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'''"The Phoenix on the Sword"''' by [[Robert E. Howard]]
There is a conspiracy afoot to overthrow Conan, the new king of the prosperous nation of Aquilonia. The Rebel Four, four disparate leaders who want Conan dead for their own reasons, have been brought together by Ascalante, who seeks to use them in part of his own bid for the crown of Aquilonia. Ascalante's chiefest slave, Thoth-Amon, was once a powerful sorcerer of Stygia who seeks his lost ring of power. Meanwhile, Conan has been restless ever since taking the throne, yearning for the days when he was a warrior. When Thoth-Amon reclaims his ring and calls forth a powerful demon of the underworld to destroy his former tormentor, the dead sage Epemitreus calls Conan to him to protect his land from this evil foe and places the mark of the phoenix on Conan's sword. Thus armed, Conan destroys both the demon and the conspirators that have come to his chambers to assassinate him.
[http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Phoenix_on_the_Sword Available here].
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* [[After-Action Patchup]]: Conan's injuries are treated as he recounts his tale.
* [[Anti-Villain]]: Rinaldo. He is the only conspirator among the Rebel Four who does not have an ulterior motive behind wanting Conan dead.
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