Conan, seeking his fortune in Shadizar, encounters to thieves, Fafnir and Blackrat, arguing over booty. Conan decides to take the treasure himself and quickly takes care of the two incompetent thieves. He enters a bar and strikes up a conversation with a local wench, Jenna. Conan narrowly aviods yet another bar fight and leaves with Jenna, who has more or less attached herself to the barbarian - or perhaps the surprising amount of gold in his purse. She takes Conan to her uncle, Maldiz, a blacksmith, so he may melt down Conan's suspicious-looking gold coins into a new shape. Word has spread about the earlier robbery, and both Jenna and Maldiz put two and two together. With his now untraceable gold in his purse, Conan takes a moment to enjoy Jenna's company under a palm tree, but that momen