Dark Agnes de Chastillon (also known as Agnes de Chastillon, Dark Agnes, Agnes de La Fere and The Sword Woman) is a fictional character created by Robert E. Howard set in 16th Century France. Robert Ervin Howard ( January 22 1906 &ndash June 11 1936) was an American pulp writer of Fantasy, This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. The stories were not printed until a long time after the author's death.

The character of Agnes was beaten by her father and almost forced into an arranged marriage. She avoids this by killing the bridegroom and running away. She meets Etienne Villiers, who at first attempts to sell her to a brothel, and Guiscard de Clisson, a mercenary captain who trains her as a swordswoman. When de Clisson is killed, Agnes heads for Italy with Villiers.

Like the later character Red Sonja, who was based on another creation of Robert E. Red Sonja, the She-Devil with a Sword, is a Fictional character, a Low fantasy Sword and sorcery heroine created by Roy Thomas Howard, Agnes has red hair and a short temper. Unlike that character, her skill is a mixture of innate talent and training, compared to Sonja's skill being a divine gift.

The character may be partially based on Novalyne Price^[1]

Contents 1 Stories 1.1 Sword Woman 1.2 Blades for France 1.3 Mistress of Death 2 References 3 External links

Stories

Robert E. Novalyne Price Ellis (born Novalyne Price ( March 9, 1908 &ndash March 30, 1999) was a Texas -born schoolteacher Howard wrote two complete Dark Agnes de Chastillon stories and part of the first draft for a third.

Sword Woman

This is the origin story for Agnes. It features her abortive arranged marriage and subsequent training. Sword Woman was first published in REH:Lone Star Finctioneer #2 (Summer 1975). ^[2]

Blades for France

Agnes, still with her sidekick Etienne Villiers, faces international intrigue with Cardinal Thomas Wolsey. SideKick was an early Personal Information Manager (PIM Software application by Borland launched in 1983 under Philippe Kahn Thomas Cardinal Wolsey (c1470–1471 – November 28 or November 29 1530 who was born in Ipswich Suffolk England was an English Statesman and a cardinal Blades for France was first published in Blades for France (1975). ^[3]

Mistress of Death

Howard only wrote an incomplete first draft of Mistress of Death. It was later completed by Gerald W. Page and first published in Witchcraft & Sorcery Volume 1 Number 5 (January-February 1971). ^[4] This story is the only one to include a fantasy element in the form of a sorceror. It is not written to the same standard of two complete stories and features some departures from the established character, making her more stereotypically feminine. ^[5]

References

External links

• Dark Agnes: A Critical Overview of Robert E. Howard's Sword Woman by Jessica Amanda Salmonson
• Pulp & Dagger review of Sword Woman
• Fire & Sword review of Sword Woman
• Robert E. Howard's Dark Agnes de la Fere
• Robert E. Howard: Historical Adventures

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