Bêlit is a pirate queen who has a romantic relationship with Conan. “‘Who is Bêlit?’ The wildest she-devil unhanged. Unless I read the signs awrong, it was her butchers who destroyed that village on the bay. May I some day see her dangling from the yard-arm! She is called the queen of the black coast. She is a Shemite woman, who leads black raiders. They harry the shipping and have sent many a good tradesman to the bottom.” As a native of the Hyborian nation of Shem, Bêlit is Shemite. Her name may have been taken from Bel, god of thieves in her native land. Apart from jewellery, she wears only sandals and a red silk girdle. Despite her race and her lack of clothing in the tropical sun, her skin is “ivory white”. As a pirate Bêlit ranges across the coast of Kush (Hyborian Africa) and as far north as Zingara (Hyborian Spain) aboard her ship, the Tigress. She calls herself the “Queen of the Black Coast” and her crew appear to regard her with awe. She seems to have no problem as the only woman in a ship with an all-male pirate crew, evidently having made it abundantly clear to them that any sexual approach against her will would be out of the question, nor do any of the crew manifest jealousy when she takes up Conan as her lover. She is described as a passionate and elemental woman. She and Conan fall in love at first sight – even though that first sight is in the middle of a battle, both facing each other with swords in their hands and Conan having just killed many of Bêlit’s crew. It was from Bêlit that Conan, native of a landlocked country and a complete landlubber, learned how to be a sailor and a pirate.
Description Bêlit is a pirate queen who has a romantic relationship with Conan. “‘Who is Bêlit?’ The wildest she-devil unhanged. Unless I read the signs awrong, it was her butchers who destroyed that village on the bay. May I some day see her dangling from the yard-arm! She is called the queen of the black coast. She is a Shemite woman, who leads black raiders. They harry the shipping and have sent many a good tradesman to the bottom.” As a native of the Hyborian nation of Shem, Bêlit is Shemite. Her name may have been taken from Bel, god of thieves in her native land. Apart from jewellery, she wears only sandals and a red silk girdle. Despite her race and her lack of clothing in the tropical sun, her skin is “ivory white”. As a pirate Bêlit ranges across the coast of Kush (Hyborian Africa) and as far north as Zingara (Hyborian Spain) aboard her ship, the Tigress. She calls herself the “Queen of the Black Coast” and her crew appear to regard her with awe. She seems to have no problem as the only woman in a ship with an all-male pirate crew, evidently having made it abundantly clear to them that any sexual approach against her will would be out of the question, nor do any of the crew manifest jealousy when she takes up Conan as her lover. She is described as a passionate and elemental woman. She and Conan fall in love at first sight – even though that first sight is in the middle of a battle, both facing each other with swords in their hands and Conan having just killed many of Bêlit’s crew. It was from Bêlit that Conan, native of a landlocked country and a complete landlubber, learned how to be a sailor and a pirate.
