A few thousand years in this state has left him an insane wreck though the elemental spirit itself remains coherent and tells you how to set it free.Ī child of the God of Beasts, Jhebbal Sag, who was summoned into the material plane in the form of a werehyena by another child of Jhebbal Sag, a human named Impisi, who wished to know the secret to transform into a beast. Sealed Inside a Person-Shaped Can: Petruso absorbed the Sandstorm's elemental spirit before it could ravage the Lemurian lands.Really 700 Years Old: He was around during the war between the Giant-Kings and their Lemurian slaves ages ago, and has been kept alive by the elemental spirit he merged with.Fortunately, the elemental spirit possessing him is still fully coherent and capable of helping you. When you try to talk to him, there's almost nothing of the original Lemurian priest left, just a gibbering lunatic. Broke Your Arm Punching Out Cthulhu: He managed to stop the Sandstorm, but doing so seems to have permanently reduced his mind to goo.This however condemned him to eternal insanity and created an endless cycle where the Sandstorm would sweep across the Exile Lands until reaching his temple, where it would reset to its origin point and start the process all over again. Petruso is actually a Lemurian Priest who stopped the Giant-King's final doomsday weapon, the Sandstorm, by absorbing the elemental spirit controlling it into himself before it could ravage the Lemurian lands. Conan is apparently tough enough to just tank it wearing only a loincloth.Ī barely coherent lunatic encountered in a temple near the starting area. Bear in mind the sandstorm is actually an explicitly supernatural disaster and would normally kill you if caught inside it without a sandstorm mask. Unflinching Walk: He casually strolls into the approaching sandstorm with seemingly no concern.
Since he's exploring the Exiled Lands of his own free will and is not bound by a Serpent Bracelet like most other humans in the Exiled Lands, he has no real investment in your quest to break the bracelet's curse. Greater-Scope Paragon/ Hero of Another Story: Conan rescues both you and Razma from your crosses, then takes off to leave you to your own devices.
He saves you in the opening movie and can also be found and chatted with in the City of the Relic Hunters, but otherwise has a hands-off role in the plot since he has no stake in removing the curse of the Serpent Bracelet.