I just read Drums of Tombalku a few days back. Interestingly, the main character is a guy called Amalric. Is that Amalric the same as Lord Amalric from Black Colossus?
Who Is Amalric?
Started by Crom's bells, Jul 25 2009 07:08 PM
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Posted 25 July 2009 - 07:59 PM
The "BC" Amalric is a blonde Nemedian merc commander. The "HotD" Amalric is the dark-haired Nemedian baron of Tor. The Amalric of the "Tombalku Fragment" (see here: http://www.thecimmerian.com/?p=4162 ) is a young Aqilonian.
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Posted 26 July 2009 - 06:01 AM
Nice, I think it adds a sense of realism that even back then, different people shared the same names too. I should name my kid Amalric, it sounds apt enough for people of power 
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Posted 26 July 2009 - 09:51 AM
Amalric, and similar names, such as Almuric, or Amalrus, are so common in Hyboria, I have sometimes wondered if there had been a Hyborian culture hero named Amalric, perhaps connected with the conquest of Acheron. 
"Did you deem yourself strong, because you were able to twist the heads off civilized folk, poor weaklings with muscles like rotten string? Hell! Break the neck of a wild Cimmerian bull before you call yourself strong. I did that, before I was a full-grown man...!" - Conan, in "Shadows in Zamboula", by Robert E. Howard
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"I was," grunted [Conan]. "I was one of the horde that swarmed over the hills. I hadn't yet seen fifteen snows, but already my name was repeated about the council fires." - "Beyond the Black River", by Robert E. Howard
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"... you speak of Venarium familiarly. Perhaps you were there?"
"I was," grunted [Conan]. "I was one of the horde that swarmed over the hills. I hadn't yet seen fifteen snows, but already my name was repeated about the council fires." - "Beyond the Black River", by Robert E. Howard
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Posted 26 July 2009 - 01:38 PM
Nice, I think it adds a sense of realism that even back then, different people shared the same names too. I should name my kid Amalric, it sounds apt enough for people of power
There are four people in the Conan yarns who sport some version of the name "Valerius".
"Amalric" is of Gothic origin, IIRC, and is a name closely associated with the history of the Crusader States (VERY likely where REH got it). "Amerigo" is the modern Italian version of "Amalric". So, one COULD say that two continents are named "lands of Amalric".
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Posted 26 July 2009 - 05:49 PM
I was at first confused by this too when I started reading HotD. I thought maybe I missed some story where Amalric the mercenary commander and Conan developed some strong enmity towards one another.
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Posted 27 July 2009 - 02:12 AM
America is named after the Italian mapmaker Amerigo Vespucci so therefore, Americans areNice, I think it adds a sense of realism that even back then, different people shared the same names too. I should name my kid Amalric, it sounds apt enough for people of power
There are four people in the Conan yarns who sport some version of the name "Valerius".
"Amalric" is of Gothic origin, IIRC, and is a name closely associated with the history of the Crusader States (VERY likely where REH got it). "Amerigo" is the modern Italian version of "Amalric". So, one COULD say that two continents are named "lands of Amalric".
named after Amalric...thats kind of cool...good info there!
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Posted 01 October 2012 - 09:37 PM
Howardian scholar, Keith Taylor, takes a quick look at all the "Amalrics" here:
http://rehtwogunraconteur.com/?p=20296
http://rehtwogunraconteur.com/?p=20296
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Posted 07 October 2012 - 04:01 AM
Thanks for that link; kept my head spinning when I kept seeing that name. Guess Howard had a fondness for it.
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