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SOURCES: David C. Smith, TheArnoldfans.
AUDIO COMMENTARY: No.
NOVELIZATION: Yes.
COMIC BOOK: Yes.
FILMED?: No.
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What happens to Subotai at the end of film? The last time he was seen, he was saving the Princess from a bewitched arrow fired by Thulsa Doom. Leg wounded during the Battle of the Mounds, he does not accompany Conan to the Mountain of Power (the novelization specificies that he remained resting at the wizard's). The penultimate shot shows us Conan (alone) bringing back home the daughter of King Osric, as indicated by final scrolling text, which adds: "And having no further concern, he and his companions sought adventure in the West" (even if it is very hard to imagine the old wizard leaving his hut to leave to go aimlessly with Conan...[1]).
If David C. Smith is to be believed, the story however did not always ended like this:
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Cut was a concluding scene in which Conan leads the princess back to Shadizar [2], and never filmed was a quiet epilogue in which Conan and Subotai make their goodbyes: "I will see you again, Conan," Subotai tells him, "when we both hang from the gates of Hell."
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CONAN (voice over)
Thus, I went west, where the merchants were fat and the ports crammed with women, wine, and plunder. Ah, but that is another story...
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One can find the complete version of this goodbyes scene between the two friends (which is foreshadowing the final scene of CONAN, THE DESTROYER [3]) in the novelization:
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As summer donned the russet dress of autumn, Conan, brave in new garments and bright mail, with a scarlet cloak floating from his shoulders, galloped a black stallion beside Zamora's fields of ripening grain. At length he caught up with the man he followed - a small Hyrkanian riding a shaggy steppe pony. After a brief greeting, they dismounted.
"Why did you ride off without a word?" asked Conan.
Subotai shrugged. "They told me that the Queen had offered you a place beside her on the throne." The small man grinned and added, "I thought you'd be too busy with your... er... royal duties to have time for an old comrade-in-arms. Why are you here? I took no more than my fair share of the Queen's reward for the Serpent's Eye - though why she wanted it I can't imagine." [4]
Conan looked faintly embarrassed. "As I did, before I left the city."
"You mean you turned the lady's offer down?"
Conan grunted. "When I wear a crown, it will be won by my own sword, not given as a dowry."
Subotai sighed. "Strange are the ways of Cimmerians! How did you dispose of Yaro? Would that I had been beside you then, instead of doing guard duty at the palace!"
Conan shrugged. "The fighting came to little. When the folk of Shadizar heard that Doom was dead, the black priest's followers turned on him. Before I had a chance to sword him, his own people tore him limb from limb."
"Whither go you now?" asked Subotai.
"South and west. I'm heading for the sea," said Conan.
"And what of you?"
The Hyrkanian pointed. "North and east, to my homeland. Shall we ever meet again?"
Conan grinned, "The world is not wide enough to keep such rogues as we apart for long. We shall meet again, but Crom knows where and when."
"If only at the gates of Hell," laughed Subotai.
"Until that day, good fighting!"
The two friends embraced, slapping each other's shoulders. Then they swung into the saddle.
"What's in the south and west that draws you thither?" called Subotai.
"Gold, jewels, beautiful women, and fine red wine!" roared Conan.
Then, with a wave of farewell, they rode away, each toward a different horizon.
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At one point, Subotai was supposed to reappear in the sequel, and to meet his death midway through the movie! But finally, as everyone knows it, his character was replaced by the unbearable Malak one (who, himself, unfortunately, does not perish in CONAN, THE DESTROYER). Poor Subotai, even forgotten in the script of the very much awaited KING CONAN: CROWN OF IRON. Unless, of course, some fans do succeed in persuading Milius to make him return after all:
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However, Milius informed [us] he would consider giving Gerry a spot if the surf pro would like, but the role would really have to work. Maybe along Conan’s journey’s he comes across an old king? "Maybe as an old Mongrel king" Milius told TheArnoldfans.
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But that is another history...
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