He falls in with a band of rogues, seeking an artifact of evil; the Serpent Ring of Set. Fans of Conan the Barbarian will recognize this as the trademark weapon of the evil sorcerer Thoth-Amon.

Due to a curse from his former master Profion, Damodar survived his death by Ridley Freeborn as an undead entity in pursuit of an evil artifact for some hundred years, so that he might be capable ...