Howard Days: Hour of the Lion - Hope Shines in the Darkest of Hours
A Conan essay
One of the most noteworthy and fascinating scenes in Hour of the Dragon, is the one where Conan liberates the black slaves from the slave-vessel near the port of Messantia. The slaves in question having once been though he doesn’t realize it at first, the very crew that he worked with as a pirate years prior.
Upon realizing that it is in fact his crew, C…