Bombaata is the secondary antagonist of Conan the Destroyer, the 1984 sequel to the 1982 film Conan the Barbarian.
He was portrayed by the late former famous basketball player Wilt Chamberlain.
History[]
Bombaata was the captain of Queen Taramis' Elite Guard and the protector of Jehnna. He accompanied the princess on her quest to obtain the horn of the "Dreaming God" Dagoth, during which time he was ordered by the Queen to kill Conan.
His first attempt, where he was assisted by his men in a sneak attack, failed, and Bombaata was forced to make it seem as if his men had been acting against his orders.
He made a second attempt after Jehnna acquired the horn and took both Jehnna and the horn back to Shadizar. When Conan and his party snuck into the palace to rescue Jehnna and stop the resurrection of Dagoth, Bombaata personally opposed Conan.
After a bloody battle inside the palace during the cultic ceremony of Dagoth's awakening, Bombaata finally was killed when Conan stabbed him in the stomach with his own dagger.
Trivia[]
- In the Robert E. Howard books, Bombaata was one of Imbalayo black mercenaries.
- He was killed by Masdak in the novelette "Hawks Over Shem" by L. Sprague de Camp.
- In Robert Jordan's 1984 novelization of Conan the Destroyer Bombaata's name is spelled Bombatta. He also is described to be a few years older than depicted in the movie and is secretly in love with Jehnna whom he painfully desires. So Bombatta is consumed by jealousy because she is attracted to Conan whom he deeply despises and only disparagingly refers to him as "The Thief".
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