The Slithering Shadow
Chronicles of the Flame: The Hyborian Chronicles
A complete standalone FirePath adventure
THE CITY DREAMS BENEATH THE DESERT SUN.
BUT SOMETHING IN ITS SHADOWS IS AWAKE—AND THE PATH CONAN TAKES IS YOURS.
Across the burning wastes beyond the borders of Kush, Conan and Natala stagger towards death.
They are the last survivors of a shattered army.
Then, rising from the desert, they find Xuthal.
Within its silent halls, lotus-dreaming inhabitants slumber amid forgotten wonders, hidden chambers and the remnants of an ancient civilisation. But beneath the city’s languor lies a darker truth. Something moves through the sealed passages—an ageless horror worshipped as a god and feared only in whispers as Thog.
As desire, treachery and black lotus close around them, Conan must tear himself free from the dreaming city before its slithering shadow claims them both. Steel alone may not carry him through—and every decision could lead him towards escape, deeper into Xuthal’s forbidden secrets, or to a death unrecorded in legend.
Robert E. Howard’s classic tale is reforged as an interactive FirePath adventure, placing Conan’s fate in your hands at three pivotal moments. Follow the course of Howard’s original story—or venture into six entirely new alternate paths, written and woven around the original narrative.
Inside You Will Find:
• Robert E. Howard’s legendary Conan adventure
• Three major decisions, each opening three possible paths
• Six original alternate routes filled with danger, discovery and consequence
• Fatal paths where one wrong choice can end the adventure
• Surviving paths that return seamlessly to Howard’s enduring tale
• No dice. No character sheets. Only choice and consequence.
Will Conan seek another road through the desert? Brave the lotus vaults of Xuthal? Enter the chambers of the city’s ancient makers—or trust a passage fashioned for thieves and invaders?
The Slithering Shadow is the fifth volume in Chronicles of the Flame: The Hyborian Chronicles—a five-book FirePath series transforming classic Conan tales into interactive adventures of choice and consequence. Each volume is a complete standalone experience.
The shadow is stirring.
Choose the path. Shape the legend.
