Conan the Adventurer Complete. Conan lived in Cimmeria with his parents throughout his childhood. While out with his grandfather one night on a trek, fiery tears or meteors dropped from the skies. Conan collected them and brought them back to his family. Conan's father, the village blacksmith, used the ore from the meteors to forge Star Metal and used it to create various tools and weapons that would never rust or break or dull. He sold them, but his finest work, a magnificent sword, he kept for Conan. It was laid in a crypt and covered over with a heavy stone slab. Conan's father told his son that only when he was man enough (i.e., strong enough) to push off the stone slab, could he rightfully claim the sword.