A Witch Shall Be Born

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"A Witch Shall Be Born" is a novelette by Robert E. Howard first published in Weird Tales 24 6 (December 1934).

Contents 1 Synopsis 2 Characters 3 Locations 4 Publication history

[edit] Synopsis

from Miller and Clark: ...Conan becomes captain of the royal guard in the frontier kingdom of Khauran, on the eastern edge of Koth. Taramis, the queen of Khauran, is overthrown by her sorceress sister, and Conan's life is saved by a former kozak companion, Olgerd Vladislov, who has become chief of the Zuagir tribesmen of the desert after the breakup of the kozaks. Conan promptly deposes him, rallies Taramis' adherents to revolt, and retakes the kingdom, but chooses to remain with the Zuagirs as their chief…

[edit] Characters

• Conan
• Constantius
• Olgerd Vladislav
• Salome
• Queen Taramis
• Thaug
• Valerius
• Kumbanigash

[edit] Locations

• Khauran
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[edit] Publication history

• "A Witch Shall Be Born" (novelette) • Robert E. Howard • Weird Tales 24 6 (December 1934)