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* Elric, his homeland of Melniboné, and his sword Stormbringer are featured in German heavy metal band Blind Guardian's song " Fast to Madness " from their " Follow the Blind " album ( 1989 ).
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Elric and homeland
It is the homeland of Elric, one of the incarnations of the Eternal Champion.
Elric and Melniboné
Elric of Melniboné is a fictional character created by Michael Moorcock, and the antihero of a series of sword and sorcery stories centering in an alternate Earth.
The proper name and title of the character is Elric VIII, 428th Emperor of Melniboné.
his first appearance in an original novel wasn't until 1973 in Elric of Melniboné.
Elric is described by his creator, in the first book, Elric of Melniboné, as follows:
Elric was the last emperor of the stagnating island civilization of Melniboné.
As emperor of Melniboné, Elric wears the Ring of Kings, also called the Ring of Actorios, and is able to call for aid upon the traditional patron of the Melniboné emperors, Arioch, a Lord of Chaos and Duke of Hell.
* Edward Elric, the titular character of the manga and anime Fullmetal Alchemist got his last name from Elric of Melniboné, although the writer Hiromu Arakawa has stated that she never actually read any of the books in the Elric Saga.
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It is wielded by the doomed albino emperor Elric of Melniboné.
In Elric of Melniboné, Elric and cousin Yyrkoon find the runeblades in a realm of Limbo and commence battle.
* Elric of Melniboné ( 1972 )
* Michael Moorcock's character Elric of Melniboné — a tormented, sickly albino sorcerer with a demonic sword and a sizeable evil streak — was intended to be the polar opposite of the typical fantasy heroes of the time, who were almost universally muscular, Conan-like figures.
Túrin shares some similarities with Michael Moorcock's Elric of Melniboné, who is also based on Kullervo.
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Moorcock also borrowed the character of Zenith the Albino, both as partial inspiration for Elric of Melniboné and as an actual character ( who was implied to be an avatar of Elric ).
Elric and sword
The sword confers upon Elric strength, health and fighting prowess but must be fed the souls of those struck with the black blade.
Elric loathes the sword but is almost helpless without the strength and vitality it confers on him.
The cursed nature of the sword adds to Elric ’ s guilt and self-loathing even as he feels pleasure when the stolen lifeforce enters his body.
Stormbringer has a " brother " sword named Mournblade, which was at one time wielded by Elric ’ s cousin and enemy Yyrkoon.
* UK hard rock band Magnum has a song named Stormbringer, about Elric and his sword, on the reissue of their Kingdom of Madness album.
The first Elric stories were published before The Silmarillion, so the detail of the black sword ( s ) may have been conceived independently by both writers.
* " Fast to Madness " contains reference to Elric of Melniboné, the doomed albino Emperor of Melniboné, who finds Stormbringer, a sword created by Chaos, which causes him to be alienated from his close friends and his family, taking souls from each of them, eventually even taking his own soul for fulfilling the hunger of Stormbringer
Michael Moorcock created a sinister magic sword in Stormbringer, wielded by Elric of Melniboné.
The first track " Black Blade " features lyrics by fantasy and sci-fi writer Michael Moorcock and is about Stormbringer, a black sword wielded by Elric of Melniboné, the most famous character in Moorcock's mythology.
Elric and Stormbringer
A percentile skill-based system, BRP was used as the basis for most of the games published by Chaosium, including Stormbringer, Worlds of Wonder, Call of Cthulhu, Superworld, Ringworld, Elfquest, Hawkmoon, Elric !, and Nephilim.
and the dark fantasy saga of Elric in Stormbringer.
Darcsyde's projects include Trauma ( out of print since early 2000s ), a Corum supplement ( published 2001 ) for the fifth edition of the Chaosium Stormbringer ( aka Elric!
Elric first appeared in print in Moorcock ’ s novella, " The Dreaming City " ( Science Fantasy # 47, June 1961 ); subsequent novellas were reformatted as the novel Stormbringer ( 1965 ), but
Most of Moorcock's stories about Elric feature this relationship with Stormbringer, and how it — despite Elric's best intentions — brings doom to everything the Melnibonéan holds dear.
Stormbringer ’ s hunger for souls is such that it frequently betrays Elric by creating a bloodlust in his mind, turning in his hands and killing friends and lovers.
Elric and Stormbringer disarm Yyrkoon, and Mournblade disappears.
Elric and Stormbringer kill Yyrkoon, and no further mention is made of Mournblade until it is later disclosed that it was recovered by the Seers of Nihrain, to be wielded by Elric's cousin, Dyvim Slorm.
In Stormbringer, Elric learns that the representatives of Fate, which serve neither Chaos or Law, recovered Mournblade from the netherworld.
Elric summons others of Stormbringer ’ s demonic race ( also in the form of swords ) to fight against a number of Dukes of Hell, brought to the Young Kingdoms by Jagreen Lern, theocrat of Pan Tang.
Ultimately, Elric's reliance on Stormbringer proves his undoing: after the utter destruction of the Young Kingdoms in the battle of Law and Chaos, just as it seems that the cosmic Balance has been restored, Stormbringer kills Elric, transforms into a humanoid demon, and leaps laughing into the sky, to corrupt the newly-remade world once more.
* The role-playing games Stormbringer ( 1981 ) and Elric!
* The band Hawkwind, who have had a long association with Moorcock, released an entire album about the story of Elric and Stormbringer, The Chronicle of the Black Sword.
* The Italian metal band Domine has a number of songs based on the Elric saga and referencing Stormbringer and Mourneblade.
Additionally, Elric and Stormbringer are featured on the cover art for all four albums.
Elric and Stormbringer are also featured on the album ’ s cover artwork.
* Stormbringer. net — An overview of the Elric saga
Finally, Michael Moorcock's Elric of Melnibone possesses a similar blade, known as Stormbringer.
* Stormbringer ( Elric II )
Russell didn't return to Elric until 1997 when he collaborated directly with Michael Moorcock on Elric: Stormbringer co-published by Dark Horse and Topps.
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