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unusual facts about Conan: Road of Kings



A Wild Sheep Chase

The manipulation of the narrator into the hunt and repeated references to The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes raise connections to Conan Doyle's story "The Adventure of the Red-Headed League".

Age of Conan: Unchained

The music accompanying the propaganda video which the perpetrator of the 2011 Norway attacks, Anders Behring Breivik uploaded to video sharing sites including YouTube at the same time that he published his manifesto, comes from the Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures soundtrack.

Arthur Twidle

On the death of Sidney Paget, who had illustrated Conan Dolyle's Sherlock Holmes stories in The Strand magazine, Twidle became one of Doyle's regular artists.

Barbarian Queen II: The Empress Strikes Back

Whereas this film's predecessor Barbarian Queen was able to benefit from the publicity of the successful big-budget Conan film and get some play in discount movie theaters, Barbarian Queen II: The Empress Strikes Back was not so fortunate.

Case Closed: Strategy Above the Depths

In the present, a new cruise, the Saint Aphrodite, was built by the Yashiro group and Conan and the rest were invited through Sonoko.

Case Closed: The Raven Chaser

Conan realizes that the crime scenes are ordered like the star constellation Ursa Major, making the last crime scene Shiba Park.

On the day of Tanabata, Conan corners Vermouth in the underground parking lot of a shopping mall and interrogates her.

After a police conference about this case, Conan discovers a police officer walking out of the building and entering a black Porsche 356A owned by Gin.

Conan and the Death Lord of Thanza

Conan and the Death Lord of Thanza is a fantasy novel written by Roland Green featuring Robert E. Howard's seminal sword and sorcery hero Conan the Barbarian.

Conan and the Gods of the Mountain

Conan and the Gods of the Mountain is a fantasy novel written by Roland Green featuring Robert E. Howard's sword and sorcery hero Conan the Barbarian.

Conan and the Young Warriors

Graak (voiced by Michael Donovan) – The winged demon that aids Sulinara in her attempts to steal the star stones, although he cannot touch either them or Conan's starmetal sword.

Conan II, Duke of Brittany

During Conan's 1066 campaign against Anjou, he took Pouancé and Segré, and arrived in Château-Gontier, where he was found dead after donning poisoned riding gloves.

Conan the Buccaneer

Chronologically, Conan the Buccaneer falls between "The Pool of the Black One'" in Conan the Adventurer and "Red Nails" in Conan the Warrior.

Conan the Librarian

In 1987, William Mitchell College of Law library staff created the character Conan the Librarian for a talent show performance, and subsequently wrote The Adventures of Conan the Librarian.

Conan the Mercenary

Conan the Mercenary is a fantasy novel written by Andrew J. Offutt and illustrated by Esteban Maroto featuring Robert E. Howard's seminal sword and sorcery hero Conan the Barbarian, the second volume in a trilogy beginning with Conan and the Sorcerer and concluding with The Sword of Skelos.

Copper beech

The Adventure of the Copper Beeches, a Sherlock Holmes story by Arthur Conan Doyle, part of the collection "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes"

Deon Cole

Originally based out of Chicago, he is best known for his role as a prominent member of the writing staff of The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien (2009–2010) and subsequently Conan (2010–present).

Funeral Party

They supported this first release with appearances on the Late Show with David Letterman, Jimmy Kimmel Live! and Conan.

Giri Giri Chop

"Giri Giri Chop" was used as the sixth opening song for Detective Conan and the song "One" was also used as the theme song for third Detective Conan movie, The Last Wizard of the Century.

Horseclans

In a similar fashion to the world of Robert E Howard's Conan and of Jack London novels, civilisation is seen as having a softening and corrupting influence in comparison to the hardy Ahrmenee and the Horseclans, although not to the extent that they outweigh the peace and prosperity that Milo and others work towards.

Jody Samson

In 2001 Samson went to work for Albion Swords in New Glarus, Wisconsin where he made replicas of the swords he originally made for the Conan films.

John Horner

John Horner, a fictional character in The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle, a Sherlock Holmes story by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Lancelyn Green

Richard Lancelyn Green (1953–2004), a British scholar of Arthur Conan Doyle and Sherlock Holmes (son of Roger Lancelyn Green)

Langdale Pike

Langdale Pike, a fictional character in The Adventure of the Three Gables, a Sherlock Holmes story by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Leslie Armstrong

Dr Leslie Armstrong, a fictional character in The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter, a Sherlock Holmes story by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Leslie S. Hiscott

During the 1930s he became best known for his mystery films, also working on portrayals of Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes and A. E. W. Mason's Inspector Hanaud.

Micah Clarke

But Conan Doyle pointed out in his autobiography that what Wilde liked was the characterization of Judge George Jeffreys in the novel.

Mike Hawthorne

He is the creator of the comic book series Hysteria and has provided the artwork for various other comics, including Deadpool,The Un-men, Fear Agent, Umbra, G.I. JOE: Origins, Whiskey Dickel, Three Days in Europe, one story arc of Queen & Country, and Conan: Road of Kings.

NStigate Games

According to a preview article in the March 2007 issue of Game Informer, Conan is an action/adventure game based on Robert E. Howard's famous sword and sorcery hero, Conan the Barbarian.

Rebekah Warren

Warren is married to Washtenaw County Commissioner Conan Smith and is the daughter-in-law of Alma Wheeler Smith.

Richard Brunton

A character in The Adventure of the Musgrave Ritual, a Sherlock Holmes story by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Richard Lancelyn Green

He was something of a showman, appearing as a 19th-century music hall master of ceremonies at events of the Sherlock Holmes Society, of which he was chairman from 1996 to 1999, and dressing in period costume to visit Reichenbach Falls, where Sherlock Holmes was thought to have died until Conan Doyle "resurrected" him eight years later.

Robert Bemborough

Conan Doyle's Bambro is an "old soldier", described as a "rugged Northumbrian" (his name being a reference to Bamburgh) schooled in the tough Anglo-Scots border wars: "a dry, hard, wizened man, small and fierce, with beady black eyes and quick furtive ways.".

Secret of My Heart

It is also featured in the TV show Case Closed, which is known as Detective Conan in Japan.

St German's Priory

The church is dedicated to St Germanus and soon after construction it became the cathedral for Cornwall in 926 AD, when King Athelstan appointed Conan as the bishop of Cornwall.

Tales of Conan

The first "tale" would fall within the collection The Coming of Conan, the second between that volume and the collection Conan the Barbarian, the third within Conan the Barbarian, and the fourth between that volume and the collection The Sword of Conan.

The Canary Trainer

In the novel's afterword, Meyer acknowledges the two most obvious influences, Conan Doyle's vast Sherlockian opus and Gaston Leroux's The Phantom of the Opera, which Meyer terms an "absurdist masterpiece".

The Further Chronicles of Conan

The Further Chronicles of Conan is a collection of fantasy novels written by Robert Jordan featuring the sword and sorcery hero Conan the Barbarian, created by Robert E. Howard.

The Hour of the Dragon

In 1974, the story was adapted by Roy Thomas, Gil Kane and John Buscema in Marvel Comic's Giant-Size Conan #1-4 and Savage Sword of Conan #8, 10.

In the hardcover Gnome Press edition of the Conan stories, Conan the Conqueror follows the short stories collected as King Conan; in the paperback Lancer/Ace edition, it follows the short stories collected as Conan the Usurper.

The Twentieth Century Approaches

The film is based on four stories by Conan Doyle - "The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb", "The Adventure of the Second Stain", "The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans", "His Last Bow".

Thorgal

In Denmark number 22-23 (1-2) were first published by the publisher Interpresse with the special name 'Cormak', probably to imitate the popular series Conan.

Tom Agna

He has also written for a number of comedies which include, the "Chris Rock Show", "Late Night With Conan O'Brien", "MADtv", "The George Lopez Show", "Weekends at the DL", and for the documentary "P.Diddy present the Bad Boys of Comedy".

Viveca Paulin

Paulin played the character Dawn, the wife of Ferrell's rock and roll persona, as they performed "Free Bird" with Conan, Billy Gibbons, Beck, Ben Harper and Max Weinberg and The Tonight Show Band to end the final show.

Xaltotun

He appears in The Hour of the Dragon as an ancient resurrected wizard, and serves as the main enemy to Conan.


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