Heroes of Lemuria Part 7
Mandar – Conan the Barbarian
& He-Mandar – He-Man
Updated 5/19/2023
Given that He-Mandar is; deceased; only mentioned, and that Mandar takes his sword, I decided to run the two together. Also the two adversaries for Mandar are each inspired by a Conan and He-Man foe. Those will covered in parts 8 and 10.
http://www.wizard101central.com/wiki/Creature:Mandar_the_Barbarian#axzz7WlMHetxT
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conan_the_Barbarian
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/He-Man
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ThunderCats
Mandar the Barbarian, is a Mander barbarian and the King of Mandoria. Along with Duck Savage, he protects the inhabitants of the Badlands of Lemuria. The biggest influence on the character of Mandar is pulled from the 1982 Arnold Schwarzenegger film “Conan the Barbarian”
Conan the Barbarian (also known as Conan the Cimmerian) is a fictional sword and sorcery hero who originated in pulp magazines and has since been adapted to books, comics, films (including Conan the Barbarian and Conan the Destroyer), television programs (animated and live-action), video games, and role-playing games. Robert E. Howard created the character in 1932 for a series of fantasy stories published in Weird Tales magazine.
Robert E. Howard created Conan the Barbarian in a series of fantasy stories published in Weird Tales from 1932. Howard was searching for a new character to market to the burgeoning pulp outlets of the early 1930s. In October 1931, he submitted the short story “People of the Dark” to Clayton Publications’ new magazine, Strange Tales of Mystery and Terror (June 1932). “People of the Dark” is a story about the remembrance of “past lives”, and in its first-person narrative, the protagonist describes one of his previous incarnations; Conan is a black-haired barbarian hero who swears by a deity called Crom. Some Howard scholars believe this Conan to be a forerunner of the more famous character.
He-Man is a superhero and the main character of the sword and sorcery Masters of the Universe franchise, which includes a toy line, several animated television series, comic books and a feature film. He-Man is characterized by his superhuman strength and in most variations, is the alter ego of Prince Adam. He-Man and his friends attempt to defend the realm of Eternia and the secrets of Castle Grayskull from the evil forces of Skeletor.
The character was created by designer Roger Sweet, who intentionally created the character in such a way for him to be abstract and generic enough to be applied into any context and genre; Sweet also chose the name He-Man for being generic. Presenting three different versions of the figure to Mattel—including a soldier and a spaceman—the barbarian version of the character was chosen and developed into the character’s current form.
After reading this article Christopher M. pointed out that although He-Mander is clearly inspired by He-Man, his sword has two sources of inspiration.
and Lion-O’s Sword of Omens
We can clearly see the influences from both iconic fantasy swords in the design of He-Mander’s sword.
These articles on the Heroes of Lemuria are what got me started on my quest to catalog all of the pop culture references in Wizard101. This is the seventh of sixteen Lemurian articles put together to allow younger players to see the inspirations for characters and creatures within this wonderful game .
Text for this article has been excerpted from the wiki articles linked above.
Mandar and He-Mander’s sword images are from Wizard101, and are copyright of KingsIsle Entertainment.
Conan the Barbarian and the names of Robert E. Howard’s other principal characters are claimed as trademarked by Conan Properties International. Conan the Barbarian stories authored by Robert E. Howard have been in the public domain since 2006.
Weird Tales Aug 1934 Cover is in the Public Domain
He-Man is a TM and (c) of Mattel. He-Man image is from the 1983 cartoon series He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (c) 1983 Filmation and Mattel. He-Man’s Power Sword image is (c)Mattel
Lion-O’s Sword of Omens and Lion-O images are (c) 1986 Rankin-Bass / Lorimar / Warner Bros.
Image use qualifies as fair use under US copyright law.
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