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{{quote| ''"Whence came Natohk?" rose the Shemite's vibrant whisper. "Out of the desert on a night when the world was blind and wild with mad clouds driven in frenzied flight across the shuddering stars, and the howling of the wind was mingled with the shrieking of the spirits of the wastes. Vampires were abroad that night, witches rode naked on the wind, and werewolves howled across the wilderness. On a black camel he came, riding like the wind, and an unholy fire played about him; the cloven tracks of the camel glowed in the darkness. When Natohk dismounted before Set's shrine by the oasis of Aphaka, the beast swept into the night and vanished. And I have talked with tribesmen who swore that it suddenly spread gigantic wings and rushed upwards into the clouds, leaving a trail of fire behind it. No man has seen that camel since that night, but a black brutish manlike shape shambles to Natohk's tent and gibbers to him in the blackness before dawn."''}}
{{quote|''"Whence came Natohk?" rose the Shemite's vibrant whisper. "Out of the desert on a night when the world was blind and wild with mad clouds driven in frenzied flight across the shuddering stars, and the howling of the wind was mingled with the shrieking of the spirits of the wastes. Vampires were abroad that night, witches rode naked on the wind, and werewolves howled across the wilderness. On a black camel he came, riding like the wind, and an unholy fire played about him; the cloven tracks of the camel glowed in the darkness. When Natohk dismounted before Set's shrine by the oasis of Aphaka, the beast swept into the night and vanished. And I have talked with tribesmen who swore that it suddenly spread gigantic wings and rushed upwards into the clouds, leaving a trail of fire behind it. No man has seen that camel since that night, but a black brutish manlike shape shambles to Natohk's tent and gibbers to him in the blackness before dawn."''}}


"[http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Black_Colossus Black Colossus]" is a [[Conan the Barbarian]] story by [[Robert E Howard]]. First published in June, 1933.
"[http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Black_Colossus Black Colossus]" is a [[Conan the Barbarian]] story by [[Robert E. Howard]]. First published in June, 1933.

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=== Tropes featured ===

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* [[The Berserker]]: The horde acts as a mass of this
* [[The Berserker]]: The horde acts as a mass of this
* [[Bling Bling Bang]]: A jewel-hilted sword
* [[Bling Bling Bang]]: A jewel-hilted sword
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* [["Glad to Be Alive" Sex]]: Yasmela insists
* [["Glad to Be Alive" Sex]]: Yasmela insists
* [[The Horde]]: Consisting of thirty tribes
* [[The Horde]]: Consisting of thirty tribes
* [[Kill It With Fire]]: A wall of fire, used on charging knights
* [[Kill It with Fire]]: A wall of fire, used on charging knights
* [[The Lady's Favour]]: Knights carry them
* [[The Lady's Favour]]: Knights carry them
* [[Magic Wand]]
* [[Magic Wand]]
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* [[Vagueness Is Coming]]: the prophecied coming
* [[Vagueness Is Coming]]: the prophecied coming
* [[Was Once a Man]]: the [[Eldritch Abomination]]
* [[Was Once a Man]]: the [[Eldritch Abomination]]
* [[What Happened to The Mouse?]]: Yasmela's brother
* [[What Happened to the Mouse?]]: Yasmela's brother
* [[Your Worst Nightmare]]: Yasmela denies this trope, knowing that her lady in waiting will assume it's true; she really was awake when the apparition -- an [[Eldritch Abomination]] [[Stalker With a Crush]] -- menaced her.
* [[Your Worst Nightmare]]: Yasmela denies this trope, knowing that her lady in waiting will assume it's true; she really was awake when the apparition -- an [[Eldritch Abomination]] [[Stalker with a Crush]] -- menaced her.


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Latest revision as of 14:06, 13 July 2021

"Whence came Natohk?" rose the Shemite's vibrant whisper. "Out of the desert on a night when the world was blind and wild with mad clouds driven in frenzied flight across the shuddering stars, and the howling of the wind was mingled with the shrieking of the spirits of the wastes. Vampires were abroad that night, witches rode naked on the wind, and werewolves howled across the wilderness. On a black camel he came, riding like the wind, and an unholy fire played about him; the cloven tracks of the camel glowed in the darkness. When Natohk dismounted before Set's shrine by the oasis of Aphaka, the beast swept into the night and vanished. And I have talked with tribesmen who swore that it suddenly spread gigantic wings and rushed upwards into the clouds, leaving a trail of fire behind it. No man has seen that camel since that night, but a black brutish manlike shape shambles to Natohk's tent and gibbers to him in the blackness before dawn."

"Black Colossus" is a Conan the Barbarian story by Robert E. Howard. First published in June, 1933.

Tropes used in Black Colossus include:
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