 The life of Conan oddly mirrors that of  Arnold Schwarzenegger (qv). Conans formative years are spent in a  small village, then spent in hard manual labor as a slave. Then  Conan gains fame and wealth through his physical prowess. Although  at first given to wine and women, he eventually abandons his  hedonism and uses his skills for acts of heroism. Eventually, Conan  becomes a king. In real life, Schwarzenegger was born in a small  Austrian village and spent his life bodybuilding. He then becomes  famous and wealthy through bodybuilding competitions and  action/adventure movies. Schwarzenegger engaged in drug use and  womanizing in his past, but gave those up later in life and then  campaigned for social causes. Eventually, he was elected Governor of  California.