Thulsa Doom
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Thulsa Doom is a male literary character who features in Conan.
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Biography
Thulsa Doom
Overview
Personality and attributes
In appearance, he was took the form of a man with a skull for a head and eyesockets that burned with unholy flames.
Powers and abilities
He was seemingly invulnerable to harm or any form of injury. This was seen when boasted after being run through by one of Kull's comrades. On this, he said he felt only a slight coldness when being injured and that he would only pass to some other sphere when his time came to him.
Notes
- Thulsa Doom was created by Robert E. Howard and featured in the Conan universe.
In other media
Films
- In Conan the Barbarian, Thulsa Doom appeared as the main antagonist in the 1982 live-action film where he was portrayed by actor James Earl Jones. He was shown as being the founder and leader of the Cult of Set. A powerful wizard with a melodic voice and hypnotic gaze and the power to turn himself into a snake, Doom ruled from his Mountain of Power and controlled his subjects through the sheer force of his personality. His army invaded Conan's village when Conan was only a child to take the children into slavery, and Doom himself personally beheaded Conan's mother Verina after hypnotizing her into compliance. Years later, Doom took the daughter of King Osric as his lover and an enraged Osric hired Conan and his companions Valeria and Subotai to steal her back. The three infiltrated the Mountain of Power and attacked Doom's followers during an orgy. Doom himself transformed into a snake and escaped, while his soldiers fended off the intruders. Nevertheless Conan's party successfully took the princess. Human again, an enraged Doom swore the "infidel defilers" would pay for crossing him and killing his men (to say nothing of his pet giant python). Using his magic to turn a poisonous snake into a venom-tipped arrow, he shot and killed Valeria as Conan's group rode away from the Mountain. He then rallied his army to chase down and finish off the heroes. Conan, assisted by Subotai and the wizard Akiro, routed Doom's soldiers and killed his top lieutenants Rexor and Thorgrim. Afterward, Doom confronted Conan atop the Mountain as he addressed his followers. Knowing Conan had come to kill him, an unfearing Doom attempting to hypnotize the barbarian as he had his mother. He argued that since it was hatred of him that gave Conan's life purpose and direction, then he, Thulsa Doom, was truly Conan's one and only parent. "For who is your father if not I? What would your life have been without me?" Conan managed to overcome the cult leader's powerful gaze, and, disagreeing completely, used his real father's sword (appropriated by Rexor years before and reclaimed by Conan when he killed him) to cut off Doom's head, which he then threw into the midst of Doom's shocked followers.
Comics
- In Monsters on the Prowl v1 #16 (1972), Thulsa Doom made his first appearance in the comics setting of Marvel Comics. He claimed to have been already old when Atlantis first rose from the ocean. The Book of Vishanti identified him as one of the last of the pre-human races dating back to the time of the Elder Gods on Earth. In the Age of Kull, Thulsa Doom claimed to be undead, having died "as men know death" long ago. Posing as the nobleman Ardyon, he forms an alliance with four rebels within Valusia: the dwarfish Ducalon, the soldier Enaros, Baron Kanuub, and the minstrel Ridondo, who actually dethroned the hero, and set him on a quest to regain his lost kingdom. hulsa Doom sent members of his Black Legion to ambush Kull and Brule, though they won the fight. Thulsa observed the battle through a magic crystal. Kull and Brule's ship was later attacked by a sea serpent, with which Thulsa may or may not have had anything to do. Thulsa Doom as Ardyon came to learn of the curse of Torranna that said if a scarred man wore the crown and sat on the throne, he would be unable to ever leave the throne. To that end, he came to be determined to bestow this curse upon Kull. For this goal, he took on the aspect of the god of Torranna and advised its inhabitants how best to bring this about. Thulsa Doom manipulated Garn-Nak, Karr-Lo-Zann, and Norra of Torranna. They drew Kull into Torranna and had him undergo a series of trials to gain the crown of Torranna. Kull sought the crown because he believed he could use the army of Torranna to help him retake the crown of Valusia from Thulsa Doom. Kull successfully completed the last of the trials, but before he could don the crown, Norra warned him of the curse of Torranna. Thulsa Doom allowed Norra's age to catch up with her, turning her into a shriveled corpse, and then revealed himself to Kull, challenging him to one final battle. Thulsa Doom later pulled Kull into a pocket dimension for their final battle. Kull managed to slash Thulsa Doom's face with his sword, but was ultimately overpowered by the necromancer. Thulsa Doom returned them both to Torranna, but Kull rallied long enough to push Thulsa Doom onto the throne and place the crown on his head. His face scarred by Kull, Thulsa fulfilled the prophecy and fell victim to the curse himself. Thulsa's power were drained by his curse as the city of Torranna collapsed, seemingly crushing him. Kull, luckily, escaped, and then returned to Valusia to retake his own throne.
Appearances
- The Cat and the Skull: (1928)
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