They slice. They dice. They bash their way through hordes of foes. They are the heroes of fantasy and just below is a list of some of the greatest. Can you pick out the hero on the right who goes with the author on the left?

Twelve to fifteen correct means you know your bloodthirsty authors like Conan knows ale. Eight to eleven correct is pretty good but you’re not as bloodthirsty as you might like others to believe. Four to seven correct definitely means you’re squeamish at the sight of crimson gore. Below four correct? I’m afraid you’re just not an “army of one.”

Here they are.

1. Robert E. Howard ________ Hadon
2. Lin Carter _________ Jirel of Joiry
3. Karl Edward Wagner ______ Druss
4. C. L. Moore __________ Odysseus
5. Gardner F. Fox __________ Strider
6. Poul Anderson __________ Skafloc
7. Edgar Rice Burroughs ___ Thongor
8. Alan Burt Akers _________ Croaker
9. Michael Moorcock __________Kull
10. David C. Smith ___ Carson Napier
11. Glen Cook _____________ Kothar
12. David Gemmell _____ Hawkmoon
13. Homer _________________ Kane
14. Philip Jose Farmer _ Dray Prescot
15. J. R. R. Tolkien ___________ Oron

Answers are here. How did you do?

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Charles Gramlich administers The Swords & Planet League group on Facebook, where this post first appeared. His last article for us was Part Four of The Epic Science Fiction & Fantasy of Poul Anderson. See all of his recent posts for Black Gate here.