'CROM!' and 'ASK ME WHAT IS GOOD IN LIFE' 1.25” Button Set

This listing is for two 1.25" buttons inspired by the classic fictional hero Conan the Barbarian, in an appropriately barbaric font.

Conan the Barbarian (also known as Conan the Cimmerian) is a fictional sword and sorcery hero who originated in pulp fiction magazines and has since been adapted to books, comics, several films, television programs (cartoon and live-action), video games, role-playing games and other media. The character was created by writer Robert E. Howard in 1932 via a series of fantasy stories published in Weird Tales magazine.

In Howard's stories, Crom, the Grim Grey God, is worshiped by the bulk of the Cimmerian people. Crom is a grim and gloomy god, ever watching from atop his mountain in dark clouds and obscuring mists, ready to pass a disapproving judgment on any and all, but he is said to approve of courage and tenacity. He is not so much worshiped as invoked (In Howard's works Conan exclaims things like "Crom and his devils"), as a swearword or when trying to gather one's courage.

"Crom!" is called the God of Steel and his name is used as an oath in the 1982 John Milius Conan film, where Conan was played by the one and only Arnold Schwarzenegger.

In that self-same film, Conan is asked: what is good in life? Please choose the appropriate answer from the below selections, and MEMORIZE it, before wearing this button:

1) The open steppe, a fleet horse, falcons at your wrist, and the wind in your hair.

2) To crush your enemies, to see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentations of their women.

3) You must make a friend of horror. Horror and mortal terror are your friends. If they are not, then they are enemies to be feared.

4) To know, to will, to dare, and to keep silent.

The second statement is supposedly based on a Genghis Khan quote: "The greatest pleasure is to vanquish your enemies and chase them before you, to rob them of their wealth and see those dear to them bathed in tears, to ride their horses and clasp to your bosom their wives and daughters."

Wear these buttons on your oilskin cape, on your tattered loincloth, or clipped to the strap of your scabbard.

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Pin back on each button. US penny for scale. Penny NOT included in price of button. All hail Conan the Librarian!