The People of the Black Circle
The People of the Black Circle is a Conan the Barbarian novella by Robert E. Howard. Published in three parts, from September to November, 1934.
Tropes used in The People of the Black Circle include:
- Arranged Marriage: the Devi Yasmina must make one; Conan jeers.
- Break the Haughty: the necromancer's plans for Yasmina
- Celestial Deadline: The king's murder is governed by this
- The Chains of Commanding: Yasmina must return to her people.
- Damsel in Distress: the Devi Yasmina
- Eye of Newt: the king's hair was needed
- Girl in the Tower: the Devi Yasmina is imprisoned in one.
- The High Queen: Yasmina
- Hungry Jungle: Where the black lotus grows
- Love Makes You Evil: Yasmina's servant
- Made a Slave: The necromancer resolves to do this with the Devi Yasmina.
- Memento MacGuffin: Where they got the king's hair
- Necromancer: How the king was murdered
- Royal Blood: Yasmina is proud of hers.