that she was overcome with emotion and could not think straight or remember her youth at the time.
    Maybe after she'd had some time to think about it after getting out of the Arctic, Valeria wondered if the Sonja could have been the same woman who raised her.
    Or, maybe Valeria did recognize Sonja, but she was still so overcome with emotions that she didn't even care, and she fought Sonja anyway.
    Additionally, I would definitely bet on Sonja to take Valeria in a fight; I wouldn't think it would be that close of a fight.

    It's hard to place the various stories in chronological order. The biggest difference I could see is before and after when Valeria shared romance. I would have thought that the "Island of Pirates' Doom" story from Savage Sword of Conan#73-79 would have taken place earlier in her chronology, but the "Man in the Iron Tower" story in Savage Sword of Conan#201, shortly before Conan became King of Aquilonia, has Conan specifically reference Islands of Pirates' Doom as something he had heard of since last they'd met.

Age of Conan: Valeria

I have generally followed the Marvel Chronology Project's order of stories, and I would really like to have the Age of Valeria fit in with Valeria's chronology, but it really doesn't fit.

    The MCP suggested:

Merina’s actual mother dies in childbirth and she lives with her actual father until the Red Sonja adventure with her paternal uncle when she’s seven. She’s sent to live with her adoptive “parents” who die when she’s nine. She’s sent to live with her brother, who eventually dies. She’s reunited (off-panel) with her paternal uncle, who finally sends her to live with her maternal uncle, who tries to marry her off. She becomes a pirate, meets Conan, and eventually avenges her brother at some later point.

   This made sense when I read it, but when I reviewed the issues, it was more problematic:

    ...so, to make this fit, I guess the key thing would have to be that instead of Kirkos sending Valeria to Clesus after two years, he sends to her to unknown parties who are some other relations that she considers her (adoptive?) parents before they are killed soon after... but, after Cassian is killed and she runs off, who would have sent her to live with Clesus?...If she fled from Antonius, there's no one who would have sent her to live with her original maternal uncle...who was paid to take care of her... I agree that it's possible, but I think it is just another issue of someone remaking a character rather than revisiting her...damnit. Plus, Age of Conan: Valeria pretty much has nothing to do with the ocean or the Red Brotherhood.
    And the Age of Conan: Belit travesty is a solid precedent.

    This profile was completed 09/13/2026, but its publication was delayed as it was intended for the Appendix 25th anniversary 's celebratory event.

Profile by Snood.

CLARIFICATIONS:
Valeria should be distinguished from:


Giant-Size Conan#1, pg. 15, panel 3 (3 o'clock position, at least; sword raised tiny image);
Savage Sword of Conan#73/2, pg. 4, panel 3 (full body) - SCAN
    #76/3, pg. 1 (full body, facing Naguth);
       pg. 3, panel 1 (stab through Naguth);
    #138, pg. 16, panel 5 (dagger at Conan's throat);
          pg. 24, panel 2(stripped down);
    #139 pg. 39, panel 1 (swordfight, disarming plant-man);
       pg. 48, panel 2 (with Conan);
    #170, story pg. 1 (numbered pg. 5) (Conan holding Valeria & Sonja apart);
       pg. 9, panel 4 (full, confronting Varnigern)
       pg. 33, panel 3 (vs. Sonja);
       pg. 34, panel 4 (frontal charge);
    #177/2, pg. 1, panel 2 (fighting with two swords);
    #201, pg. 45, panel 2 (swift movements; striking a guard);
    #215 cover (with Conan over Golden Serpent);
    #225/2, pg. 5, panel 2 (Lord Daquius holding up toddler Merina);
       pg. 7, panel 4 (having slain father's killer);
       pg. 15, panel 5 ("Val");
Red Sonja II#2, story pg. 2, panel 4 (young girl, full);
       pg. 5, panel 8 (Zora teaching Merina archery)
Savage Tales#2, pg. 2, panel 4 (face);
       pg. 3, panel 9 (crouching with sword)
Conan: River of Blood#1, pg. 13, panel 2 (Conan & Valeria fighting crocodiles);
Handbook of the Conan Universe#1: Valeria entry (main image to the right)

Appearances:
valeria-hyborian-gsc1-serpentWeird Tales (July, 1936: "Red Nails" - Robert E. Howard (writer)
Savage Tales I#2 (October, 1973) - Roy Thomas (writer/editor), Barry Smith (artist), Marvel Wolfman (associate editor)
Savage Tales I#3 (February, 1974) - Roy Thomas (writer/editor), Barry Smith (artist), Marvel Wolfman (associate editor)
Giant-Size Conan#1 (September, 1974) - Roy Thomas (writer/editor), Gil Kane (penciler), Tom Sutton (inker)--------------------------------------------------------------------------------->
Savage Sword of Conan I#25: "Jewels of Gwahlur" (December, 1977) - Roy Thomas (writer/editor), Dick Giordano (penciler); adapted from the story by Robert E. Howard
Savage Sword of Conan I#73-74: "Island of Pirates' Doom -- parts I & II" (February-March, 1982) - Roy Thomas (writer/editor), John Buscema (penciler), Danny Bulanadi (inker)
Savage Sword of Conan I#76/3, 77/2, 78/4, 79/3: "Island of Pirates' Doom - part III-VI" (May-August, 1982) - Roy Thomas (writer/editor), John Buscema (penciler), Danny Bulanadi (inker)
Red Sonja II#1 (February, 1983) - Christie Marx (plot), Roy Thomas (script), Tony DeZuniga, Ernie Colon, Alan Kupperberg, Mel Candido (artists; possibly the first two were pencilers, and the latter two inkers), Denny O'Neil (editor)
Red Sonja II#2 (March, 1983) - Christie Marx (plot), Roy Thomas (script), Ernie Colon & Alan Kupperberg (pencilers), Alan Kupperberg (inker), Denny O'Neil (editor)
Handbook of the Conan Universe#1 (January, 1986) - Alan Zelenetz (writer/researcher), (penciler), (inker), Larry Hama (editor)
Savage Sword of Conan I#127 (August, 1986) "Reunion in Scarlet" - Don Kraar (writer), Mike Docherty (penciler), Rudy Nebres (inker), Larry Hama (editor), Pat Redding (managing editor)
Savage Sword of Conan I#138 (July, 1987) "Lair of the Lizard" - Charles Dixon (writer), Gary Kwapisz (penciler), Ernie Chan (inker), Larry Hama (editor), Pat Redding (managing editor)
 Savage Sword of Conan I#139 (August, 1987) "Garden of Blood" - Charles Dixon (writer), Gary Kwapisz (penciler), Ernie Chan (inker), Larry Hama (editor), Pat Redding (managing editor)
Savage Sword of Conan I#170 (February, 1990) "Emerald Lust" - Charles Dixon (writer), Gary Kwapisz (artist), Renee Witterstaetter (assistant editor), Craig Anderson (editor)
Savage Sword of Conan I#172 (April, 1990) "By Hatred Reborn" - John Arcudi (writer), Javier Saltares (artist), Renee Witterstaetter (assistant editor), Craig Anderson (editor)
Savage Sword of Conan I#177/2 "Revenge of the Red Brotherhood" (September, 1990) - S.C. Ringgenberg (script/co-plot), M.J. Jorgensen (penciler/co-plot), Armando Gil (inker), Barry Dutter (assistant editor), Mike Rockwitz (editor)
Savage Sword of Conan I#179 (November, 1990) - Charles Dixon (writer), Gary Kwapisz (artist), Barry Dutter (assistant editor), Mike Rockwitz (editor)
Savage Sword of Conan I#196-199 (April-July, 1992) - Roy Thomas (writer), John Buscema (penciler/layouts), Ernie Chan (inker/embellisher), Barry Dutter (assistant editor), Mike Rockwitz (editor)
Savage Sword of Conan I#201 "The Man in the Iron Tower" (September, 1992) - Roy Thomas (writer), M.C. Wyman (penciler), Dave Simons (inker), Barry Dutter (assistant editor), Mike Rockwitz (editor)
Savage Sword of Conan I#211 (July, 1993) "Conan and the Gods of the Mountain part one: The Gods Above -- The Beasts Below" - adapted from the novel by Roland Green; Roy Thomas (writer), Rafael Kayanan (artist), Richard Ashford (editor)
 Savage Sword of Conan I#212 (August, 1993) "Conan and the Gods of the Mountain part two: To Live as Gods...To Die as Men" - adapted from the novel by Roland Green; Roy Thomas (writer), Rafael Kayanan (artist), Michael Kraiger (assistant editor), Richard Ashford (editor)
 Savage Sword of Conan I#213 (September, 1993) "Conan and the Gods of the Mountain part three: Death has Four Corners" - adapted from the novel by Roland Green; Roy Thomas (writer), Rafael Kayanan (artist), Michael Kraiger (assistant editor), Richard Ashford (editor)
 Savage Sword of Conan I#215 (November, 1993) "Conan and the Gods of the Mountain part four: When Wakes the Golden Serpent" - adapted from the novel by Roland Green; Roy Thomas (writer), Rafael Kayanan (artist), Michael Kraiger (assistant editor), Richard Ashford (editor)
 Savage Sword of Conan I#217/2 (January, 1994) "Conan and the Gods of the Mountain part five: When Walks the Living Serpent" - adapted from the novel by Roland Green; Roy Thomas (writer), Rafael Kayanan (artist), Michael Kraiger (assistant editor), Richard Ashford (editor)
Savage Sword of Conan I#225 (September, 1994) "Swords of Sukhmet" - Roy Thomas (writer), John Buscema (artist), Michael Kriager (assistant editor), Richard Ashford (editor)
    (second story)/"Valeria of the Red Brotherhood": Roy Thomas (writer), Esteban Maroto (artist), Dann Thomas (co-plotter), Michael Kriager (assistant editor), Richard Ashford (editor)
Conan: River of Blood#1-2 (June-July, 1998) - Roland Green (writer), Geof Isherwood (artist), Joe Andreani (editor)
Conan: River of Blood#3 (August, 1998) - Roland Green (writer), Geof Isherwood (penciler), Sandu Florea (inker), Joe Andreani (editor)

First started: 02/09/2024
First posted: 09/30/2026
Last updated: 09/13/2026

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