Appearing in "The Twilight of the Grim Grey God!"
Conan the Barbarian #3
Featured Characters:
- Conan (Main story and flashback)
Supporting Characters:
- Grey Man / Grey God (Borri) (First appearance)
- Choosers of the Slain (First appearance)
- Brythunians
- Dunlang (First appearance) (Death)
- Brythunian Cavalry (First appearance)
- King Brian (First appearance; dies)
- Eevin (First appearance)
Antagonists:
- Malachi (First appearance) (Death) (Commander of the Brythunian Cavalry)
- Hyperboreans
- Queen Kormlada (First appearance)
- King Tomar (First appearance; dies)
- Unnamed blond (First appearance; dies) (Main story and flashback)
Other Characters:
- Death (Invoked)
Races and Species:
- Humans
- Eevin's race (First appearance)
- Winged Horses
- Gods
Locations:
- Earth
- Hyboria
- Hyperborea
- Brythunia
- Ravenfield[1] (First appearance)
- Hyboria
Items:
- Conan's Helmet
- Rion's Pendant
- Coat of golden enchanted mail (First appearance)
Events:
- Hyborian Age
- Battle of Ravenplain (First appearance)
Synopsis for "The Twilight of the Grim Grey God!"
Conan the Barbarian #3
As Conan once again tries to break his slave chains, he encounters a man who claims that war is coming. The man reveals to Conan the flying-horse-riding Choosers of the Slain and in general acts mysterious and godlike. Conan soon comes across Dunlag, a Brythunian, and learns war is brewing between Hyperborea and Brythunia. Dunlag takes Conan to his camp and they meet Dunlag's lover, Eevin. Meanwhile, in the woods, Brythunian cavalry commander Malachi secretly meets with the wife of King Tomar of the Hyperboreans. Malachi agrees to betray Brian, king of Brythunia. Back in the Brythunian camp, Eevin sees visions of the Grey God Conan met earlier, but Dunlag is determined to fight. Conan joins the Brythunians, mostly to get revenge for being enslaved by the Hyperboareans, and meets Malachi. The two do not get along. The armies clash the next morning and Conan gets revenge on several Hyperboareans, especially a particular one who whipped him. Malachi refuses to bring his cavalry to bear. Conan suspects treachery. Dunlag is killed, which enrages Conan, he leads the brythunian foot soldiers to victory, then chases and kills Malachi. The kings Brian and Tomar meet and both slay the other as the Grey God watches. The Choosers of the Slain fly from the sky and take the honored dead as Conan realizes he had just encountered the god Borri.