How Conan the Barbarian Became King - Hyborian Age Lore DOCUMENTARY

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Wizards and Warriors animated fantasy documentary lore video series on the world of Conan the Barbarian continues after the Siege of Makkalet ( • Conan the Barbarian: S... ). Conan is moving up in the world of Hyboria and is in charge of the armies of Khoraja and he has to defend the kingdom and its princes Yasmela against the hordes of the Stygian sorcerer Natohk at the battle of Shamla Pass ( • Conan the Barbarian: B... ). In the aftermath, our hero joins the rebels fighting against the king Numidides of Aquilonia. In this episode we will cover the battles of the Alimane river and how Conan became king.
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Writer: Ethan Symons-Ferraro
Animation: Michael Merc (bit.ly/340tcO2), Kate Korolko
Illustration: Olga Blaginina, Vadym Berkutenko (j_blackwood.artstation.com/)
Map: Adam Ellis Charters
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Battle Map: Arif Azaman
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Editing: Kamran Maharramli
Producer: Nurlan Karimov
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[@WizardsandWarriors]

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[@pyeitme508]

Meh 😑

[@fanaticaltechpriest1002]

Please stop promoting established titles, they are a scam.

[@hummanaffectearthscience7004]

Malazan empire please

[@alarsonious2071]

You guys are awesome. I have a request. When you're done with Conan and the Hyborian age it would be cool if you guys could do a recap of the first Conan movie Directed by John Milius. The story of the final battle scene and the incredible detail Milius went into to show us how Two (ok, three) men could take down 36 is a masterpiece of cinema and storytelling.

[@brokenbridge6316]

This was a nice video but when are you going to make another Sci-Fi video again? Or are you going to be making a new Sci-Fi channel?

[@JohnnyElRed]

"Now it's left clear that you are nothing more than a mad dog, Numedides. And there is but one way to treat a mad dog." -Conan the Liberator to king Numedides, moments before snapping his neck with one hand.

[@awesomehpt8938]

He crushed his enemies saw them driven before him and heard the lamentations of their women! Right?

[@Revanchist]

Indeed!

[@JerryBoy245]

Is there any other way?

[@tomaszzalewski4541]

Yes

[@Brandonhayhew]

Yes conan

[@pentultimatearsehole9190]

He had the best in life.

[@denniscleary7580]

These actually give me a lot of insight into the character that I never had a chance to learn about, watching only the Arnold Schwarzenegger movies 😊

[@Revanchist]

Well you should read the original Robert E. Howard stories, don't read any of the comics or books written by authors after his death.

[@benjamin8459]

Check out The Cybrarian on YT, does amazing Conan audiobooks.

[@tomurg]

@@Revanchist Conan the Liberator is pretty good though

[@NathanCassidy721]

READ. THE. BOOKS. Seriously, it annoys the hell out of me how many people don’t get how interesting the Hyborian Age is because all they have seen is the Arnold movie which is the worst adaptation of the character.

[@arjusarauis9901]

Right? 1982’s movie might’ve been good but then you’d realize…. yeah it’s a deviance from the short stories and Warriors and Wizards only helps to make the original Conan sound grand.

[@blackop013]

I always liked how De Camp and Carter transitioned seamlessly from The Black Stanger (one of my favorite Howard stories that they reworked) to Conan the Liberator and you guys did a good job of it for this video too. Please keep the Conan videos coming.

[@Fatherofheroesandheroines]

The irony is that Conan in an earlier adventure helped put the king he murdered on the throne. So it came full circle ...when he wore the crown of Aquilionia on a troubled brow.

[@Galvatronover]

Which one was that ?

[@Roronoa79]

As someone who's never read Conan before, you guys have really done a great job of selling this universe. I love the blend of political realism with fantastic magic and heroics reminiscent of a Greek epic.

[@KevinJohnson-cv2no]

To crush your enemies, see them driven before you; and to hear the lamentation of their women. Couldn't have asked for a better start to my morning lol

[@jdproctor7700]

Crom has a funny way of working. Just watched Conan the Barbarian on Tubi, then this pops up on my subscriptions list.

[@Zorglub1966]

If someone had told me one day that I would watch a doc on Conan.... Bravo!!!

[@bigsarge2085]

Of course, Conan wore the jeweled crown of Aquilonia upon a troubled brow.

[@aquila4228]

That’s a very rich and unexplored world! Glad to see Conan videos

[@monsG165]

This channel is amazing. Even tho the KZbin gods are willing to forsaken it, each production is done with all the hard work and love the channel deserves.

[@KalashnikovPaouzzi]

If I remember the stories well, the reason some of the warrior elite joined Conan against the king is because the king ordered teenage girls to be kidnapped and sacrifice in magic ritual. They wouldn't take girls just from the poor but also from the richest and best family too.

[@TraciPeteyforlife]

Well some people don't like the idea of kidnapping and murdering teenage girls. I can understand it.

[@ltbraca470]

The big sized Conan comics were my gateway into fantasy.

[@milosstojakovic7586]

Great work. Looking forward to Phoenix on the Sword, Scarlet Citadel & Hour of the Dragon videos showing challenges to the rule of King Conan.

[@JohnnyElRed]

I think this video its the best of the 3 you have done so far. It shows better the political machinations and constant factional fighting of different parties that make the longer Conan stories so fun, in my opinion. Also, how L. Sprague de Camp and Lin Carter can still tell really good stories, even if not at the same level of Howard, at the contrary of what the more purists fans seem to think. But that map is still bothering me. The geographical proportions feel weird at some places. Same with the size of some countries. And I still don't understand why the lands that would make the independent kingdoms of Nemedia and Brythunia, appear under the domain of Aquilonia.

[@whosaidthat5236]

Yes and hell yeah more of Conan! Always been my favourite sci fi books, I have all the originals many of the spin offs . And my ex wife got me the Atlantean sword, it’s freaking epic and fully functional. I’ve yet to put an edge on it

[@jimhoward7624]

Thank you for more Nemedian chronicles 🙏🥹🤴💩

[@jimhoward7624]

I'm trying to get your work considered for a REH foundation nomination, who can I cite, or do you have an email I can correspond with?

[@majestic8054]

CONAN THE CIMMERIAN IS BACK

[@Ariete21]

Thanks!

[@davidthomas7957]

Do more Conan lore I only seen the Conan The Barbarian and Conan the Destroyer movies I enjoyed that

[@daemonblackfyre8376]

For some stupid reason, I thought the king in your titles ad was rolling a blunt, lol!

[@MisterWileyOne]

Im watching this with the Basil Poledouris Conan theme playing on Spotify in the background

[@yankyener4491]

I would love to see you guys doing a series like this for Dragonlance!

[@mirceazaharia2094]

A small channel called The Brothers Krynn apparently have some good Dragonlance content.

[@yankyener4491]

@@mirceazaharia2094 noted, thanks!

[@Vandelberger]

I had gone back and read the John Carter of Mara book, and I can see how they influenced Conan to Superman. Love to see a freaky Conan series, full of Lovecraft monsters and sorcery.

[@NathanCassidy721]

What proof do you have that Howard read John Carter? I love John Carter and it wouldn’t surprise me if he did read it, I don’t think Howard drew upon it as an inspiration. Because if you ask me, he was more inspired by the oil boom towns that would pop up and collapse the minute oil would be found and depleted respectively. He would see a small accelerated version of the rise and fall of a civilization as a kid and applied it to a historical setting.

[@Vandelberger]

@@NathanCassidy721 None really, but far as I know, no modern “sword and sorcery,” including evil priest and false religions, existed before Carter series. Carter used a sword to fight alien beast, lead armies and even had superhuman abilities to an extent that I can see influencing Conan.

[@NathanCassidy721]

@@Vandelberger While I like both series, my main contention is Conan is not really superhuman. Sure he does get occasional help from the supernatural, all his abilities are natural. I like both though and I see where you can draw parallels between Conan and John Carter.

[@Vandelberger]

@@NathanCassidy721 That’s fair, but I did maybe misspeak. Carter is only slightly superhuman because the gravity on Mars grants him enhanced abilities locals do not have. Incase anything thinks I said Carter was supernatural. I know for sure Howard and Lovecraft were good friends and shared a universe. The ghouls and gods of Lovecraft are all over Conan’s universe.

[@NathanCassidy721]

@@Vandelberger You're right! I completely forgot that's how Carter got his "powers" and your comparisons make a lot more sense now. Also it's funny that you mention Lovecraft because there's a question out there on what is considered canon for the Conan works. It boils down to three different routes which are: - The Hyborean Age transitions into real history, which was Howard's original vision. - Conan takes place in the Lovecraft universe. - The Marvel Canon

[@NovRen19]

W&W we appreciate how ur are treating Conan and R. E. Howard. We dedicated our first Dor Vahdor Volume I book to him. Well done on this on going seirea. Also u may consider reaching out the R. E. Howard foundation as they are a very good resource for official IP and background story. There were very engaging with us.

[@AmericanAurochs]

Been on a huge Howard kick lately and this channel does a great job of telling Conan’s story. Also, your production value is excellent! Glad I subscribed long ago.

[@NordicJarl27]

I love these videos and the style. You guys should do a Warcraft series. I would love to learn about the battles and wars of the Warcraft universe through these videos.

[@NathanCassidy721]

For those wondering why there hasn’t been a Conan TV show or whatever, Conan is just cursed to not be on screen. How cursed? Well let me tell you a funny story: There was going to be a Conan original series produced by Amazon. And it was all planned out and ready to go… only for the CEO of Amazon Studios named Jennifer Salke to cancel it. Because she thought the show was too masculine. Yes. She canned a show because Conan is a man. A heroic one at that. It’s a decision that is coming back to haunt her as the showrunners for that project, Ryan Condal, would go over to HBO and make House of the Dragon. A show that would humiliate Jennifer’s pride and joy, Rings of Power.

[@bryanjames7528]

Conan the Adventurer would like to have a word with you

[@NathanCassidy721]

@@bryanjames7528 Never heard of it prior to now but a quick glance shows that, once again, it's not Conan. Does look entertaining though.

[@daniel-zh9nj6yn6y]

@@bryanjames7528 That Amazon CEO turned it down a few years ago. Conan the Adventurer is from the 90s.

[@seancarney3024]

Conan would make a great animated series

[@VicmundLim]

You should watch Conan the adventurer

[@GarkKahn]

Finally The "another day" has arrived at long last

[@ayaskantmahapatra2487]

Please do a complete series on Conan and all his exploits

[@christianweibrecht6555]

We need more Conan movies

[@mrvn000]

We need a Younger Arnold.

[@daniel-zh9nj6yn6y]

Jason Momoa could come back, and play older Conan. His time as general, and as king. Momoa is too old to play thief Conan.

[@JCDenton3]

Arnold needs to make King Conan before he passes. He's been trying for years but the IP is so tied down it can't budge. Maybe it's for the best if it turns out like the belated sequels in every other franchise has been lately (star wars, star Trek, terminator, lord of the rings, Ghostbusters, etc).

[@christianweibrecht6555]

@@JCDenton3 as an old man who is still in shape he is perfect for the Stories where Conan is already a King

[@tomurg]

Conan of Cimmeria was a kingslayer long before Jaime Lannister

[@SantomPh]

He didn't serve the king- he became the king!

[@richter6699]

Hell yes! Conan is excellent, so glad to see you cover it

[@JohnnyElRed]

"Mitra save us all. And the land as well!" "Aye. For the bravest cower, when madness wears the crown!"

[@FirstoftheAbyss92]

I recall reading those comics years ago, it is brilliant to see the strategic and political dimension brought to life like this. Even more so since then I have read a lot more of those comics and the original stories and am capable of recognizing names and characters Like Ascalante, Grommel and Prospero due to their role in other stories.

[@arkinb9887]

Do chronicles of Naria..

[@artemo.shapovaloff5577]

You guys have trippled your staff or what?) Extremely admire the frequency of your videos release)

[@isaacofthales4303]

The Hour of the Dragon next, please!!!

[@samwill7259]

Why we have not had 300 movies of this Or at least HBO and Adult Swim fighting over each other to make a cartoon I will never know.

[@NathanCassidy721]

Because people in Hollywood have no idea how to translate Conan into film. Which is funny considering comics have had no problem translating these stories. But I don’t trust current Hollywood/film to do it justice. Just to give you an idea, Amazon was going to do a Conan series and they had it all lined up only for it to get canceled by CEO Jennifer Salke because she thought it was “too masculine”. Yes, Amazon threw away a golden opportunity to get their own version GoT because Conan is a man. And to add insult to injury, Ryan Condal who was gonna direct that series would go on to create House of the Dragon. A show that would directly compete and embarrass Amazon’s Rings of Power.

[@andreasjames1956]

Loving the Conan content

[@robbabcock_]

Great episode! I love the videos about the works of R.E. Howard.

[@guldarheel1204]

I never understood why they never did a "Conan the King" movie with an older Arnold Schwarzenegger. It would have been perfect a couple of decades ago. Now, I think he may be too old for the role. They even had a "King Conan" comic book series.

[@JohnnyElRed]

They could still make a Conan movie with Schwarzenegger. They can just have him be an old King Conan relating the events of his life to an scribe.

[@Starthclyde]

Honestly loving these Conan videos, but Is there a cycle for video themes? Like one week Conan, the week GOT, then LotR?

[@WizardsandWarriors]

In order to produce more videos, we assigned various universes to different teams. As a result, there is a different pace for every production and we release the videos as they become ready.

[@Starthclyde]

@@WizardsandWarriors that makes complete sense I'm just too impatient to wait for more Conan

[@RUdigitized]

Now do Conan the Librarian

[@bryansylvestrew5024]

Loving this but please more alternate history loved your Mongol invasion of Europe video

[@jasonsantos3037]

Canon is the greatest king of all time in the hyborean age. 👑💪🗡💀⚡️🔥

[@UsualMotives]

Great video, thank you for covering Conan

[@SympatheticStrawmanVA]

Aw yeah, my favorite hero! Conan of Kim Area!!

[@FACM.]

I thought Conan the Barbarian was just about a dude fighting bad guys and monsters. I didn't know it had a so extended lore

[@Hillbilly001]

Robert E. Howard would be pleased.

[@gromosawsmiay3000]

what is best in live? To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentations of their women!

[@herewegoagain1140]

“The Lion banner sways and falls in the horror-haunted gloom; A scarlet Dragon rustles by, borne on winds of doom. In heaps the shining horsemen lie, where the thrusting lances break, And deep in the haunted mountains, the lost, black gods awake. Dead hands grope in the shadows, the stars turn pale with fright, For this is the Dragon's Hour, the triumph of Fear and Night.”

[@ClassicCase]

My favorite historical figure.

[@KeyserSoze23]

Jason Mamoa would make an epic Conan in a movie.

[@josiahzabel8596]

Are you joking? are you aware of that movie?

[@user-pg3pe4gx4p]

He did, and the movie sucked.

[@daniel-zh9nj6yn6y]

@@user-pg3pe4gx4p The writing sucked, it was generic crap. I'd like to see him return, but with a better script.

[@charlesphillips1468]

Actually, Wizards & Warriors was the name of a short-lived television series that was on when I was young. I really liked it (I was 12 or 13) and was bummed when it went off the air. I think that might have been about the time I discovered D&D.

[@pentegarn1]

This is awesome...thank you!!!

[@NicolasRomeroVilla]

Aquilonia!

[@blaircolquhoun7780]

Conan was later taken prisoner by his enemies and escaped with the help of a harem girl to defeat the wizard Xoltotun of Python and the kings he'd put onto two thrones.

[@NathanCassidy721]

Wrong story. That happens in Hour of the Dragon which takes place after this story.

[@blaircolquhoun7780]

@@NathanCassidy721 That's the one I'm thinking of. Its original title is Conan the Conqueror. The title The Hour of the Dragon's the one it was published under by Lancer, which was published in 1967.

[@heberrodriguez3310]

And Conan would made that harem girl his Queen.

[@blaircolquhoun7780]

@@heberrodriguez3310 Yes, he did. She helped him to escape from the dungeon of his enemy and he defeated Xoltotun and his puppets.

[@JayM409]

@@heberrodriguez3310 - That would be Zenobia.

[@maddogbasil]

Counting down the days until The Mongol Alternate history

[@Zombie1Boy]

Other fantasy realms: 😒 Conan: 😇

[@AAron-gr3jk]

Possibly smoothest transition to ad-plug : )

[@daniel-zh9nj6yn6y]

Could you give us a reading list for the events in the video ?

[@TealWolf26]

Isn't that some timing? I'm playing Conan Exiles right now.

[@danielwilliamson6180]

Back in 1997, there was going to be a 3rd Conan movie called Conan the Conqeror, which Conan becomes the usurper king of Aquilonia. But Arnold Schwarzenegger passed on it to do Batman and Robin and the script was rewritten and became Kull the Conqueror starring Kevin Sorbo as Kull of Atlantis.

[@jerometurner8759]

Loved it! Great video

[@jonbaxter2254]

I quite like the dense lore in this, changed my opinion of Vonan being just a big, dumb barbarian.

[@boomtaylor8297]

Love the conan series defo need more

[@Remus-z6y]

I still think this universe could make for a great Total War game.

[@Rellana1]

There was a full-scale conversion mod in development for Conan at one point for med 2,but the head developer left the project before it was completed.

[@jaojmnhzhzm]

By Crom!

[@jdlr369]

My fav series!

[@jonathanwells223]

He tore the crown from Numedides’ bloody scalp and set it atop his own, that’s how he became king. Read The Phoenix on the Sword.

[@byronkooper]

Hell yeah, by this AXE Conan RULES! 🪓

[@jasonsantos3037]

kull the conqueror 💪🪓

[@byronkooper]

@@jasonsantos3037 It would be cool if they did Kull in the future too. I've read all the Kull stories. Always thought of him as Conans long lost ancestor.

[@jasonsantos3037]

@@byronkooper Agree that be cool they do kull

[@leonardmelte3106]

I have a huge stack of of Conan full size magazines from the 70s plus full sized colored posters by Frank Frazetta and 100s of sword and sorcery paper backs.

[@alarsonious2071]

Destined to wear the jeweled crown of Aqaulonia upon a troubled brow...

[@cameo1013]

Do Frieza's Invasion of Namek 🙏

[@garybobst9107]

A professional soldier becomes a King, just goes to show that mercs should be paid on time and treated with respect.

[@limeychefboy]

Read the books, they're awesome:)

[@bman3794]

Where can I watch your other Conan videos?

[@fordpatterson6403]

Are y’all going to do the works of Yoshiki Tanaka like the heroic legend of Arslan and legend of the galactic heroes?

[@halvarmc671]

1:35 still can't believe there's channels falling for this scam.

[@HVLLOW99]

Will you guys ever cover Dune lore or more Star Wars Legends?

[@johndevine6687]

That’s Cthulhu. He changed his name to Conan when he met Nan. Emancipated from the home, the fourteen year old barbarian used to hunt with his father. Life is easier with a hunting partner. So, the two teens would hunt together. Predators.

[@sohrabroozbahani4700]

I don't want to be objecting the lore quality of an established universe just out of hand, but in all its vastness and adventure the naming convention used in the Conan lore really breaks my immersion every time, you could call it the Achilles heel of the setting, it borrows too much from existing historical cultures to the extent that it casts a really long shadow over the original ideas it actually has... I understand that it's fantasy, it is supposed to create a precedence to the world that we know as history and all of us writers, established or obscure have the privilege of getting inspired by what already exists in our worldwide treasury of history and literature, yet it kinda sounds like the author imagined, well I'm the only one who knows about those stuff so nobody will ever notice, and didn't really bother to give it his own distinct flavour...

[@JohnnyElRed]

To be fair, the only reason Robert E. Howard, the creator of Conan, started writing fantasy stories, was because he didn't had the resources to write historical fiction. He lived in an small Texan town with an small library. So even though he also has written excellent short stories and novellas about the real world past, like "The Shadow of the Vulture", he thought he would have an easier time not having to worry about historical accuracy if he created his own fictional setting. But he also was a very devoted fan of history. That's why everything has a named based on real historical places and people.

[@sohrabroozbahani4700]

@@JohnnyElRed that makes senses, I also had the same problem before the proper practical accessible Internet comes around, to be honest I still consider myself a student in this, so my goal is in fact to bring up an argument so by the answers I receive I may learn something new, in this case, how much borrowing is still okay? Since I will be doing the same more or less each time I try to write something new...

[@vdotme]

Nice!

[@markusskram4181]

Cool vid

[@MultiRedskull]

Make some videos about "Imaro by Charles R. Saunders". This is a saga that doesn't have many videos talking about it.

[@BA-gn3qb]

CROM!!!

[@joeymorningstar2114]

Hell yeah!!!

[@JoelAdamson]

I love the video, but I'd also love to read the original stories. Could you post credits for the works where I can find this history?

[@JayM409]

When Howard died, he left many stories unfinished, and others were just outlines. L. Sprague de Camp and Lin Carter edited his stories and finished those that were incomplete or outlines. They are collected in 12 volumes by Ace Books. They also wrote some completely original stories to complete the saga, such as Conan the Liberator, Conan the Swordsman, and Conan: The Flame Knife. Many other authors also wrote Conan stories. Howard wrote the stories out of order, probably intending them to be told by the old King Conan. de Camp and Carter published them in chronological order, or what they assumed was this order, sometimes changing stories so they could be shoehorned in. There are also novel length Conan stories such as 'Red Nails.' This introduces Valeria, and is the only story she actually appears in. Howard's history of the Hyborean Age can be found in Volume I of the series above. (Conan, 1968) www.bookseriesinorder.com/robert-e-howard/ duckduckgo.com/?q=robert+e+howard+conan+books+in+order&t=newext&atb=v342-1&iax=images&ia=images

[@myriadmaestro572]

It's worth noting that Conan strangled Numedides upon the throne, rather then stab him in the back with a sword.

[@TheUgluk666]

“Cim” not kimmeria

[@idiotengineer3925]

Are these stories told originally through comics? Or books?

[@iceydavep]

Which story is this info from?

[@pyeitme508]

RAD!

[@benhuether5474]

What is the title of Robert E Howard story that this takes place in?

[@kalandarkclaw8892]

Ivwas hoping for more stories but I just got a condensed version of the first video

[@MbisonBalrog]

This is Marvel domain is not? Will you be doing comics from now on?