Savage Sword of Conan #4

In "The Road of the Eagles," Conan leads his pirates in a brutal pursuit of the treacherous Turanian general Artaban, whose cold-blooded slaughter of their wounded comrades ignites a personal vendetta. When Artaban spares the slave girl Roxana and later takes it upon himself to rescue the imprisoned Prince Teyaspa, the tangled paths of vengeance and mercy begin to converge. With the help of Vinashko, a former Yuetshi chief who reveals a hidden passage to Gleg the Zaporoskan’s fortress, Conan infiltrates the castle, setting the stage for a deadly reckoning. But as the shadows deepen and the past catches up, even victory may come at a cost neither man nor warrior can foresee.

In "Legions of the Dead," young Conan teams up with Jarl Njal and his band of Aesir on a perilous mission into the frozen wastes of Hyperborea to rescue Njal’s daughter, Rann. After a scouting party is brutally slaughtered by the Witch-men of the Haloga fort, Conan slips inside to free Rann—only to be captured as she flees, leaving him at the mercy of the undead legion summoned by the sinister Queen Vammatar.

In "The Star of Khorala," Conan arrives in Ophir with a priceless gem, only to find Queen Marala imprisoned by her own king. With the help of Captain Garus, he breaks her free, but the pair must flee from the king’s cousin Rigello and his men. Trapped in a crumbling ruin, they face certain doom—until the spectral warriors of Marala’s forgotten ancestor rise to defend them.

In "The Treasure of Tranicos," Conan, fleeing the Picts, stumbles upon a cave brimming with ancient riches—and a demon that guards them. Meanwhile, Zingarian nobleman Valenso, seeking refuge with his family in the north, finds his quiet exile shattered when rival pirate captains Strombanni and Zarono arrive, drawn by rumors of the lost treasure. When the sinister Stygian sorcerer Thoth-Amon is spotted nearby, Valenso panics and vows to flee by sea, unaware that only Conan knows the treasure’s true location.

In "A Wind Blows from Stygia," Conan navigates treachery and ancient dread as he manipulates rival pirate captains Strombanni and Zarono into confronting the cursed treasure of Tranicos—only for his scheme to unravel when the guardian demon proves too powerful. Forced into an uneasy truce, the trio fights off relentless Pictish raids and the encroaching shadow of Thoth-Amon’s vengeance, culminating in Valenso’s final, tragic atonement. When the fort falls, Conan rescues Valenso’s niece and her servant, then is summoned by Aquilonian nobles to challenge their mad king—a new ambition that sets his course once more.