Savage Sword of Conan 89

=Gamesmen of Asgalun=

=Rite of Blood=

Creators

 * Writer: Michael Fleisher
 * Penciller: Mary Wilshire
 * Inker: Armando Gil
 * Letterer:

Major Characters

 * Conan (First chronological appearance; next chronological appearance in second story of SSOC-203). Conan is 12 years old.

Minor Characters

 * Gurneg, Naro (First appearance for both; both die in this issue). Vanir.
 * Brule (First appearance; no further appearances to date). Cimmerian.
 * Corim and Greshan (First appearance for both; next chronological appearance in first story of SSOC-227). Conan's parents.

Location

 * Conan's Cimmerian village

Time Frame

 * The fourteenth of Azulon

Synopsis
Two Vanir plot to attack Conan's village on a feast day. A village bully, Brule, browbeats Conan into walking outside the village where a ghost supposedly exists. Conan instead encounteers the two Vanir and manages to trick one into falling into thin ice and the other into being mauled by a bear. Conan takes a dagger he retrieved from the Vanir back into town and confronts Brule with proof of his bravery.

Reprinted

 * Conan Saga 77