SAVSCO 180

[wolverine7230]

Another Conan post, this one is a simple suggestion. Conan's earliest adventures in Zamora are currently listed as follows (with location listed in brackets):

CONAN
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COA 7 (Brythunia-Zamora border)
COA 8 (Kalandor, a city near the Zamoran border)
COA 9 (Desert near Sakyara, Zamora)
COA 10 (Sakyara, Zamora)
COA 11 (Ong, Zamora)
COA 12 (Desert of Yondo, Zamora)
COA 13 (")
COA 14 (")
SAVSCO 180 (Ramaraj, Zamora)
KSCO /2 (Arenjun, Zamora)
SAVSCO 174-FB (Arenjun, Zamora)
SAVSCO 174 (Arenjun, Zamora)
COB 4 (Arenjun, Zamora)
...

COA 14 ends with narration indicating his next location is Arenjun, as does SAVSCO 180. I believe SAVSCO 180 should be listed first, however, as it makes little sense for Conan to be headed for Arenjun in COA 14, before getting a job as a guard and sticking around in Ramaraj for at least several weeks in SAVSCO 180, and then eventually moving on when things don't work out.

If we place SAVSCO 180 first, the narrative is a lot smoother: Having left Kalandor in COA 8, Conan arrives in Ramaraj, where he gets a job as a guard. When that doesn't work out, he leaves Ramaraj and ends up involved with Daedikeron and Tros in COA 9. COA 9-14 take place in quick succession, one following the other, and then at the end, Conan again sets his sights on Arenjun.

The narration in SAVSCO 180 also works better with this placement, with the fact Conan has "recently arrived in Zamora", and at the end of the story Conan rides off "having heard of another city to the south - Arenjun".

It makes more sense to me, and doesn't stray from Roy's chronology (as COA wasn't published when that was written), so I think it's a pretty solid change. Let me know what you think.

CONAN
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COA 8
SAVSCO 180 (add)
COA 9
COA 10
COA 11
COA 12
COA 13
COA 14
SAVSCO 180 (remove)
KSCO /2
SAVSCO 174-FB
...