| Role/Occupation Barbarian |
| Total Entries 13 |
| Representative Conan the Barbarian |
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“Loin cloths” or “Pelts of the Barbarian”, “taut rippling muscles”, “oiled back”, “impressive weapons”, “the beard of a grizzly bear” (or “inexplicably clean-shaven at all times”) and “glorious manly manes”. The Barbarian Hero is the ancient-era (or “Future Primitive”) badass, armed with muscles upon muscles and a variety of very sharp-bladed objects, whose job it is to kill lots of monsters (human or inhuman) and kick lots of ass. While he seems to favor “Cool Swords” (the bigger, the better) he’s more likely than other heroes to wield an axe, club, hammer, or flail epically. A “Mighty Glacier”, or even a “Lightning Bruiser”, he’s able to defeat wizards and giants despite having no magical abilities (in myth, this was often ascribed to divine ancestry). One of “The Oldest Ones in the Book”, a popular heroic archetype since ancient times but seems to be coming back into style recently… ~ Barbarian Hero – TV Tropes
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