Conan encounters a plethora of villains, including Akivasha, the immortal vampire seductress. She makes Conan an offer. “I will make you, too, immortal! I will teach you the wisdom of all the ages, all the secrets that have lasted out the eons in the blackness beneath these dark temples. I will make you king of that shadowy horde which revels among the tombs of the ancients when night veils the desert and bats flit across the moon… I desire a man. Love me, barbarian!'” Conan is too wise and/or fearful to accept her offer.
