02454cam a22003733u 4500 76127 UtSlPG 20260610134748.0 m cr n 260607r20251937utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d UtSlPG en iso639-1 PS Ball, Clifford, 1908-1947 Duar the accursed Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 2025 1 online resource : multiple file formats text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Produced from Weird Tales May 1937. Release date is 2025-05-20 Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Duar the accursed by Clifford Ball" is a sword-and-sorcery fantasy short story written in the early 20th century. It centers on a barbarian adventurer entangled with a proud queen, a demon-guarded tower, and a sinister jewel, exploring fate, power, and the pull between human love and cosmic destiny. Captured by Queen Nione of Ygoth, the scarred warrior Duar is cast into the Pits, where the sorceress Shar—claiming ties to an ancient Elder Race and to Duar’s forgotten past—frees him and urges him to seek the Rose of Gaon in the Black Tower. Duar slips from his cell, confronts Nione in her chambers, and persuades her to guide him past the city’s guards. In the tower’s depths he battles an invisible force amid heaps of skeletons drawn to the jewel’s fatal lure, and, prompted by Shar, shatters the Rose, dispelling the demon that fed on it. Shar reveals that Duar bears Elder blood and once served as a high priest, pleading for him to remember and join her in reclaiming the world. He cannot, and chooses instead the mortal path—returning to Nione—while Shar’s fading whisper reminds him of the greater dominion he has refused. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Originally published: Indianapolis, IN: Popular Fiction Publishing Company, 1937 Short stories Fantasy fiction Brundage, Margaret, 1900-1976 Finlay, Virgil, 1914-1971 Produced from Weird Tales May 1937. https://archive.org/details/WeirdTalesV29N05193705/mode/2up https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/76127 116852 116852