This is in danger of straying Off Topic I fear. However just to be
clear - it ws not my intention to suggest that Harrek == Conan. It
was my intent to suggest that Harrek's *heroism* is similar to the
*heroism* displayed by Conan. Conan is a thief, an assasin, kills
gods (well demon things), a pirate, a mercenary, and an iron fisted
ruler of his own realm. Harrek is a thief, an assasin, kills gods
(well spirits, he is an animist), a pirate, a mercenary, and an iron
fisted ruler of his own realm. The debate was bout what it is to be a
hero, and my sugesstion was merely that Harrek is a hero in the
Sword&Sorcery genre sense of a hero, those are his antecedents.
Ian