Zula
Zula is a Darfarian warrior reluctantly educated in the ways of sorcery. He was of Royal blood and the last of his tribe.
History
Zula is a Darfarian warrior reluctantly educated in the ways of sorcery. He was of Royal blood and the last of his tribe. Zula also is an ally of Conan and Red Sonja,
Zula uses the Darkhold against Varnae, chanting only part of a spell. He comments that the partial incantation regrettably only hurt Varnae, still the vampire fled. He later regained the Darkhold from Totrasmek, and used it to transport himself and Red Sonja away. At some times, he gets air sick!
Powers and Abilities
- Able to cast spells and use magic.
- A skilled swordsman.
- Proficient in early forms of technology and science.
Equipment
- Darkhold
Conan the Destroyer
Zula was played by singer Grace Jones in the 1984 film Conan the Destroyer. In the movie Zula was a thief/raider rescued by Conan, who joins his brigade. Zula, a female warrior in this movie, was the last of her tribe. Zula later becomes the Captain of the Guard in Shadizar, replacing Bombaata. It should be noted that despite being a fierce warrior, she is afraid of rats.
Conan the Adventurer (animated series)
In the 1992 animated series Conan the Adventurer, Zula (voiced by Arthur Burghardt) was a Prince of the Wasai, a tribe similar to Sub-Saharan Africans, based from the original Conan literature. He is the first ally Conan makes in the show, when Conan is captured and enslaved, alongside Zula and other captives. He and Zula start a slave rebellion and free the other slaves. Zula, who is Conan's lieutenant, makes Conan his blood brother. Zula's cousin Gora was a spy for Wrath-Amon, and secretly tricked Zula into the ambush where he was captured by Wrath-Amon's slavers so he could inherit the throne instead of Zula (ironically, by making Conan his blood brother, Zula made Gora third in the line of succession). Gora schemed against Conan and his friends, and was eventually discovered and captured. Zula was a master of the sign of Jhebbal-Sag, which allowed him to communicate with beasts and persuade them to aid him along with the fact that his totem animal is the tiger. Originally armed with Star Metal bolas, he reforged them into a boomerang because the bolas tangled. They would return on command thanks to Jezmine.