Pratchett introduces Hrun the Barbarian on pg 94..
Robert E. Howard, creator of Conan the Barbarian, and HP Lovecraft were friends.
Howard committed suicide at the age of 30, after the death of his mother, who had long been ill with tuberculosis. HP Lovecraft also died young, at age 47, of cancer.
Conan was a "barbarian", but he wasn't stupid. Hrun, on the other hand, is a muscle-bound oaf.
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