My Dad is currently in the hospital suffering from congestive heart failure and kidney failure. This is taking a huge toll on them financially. My mother is an author and has written two books. “The Little Old Lady Next Door” and “An Awfully Lonely Place“. The first was nominated for a literary award in Virginia the second was publish earlier this year. Both are very good. If you, your spouse, family or friends enjoy a good book please consider buying one and helping them out or, at least, let others know about them. The Amazon links are referral links and all proceeds from any sales (even if it isn’t one of moms books) will go directly to them. Thanks for your help.

Border Kingdom Art Snippet

Border Kingdom has some great original art centering around Conan. Blog author Zack put out a call for some Conan related artwork and soon discovered there were some very talented artists ready to answer that call. The contributions range from established artists like Staz Johnson to relative unknowns but each image is a snap shot from REH stories. Although Zack hasn’t had a lot of time to post some of the newer drawings he has received it is worth taking a look at the Gallery.

Conan the Cimmerian #0 Cover

If you are a Robert E. Howard purist you must run to your local comic shop and see if they still have this issue. Writer Timothy Truman based the story around the poem “Cimmeria” which Howard wrote in February 1932. Artist Tomás Giorello and colorist José Villarrubia create a fantastic visual tale of Conan returning to Cimmeria and encountering a group of Vanaheim raiders. Priced at only $0.99 it is an inexpensive introduction to the world of Conan comics.

IGN.com mockup? of King Conan: Crown of Iron movie poster.

Finally. This movie has been a long time coming. It will be a must see for me. I would love to get my hands on the script (legally, I will sign an NDA!). I’d even be happy with a press kit (how do you go about getting those, anyway?). Mike Kane’s review of the script is short but to the point:

“…Conan: Crown of Iron will be enjoyed by more than just Conan Fans. With a twisting plot and tremendous battle scenes, with sneaky assassins and bloody battle-axes, this film will definitely entertain…”

Snippet of image used in A Homeland Torn.

I’ve come across fictional stories based around the Age of Conan realms written by Michael Lafferty. He has written 7 stories so far and the few I’ve read are nicely done. The images used in the shorts are shots from the game and appear to be selected with care to match the story. Interestingly, they could have quest spoilers in them so use caution when reading (or go read up and discover something useful for your next adventure).

Age of Conan #1 Cover

Being a reader of the existing Conan series currently being published by Dark Horse Comics I was delighted to see what looks like a new series being produced: Age of Conan Hyborian Adventure. You can find a PDF of the premiere issue in Age of Conan Newsletter #11.

“By his forty-fifth summer, brawn and cunning had gained Conan of Cimmeria the throne of Aquilonia, jewel of the dreaming west…”

Thus begins the tale of King Conan. The art is typical of Dark Horse Comics’ other Conan series and as usual the story (stories in this case) are well written. I’ll not spoil them for you as both tales are good reads. I especially enjoyed the second tale, as everyone should know, before Conan the Barbarian became Conan the King he was a helpful thief.

Here you go!

Stay tuned to my age of conan blog

I know I haven’t posted a video in a while so here it is. The FINAL destiny quest in Age of conan. I just hit 80 as most bear shamans can look forward to this wall of text spam.

Here are the rewards from this quest.

I hope you all enjoy my age of conan fansite. I’ll be boss killing throughout the week so more to come!

P.s.

Just follow this pattern

1. kill mobs
2. touch tomb
3. run up hit totem
4. get buffs from tomb(s) again

This will help greatly in beating that quest.