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:

From the first story onwards, Elric is shown using ancient pacts and agreements with not only Arioch but various other beings — some gods, some demons — to assist him in accomplishing his tasks.

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.

For the first 1980 printing, TSR obtained permission from Michael Moorcock for inclusion of Melnibonéan material ( from his Elric series of books ).

** Edward Elric from Fullmetal Alchemist ( Junko voices Edward in the first drama CD, while Romi voices him in the anime.

Russell's first Elric story, the Roy Thomas scripted " The Dreaming City ", was published by Marvel Comics in 1982 as Marvel Graphic Novel # 2, following initial publication of the first half of the graphic novel in Epic Magazine.

Moorcock has stated that he conceived this symbol while writing the first Elric of Melniboné stories in the early 1960s.

The symbol's first appearance in a commercial role-playing game ( RPG ) was in TSR's Dungeons & Dragons supplement, Deities & Demigods which included the gods, monsters, and heroes from Moorcock's Elric books as one of 17 mythological and fictional " pantheons ".

One such raid was successfully thwarted by Elric in the first year of his reign.

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.

1 and 4 ), the first two parts of the novel The Merman's Children by Poul Anderson ( also in 1 and 4 ), two " Amalric the Mangod " stories by Lin Carter ( in 1 and 3 ), a " Pusad " tale and the first part of the novel The Incorporated Knight by L. Sprague de Camp ( in 2 and 3, respectively ), two " Elric of Melniboné " stories by Michael Moorcock ( in 2 and 4 ), two " Witch World " stories by Andre Norton ( in 2 and 3 ), two " Brak the Barbarian " stories by John Jakes ( in 2 and 4 ), one story by Avram Davidson ( in vol.

His paintings have appeared on the covers of more than 350 books and magazines, including many Stephen King novels, most of the Del Rey editions of Anne McCaffrey's Dragonriders of Pern series, Piers Anthony's Incarnations of Immortality series, the Del Rey edition of Edgar Rice Burroughs ' Mars series, Melanie Rawn's Dragon Prince and Dragon Star series, the DAW editions of Michael Moorcock's Elric books, numerous DAW editions of C. J. Cherryh's work, many of Robert A. Heinlein's novels including Friday and The Cat Who Walks Through Walls, the Ace editions of H. Beam Piper's Fuzzy novels, and Tad Williams's Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn, Otherland, and Shadowmarch series.

He appeared in the Doctor Who story " The Ice Warriors " in 1967, playing renegade scientist Elric Penley ; and in 1983 was due to play the role of Striker in another Doctor Who story, " Enlightenment ", but had to withdraw.

Kid Colt ( real name: Elric Freedom Whitemane ) is a contemporary superhero character in the Marvel Comics universe who has appeared as a member of the modern-day Young Allies.

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 and Eternal Champion, two series by Michael Moorcock, is one of many who offer Chaos-Evil (- Hell ) and Uniformity-Good (- Heaven ) as equally unacceptable extremes which must be held in balance.

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.

Later novels by Moorcock mark Elric as a facet of the Eternal Champion.

Moorcock acknowledges the work of Bertolt Brecht, particularly Threepenny Novel and The Threepenny Opera, as " one of the chief influences " on the initial Elric sequence ; he dedicated the 1972 Elric of Melnibone to Brecht.

* Author Neil Gaiman wrote a short story called " One Life, Furnished in Early Moorcock '" about a troubled boy who loves the stories about Elric, and finds escape from the everyday world in them.

This appears to be a recurrence ( a favored Moorcock trope ) of Elric and Stormbringer's tale.

* 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.

Characters from the Cornelius novels show up in much of Moorcock's other fiction: " The Dancers at the End of Time " series has a character called Jherek Carnelian who is the son of Lord Jagged of Canaria, and there are several hints in the series that Lord Jagged may be a guise of Jerry Cornelius ; the Cornelius-series character Una Persson also appears in the " Dancers " series and the Oswald Bastable books, and may also be the character Oona in the later Elric books ; Colonel Pyat has his own non-SF series of books by Moorcock, beginning with Byzantium Endures.

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 ).

Brunner and novelist Michael Moorcock collaborated on a comics adaptation of Moorcock's sword-and-sorcery hero Elric in Heavy Metal magazine.

* A Tale Of Elric of Melniboné: The Dreaming City-Michael Moorcock, Roy Thomas, and P. Craig Russell

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.

# Elric: One Life, Furnished in Early Moorcock ( 1996 )

Chardros is a Lord of Chaos, a fictional demon or god in the Elric saga written by Michael Moorcock.

From 2003 to 2006, he drew the four issue prestige mini-series Elric: The Making of a Sorcerer, written by Elric's creator, Michael Moorcock.

" Veteran of the Psychic Wars " is a song by the American hard rock band Blue Öyster Cult, written by Eric Bloom and British author Michael Moorcock ( creator of Elric of Melniboné ).

Michael Moorcock created a sinister magic sword in Stormbringer, wielded by Elric of Melniboné.

Ed Greenwood created Akadi for his home Dungeons & Dragons game, inspired by the deity Lassa, created by Michael Moorcock for his Elric stories.

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.

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.

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.

Elric and Stormbringer are also featured on the album ’ s cover artwork.

He also alludes to the fact that he has a different name, but, possibly because he meets Elric and Corum on a world other than his own, he can ’ t recall it, and picks Erekosë as a temporary name.

Stafford is perhaps most famous as the creator of the fantasy world of Glorantha, but is also a prolific games designer-he was designer of Pendragon, he was co-designer of the RuneQuest, Ghostbusters, Prince Valiant and HeroQuest role-playing systems, founder of the role-playing game companies Chaosium and Issaries, designer of the White Bear and Red Moon, Nomad Gods, King Arthur ’ s Knights and Elric!

The decadent Melnibonéans of Elric ’ s time have lost their curiosity about the world.

Flamefang, Scarsnout, Blacksnout, and Whitesnout are among the dragons living in Elric ’ s day.

Two contradictory accounts of Imrryr ’ s special relationship with Arioch are given in the Elric series.

This version is told in the Dead Gods ' Book and vouched for by the ghost of Sadric, Elric ’ s father, who claims that the dead are able to discern the truth.

Yyrkoon usurps the throne and puts Cymoril, his sister and Elric ’ s beloved, into a magical sleep.