Conan the Adventurer 12

=The Abominations of Yondo=

Major Characters

 * Conan (Previous appearance CA-11; next appearance CA-13).

Minor Characters

 * Daedikaron and Tros (Previously appeared in CA-11; next appearance CA-13).
 * Shimata-Kawa (Previous appearance CA-11; next appearance CA-13).
 * Welyn (Previous appearance CA-5; next appearance CA-13).

Location

 * The Desert and city of Yondo, east of Ong.

Time Frame

 * An hour. This story takes place two days after CA-11.

Synopsis
Conan and Shimata-Kawa Travel across the barren wasteland of the Desert of Yondo as the blind man tells the barbarian about the Talisman of Tolometh. They approach the City of Yondo, which mysteriously appeared months ago and turned the grasslands to desert. Near their destination, they hear the voice of Welyn. She has been trapped in sorcerous sands by the Patriarch of Yondo, and Conan is unable to free her as she turns into marble when she tries to escape. Conan fights off a hideous, monstrous beetle-creature, and, frustrated, pulls Welyn's marble form from the sands. She slowly returns to flesh as an armored warrior appears and attacks Conan. After a vicious fight, Conan manages to kick the warrior into the flying beetle, and both fall into the magical sands and revert to their true forms -- Daedikaron and Tros, both enchanted by Yondo's mysterious Patriarch. The five, tired of the game, continue their trek to the Stronghold of Yondo.

Major Characters

 * Andamo and Moru (Previous chronological appearance for both in the backup story of CA-11; next chronological appearance for both in CA-3).
 * Daedikaron and Tros (Previous chronological appearance for both in the backup story of CA-11; next chronological appearance for both in CA-9).
 * Ixastophanis (Previous chronological appearance in the backup story of CA-11; next chronological appearance in CA-2).
 * Shimata-Kawa (Previous chronological appearance in the backup story of CA-11; next chronological appearance in CA-1).
 * Welyn (Previous chronological appearance in the backup story of CA-11; next chronological appearance in backup story of CA-13).

Location
Yezud.

Time Frame
An hour.

Synopsis
Daedikaron, Tros, Weyla, Andamo, Moru, Shimata-Kawa and Ixastophanis flee the city of Yezud and discuss their mysterious visions. Suddenly, the path they are in turns into an image of the Talisma of Tolometh and vicious monsters spring into being. After a bloody fight, the seven travellers decide to split up and seek the shards from their vision.