Descrizione
CONAN e KA – ZAR
“The Dweller in the Pool!” / IL MOSTRO DELL’ ORRIDO !
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Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Stefanya
- Lupalina/Semndra
Villains:
- Prhassias (Death)
- Elviriom
- Thalkalides
- Unos
- jailor
- demons
Other Characters:
- Gwineer (Death)
- Thomond and Chrysala, Stefanya’s parents (Only in flashback)
- Themas Herklar (Death)
- Zoqquanor (Only in flashback)
- Ayilla (Only in flashback)
- Jarkan Val
Locations:
- Castle Ravengard
- Alkarion
Items:
- Amulet of Merdoramon
Synopsis
The giant monster Pthassiass wastes no time in attacking Conan and his companions, quickly gobling up the unfortunate serving girl Gwineer. Conan’s blows barely do any damage to the creature, but he notices that it seems to avoid the living, magical garden itself. Conan manages to lure it into the plants, and the tendrils and vines attack and flay Pthassiass as Conan and Stefanya retreat with the amulet. When the reunite with Lupalina, the wold-woman reveals that she does indeed know Stefanya, and reveals the girl’s history. She is the daughter of Thormond, the lord of Phalkar, whose demise was plotted by the wizards Thalkaldies and Elviriom. Lupalina, when she was called Samandra and was merely the lady-in-waiting to the Chrysala, Stefanya’s mother, helped the wizards, but had a change of heart and saved the baby instead of killing her as the wizards expected. Thormond was killed in a rockslide “accident” and the wizards’ puppet, Themas Herklar, was put on the throne. But Herklar seems to have had a change of heart, and it is to him that Conan is meant to deliver the amulet of protection, under the noses of the wizards. Lupalina uses her magic to spy on their enemy, expecting to see the wizards, but instead see a young man sitting on the throne, exuding evil, who can shoot beams of fire from his eyes. Lupalina realizes greater magics are at work and quickly breaks off the scrying. She reveals that the amulet can teleport Conan to the castle at Phalkar, and Conan goes in hopes of finding Themas Herklar. He finds him in the dungeon, a tortured, broken man, and discovers that the young man, Unos, was in fact a being of evil magic created by the wizards. Suddenly, the two are attacked by subhuman creatures who lurk in the dungeons, and Conan teleports back to his companions. They vow to bring the wizards down.
Notes

“Moon of Blood!” / LUNA DI SANGUE !
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Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Villains:
Other Characters:
- Narda
- Rast (soldier)
- Kargan (chieftain)
- his warriors
- a witch
Locations:
Synopsis

“Trail of Sudden Death” / LA PISTA DELLA MORTE !
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Featured Characters:
- Lo-Zar (First appearance)
Villains:
- Dinosaurs
- Communist soldiers
Locations:
- Over Karaki’s plains
Synopsis
Deep in the jungle, those in peril are aided by Lo-Zar the jungle man. hunting down a pair of killers in the jungle he captures them with the assistance of members of Matubi tribe he captures them. Searching their persons Lo-Zar finds a map to the Black Swamps marking the location of Uranium, Lo-Zar tells the people in the Matubi that those they captured are communist agents who would and swings off into the jungle to hunt down the rest of the Communist agents.
As he enters the Black Swamp he is confronted by prehistoric dinosaurs, he tricks them into fighting each other and continues along his way. Lo-Zar continues on his path to the uranium mine. There he finds communist soldiers stationed there and summons his elephant friend Gata to aid him, Gata causes a rock slide which distracts the communists long enough for Lo-Zar to make his attack. However, one of the Communists manages to sneak up behind the jungle hero and strike him on the back of the head with a rock knocking him out. When Lo-Zar comes to, he finds himself tied up in the uranium mine. But just when they are about to leave him there to die, Lo-Zar sends out another call to Gata who comes to his aid. While Lo-Zar breaks free of his bonds, Gata makes short work of the communists who surrender, Lo-Zar then turns the enemy agents over to the local authorities.

“The Stoneman” / L’ UOMO DI PIETRA
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Main Character:
- Dralla (also spelled Drallas)
Other Characters:
- Mayor of Oakfast
Locations:
- ancient central Europe
- Oakfast (village)
Synopsis
An old man prays to a famine-stricken village’s stone statue for deliverance. As he lies exhausted on his cot, villagers find gold scattered about on the ground and collect it. By the time the old man has recovered, no more is left upon the ground, and the hard-hearted villagers refuse to extend to him any charity. Suddenly, the statue of the man mounted upon his horse springs to life, in rage. He tells the villagers that their new-found prosperity is due to the prayers of the old man who had faith in him and that they deserve nothing. Their gold vanishes, while the statue seizes the old man and alights with him into heaven as a reward for his faith.