Order of the Elephant current form on 1 December 1693 by King Christian V as having only one class consisting of only 30 noble knights in addition to the Grand Master (i.e., the king) and his sons. The statutes of the order were amended in 1958 by a Royal Ordinance so that both men and women could be members of the order. The elephant and castle design derives from an elephant carrying a howdah, the familiar castle replacing the unfamiliar howdah, and finds use elsewhere in European iconography, as discussed at howdah. The Danish monarch is the head of the order. The members of
The Tower of the Elephant "Conan the Barbarian", which includes Conan and his fellow thieves scaling a tower, battling a giant snake, and stealing a jewel. In the 2011 film "Conan the Barbarian" a character extols Conan's past accomplishments and mentions his adventure in the Tower of the Elephant. The story was adapted into a hack and slash video game for IOS by developer Chillingo, which was released as a tie-in for the 2011 film "Conan the Barbarian". The Tower of the Elephant "The Tower of the Elephant" is one of the original short stories starring the fictional sword and sorcery hero Conan the Cimmerian,