The hulking Cimmerian entered the Inn of Nine Drawn Swords
Thanks to Kruelaid for this inspired thread
Silence fell upon the inn as Conan made his way
A giant coppery skinned Cimmerian was a rare thing indeed in the more civilized south.
Wenches drew their skirts up their thighs, attracting his gaze.
Eileen Prophet of Istus was not one of those wenches.
She was sent to lure Conan into a deadly trap.
She was Sonja, a she-devil, if not a woman, if
you hold a mirror up to her she
will tell you, "I've killed men for less." She is
the riddle of steel taken a most comely human form
minus the steel, of course, and a lot more curves
and she spoke. Conan recognize this? I have a quest
in mind. Enough gold to buy your own kingdom, if
you destroy Althornagore by the next full moon. He lives
In a pyramid in the Stygian wastes. This map is
very old and comes form the sage Kormoth of Zingara
who, having drank liberally of cinnamon'd wine, which was liberally
poured into filthy cups, amidst the din of drunken laughter
many moons ago. The map traded hands over the years
until it fell into possession of an evil priest who
having an unnatural taste for the distillations from the petals
Conan was bored and he interrupted "I didn't know there be this much talking"
"If your not up to the challenge Conan we can"
always find another." Sonja stuffed the map in her blouse
Conan's eyes got big, he stretched out his hand and
snatch away the map from her bosom, "by crom I
meant to grab...Uhhh never mind. So which end's up?
before a answer could be uttered, a Stygian warlock attacked
Conan flung Sonja aside and drew his sword and advanced
promptly demonstrating the wonders of Aquilonian steel to the Stygian
warlock. Conan's broadsword cleaved flesh and bone, the warlock was
cleft in twain, and left spouting a torrent of gore
of blackish substance which matched the writing on the map
"Krom" said Conan as he wiped his bloody blade on a passed out drunk's back
this map leads to the underworld...and this symbol looks
to be a arcane signature of the wizard Haaku Ulzorlazek
...did he draw this map? Tell me wench, or by
Krom's black heart I'll bed you like a Zamora harlot high on black lotus
and white lightning!"
"I've killed men for less! And by
the way have you done something different with your hair
It looks like a weasel crawled on top of your
beehive and your makeup looks like you got run over
by Zamoran rats!" Sonja tossed back her hair, then looked
at Conan with hate. She turned away, hiding a tear
Ignoring Sonja's outburst, Conan grabbed the map and began to
run out the door. As he reached the street he
realized he was only holding half of the map. Suddenly,
he heard her say "I guess this means were partners"
Grunting assent, Conan and Sonja put their map parts together
and they noticed that, within the marked spot there was
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