Ervin the Barbarian – Conan the Barbarian
https://www.wizard101central.com/wiki/Creature:Ervin_the_Barbarian
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conan_the_Barbarian
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conan_the_Barbarian_(1982_film)
He is one of the four creatures you fight on the first floor of the Tower of the Helephant. His associate, Taurus the Clever is a Minotaur. In a turn-about dungeon Ervin and Taurus are the toughest battle in the Tower of the Helaphant. Listen closely to Ervin’s speech patterns and accent; also look at his outfit those are the clues to his pop culture inspiration.
Ervin the Barbarian: “Taurus! Someone has found our rope! No matter! We’ll make short work of them!”
Taurus the Clever: “Indeed my barbaric friend. The Heart of the Helephant shall be ours and ours alone. Destroy them!”
Monstrology Tome Description
With a name like Ervin, his mother hoped he’d be something like an accountant. But he chose 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.
Thought to be the earliest known appearance of Robert E. Howard’s character was that of a black-haired barbarian with heroic attributes named Conan in the 1931 short story “People of the Dark”. By 1932, Howard had officially conceptualized Conan; in his lifetime writing 21 stories starring the barbarian. Over the years many other writers have written works featuring Conan.
Many Conan the Barbarian stories feature Conan embarking on heroic adventures filled with common fantasy elements such as princesses and wizards. Howard’s mythopoeia has the stories set in the legendary Hyborian Age in the times after the fall of Atlantis. Conan is a Cimmerian, who are descendants of Atlanteans, and son to a blacksmith. Characterized as chivalric due to his penchant to save damsels in distress, Conan also displays a humorous nature and enduring loyalty. His main abilities encompass strength, combativeness, intelligence, agility and endurance. The barbarian’s appearance is mostly centered on his black hair, blue eyes, tanned skin and giant stature.
Painting by Margaret Brundage.
The most popular cinematic adaptation is the 1982 Conan the Barbarian directed by John Milius and starring Arnold Schwarzenegger as Conan, in which the plot revolves around Conan facing the villainous Thulsa Doom.
Conan the Barbarian is a 1982 American epic sword and sorcery film directed by John Milius and written by Milius and Oliver Stone. Based on Robert E. Howard’s Conan, the film stars Arnold Schwarzenegger and James Earl Jones and tells the story of a barbarian warrior named Conan (Schwarzenegger) who seeks vengeance for the death of his parents at the hands of Thulsa Doom (Jones), the leader of a snake cult.
The current list of all the (known) Wysteria references are located here.
Although I am well versed in Pop Culture references, I do not claim to have caught them all. Let me know your favorites in the comments and if I’ve missed one you caught, let me know so I can add it to the list.
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Ervin the Barbarian image is from Wizard101, and is copyright of KingsIsle Entertainment.
Conan the Barbarian illustrations and Weird Tales May 1934 cover are borrowed from Wikipedia and are in the Public Domain.
Conan the Barbarian photo and movie poster are (c) 1982 20th Century Fox
Image usage qualifies as fair use under US copyright law.
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