The Pool of the Black One
"The Pool of the Black One" is a Conan the Barbarian story by Robert E. Howard. First published in October, 1933.
Tropes used in The Pool of the Black One include:
- Blue and Orange Morality: There's no real explanation for why the Black Ones do what they do to the crew unless it's For the Evulz.
- Cower Power: Thrown to the ground, Sancha cowers
- Damsel in Distress: Sancha
- Eldritch Abomination: the Black Ones
- Get a Hold of Yourself, Man!: Conan shakes Sancha until she agrees to help
- Klingon Promotion: Conan. No one would miss the old one anyway
- Magic Music: The Black ones use a magic flute to steal the souls of the crew.
- The Men First: Conan takes care that everyone leaves before him
- Murder Water: The pool
- Our Giants Are Bigger: Black -- but not Negro