LordYam takes a stab at a conan live action series part 2
Feb 19, 2019 19:16:27 GMT -5
Post by lordyam on Feb 19, 2019 19:16:27 GMT -5
I did an earlier version in October and have decided that I'd like to try again and finish the damn thing while ironing out holes in the first one. Each season would be 13 episodes; for the most part I'd keep them intact with the stories but some changes would be made (partially to have a clearer chronology, partially because some stories are better than others and partially because if adapted as is they'd be cancelled.)
So without further ado here we go
Since Conan was passed on by Amazon I've decided to try my own outline of what could have been. I would REALLY appreciate feedback on it.
Feature length Pilot episode: This would introduce people to the audience; you'd get Venarium, you'd also see Conan be told about things by his grandfather. Venarium's the climax, and ultimately he goes North for a little while to repay a debt (the aesir created trouble for the Vanir and now the Cimmerians have to return the favor.) Certain things would be left ambiguous and it's relatively simple. It establishes that hearing stories and seeing civilization were what made him interested not some bullshit revenge story. This would be used to introduce Conan to the audience, help them develop a fascination with the character and establish him as likable.
Season 1:
Episode 1: Frost Giant's Daughter: If I were doing this I'd make it VERY clear that Atali is putting supernatural mojo on him, and that Conan's attack is a result of it. Or just have him try to kill her outright rather than try to rape her. As in "now I'm just going to gut you". Atali naturally flees and Conan is left wondering whether it was real or not until he sees the cloth.
Episode 2: Captured: Conan is captured by the Hyperboreans and thrown into an arena. He meets a few prisoners, and this is how he's able to learn a few other languages (Nemedian, Hyrkanian). One of the men is a young Nemedian adventurer and nobleman who got captured. Eventually, they stage an uprising. Most of the slaves are massacred, including the Nemedian, who begs Conan to return his amulet to his family in Numalia. The event instils Conan with a "never leave a friend behind" mentality. Conan and a few others escape; one of them, Arslan heads back to the East, telling Conan that maybe they'll see each other again.
Episode 3: God in the Bowl Part 1: Conan heads to Numalia to return his friends amulet to his parents; he does so, and decides to stick around. He meets Aztrias Perias, who decides to recruit Conan for a job. The episode ends with Conan discovering Kallian's body.
Episode 4: God in the Bowl Part 2: The meat of the story; the main ending I'd change is to have more of a fight sequence with the beast. Having Conan just leap forward and lop it's head off seems......anti-climactic at best. If you have a fight sequence you could have something to REALLY wow the critics (i.e. have a desperate, fast paced fight sequence where we don't QUITE see the body of the creature attacking outside of shadows. Only show the beast AFTER the fight ends.). Conan flees into the night; Thoth, who had been observing the scene from afar says "Interesting.......". They haven't met but Thoth is minorly interested. Conan's certainly on his radar.
Episode 5: The City of Thieves aka Tower of the Elephant Part 1: Conan reflects on the previous night, and decides he isn't going to let civilization defeat him. So he decides to head to Zamora, the most foul city on earth. The main way I'd do this is simply that since Yara took over things have gone to shit. The monarchy hasn't really been interested in running the country since Yara took charge, hence why crime has spiraled out of control (Rather than any nonsense about how Zamorians are genetically inclined to be thieves.) Conan befriends a city clerk, who tells Conan all about Yara (this is where we get the flashbacks of Yara doing his dastardly wickedness). Ends with Conan arriving in front of the Elephant Tower and deciding "eh, why not."
Episode 6: Tower of the Elephant Part 2: Conan meets Taurus, and we get all that action. He meets Yaga Kosha around the halfway point (or two thirds point) and we're treated to what would be a BEAUTIFULLY DONE flashback sequence of Yag Kosha and the others settling on earth, observing all the cataclysmic stuff going on. It ends with Yara's defeat and Conan walking away into the sunrise.
Episode 7: Thief adventure: This kinda sets the stage for the next section. Conan starts to make a name for himself; he meets the thief who will show up in Black Colossus, and the guy teaches Conan some more tricks. Conan also meets his long term girlfriend/fuckbuddy (the blonde girl). However, things start to get harder for thieves in general. Due to Yara's defeat the King is reasserting himself and as such the guards are actually doing their jobs now, which has made life a LOT harder for the thieves.
Episode 8: Nestor is introduced and starts hunting for Conan; At the very end, Nestor runs Conan out of town with the Zamorian guard hot on his heels. Nestor is starting to grudgingly respect Conan for showing a lot of grit.
Episode 9: Halls of the Dead: Essentially the Halls of the Dead Story. We see Conan and Nestor get to know each other as they dig deeper into the ruins (it's like how in Dark Horse when Conan and Nestor get to talk.) It ends with Conan fleeing from the Zamoran capital with his ladyfriend for greener pastures.
Episode 10: The Red City: Conan manages to escape to Corinthia, and runs into Nestor again. They become friends, and Nestor even teaches Conan some other languages. However, Conan's ladyfriend is growing dissatisfied, and the Priest of Anu sells them out when they hit to high profile a target.
Episode 11: Rogues in the House Part 1: Conan avenges Nestor by killing the priest, however this pisses off the establishment, and his girlfriend (Seeing a chance to advance her station) betrays Conan. Meanwhile Murilo hears of Conan's exploits and decides to recruit him. Conan breaks out and we get him dumping the girl in a cesspit (I'd do this in a way similar to the original iron fist comics. Danny tries to get revenge on Harold Meachum.....but when it comes Harold's just a broken pathetic man waiting for the end so he ultimately decides "fuck it you're just not worth it.) Conan dumps her in there; the episode ends with Thak roaring and overpowering Murilo
Episode 12: Rogues in the House Part 2: Essentially Conan and Murilo vs Thak. We get the badass fight sequence and then in the final few minutes Conan cuts Nestor's corpse down and buries it.
Episode 13: Homecoming: Conan returns at last to Cimmeria; he tells his mother about his travels, and is briefly considering staying behind. However, he has a final heart to heart talk (with either his mom or grandfather) and this spurs Conan to keep going and not give up. However, he's not going to the southern lands immediately. Maybe he'll go.....east.
Season 2:
Episode 1: Conan arrives in Agraphur, the capital of the Turanian empire. He gets caught committing robbery, but due to the need for soldiers he's offered a choice. Death or enlistment. Conan naturally chooses enlistment. To his pleasant surprise he runs into Arslan; they happen to be in the same unit. They catch up on how they've been doing, and things seem pretty good. However, things get REALLY interesting when they're assigned to attack the city in which Conan and his pals were held as slaves. This is after a training montage (we see that the Turanian army has BRUTAL standards of discipline and incredibly tough training.)
Episode 2: Conan and the Turanian army attack the city; during the fight Conan faces the general who had carried out the massacre of the rebels in single combat. The general boasts "I remember you Cimmerian. Your head will join those of your friends." Conan overpowers the bastard and kills him, earning him accolades from his commander.
Episode 3: Conan and the unit attack a Hyrkanian city, which is one of the few cities not yet under Turan's sway. In the end Conan plays a key role in the final battle. The young queen of the city is taken alive and bundled off to be married to Yildiz (Conan is rather conflicted about the whole thing).
Episode 4: Conan's commanding officer is killed in a battle, and the guy replacing him (General Reshit) is for lack of a better word a complete asshole. Reshit's assholery builds up Conan's discontent until finally Reshit tries to massacre a tribe under a flag of truce. Conan is sickened by this and so quits in disgust (but not before gutting Reshit alive). Arslan flees with him as well, and they decide to make their way back to the west.
Episode 5: Conan and Arslan make their way to Koth, and enlist. They get sent to take the city of Yaralet, but the army gets wiped out by demons defending the city. Conan finds a slave girl in the aftermath and they save her. Realizing that retreat isn't an option, they decide to take out Atalis and Than.
Episode 6: Conan and Arslan break into the city and manage to take out Than and Atalis.....but Strabonus is an ungrateful shitbag and gives them a mere pittance for their heroic efforts. This is the start of Conan's disdain for the greedy toad.
Episode 7: The Duke of Lions: Conan and Arlsan fall in with Amalric; Conan manages to rise up the ranks more quickly than his friend but they remain friends. Conan also bonds with the rest of the unit, earning their respect. This is intercut with scenes of Shevetas searching for the city of Kuthchemes. It ends with him dying and Thugra rising up.
Episode 8: The first ten minutes shows Thugra gathering his army; we see him strong arm numerous tribes into following him (he gorily kills quite a few who refuse to play ball, while in others he plays on the fact that the other city states regularly exploit them). The horde quickly gains in power, and so naturally Amalric decides to head south. We also see Akbitana fall in an incredibly bloody battle. The episode ends with Thugra appearing to Yasmela and creeping her out.
Episode 9: Yasmela meets Conan and persuades him to lead her army. The rest of it is basic buildup to the epic battle sequence that will occur next episode. Conan meets his old thief friend again, who helps Conan realize that Thugra is Natohk. He also reveals that there's a lot of discontent amongst Thugra's forces, and the heroes get welcome reinforcements for the battle from various Shemite tribes who fled north to escape Thugra (including some Asshuri).
Episode 10: Big badass battle sequence. Conan defeats Katuman and then pursues Thugra (like in Dark Horse i'd have it be that Thugra's mistake was trying to claim Yasmela rather than going around. It makes more sense.) Conan corners Thugra, who is kinda desperate at this point. Conan kills Thugra and he and Yasmela fuck on the altar.
Episode 11: A timeskip has passed and we find that Conan and Yasmela have become lovers. However Yasmela is feeling weary of the crown, and she wants her brother back. She and Conan are also having.....trouble. They're two very different people. Over the course of the episode things fray, and Conan decides to go to Kuthchemes to get the gold needed to pay for the ransom.
Episode 12: Conan and a select crew manage to go to Kuthchemes, battling numerous horrors. Sergius is one of them and he betrays them out of cowardice, killing Arslan in the process. Conan and the others retaliate by leaving Sergius to die in the desert (They don't urinate on him but they do mock him after burying him up to his neck.) Sergius swears that he will escape and get his revenge.) Conan returns with the gold, and Yasmela is able to use it to pay off Strabonus. However, Conan is kinda sick of this and so leaves.
Episode 13: Conan has gone to Argos. He befriends a soldier and his ladylove, and so protects them when they're in trouble. The episode ends with Conan riding off into the sunrise.
Season 3: Queen of the Black Coast Storyline
Episode 1: Everything up to Conan's meeting with Belit; he manages to win Belit over and agrees to join provided she spare the few members of the Argus. Belit agrees to these terms and now Conan is officially on Team Belit.
Episode 2: We learn more about Belit's origin story; N'Yaga was the one who raised her and he's pretty much the only person she'll listen to (and even then she kinda has a mixed record.)
Episode 3: Rumble in the Jungle: Conan and Belit tangle with Thuthmekri over some treasure.
Episode 4: The Well of Skelos Part 1: Conan and Belit run into Kalanthes, and Kalanthes is able to persuade them to aid him in recovering a dangerous artifact from the Well of Skelos (They've been promised a lot of gold in exchange.) They enter the Island, but soon shit begins to get weird. Note: One thing I liked about Dark Horse was that it explained why Thoth would do something so stupid and reckless like wasting a child of the serpent on a plan that was bound to fail or had a high risk. I'd sort of do something similar in that it was part of a larger scheme in the war; Thoth was trying to keep Kal from returning with an artifact
Episode 5: The Well of Skelos Part 2: Conan and Belit aid Kalanthes and his crew, journeying deeper into the temple. However, shit gets REALLY REALLY weird and between a horrific toad monster and Thoth's agents they barely make it out alive (though they do manage to get quite a bit of treasure in the process.) Kalanthes repays them for their service by placing Ibis's blessing upon them, so as to protect them from any magic attack that Thoth might pull on them.
Episode 6: The Walls of Khemi: Conan and Belit are being increasingly harried by the Stygian navy; Thoth can't go after them directly but he sure as hell can make their lives miserable by siccing the Stygian Navy upon them. As such they go on the offensive and manage to burn the Stygian Fleet in the dock.
Episode 7: The Fires of the Ultimate South: In the aftermath of the battle, the heroes head south to regroup and recruit more soldiers. They also manage to have an adventure down there.
Episode 8: Sacking of Abombi
Episodes 9-10: Belit faces her past with Conan's help.
Episode 11: Filler episode: This is to lighten the mood before the Zarkheba River incident. A bit of a breather before the hammer blow
Episode 12: Zarkheba River Part 1
Episode 13: Zarkheba River Part 2; ends with Conan vanishing into the jungle.
Season 4:
Episode 1: The Bamulah. Conan falls in with the Bamulah. Due to his grief over Belit he's adopted a "fuck it all" attitude, and doesn't really care anymore. We see him getting more ruthless.
Episode 2: Vale of Lost Women Adaptation: This would be majorly overhauled (because if adapted straight it would be cancelled). Livia, rather than being a captive, is with Bajujh willingly and even has a son with him. Conan double crosses Bajujh and Livia flees. Conan manages to save her, and she reacts with fear, begging for her life and that of her child. This helps Conan finally realize how low he's sunk so he spares Livia. However this costs him command of the Bamulah, who see sparing a potential enemy as a weakness.
Episode 3: Snout in the Dark Part 1: Conan arrives in Shumballah and gets dragged into the intrigues of the city.
Episode 4: Snout in the Dark Part 2: I'd hold over a few things from the Dark Horse adaptation; Diana would be married to a scholar and she and her husband were hunting for a treasure. Also Conan leaves with the rest of the royal guard.
Episode 5: Conan runs into his old unit from Season 2 and is appalled at the miserable state of affairs. Turns out that after Conan left Amalric died, and the man who replaced him (Aratus) has mismanaged the unit disgracefully. Conan challenges Aratus for control and wins, sending Aratus fleeing.
Episode 6: Regaining your Drive: Conan is forced to take on some jobs in order to help whip the unit back into shape; but that is easier said then done.
Episode 7: The Lost City: Conan, with an army at his back, finally decides to track down Diana's lost city. They manage to make it out with some treasure, but are forced to destroy the city in order to keep an ancient evil from being unleashed on the world.
Episode 8: The Rebel Prince: Conan takes the Company to fight in the Civil War in Koth.....unfortunately he does TOO good a job and Strabby ends up suing for peace, which the prince accepts. Out of options, Conan takes his mercenaries east.
Episode 9: Return to Turan: Conan takes the crew east, where they start kicking ass and taking names all the way through Turan. We also meet Olivia during this point, and see the horrors she endures.
Episode 10: Conan and the others continue their escapades....but they are spied on by Sergius and Aratus. Seeing a chance to get revenge on Conan for what he did to them they snitch on him to Amurath, which results in everything going to hell in a hand basket.
Episode 11: The Crucible: In the aftermath of the Illbars River Massacre, Conan is at his lowest point. Taunted by visions, he must find the strength within to fight on. He does and wrecks gory vengeance on Amurath.
Episode 12: Iron Shadows in the Moon Part 1: Everything up to Conan getting knocked out by Aratus.
Episode 13: Iron Shadows in the Moon Part 2: The rest of the story.
Season 5:
Episode 1: We have a bit of a timeskip here; Conan and Olivia are now lovers and Olivia has really adapted to being a pirate (Even the other men follow her without question.) However Conan's escapades have caused a lot of problems for Turan's navy; we get a bit of how Conan is recognized by one of his former squadmates and now Turan knows about him.
Episode 2: Devil In Iron Part 1: This....would require an overhaul. The original story had WAY to many moving parts in it and it creates a kind of convoluted mess. So I'd change things somewhat while keeping the cool stuff like Khostra Khel. Basically Octavia escapes on her own initiative and flees to an island in the Vilayet with Jenhugir in hot pursuit. As it happens Conan and his crew have set up shop on the island for the night at the same time. However, this is complicated when Khostra Khel is revived from the dead, setting the stage for a glorious clusterfuck.
Episode 3: Devil In Iron Part 2: Basically everything explodes in a three way battle between Conan Jenhugir's forces and Khostra Khel. In the end Conan comes out on top, albeit with less soldiers than before. Octavia tries to make a move on Conan but Olivia VERY quickly stomps on that. She's the Queen of the Vilayet and she ain't letting anyone make a move on HER man.
Episode 4: Raid on Khwarazeim part 1: Octavia suggests that they attack Khwarazeim; Conan agrees but feels they'll need more pirates to pull off the attack. As such he starts to gather his forces.
Episode 5: Raid on Khwarazeim part 2: Khwarazeim burns as the gamble pays off; Octavia kills Ghanzavi as a bit of payback and the city is looted dry by the pirate armada. In fact it's such a success that most of the crew decide to retire on the gold they've looted. Conan is one of them but Olivia is rather used to life as a pirate and so they part. Conan heads back west with Octavia.
Episode 6: Conan and Octavia have their own adventure
Episode 7: Conan meets Taramis; it's outside the city and Conan meets Taramis in a rip roaring adventure and impresses her to the point where she offers him a position in her guard. Conan has his run in with Vladislav's crew but doesn't meet the man himself.
Episode 8: Conan earns his keep in Taramis's guard; Taramis and Conan do NOT have a romantic relationship. Rather there's a genuine sense of friendship between them. Valerius has a crush on her but Taramis is oblivious.
Episode 9: This sets the stage for Salome's arrival. We see Constantius arrive, we see him conferring in the shadows with an unknown partner. The episode ends with Salome making her move.
Episode 10: Salome reveals herself, and we get everything up to Conan's crucifixion and Olgerd saving him.
Episode 11: This would cover two sections; on one hand we see Valerius trying to survive in the increasingly decadent regime. We also see some young women getting sold into slavery (one girl in particular, Khajara, will come back).
Episode 12: Everything before the big badass battle sequence at the end of the season; Conan usurps Olgerd but leaves him alive. Salome and Taramis have that scene in the dungeon but Salome also gives a bit of a motive rant. She rants that Taramis had EVERYTHING handed to her from birth whereas Salome had to whore herself out to survive, and how while Taramis had loving parents her father figure threw her aside like an empty beer can because she didn't live up to his standards. It's clear that Salome is an evil bitch but it does give her a bit of pathos. Valerius learns that Salome is impersonating Taramis and the stage is set before the final battle.
Episode 13: Big final battle sequence; Thog goes down with more difficulty and Taramis does express a small bit of sympathy for Salome as she dies (i.e. "Yes she was a monster, but she was still my sister. And....maybe if she had been raised alongside me things would have been different.") Conan takes his leave after crucifying Constantius
Season 6:
Episode 1: Conan heads back East to Pillage Turan; he meets another chieftain and manages to take control of the guys army.
Episode 2: The Red Eagle: Yezdigerd sends his greatest General, the Red Eagle, to defeat Conan. The Red Eagle holds several villages hostage to force Conan into a confrontation.
Episode 3: The Red Eagle springs his trap but Conan is able to turn the tables and defeat the general. Yezdigerd is deeply furious but his new wife (Khajara, who got a bit of a cameo last season as one of the girls being sold into slavery) suggests that maybe they should use stealth to bring Conan down. Send someone to infiltrate the horde and destroy it from within. Yezdigerd agrees to this and decides to dispatch Kerim Shah.
Episode 4: An entire episode of Kerim Shah worming his way into the inner circle; notably we don't get the reveal of WHO the spy is until the very end of the episode. The audience (and Conan) are led to believe another man was the spy. It's only at the very last scene that we know for certain.
Episode 5: Kerim Shah, as per his plan, lobbies for an attack of Agraphur itself. Conan allows himself to be swept up in it, and manages to persuade even Olivia (Who is now the Pirate Queen of the Vilayet) to help.
Episode 6: The trap is sprung. Conan and his crew are ambushed and mostly wiped out. Conan and a few survivors escape, but Conan blames himself for the disaster. He's knocked out of his funk when he learns that a few survivors will be publicly executed in the main square of Agraphur. Conan is able to rally his soldiers to at least help him save their compatriots.
Episode 7: Conan pulls off a daring rescue of his compatriots in the Agraphur main square; the mission is a success but Conan parts on bittersweet terms with the survivors.
Episode 8: Journey to Vendhaya. Conan heads ever eastward and manages to fall in with a tribe of badass warriors.
Episodes 9-13: People of the Black Circle adaptation: A lot of plot threads are tied up. Kerim Shah gets his comeuppance, and Conan is able to leave again. He and Yasmina have a complicated relationship. Yasmina is clearly attracted to Conan and is seriously considering his offer but she feels obligation. Still, she and Conan part under amicable terms.
Season 7
Episodes 1-2: Shadows of Zamboula adaptation: You may have to change the black cannibals bit (and change Hanuman to something more like Ahriman or some other evil sounding name) but otherwise it should work.
Episode 3: Conan joins the Argossean army back west to go to war with Stygia; he meets a young mercenary named Amalric and they hit it off. They are dispatched south to Stygia.
Episode 4: Conan purchases Natala from a Shemite city state they conquered but the war with Stygia goes badly. Things REALLY go bad when Stygia unleashes a black magic plague on the army, decimating most of them. As part of an attempt to avoid a plague being unleashed on them the Argosseans are forced to give up the remainder of the army to the Stygian's tender mercies. Conan, Natala and Amalric flee into the south, but they get separated. Conan and Natala go one way, Amalric and a few other mercenaries go the other.
Episode 5: Shadows of Xuthal: This would be a longer feature length episode and would be a straight adaptation of the story
Episode 6: We cut to Amalric for most of the episode; he saves Lissa from a few other guys (they're not all black; some are but others are white). Amalric falls in love with Lissa and decides to help her, slaying the evil demon that lives in the tower. He nearly dies, but Conan and his allies save him.
Episode 7: Conan takes Amalric back to Tombalku, and he explains how he and Natala got in good with Sakumbe. We're introduced to a lot of the political conflicts in the background.
Episode 8: We see the dynamite built up over the previous episode explode into violence; Conan, Lissa, Amalric and Natala flee the slaughterhouse. Natala goes with Lissa and Amalric while Conan heads to Kush.
Episodes 9-10: Jewels of Gwahalur Part 1: Conan decides to swindle the cra
Episodes 11-13: Pool of the Black One adaptation
Season 8: This would be an adaptation of the Black and Red Trilogy, with a bit of connecting tissue in between them. A major theme is that Conan realizes that his heart just isn't in a lot of mercenary work anymore. He feels like he wants something more than just the aimless life of a grunt.
Season 9: The first half would be Conan rebelling against Numidides; the second half is Conan adapting to his role as king. It ends in Scarlet Citadel, which shows how Conan has grown over the season.
Season 10: Feature length Hour of the Dragon Season for the first half; second half is tying up a lot of loose ends. Conan and Thoth have their confrontation, and Conan also kills King Yezdigerd.
So. Any feedback? Suggestions?
So without further ado here we go
Since Conan was passed on by Amazon I've decided to try my own outline of what could have been. I would REALLY appreciate feedback on it.
Feature length Pilot episode: This would introduce people to the audience; you'd get Venarium, you'd also see Conan be told about things by his grandfather. Venarium's the climax, and ultimately he goes North for a little while to repay a debt (the aesir created trouble for the Vanir and now the Cimmerians have to return the favor.) Certain things would be left ambiguous and it's relatively simple. It establishes that hearing stories and seeing civilization were what made him interested not some bullshit revenge story. This would be used to introduce Conan to the audience, help them develop a fascination with the character and establish him as likable.
Season 1:
Episode 1: Frost Giant's Daughter: If I were doing this I'd make it VERY clear that Atali is putting supernatural mojo on him, and that Conan's attack is a result of it. Or just have him try to kill her outright rather than try to rape her. As in "now I'm just going to gut you". Atali naturally flees and Conan is left wondering whether it was real or not until he sees the cloth.
Episode 2: Captured: Conan is captured by the Hyperboreans and thrown into an arena. He meets a few prisoners, and this is how he's able to learn a few other languages (Nemedian, Hyrkanian). One of the men is a young Nemedian adventurer and nobleman who got captured. Eventually, they stage an uprising. Most of the slaves are massacred, including the Nemedian, who begs Conan to return his amulet to his family in Numalia. The event instils Conan with a "never leave a friend behind" mentality. Conan and a few others escape; one of them, Arslan heads back to the East, telling Conan that maybe they'll see each other again.
Episode 3: God in the Bowl Part 1: Conan heads to Numalia to return his friends amulet to his parents; he does so, and decides to stick around. He meets Aztrias Perias, who decides to recruit Conan for a job. The episode ends with Conan discovering Kallian's body.
Episode 4: God in the Bowl Part 2: The meat of the story; the main ending I'd change is to have more of a fight sequence with the beast. Having Conan just leap forward and lop it's head off seems......anti-climactic at best. If you have a fight sequence you could have something to REALLY wow the critics (i.e. have a desperate, fast paced fight sequence where we don't QUITE see the body of the creature attacking outside of shadows. Only show the beast AFTER the fight ends.). Conan flees into the night; Thoth, who had been observing the scene from afar says "Interesting.......". They haven't met but Thoth is minorly interested. Conan's certainly on his radar.
Episode 5: The City of Thieves aka Tower of the Elephant Part 1: Conan reflects on the previous night, and decides he isn't going to let civilization defeat him. So he decides to head to Zamora, the most foul city on earth. The main way I'd do this is simply that since Yara took over things have gone to shit. The monarchy hasn't really been interested in running the country since Yara took charge, hence why crime has spiraled out of control (Rather than any nonsense about how Zamorians are genetically inclined to be thieves.) Conan befriends a city clerk, who tells Conan all about Yara (this is where we get the flashbacks of Yara doing his dastardly wickedness). Ends with Conan arriving in front of the Elephant Tower and deciding "eh, why not."
Episode 6: Tower of the Elephant Part 2: Conan meets Taurus, and we get all that action. He meets Yaga Kosha around the halfway point (or two thirds point) and we're treated to what would be a BEAUTIFULLY DONE flashback sequence of Yag Kosha and the others settling on earth, observing all the cataclysmic stuff going on. It ends with Yara's defeat and Conan walking away into the sunrise.
Episode 7: Thief adventure: This kinda sets the stage for the next section. Conan starts to make a name for himself; he meets the thief who will show up in Black Colossus, and the guy teaches Conan some more tricks. Conan also meets his long term girlfriend/fuckbuddy (the blonde girl). However, things start to get harder for thieves in general. Due to Yara's defeat the King is reasserting himself and as such the guards are actually doing their jobs now, which has made life a LOT harder for the thieves.
Episode 8: Nestor is introduced and starts hunting for Conan; At the very end, Nestor runs Conan out of town with the Zamorian guard hot on his heels. Nestor is starting to grudgingly respect Conan for showing a lot of grit.
Episode 9: Halls of the Dead: Essentially the Halls of the Dead Story. We see Conan and Nestor get to know each other as they dig deeper into the ruins (it's like how in Dark Horse when Conan and Nestor get to talk.) It ends with Conan fleeing from the Zamoran capital with his ladyfriend for greener pastures.
Episode 10: The Red City: Conan manages to escape to Corinthia, and runs into Nestor again. They become friends, and Nestor even teaches Conan some other languages. However, Conan's ladyfriend is growing dissatisfied, and the Priest of Anu sells them out when they hit to high profile a target.
Episode 11: Rogues in the House Part 1: Conan avenges Nestor by killing the priest, however this pisses off the establishment, and his girlfriend (Seeing a chance to advance her station) betrays Conan. Meanwhile Murilo hears of Conan's exploits and decides to recruit him. Conan breaks out and we get him dumping the girl in a cesspit (I'd do this in a way similar to the original iron fist comics. Danny tries to get revenge on Harold Meachum.....but when it comes Harold's just a broken pathetic man waiting for the end so he ultimately decides "fuck it you're just not worth it.) Conan dumps her in there; the episode ends with Thak roaring and overpowering Murilo
Episode 12: Rogues in the House Part 2: Essentially Conan and Murilo vs Thak. We get the badass fight sequence and then in the final few minutes Conan cuts Nestor's corpse down and buries it.
Episode 13: Homecoming: Conan returns at last to Cimmeria; he tells his mother about his travels, and is briefly considering staying behind. However, he has a final heart to heart talk (with either his mom or grandfather) and this spurs Conan to keep going and not give up. However, he's not going to the southern lands immediately. Maybe he'll go.....east.
Season 2:
Episode 1: Conan arrives in Agraphur, the capital of the Turanian empire. He gets caught committing robbery, but due to the need for soldiers he's offered a choice. Death or enlistment. Conan naturally chooses enlistment. To his pleasant surprise he runs into Arslan; they happen to be in the same unit. They catch up on how they've been doing, and things seem pretty good. However, things get REALLY interesting when they're assigned to attack the city in which Conan and his pals were held as slaves. This is after a training montage (we see that the Turanian army has BRUTAL standards of discipline and incredibly tough training.)
Episode 2: Conan and the Turanian army attack the city; during the fight Conan faces the general who had carried out the massacre of the rebels in single combat. The general boasts "I remember you Cimmerian. Your head will join those of your friends." Conan overpowers the bastard and kills him, earning him accolades from his commander.
Episode 3: Conan and the unit attack a Hyrkanian city, which is one of the few cities not yet under Turan's sway. In the end Conan plays a key role in the final battle. The young queen of the city is taken alive and bundled off to be married to Yildiz (Conan is rather conflicted about the whole thing).
Episode 4: Conan's commanding officer is killed in a battle, and the guy replacing him (General Reshit) is for lack of a better word a complete asshole. Reshit's assholery builds up Conan's discontent until finally Reshit tries to massacre a tribe under a flag of truce. Conan is sickened by this and so quits in disgust (but not before gutting Reshit alive). Arslan flees with him as well, and they decide to make their way back to the west.
Episode 5: Conan and Arslan make their way to Koth, and enlist. They get sent to take the city of Yaralet, but the army gets wiped out by demons defending the city. Conan finds a slave girl in the aftermath and they save her. Realizing that retreat isn't an option, they decide to take out Atalis and Than.
Episode 6: Conan and Arslan break into the city and manage to take out Than and Atalis.....but Strabonus is an ungrateful shitbag and gives them a mere pittance for their heroic efforts. This is the start of Conan's disdain for the greedy toad.
Episode 7: The Duke of Lions: Conan and Arlsan fall in with Amalric; Conan manages to rise up the ranks more quickly than his friend but they remain friends. Conan also bonds with the rest of the unit, earning their respect. This is intercut with scenes of Shevetas searching for the city of Kuthchemes. It ends with him dying and Thugra rising up.
Episode 8: The first ten minutes shows Thugra gathering his army; we see him strong arm numerous tribes into following him (he gorily kills quite a few who refuse to play ball, while in others he plays on the fact that the other city states regularly exploit them). The horde quickly gains in power, and so naturally Amalric decides to head south. We also see Akbitana fall in an incredibly bloody battle. The episode ends with Thugra appearing to Yasmela and creeping her out.
Episode 9: Yasmela meets Conan and persuades him to lead her army. The rest of it is basic buildup to the epic battle sequence that will occur next episode. Conan meets his old thief friend again, who helps Conan realize that Thugra is Natohk. He also reveals that there's a lot of discontent amongst Thugra's forces, and the heroes get welcome reinforcements for the battle from various Shemite tribes who fled north to escape Thugra (including some Asshuri).
Episode 10: Big badass battle sequence. Conan defeats Katuman and then pursues Thugra (like in Dark Horse i'd have it be that Thugra's mistake was trying to claim Yasmela rather than going around. It makes more sense.) Conan corners Thugra, who is kinda desperate at this point. Conan kills Thugra and he and Yasmela fuck on the altar.
Episode 11: A timeskip has passed and we find that Conan and Yasmela have become lovers. However Yasmela is feeling weary of the crown, and she wants her brother back. She and Conan are also having.....trouble. They're two very different people. Over the course of the episode things fray, and Conan decides to go to Kuthchemes to get the gold needed to pay for the ransom.
Episode 12: Conan and a select crew manage to go to Kuthchemes, battling numerous horrors. Sergius is one of them and he betrays them out of cowardice, killing Arslan in the process. Conan and the others retaliate by leaving Sergius to die in the desert (They don't urinate on him but they do mock him after burying him up to his neck.) Sergius swears that he will escape and get his revenge.) Conan returns with the gold, and Yasmela is able to use it to pay off Strabonus. However, Conan is kinda sick of this and so leaves.
Episode 13: Conan has gone to Argos. He befriends a soldier and his ladylove, and so protects them when they're in trouble. The episode ends with Conan riding off into the sunrise.
Season 3: Queen of the Black Coast Storyline
Episode 1: Everything up to Conan's meeting with Belit; he manages to win Belit over and agrees to join provided she spare the few members of the Argus. Belit agrees to these terms and now Conan is officially on Team Belit.
Episode 2: We learn more about Belit's origin story; N'Yaga was the one who raised her and he's pretty much the only person she'll listen to (and even then she kinda has a mixed record.)
Episode 3: Rumble in the Jungle: Conan and Belit tangle with Thuthmekri over some treasure.
Episode 4: The Well of Skelos Part 1: Conan and Belit run into Kalanthes, and Kalanthes is able to persuade them to aid him in recovering a dangerous artifact from the Well of Skelos (They've been promised a lot of gold in exchange.) They enter the Island, but soon shit begins to get weird. Note: One thing I liked about Dark Horse was that it explained why Thoth would do something so stupid and reckless like wasting a child of the serpent on a plan that was bound to fail or had a high risk. I'd sort of do something similar in that it was part of a larger scheme in the war; Thoth was trying to keep Kal from returning with an artifact
Episode 5: The Well of Skelos Part 2: Conan and Belit aid Kalanthes and his crew, journeying deeper into the temple. However, shit gets REALLY REALLY weird and between a horrific toad monster and Thoth's agents they barely make it out alive (though they do manage to get quite a bit of treasure in the process.) Kalanthes repays them for their service by placing Ibis's blessing upon them, so as to protect them from any magic attack that Thoth might pull on them.
Episode 6: The Walls of Khemi: Conan and Belit are being increasingly harried by the Stygian navy; Thoth can't go after them directly but he sure as hell can make their lives miserable by siccing the Stygian Navy upon them. As such they go on the offensive and manage to burn the Stygian Fleet in the dock.
Episode 7: The Fires of the Ultimate South: In the aftermath of the battle, the heroes head south to regroup and recruit more soldiers. They also manage to have an adventure down there.
Episode 8: Sacking of Abombi
Episodes 9-10: Belit faces her past with Conan's help.
Episode 11: Filler episode: This is to lighten the mood before the Zarkheba River incident. A bit of a breather before the hammer blow
Episode 12: Zarkheba River Part 1
Episode 13: Zarkheba River Part 2; ends with Conan vanishing into the jungle.
Season 4:
Episode 1: The Bamulah. Conan falls in with the Bamulah. Due to his grief over Belit he's adopted a "fuck it all" attitude, and doesn't really care anymore. We see him getting more ruthless.
Episode 2: Vale of Lost Women Adaptation: This would be majorly overhauled (because if adapted straight it would be cancelled). Livia, rather than being a captive, is with Bajujh willingly and even has a son with him. Conan double crosses Bajujh and Livia flees. Conan manages to save her, and she reacts with fear, begging for her life and that of her child. This helps Conan finally realize how low he's sunk so he spares Livia. However this costs him command of the Bamulah, who see sparing a potential enemy as a weakness.
Episode 3: Snout in the Dark Part 1: Conan arrives in Shumballah and gets dragged into the intrigues of the city.
Episode 4: Snout in the Dark Part 2: I'd hold over a few things from the Dark Horse adaptation; Diana would be married to a scholar and she and her husband were hunting for a treasure. Also Conan leaves with the rest of the royal guard.
Episode 5: Conan runs into his old unit from Season 2 and is appalled at the miserable state of affairs. Turns out that after Conan left Amalric died, and the man who replaced him (Aratus) has mismanaged the unit disgracefully. Conan challenges Aratus for control and wins, sending Aratus fleeing.
Episode 6: Regaining your Drive: Conan is forced to take on some jobs in order to help whip the unit back into shape; but that is easier said then done.
Episode 7: The Lost City: Conan, with an army at his back, finally decides to track down Diana's lost city. They manage to make it out with some treasure, but are forced to destroy the city in order to keep an ancient evil from being unleashed on the world.
Episode 8: The Rebel Prince: Conan takes the Company to fight in the Civil War in Koth.....unfortunately he does TOO good a job and Strabby ends up suing for peace, which the prince accepts. Out of options, Conan takes his mercenaries east.
Episode 9: Return to Turan: Conan takes the crew east, where they start kicking ass and taking names all the way through Turan. We also meet Olivia during this point, and see the horrors she endures.
Episode 10: Conan and the others continue their escapades....but they are spied on by Sergius and Aratus. Seeing a chance to get revenge on Conan for what he did to them they snitch on him to Amurath, which results in everything going to hell in a hand basket.
Episode 11: The Crucible: In the aftermath of the Illbars River Massacre, Conan is at his lowest point. Taunted by visions, he must find the strength within to fight on. He does and wrecks gory vengeance on Amurath.
Episode 12: Iron Shadows in the Moon Part 1: Everything up to Conan getting knocked out by Aratus.
Episode 13: Iron Shadows in the Moon Part 2: The rest of the story.
Season 5:
Episode 1: We have a bit of a timeskip here; Conan and Olivia are now lovers and Olivia has really adapted to being a pirate (Even the other men follow her without question.) However Conan's escapades have caused a lot of problems for Turan's navy; we get a bit of how Conan is recognized by one of his former squadmates and now Turan knows about him.
Episode 2: Devil In Iron Part 1: This....would require an overhaul. The original story had WAY to many moving parts in it and it creates a kind of convoluted mess. So I'd change things somewhat while keeping the cool stuff like Khostra Khel. Basically Octavia escapes on her own initiative and flees to an island in the Vilayet with Jenhugir in hot pursuit. As it happens Conan and his crew have set up shop on the island for the night at the same time. However, this is complicated when Khostra Khel is revived from the dead, setting the stage for a glorious clusterfuck.
Episode 3: Devil In Iron Part 2: Basically everything explodes in a three way battle between Conan Jenhugir's forces and Khostra Khel. In the end Conan comes out on top, albeit with less soldiers than before. Octavia tries to make a move on Conan but Olivia VERY quickly stomps on that. She's the Queen of the Vilayet and she ain't letting anyone make a move on HER man.
Episode 4: Raid on Khwarazeim part 1: Octavia suggests that they attack Khwarazeim; Conan agrees but feels they'll need more pirates to pull off the attack. As such he starts to gather his forces.
Episode 5: Raid on Khwarazeim part 2: Khwarazeim burns as the gamble pays off; Octavia kills Ghanzavi as a bit of payback and the city is looted dry by the pirate armada. In fact it's such a success that most of the crew decide to retire on the gold they've looted. Conan is one of them but Olivia is rather used to life as a pirate and so they part. Conan heads back west with Octavia.
Episode 6: Conan and Octavia have their own adventure
Episode 7: Conan meets Taramis; it's outside the city and Conan meets Taramis in a rip roaring adventure and impresses her to the point where she offers him a position in her guard. Conan has his run in with Vladislav's crew but doesn't meet the man himself.
Episode 8: Conan earns his keep in Taramis's guard; Taramis and Conan do NOT have a romantic relationship. Rather there's a genuine sense of friendship between them. Valerius has a crush on her but Taramis is oblivious.
Episode 9: This sets the stage for Salome's arrival. We see Constantius arrive, we see him conferring in the shadows with an unknown partner. The episode ends with Salome making her move.
Episode 10: Salome reveals herself, and we get everything up to Conan's crucifixion and Olgerd saving him.
Episode 11: This would cover two sections; on one hand we see Valerius trying to survive in the increasingly decadent regime. We also see some young women getting sold into slavery (one girl in particular, Khajara, will come back).
Episode 12: Everything before the big badass battle sequence at the end of the season; Conan usurps Olgerd but leaves him alive. Salome and Taramis have that scene in the dungeon but Salome also gives a bit of a motive rant. She rants that Taramis had EVERYTHING handed to her from birth whereas Salome had to whore herself out to survive, and how while Taramis had loving parents her father figure threw her aside like an empty beer can because she didn't live up to his standards. It's clear that Salome is an evil bitch but it does give her a bit of pathos. Valerius learns that Salome is impersonating Taramis and the stage is set before the final battle.
Episode 13: Big final battle sequence; Thog goes down with more difficulty and Taramis does express a small bit of sympathy for Salome as she dies (i.e. "Yes she was a monster, but she was still my sister. And....maybe if she had been raised alongside me things would have been different.") Conan takes his leave after crucifying Constantius
Season 6:
Episode 1: Conan heads back East to Pillage Turan; he meets another chieftain and manages to take control of the guys army.
Episode 2: The Red Eagle: Yezdigerd sends his greatest General, the Red Eagle, to defeat Conan. The Red Eagle holds several villages hostage to force Conan into a confrontation.
Episode 3: The Red Eagle springs his trap but Conan is able to turn the tables and defeat the general. Yezdigerd is deeply furious but his new wife (Khajara, who got a bit of a cameo last season as one of the girls being sold into slavery) suggests that maybe they should use stealth to bring Conan down. Send someone to infiltrate the horde and destroy it from within. Yezdigerd agrees to this and decides to dispatch Kerim Shah.
Episode 4: An entire episode of Kerim Shah worming his way into the inner circle; notably we don't get the reveal of WHO the spy is until the very end of the episode. The audience (and Conan) are led to believe another man was the spy. It's only at the very last scene that we know for certain.
Episode 5: Kerim Shah, as per his plan, lobbies for an attack of Agraphur itself. Conan allows himself to be swept up in it, and manages to persuade even Olivia (Who is now the Pirate Queen of the Vilayet) to help.
Episode 6: The trap is sprung. Conan and his crew are ambushed and mostly wiped out. Conan and a few survivors escape, but Conan blames himself for the disaster. He's knocked out of his funk when he learns that a few survivors will be publicly executed in the main square of Agraphur. Conan is able to rally his soldiers to at least help him save their compatriots.
Episode 7: Conan pulls off a daring rescue of his compatriots in the Agraphur main square; the mission is a success but Conan parts on bittersweet terms with the survivors.
Episode 8: Journey to Vendhaya. Conan heads ever eastward and manages to fall in with a tribe of badass warriors.
Episodes 9-13: People of the Black Circle adaptation: A lot of plot threads are tied up. Kerim Shah gets his comeuppance, and Conan is able to leave again. He and Yasmina have a complicated relationship. Yasmina is clearly attracted to Conan and is seriously considering his offer but she feels obligation. Still, she and Conan part under amicable terms.
Season 7
Episodes 1-2: Shadows of Zamboula adaptation: You may have to change the black cannibals bit (and change Hanuman to something more like Ahriman or some other evil sounding name) but otherwise it should work.
Episode 3: Conan joins the Argossean army back west to go to war with Stygia; he meets a young mercenary named Amalric and they hit it off. They are dispatched south to Stygia.
Episode 4: Conan purchases Natala from a Shemite city state they conquered but the war with Stygia goes badly. Things REALLY go bad when Stygia unleashes a black magic plague on the army, decimating most of them. As part of an attempt to avoid a plague being unleashed on them the Argosseans are forced to give up the remainder of the army to the Stygian's tender mercies. Conan, Natala and Amalric flee into the south, but they get separated. Conan and Natala go one way, Amalric and a few other mercenaries go the other.
Episode 5: Shadows of Xuthal: This would be a longer feature length episode and would be a straight adaptation of the story
Episode 6: We cut to Amalric for most of the episode; he saves Lissa from a few other guys (they're not all black; some are but others are white). Amalric falls in love with Lissa and decides to help her, slaying the evil demon that lives in the tower. He nearly dies, but Conan and his allies save him.
Episode 7: Conan takes Amalric back to Tombalku, and he explains how he and Natala got in good with Sakumbe. We're introduced to a lot of the political conflicts in the background.
Episode 8: We see the dynamite built up over the previous episode explode into violence; Conan, Lissa, Amalric and Natala flee the slaughterhouse. Natala goes with Lissa and Amalric while Conan heads to Kush.
Episodes 9-10: Jewels of Gwahalur Part 1: Conan decides to swindle the cra
Episodes 11-13: Pool of the Black One adaptation
Season 8: This would be an adaptation of the Black and Red Trilogy, with a bit of connecting tissue in between them. A major theme is that Conan realizes that his heart just isn't in a lot of mercenary work anymore. He feels like he wants something more than just the aimless life of a grunt.
Season 9: The first half would be Conan rebelling against Numidides; the second half is Conan adapting to his role as king. It ends in Scarlet Citadel, which shows how Conan has grown over the season.
Season 10: Feature length Hour of the Dragon Season for the first half; second half is tying up a lot of loose ends. Conan and Thoth have their confrontation, and Conan also kills King Yezdigerd.
So. Any feedback? Suggestions?
