Erlik, the Hyrkanian God of Death, is a dark and feared deity worshiped across the grim steppes of the Hyborian Age. In Marvel Comics’ Conan the Barbarian, Erlik embodies death, judgment, and divine retribution. His priests serve him with blood sacrifices and grim devotion, spreading fear throughout Hyrkania and beyond. Often invoked in oaths and curses, Erlik represents the inevitable fate that awaits all mortals. Through Conan the Barbarian and other adaptations, Erlik remains a chilling symbol of death’s power in Robert E. Howard’s mythic world.
My Rating “The Bear God Walks!” Somewhere in the woods near a Zingarian Hamlet, death stalks the local residents. Every hunter that has ventured into the deep pines has never returned alive. Now a mere child has been ravaged by what the mayor calls the Bear-God. Who will stand and defend the farmers for 1,000 […]
My Rating “The Devil In Iron” The morning fog had helped camouflage Conan as he beached his small fishing boat on the shore of Xapur Island. In a time of war, any prying eyes looking to sabotage his rescue mission would be fatal; for somewhere up above, nestled in the cliff peak lay the ruined
My Rating “A Death In Scarlet” On the rough and tumble streets of Khorusun, two young women scan the incoming merchant trains looking for a mark. The day is young, as is their flesh. Sonja points to a Khitai trader lavishly adorned with gold and silk; a peacock seemingly out of place amongst the prostitutes
My Rating “Tattered Wings” What is the worth of a father’s son? Gold? Artifacts? Immortality? In the snow-laid mountains of Hyrkania, Conan will move heaven and earth to rescue the boy of a local warlord. As for Conan’s men, those brash mercenaries from the land of Khitai, would never return to claim their reward. Lurking
My Rating “His Master’s Voice – Part 18” Doomed! Red Sonja and Kulan Gath have become trapped in a reality that neither can break free from. This place is not the afterlife. Could it be hell? No, this realm is much older. This is the primordial chaos even the ancient gods cannot touch. So, how
My Rating “His Master’s Voice – Part 17” Trapped between the darkness-wraiths summoned by Kulan Gath, and Erlik’s Afterworld, Red Sonja must choose which evil to surrender too. With the aid of a local named Unnar and Ymir’s daughter, Atali, the Hyrkanian she-devil may have a third choice. But, Sonja will need to go through
My Rating “His Master’s Voice – Part 16” The prophesied goddess of the Trajan Clan has been freed to walk into the cursed wetlands with one of their warriors in tow. Will Unnar, son of Hida and Paal, be a true ally, or merely a hindrance to Red Sonja and her plan to rid herself
My Rating “His Master’s Voice – Part 15” Death comes for us all, with no exception. For some, it arrives in the form of a quick trust of a dagger. Others face the end after a long fulfilling life with no remorse. None, however, have the foresight of knowing just when or how they will
My Rating “His Master’s Voice – Part 14” Get it out! A soothsayer has given Red Sonja an ultimatum: travel to the underworld land of the dead or the Erlik’s soul will consume her. Is there an easier solution? Not if she wants the dead to stop interrupting her drinking binges. Melancholy, engage! Will the
My Rating “His Master’s Voice – Part 13” As the forces of Ymir and Kulan Gath battle for supremacy at Emberfall, Red Sonja and her two souls flee to the northlands of Cimmeria. It is there that she works in the gladiatorial pit to pay for her travels. But she is not alone. A god’s
