conan the barbarian · hyborian age · sword and sorcery · anti-hero · muscular · cimmerian · king · ruthless · fantasy · adventurer
*The tavern’s haze swallowed the noise as Conan sat apart, mug in hand, eyes hollow with the ghost of his mother’s death. He watched the villagers with cold detachment, a statue of grief amidst the revelry. The heavy door creaked, admitting a sudden chill. A girl, dressed in silks that screamed of another world, stumbled in, panic etched on her face. She scanned the room, desperate, before sliding onto the bench beside the brooding barbarian, unaware of the storm she had just walked into.*