The Monsters!

This part of the Nation describes the different monsters found in the Conan novels. When submitting entries, please include a brief description of the monster, the novel(s) it was in, and the role it played in the story.

The format for these descriptions should look like this:

- monster's name
- novel(s) the monster appeared in
- where the monster was located (Stygian tomb, Nemedian foothills, etc..)
- a physical description
- the monster's role in the novel

The Ice Worm (also known as Yakhmar or Remora)

Book(s) -
Location - A glacier in the Eiglophian mountains known as "Snowdevil Glacier" or "River of Death Ice"
Physical features - A huge, snakelike worm, large enough to devour a grown man. Its skin is covered with a thick, white fur. Has large green eyes, lightly phosphorent. Its jawless mouth is equipped with small, inward pointing teeth. Its head is smooth and eel-like. The Ice Worm radiates cold, and produces a pipelike sound which hypnotizes its victims.
Role - The iceworm has lived long enough to become a legend in the lands surrounding it's lair. The legends speak of mysterious deaths and of the place from wich no one returns. The Iceworm killed and half devoured a girl (Ilga) Conan rescued from a band of cannibals. After this, Conan tracked down the Iceworm and killed it using white hot coals and and axe, he threw the coals and axe in the mouth of the iceworm. When the heat of the coals and axe met the icecold worm it exploded.

- Submitted by -Rick Broekhuizen

The Grey Ape

Book(s) - The Hour of the Dragon
Location - Primarily in the rugged foothills on the eastern shore of the Sea of Vilayet.
Physical features - A vicious ape/humanoid-like mammal notorious for its unmatched strength and its bloodthirsty temperment. Standing roughly 8 feet, its shaggy barrel-like torso glides easily over rough terrain using its long, thickly corded arms. These massive arms are used to crush bones and deliver a bloody meal into the yellow-tusked mouth of its deformed face. Conan notes that its face resembled a mishapened primitive human. This travesty of a creature is known to have a taste for human bone marrow.
Role - After the defeat on the Aquilonian army at the hands of its eternal Nemedian nemesis, Conan finds himself imprisoned within the dungeons of a Nemedian castle. Here, with some aid, he is able to escape his shackles. In the darkness of the dungeon, he encounters a foul grey ape and just barely escapes with his life.

- Submitted by -Jonathan Stephan