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Jagreen Lern

**Jagreen Lern**, the Theocrat of Pan Tang, is the final, ultimate enemy of Elric of Melniboné and a champion of Chaos.

## Biography

Jagreen Lern and his people sought to imitate the emperors of Melniboné and commanded enormous chaotic magical powers. Throughout the saga he mocked Elric, tortured him and abducted his wife, eventually moulding her body into a hellish monstrosity as he did with the rest of their world by unleashing the full might of the Chaos Lords into their plane of existence.

Jagreen Lern's actions eventually led to the end of the World. In the final battle for control of the Cosmic Balance, he wielded a huge battle axe and wore an armour that was perpetually red hot and burning, given to him by his demonic masters. Elric and his army confronted Jagreen Lern's forces in the apocalyptic struggle that consumed the lives of nearly all combatants.

The battle outcome was only decided once Elric blew the Horn of Fate, inviting the Lords of Law into the fray. When he saw the odds changing against him, Jagreen Lern decided to flee. He was pursued by Elric and Moonglum riding a pair of dragons and could not escape them on horseback, however. When they finally caught up to the Theocrat of Pan Tang, Elric challenged him to single combat in order to get his revenge, to which Jagreen Lern responded with glee.

Using both Stormbringer and the Chaos Shield, Elric eventually won the fierce duel that ensued. And once the Theocrat was down on the ground with Elric's heel on his neck, Jagreen Lern begged for Stormbriger to take his soul for there were no place for it in all eternity. Elric declined his pleas saying he would not pollute his being with Lern's tainted soul - and not without some effort sheated Stormbringer.

Instead of simply killing him right away, Elric asked for one of Moonglum's blades and slowly tore his foe apart, piece by piece, demonstrating how the Melnibonéans toyed with such upstarts in the days when they ruled the world. Jagreen Lern took an hour to die, and only then because Elric's companion begged him to finish the Theocrat swiftly.

## Gallery

Jagreen Lern battling ElricThe terribe fate of Jagreen Lern at the hands of Elric
Dnark

**Dnark** is a city in northeastern Amarehk. It is located on Manhattan Island and bears a simmilar name to New York City, it's possible past incarnation. Dnark is a city of glowing golden spires and domes, inhabited by living, luminous shadows called the Great Good Ones. Dnark is also the true resting place of the Runestaff.
Books of Phum

The **Books of Phum** are a collection of books in the Young Kingdoms nation of Phum. The contents of these books are uncertain, but when Elric asked Rackhir if he knew anything about the Black Swords, Rackhir vaguely remembered that something he had read in one of the books "disturbed" him.

## References

1. ↑ Michael Moorcock (1972, 1983), *Elric of Melniboné*, Berkley, p. 143
King Huon

**King Huon**, also called **Huon the Immortal** and the **King-Emperor**, is the undying ruler of the Dark Empire of Granbretan. He is an ancient, twisted homonculus suspended in a globe of milky amniotic fluid.

In appearance, Huon resembles a deformed foetus with an enlarged head. He speaks with an artificial voice which sounds like that of a healthy young man. Huon's limbs are atrophied and useless, and therefore in order to control his Throne Globe, he uses his long, prehensile tongue, which has been described as "insect-like".

King Huon is well over 2,000 years old, and yearns to extend his life no matter the cost. He rules his empire from his Throne Globe in Londra.
Objects of Power

**Objects of Power** are recurring archetypal artifacts which exist in some form in nearly all universes. They can be understood as the separate aspects of the Cosmic Balance.

The Objects of Power include:

* The Black Sword
* The Holy Grail
* The Runestaff
* The Horn of Fate
* The Chaos Shield
* The Actorios Stone

## Gallery

Forming the BalanceThe Symbols become the Reality
Black Blade (song)

**Black Blade** is a song by Blue Öyster Cult from their album *Cultösaurus Erectus* from 1980. The Song was written by Eric Bloom and Michael Moorcock. The lyrics are about Elric and his relationship with Stormbringer.

## Lyrics

*I have this feeling that my luck is none too good*

*This sword here at my side don't act the way it should*

*Keeps calling me its master, but I feel like its slave*

*Hauling me faster and faster to an early, early grave*

*And it howls, it howls like hell*

*I'm told it's my duty to fight against the Law*

*That wizardry's my trade and I was born to wade through gore*

*I just want to be a lover, not a red-eyed screaming ghoul*

*I wish it'd picked another to be its killing tool*

*Black blade!*

*Black blade!*

*Forged a billion years ago*

*Black blade!*

*Black blade!*

*Killing so its power can grow*

*There's death from the beginning to the end of time*

*And I'm the cosmic champion and I hold a mystic sign*

*And the whole world's dying and the burdens mine*

*And the black sword keeps on killing 'til the end of time*

*Black blade!*

*Black blade!*

*Bringing chaos to the world we know*

*Black blade!*

*Black blade!*

*And its using me to kill my friends*

*Black blade!*

*Black blade!*

*Getting stronger so the world will end*

*Black blade!*

*Black blade!*

*Forcing my mind to bend and bend*

*I am the black blade*

*Forged a million billion years ago*

*My cosmic sign goes on for eternity*

*Carving out destiny*

*Bringing in the lords of Chaos*

*Bringing up the beasts of Hades*

*Sucking out the souls of heroes*

*Laying waste to knights and ladies*

*My master is my slave*

*Ha ha ah ha ah ha!*
Castle Kaneloon

**Castle Kaneloon** is a fortress on the World's Edge ruled by the sorceress Lady Myshella of Law. It is from her castle in the farthest south that Myshella encourages mortal heroes (such as Aubec) to journey to the World's Edge and challenge the dangers of the castle. If they are victorious then they are given the opportunity to create new lands from the unformed Chaos around the edges of the World, extending the boundaries of stable reality and thus furthering the cause of Law. When new geography is formed in this manner, the location of the castle is transitioned to the new edge of the Earth.

During the time of Aubec, the castle was situated on a range of cliffs known as the **Cliffs of Kaneloon**, overlooking a forested plain and a river. A path led up through the cliffs to the castle, while just on the other side of the huge towering edifice the unformed matter of Chaos swirled in an everchanging display of patterns and colours.

The sorcerous nature of Castle Kaneloon is such that intruders within are confronted by powerful illusions, monstrous phantasms created from their minds and imaginations. Those who make the mistake of relying on their weapons rather than their own strength of mind usually perish from fear. Other castle defences are of a more physical nature including guardians in the form of nearly indestructable golems.

When Myshella chooses, the castle may also create more pleasant illusions that reflect the desires of anyone who enters it.

During the time of Elric, the castle was located in the south of Lormyr and was attacked by the sorcerer Theleb K'aarna and the Kelmain Host as part of his plan to conquer Lormyr and the southern Young Kingdoms. He was defeated by Elric with the help of Myshella and Moonglum.

When Elric was sent by Slorg to an alternate world (or timeline) where Chaos held dominion, he encountered a version of Castle Kaneloon that was ruled by the Lords of Chaos, most notably Teshwan.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Michael Moorcock, *The Weird of the White Wolf* (prologue, "The Dream of Earl Aubec")
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Michael Moorcock, *The Vanishing Tower* (Book 1, "The Torment of the Last Lord")
3. ↑ Michael Moorcock, "The Last Enchantment"
Clakars

**Clakars** are flying ape-like creatures with leathery, bat-like wings and are native to Elric's World. They have massive bodies, long fangs and are very aggressive. Clakars are the primeval, degenerate ancestors of the Winged Men of Myyrrhn.

## References

1. ↑ Michael Moorcock, *The Weird of the White Wolf* (Book 2, "While the Gods Laugh")
Dyvim Mav

**Dyvim Mav** is one of the two sons of Dyvim Tvar, along with his half-brother Dyvim Slorm. His mother is either Niopal or Saramal (it is not specified which), both of whom were Dyvim Tvar's mistresses. Dyvim Mav and Dyvim Slorm were both trained as Dragon Masters, but Dyvim Mav is rarely mentioned and appears not to have outlived his father.

## References

1. ↑ Michael Moorcock (1972, 1983), *Elric of Melniboné*, Berkley, p. 97
Law

**Law**, also known as **Singularity**, is one of the two fundamental natural forces that make up the Cosmic Balance, along with Chaos. Like Chaos, Law can never be good or evil, as it is beyond such human concepts. However, Law is often seen as the lighter of the two forces. The sigil of Law is a single arrow pointing up, symbolizing the one true path of Law.

## Law and The Balance

Law is a necessary force in the Multiverse. Without Law, there would be no stability or structure in nature, no justice or morality in the worlds. Law, according to its nature, often upholds the Balance. Chaos is seen by the denizens of Law as an aberration that would reduce all form and meaning in the Multiverse to chaotic flux, a force of Entropy that seeks to mutate all of reality into an ever-shifting void of random energy. The Balance dictates that Law and Chaos must be equal in the multiverse, and since that, in itself, is a law, Law often contests the forces of Chaos in order to uphold it. In other universes, such as the Second Ether, the champions of Law are essentially fascists, battling against the freedom fighters of Chaos.

## The Lords of Law

Law manifests itself in an unknown number of forms and ideals. Chief among these are the Lords of Law, also known as the Lords of Light and the White Lords. The Lords of Law are essentially living embodiments of Law. They are worshipped as gods in many worlds, and reviled as tyrants in others.
First Ether

**The First Ether** is the artificial universe constructed by the Singularity. It is enclosed in an ultra dense bucky-ball of super-woven carbon, cutting it off from the Chaos of the Second Ether. The Straight Arrow Fleets of Law reach the Second Ether by means of Scaling Stations and Hard Warping, which tears the fabric of the Multiverse. The Singularity uses the First Ether as their base of operations in their campaign to overthrow the Cosmic Balance and conquer the Second Ether for Law.
Blue Assassins

The **Blue Assassins** are a group of assassins (some might say adventurers) who are pledged to kill those who perpetrate evil. They infiltrated Yeshpotoom-Kahlai, the Unholy Fortress, and attempted to kill the sorceress Sorana but she escaped.

## References

1. ↑ Michael Moorcock, *The Bane of the Black Sword* (epilogue, "To Rescue Tanelorn...")
Mordaga the Sad Giant

**Mordaga**, commonly known as the **Sad Giant**, is the guardian of the Chaos Shield. He was once a god, but was made mortal for sins he committed against his fellow gods. He was made to guard the Chaos Shield for many years with the understanding that he would be killed by one of the four men who would come to retrieve it.
Needle Gun (song)

**Needle Gun** is a song by Hawkwind. The song is about Jerry Cornelius and his famous weapon.

## Lyrics

*So you're alive, I thought you was done*

*I'm gonna bring you down with my Needle Gun*

*Feel my pin prick tattoo your spine*

*Give it a minute, your life's entwine*
With mine

*It's gonna make you run*

*Needle Needle*

*Needle Needle Gun*

*It's gonna make you run*

*Needle Needle*

*Needle Needle Gun*

*Hear my laughter*
In your head

*It's a pity it's a shame*

*Nothing's been said*

*It's a vaccination joy*

*With the ultimate death toy*

*It's gonna make you run*

*Needle Gun Needle Gun*

*It's gonna make you run*

*Needle Needle*

*Needle Needle Gun*

*It's gonna make you run*

*Needle Needle*

*Needle Needle Gun*

*It's gonna make you run*

*Evil Needle*

*Needle Needle Gun*
Chaos Engineers

The **Chaos Engineers** are the freedom fighters of the Second Ether, fighting a never ending war against the straight arrow fleets of The Singularity.

The Chaos Engineers travel the endless fractals and colour fields of the Second Ether, traveling through the ever shifting Chaos in Scaling Ships. The greatest of the Chaos Engineers is Captain Billy-Bob Begg.

## Gallery

Chaos Engineers fighting Singularity forces
Imrryr

**Imrryr**, also known as the **Dreaming City** and **Imrryr the Beautiful**, is the capital city of Melniboné. It is a city of tall towers that scintillate with many different colours in the light of the sun.

## Government

Imrryr is the seat of power in Melniboné where the Emperor rules the Dragon Isle with absolute authority from the Ruby Throne in the city's high central tower.

## Defenses

Imrryr is a coastal city protected on the seaward side by a great labyrinth known as the Sea Maze, excavated into the cliff that guards the city's inland harbour. This provides an excellent defense against seaborne invasions. In addition to soldiers and those who are skilled in the art of sorcery, other defenses available to Imrryr include an army of dragons and a fleet of battle barges.

## Trade

Despite centuries of Melnibonéan decline by the time of Elric, Imrryr still has vast wealth, making it a tempting target for hostile Southlander barbarian ships from the Young Kingdoms. Nonetheless, a great deal of nonviolent trade also takes place between Imrryr and the merchants of those nations.

## Nickname

Imrryr's nickname, the Dreaming City, derives from the fact that many Melnibonéans, from nobles to slaves, have active dream lives, enhanced by certain plants and drugs. It is in their dreams, both magnificent and monstrous, that they find their greatest pleasures. Slaves in particular have come to depend on their dreams as an escape from their unfortunate reality which, by design, has made them more easily controllable by their masters.

## Gallery

Imrryr's sea port is one of the most important trading hubs in the worldDragons flying over the Dreaming CityImrryr burns
## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Michael Moorcock (1972), *Elric of Melniboné*.
Moonbeam Roads

**The Moonbeam Roads** are the ethereal pathways through the Multiverse, leading between universes, from world to world.

The roads pass through the Higher Worlds, and run between the universes. A traveler upon the Moonbeams can percieve the entire Multiverse around them.

The Moonbeam Roads are a manifestation of the Holy Grail and therefore also a manifestation of the Runestaff and the Spammer Gain.

An adept of the Game of Time can find them easily. Some people, like Elric, can find them unconsciously.

Stormbringer has shown the ability to cleave a pathway to the Moonbeam Roads.

The greatest known navigator of the Moonbeam Roads is the Rose Von Bek.

## Gallery

Elric traveling the Moonbeam RoadsThe Rose upon the Moonbeam RoadsCorum possibly used the Moonbeam Roads to find Arioch's Heart
Fhoi Myore

**The Fhoi Myore** are seven humanoid giants referred to as the Gods of Limbo. They are necrotic and deformed in appearance, and radiate intense cold. Corum theorized that the Fhoi Myore are the ultimate fate of the Chaos Lords, consumed by their own entropy.

The Fhoi Myore are based on the Fomorians of Celtic mythology.

The last Fhoi Myore by name:

* Kerenos - He is kind of the leader of the Fhoi Myore and most powerful one. Also he is the master of the white wolfs, which are controled by his horn.
* Goim - She is the last female Fhoi Moyre. She likes to torture her prisoners and unman them.
* Bahlar - He has the ability to freeze everything he sees. Normally his eye is closed and Bahlar can open it by using a wire attached to his body.
* Sreng - He is wearing his seven swords like a kilt. His eyes remind Corum of Glandyth a Krae.
* Arek
* Bress
* unknown
Count Brass

**Count Brass** is the protector of Kamarg and the ruler of Castle Brass. He is an ally of Dorian Hawkmoon and an enemy to the Dark Empire of Granbretan.

On his rides, Count Brass always comes to the Ruin. He feels a kind of fellowship with it for, like him, it is old, like him, it has survived much turmoil and, like him, it seems to have been strengthened than weakened by the ravages of time.

In the Kamarg, it is not unusual to hear the legend that Count Brass is, in fact, not a true man at all... but a living statue in brass, a titan. Invincible, indestructible, immortal. Though no attack has been made on the Kamarg since Count Brass replaced the former, corrupt Lord Guardian.

Count Brass has led armies in almost every famous battle of his day. He had been the power behind the thrones of half the rulers of Europe. He had been, in truth, a mercenary. But he had been a mercenary with an ideal, and the ideal had been to set Europe toward unification and peace. At length, tiring of wars, of intrigue, and even of ideals the old hero accepted the offer of the people of the Kamarg to become their Lord Guardian.

He is well known of his skill in politics, his wisdom, his knowledge of all the weaknesses and strengths of the european courts. Those who know Count Brass know that he is a man in every sense. A loyal friend, a terrible foe, given much to laughter yet capable of ferocious anger, a drinker of enormous capacity, a trencherman of not indiscriminate taste, a sage in the ways of history, a wit and a swordman without peer.

Count Brass, with his rolling, warm voice and rich vitality cannot help but be a legend. For if the man is exceptional the so are his deeds.

His daughter is Yisselda.

His true and greatest friend is Bowgentle.

## References

* *The Jewel in the Skull. Michael Moorcock (1967).*
* *Michael Moorcock. Hawkmoon: The Jewel in the Skull #1 (1986). First Comics.*
Dead Hills

The **Dead Hills** are a range of lonely, uninhabited hills just beyond the borders of Pikarayd in the southeastern Young Kingdoms. The hills and valleys are bleak and desolate and devoid of life. They consist of shale, gray crumbling slate, and dried riverbeds. The plateaus are marked by cairns of stones that were raised by an unknown people, long since gone and forgotten. Elric was pursued through the Dead Hills by soldiers from Pikarayd when he found himself on the rocky shore of the sea and boarded the Dark Ship.

## References

1. ↑ Michael Moorcock, *The Sailor on the Seas of Fate* (Book 1, "Sailing to the Future")
High Speech

The **High Speech** of Melniboné is an ancient magical language used by Melnibonéan sorcerers when casting spells, writing grimoires, and speaking with supernatural beings. Melnibonéan nobles are taught the High Speech as part of their normal education.

It is also known as the **Ancient Tongue**.

## References

1. ↑ Michael Moorcock (1972, 1983), *Elric of Melniboné*, Berkley, p. 80
2. ↑ Michael Moorcock (1972, 1983), *Elric of Melniboné*, Berkley, p. 90
3. ↑ Michael Moorcock, *Stormbringer* (Book 1, "Dead God's Homecoming")
Moonglum

**Moonglum of Elwher** is an incarnation of the Eternal Companion and is possibly the only person in the world that Elric of Melniboné considers a true friend. He is a Human, unlike Elric, and is described as a very small man with an ugly face, a wide, grinning mouth, and a mop of red hair. He fights with a dual pair of swords, one long and curved, the other short and straight. Moonglum is a thief by trade, but has been known to take mercenary work as well.
Machinoix

**The Machinoix** are the undisputed masters of the Raped Planet's version of New Orleans and players in the Game of Time. They are a sect of Chaos-worshipping post-humans. The Machinoix practice voluntary, radical self-surgery to alter their bodies in order to ironically resemble the Original Insect, their adversary. The majority of them are so heavily altered that they resemble cybernetic insects. They have a peculiar relationship with Sam Oakenhurst, who seems to be addicted to their bizarre ideas of pleasure. The Machinoix utilize Meat Boats to travel to the Second Ether.

They rule the city of New Orleans with an iron fist, and the streets of the city are filled with the Mechanish, their biomechanical vehicles/beasts of burden.

It is revealed in the Michael Moorcock's Multiverse comics that the Machinoix are the Spammer Gain's fishlings.

## Gallery

The Machinoix in the streets of New OrleansThe Machinoix interrogate Paul MinctElric and Sepiriz attacked by MachinoixSam Oakenhurst and the Machinoix
J'osui C'reln Reyr

J'osui C'reln Reyr, the Creature Doomed to Live, was an ancient ancestor of the Melnibonéans who lived in the city of R’lin K’ren A’a. He attempted to spy on the Lords of the Higher Worlds who were meeting there, but they caught him in the act, and as punishment he was doomed to wander the city for ten thousand years with no escape - not even death. He aged into a crazed, emaciated old man and lived a miserable existence until Elric of Melniboné traveled to the ancient city and his Black Sword, Stormbringer, ultimately plunged itself into Reyr's chest. In his final moments, Reyr sung with joy, for his curse had finally been lifted, and he welcomed the sweet embrace of death. Stormbringer absorbed his soul and his knowledge, transferring them to Elric so he could escape.
Rosita Alvares

**Rosita Alvares** is a minor character in the story Soixante-Trois Airlines.

## Early Life

Rosita was born on the 3rd of June 1993 in Porto, Portugal. It is unknown what her birth name was, or how many siblings she has. From an early age, she felt that the body she'd been assigned at birth was wrong, and that she needed to live her life as a woman. Shortly after her twenty-second birthday, Rosita came out to her parents.

## Working for Soixante-Trois

In February 2016, eight months after beginning hormone replacement therapy, Rosita moved to London, England, and began working for Soixante-Trois Airlines. Her mentor during her first few months working for the airline was Annabelle Cope.

*to be continued*

## Trivia

* Rosita began learning English in early 2015.
Ashaneloon

**Ashaneloon** is a palace belonging to the sorceress Myshella, located on an island in the Boiling Sea. When Myshella learned that Theleb K'aarna was attempting to invade Lormyr, she returned to her Castle Kaneloon in Lormyr to defend it but was placed in an enchanted sleep by Theleb K'aarna. In a brief moment of consciousness, Myshella appeared to Elric and tasked him with flying to Ashaneloon on her Bird of Gold and Silver and retrieving for her a cloth-of-gold pouch. This pouch contained a pink dust that Myshella later used to cast her Noose of Flesh spell against Theleb K'aarna and the Kelmain Host. Elric also killed a demon at Ashaneloon that was placed there by Theleb K'aarna as a guardian, and from the demon's corpse Elric obtained a Nanorion Stone that he used to wake Myshella from her magical sleep.

## References

1. ↑ Michael Moorcock, *The Vanishing Tower* (Book 1, "The Torment of the Last Lord")
Jerry Cornelius

**Jeremiah "Jerry" Cornelius**, physicist, assassin, politician, super-spy, rock star, messiah, and former clergyman, is an aspect of the Eternal Champion.

## Gallery

Jerry's needle gunJerry and Miss BrunnerPhotonegative JerryJerry and his transforming Rolls Royce Phantom VIJerry and Miss BrunnerJerry's interminable identity crisis
Calypso

## Relevant Pages

**Calypso**, also known as **Tia Dalma** is a character in *Pirates of the Caribbean* *and the fan-fiction universe of Once Upon a Time.*

Calypso is based on the Titan of the same name from Greek Mythology and an allusion to Mama Odie from the Disney film The Princess and the Frog.

## Biography

Calypso was an deity of the sea and ruled the ocean. However, before long, she fell in love with the mortal pirate, Davy Jones. In order to please her, he took the duty watch over those who died at sea. However, she never showed up, and it caused Jones so much grief that he cut out his heart and showed the Brethren Court to bind her into her human form.

For years, she had become a human.

Afterwards Dalma disguised herself as Mama Odie to help Ellie Mills save her best friend.

## After the Dark Curses

Sometime, she meets Evie Turner and her adoptive mother, Emma Swan.
Cosmic Balance

**The Cosmic Balance** maintains the equilibrium of the Multiverse. Without the Balance, the forces of Law and Chaos would fly out of equilibrium, and the Multiverse would be threatened with extinction.

Too much Chaos would result in an unformed infinity of raw Chaotic probability. All structure and form would break down, all natural laws would cease to be, and life in the Multiverse would dissolve into nothingness.

Too much Law would be just as disastrous. The ultimate triumph of Law would snuff out Chaos forever, and there would be no probability, no new creation, no chance, and no novelty. Everything in the Multiverse would stagnate, to the point that reality would cease to create itself, and become a static wasteland of sterile nothingness.

In either case, the result is a formless void. This is why the Balance exists. And it is also why the champion of the Balance, the Eternal Champion, exists. It is even possible the Eternal Champion is himself/herself an aspect of the Balance.

The Cosmic Balance is not a physical object, though it can manifest physically in certain universes. It is said that the Balance can exist as the sum of the Objects of Power.

At times the Balance seems to have a distinct will, and could be said to be analogous to a supreme God. It is also likely that the Balance was actually created by mortals, specifically due to Jack Karaquazian and Sam Oakenhurst playing the Game of Time.

The ultimate destiny of the Balance is to be destroyed, along with all of the gods of Law and Chaos. The ultimate destiny of the Eternal Champion is to maintain, destroy, and restore the Balance.
Narleen

**Narleen** is a city in Amarehk. It is the counterpart to New Orleans in the possible future World of the Dark Empire. Narleen is ruled by the merchant lord Pahl Bewchard. Within the city of Narleen lies the walled district of Starvel, which is ruled by the Pirate Lords of Starvel, who consider themselves to be the true masters of Narleen. The city of Narleen, specifically Starvel, is the resting place of the Sword of the Dawn.

## Gallery

Pahl Bewchard greets Hawkmoon and D'avercD'averc, Bewchard and Hawkmoon in the streets of Narleen
Chardros the Reaper

**Chardros the Reaper** is one of the three most powerful Chaos Lords in Elric's World along with Mabelode the Faceless and Slortar the Old. He wields a great scythe and fought against Donblas the Justice Maker in the final battle between Law and Chaos at the end of the Elric series.

## References

1. ↑ Michael Moorcock, *Stormbringer* (Book 4, "Doomed Lord's Passing")
Eldren

**The Eldren** are one of the many races of the Multiverse. They are beautiful and elfin, with long-boned skulls, fair skin, tapering ears, generally dark hair, and eyes which are a solid milky blue, "without orbs" (probably meaning they lack visible pupils), and shot through with silver flecks. They are said to be slender, and Erekosë said Ermizhad's brother Prince Arjavh had "a pointed golden face and slanting eyes that were milky and blue-flecked".

The Eldren were involved in a genocidal war with Humanity, where the Humans tried to exterminate all the Eldren out of extreme xenophobia. Humanity summoned Erekosë to finish off the Eldren, but he saw that the Eldren and not the Humans were the victims, and after falling in love with Ermizhad, Erekosë betrayed Humanity and slew them all to save the Eldren.

The Eldren have spread throughout the Multiverse. In some worlds they are called the Vadaugh, and in one particular world, where they were forced to turn to Chaos, they call themselves Melnibonéans.

For an unexplained reason, the migration of the Eldren across the Multiverse has caused their features to alter subtly. While the same basic physical form is shared, Eldren, Melnibonéans and Vadaugh have very different eyes, with Eldren having almost blank blue eyes, Melnibonéans having generally Human/Mabden-like eyes, and Vadaugh having eyes which are purple with yellow irises, but which turn black and gold when angered.

In the novels, the Eldren are featured in the The Eternal Champion, Book One of Phoenix in Obsidian, The Dragon in the Sword, and Book Three of The Quest for Tanelorn.
Arrows of Quartz

The **Arrows of Quartz** are a bundle of twelve magical arrows carved from multicolored quartz. They were used by Elric as weapons against the giant Reptile Men of Pio that were summoned by Theleb K'aarna to attack the city of Tanelorn. The arrows may be hurled like spears and will always find a fatal mark against their target. Elric was given the arrows, along with the Banners of Bronze, by Jhary-a-Conel in the treasure vault of the Vanishing Tower. After the battle against the reptile men, the arrows and banners all disappeared.

## References

1. ↑ Michael Moorcock, *The Vanishing Tower* (Book 3, "Three Heroes with a Single Aim")
Mad God

**The Mad God** was once a man named **Stalnikov** before the Red Amulet drove him mad. He rules from his castle, aptly named The Mad God's Castle, and controls his cult with the power of the Amulet. He was slain by Dorian Hawkmoon in revenge for capturing and enslaving Yisselda, and to retrieve the Red Amulet.
Ashnar the Lynx

**Ashnar the Lynx** was a human warrior and part of the strike team led by Elric, Corum, Hawkmoon, and Erekosë in the battle against the alien sorcerers Agak and Gagak. He was more specifically part of the unit commanded by Elric. By the end of the battle Ashnar had been driven mad and ran off to disappear among the surrounding ruins of Tanelorn. He is described as having braided red hair and wearing a chainmail byrnie and plain iron helmet. At the ends of his braids are fingerbones (trophies of defeated enemies) that rattle on the shoulders of his armour as he moves.

## References

1. ↑ Michael Moorcock, *The Sailor on the Seas of Fate* (Book 1, "Sailing to the Future")
Black Sword

The **Black Sword** is a cosmic archetype, able to exist in any universe in almost any form. It is the weapon of the Eternal Champion, but it is not always borne by him or her. As the name suggests, it most often takes the form of a massive black runesword. The Black Sword is alive, fully sentient and malevolent. It has a will of its own and will often disobey the wishes of its wielder.

The Black Sword devours the souls of its victims, and can even kill gods. It exists in the Higher Realms as creatures of Chaos, and can partially manifest as black-bladed swords or other weapons (such as Jerry Cornelius' Needle Gun or the Banning Gun) on the material plane.

The Black Sword has been called by many names in its different manifestations across the Multiverse, including Stormbringer, Mournblade/Ravenbrand, Kanajana, the Cold Sword, the Dragon Sword, and Murakamo-No-Tsurugi (Japanese for *Sword of the Gathering Clouds*).

Though the Black Sword is a being of Chaos, it seems to be an instrument of the Balance, akin to the Runestaff and the Horn of Fate. This is likely because in some cryptic way, the Black Sword and the Eternal Champion are one.

Lucifer has also claimed to be one with the Black Sword.

*"Well. I can tell you now that Stormbringer's 'real' being is related to other supernatural forces on another plane. I know how to summon them, but these relations are also creatures of Chaos and therefore, as far as you're concerned, somewhat hard to control. They could well get out of hand in some way— perhaps even turn against you. Stormbringer, as you have discovered in the past, is bound to you by ties even stronger than those which bind it to its brothers, but its brothers outnumber it and Stormbringer might not be able to protect you against them."*

**-Sepiriz, *Stormbringer* p. 87-88**

## Gallery

The Champion and the SwordMournblade and StormbringerRavenbrandClen of Clen Gar wielding the Black SwordMurakamo-No-TsurugiThe possible true form of the Black SwordThe "Black Sword's Brothers"Elric with Stormbringer and MournbladeThe Black Sword
Melnibonéans

**Melnibonéans** are the people of the island nation of Melniboné and rulers of the Bright Empire of Melniboné. They are a humanoid race descended from dragons.

## Overview

A depraved and decadent race, with emotions very different from those of Humanity, they are skilled with magic and beautiful, though psychologically similar to cats - with a callous nature. Their psychological distance from humans is constantly stressed throughout the series, and with the exception of Elric, Melnibonéans lack a moral sense.

Their actions are determined mainly by tradition and by the search for pleasure and new sensations. Torture of slaves and prisoners is a common amusement, and the otherness of the Melnibonéans is manifest in their aesthetics: they naturally prefer a mix of colors and elaborate, baroque decoration and architecture.

The Melnibonéans live almost entirely in their capitol city of Imrryr and the tall spires of the city are every color of the rainbow. Their self-centered ways, however, are held in check by rigid adherence to tradition - their society is devoted to elaborate rituals that few Imrryrians have the courage to ignore.

## References

1. ↑ Heart of the Dragon: An untold tale of Elric
Arioch

**Arioch** is one of the most powerful of the Dukes of Hell. He has many titles and nicknames including **Knight of the Swords**, **Lord of the Higher Hell**, and **Lord of the Seven Darks**.

Arioch is the patron of Melniboné and has a personal relationship with Elric, who was the first emperor to summon him to the plane of Earth in a long time. He is sophisticated and highly intelligent, though possibly insane, and he usually (but certainly not always) appears as a beautiful youth, usually with blond hair.

When summoned, he has also been known to take the form of a large black fly  or a black alien shape, horrible to look upon.

Arioch is one of the three Sword Rulers along with Xiombarg and Mabelode, and the first to be slain by Corum Jhaelen Irsei. He created the Mabden and had them wipe out his race, the Vadhagh, not out of malice but as a careless purge of the creations of the Lords of Law after winning the Fifteen Planes from them. Corum took his revenge against him by crushing Arioch's heart with the Hand of Kwll.

Lord Jagged, a Denizen of the End of Time, once took the form of Arioch to manipulate Elric. It is implied that Jagged and Arioch may be one and the same.

## Nicknames

* Lord of the Higher Hell
* Lord of the Seven Darks
* Knight of the Swords
* Keeper of the Two Black Swords
* Arag the Great Old God

## References

1. ↑ Michael Moorcock (1972, 1983), *Elric of Melniboné*, Berkley, p. 83
2. ↑ Michael Moorcock (1972, 1983), *Elric of Melniboné*, Berkley, p. 170
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Michael Moorcock (1972, 1983), *Elric of Melniboné*, Berkley, p. 82
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Michael Moorcock (1971), *The Knight of the Swords*
Captain Billy-Bob Begg

**Captain Wilhelmina Roberta "Billy-Bob" Begg** is the greatest of the Chaos Engineers. She is the captain of the Scaling Ship *Now the Clouds Have Meaning.*

Captain Begg has explored all the roads of the Second Ether and has imprinted herself with a map of the Multiverse only she is capable of reading. She is able to navigate through the Second Ether to anywhere or anywhen in the Multiverse. Billy-Bob's arch nemesis is Captain Quelch of Singularity.
Baron Maliadus

Baron Meliadus of Kroiden **is the Grand Constable of the Order of the Wolf and first chieftain of the armies under the Great King-Emperor Huon. He is a celebrated general of Granbretan's Dark Empire.**

He travels in his dark carriage.

He is the arch-enemy of Dorian Hawkmoon, who has repeatedly escaped the Dark Empire's forces and is responsible for disfiguring the Baron's own face in combat. After slaying King Huon in a coup, he was ultimately killed by Hawkmoon during the final battle between the Beast Men of Granbretan and the Company of the Runestaff.

## References

* *The Jewel in the Skull. Michael Moorcock (1967).*
* *Michael Moorcock. Hawkmoon: The Jewel in the Skull #1 (1986). First Comics.*
Mad God's Beasts

**The Mad God's Beasts**, referred to by Huilliam D'Averc as the **Mutant War Jaguars of Asiacommunista**, are giant, mutated felines with rows of spikes down their spines and a cluster of horns at the end of their tails. They cannot breed but are near-immortal. The Mad God and later Dorian Hawkmoon were able to control the Beasts with the Red Amulet, and they could then be strapped to a massive chariot and ridden into battle.
Isle of the Purple Towns

The **Isle of the Purple Towns** is an island in the Young Kingdoms. Most of the buildings on the island are made of a purple stone which gives the towns their name, including the port city of Menii. The island is a nation of seagoing merchants. One of these merchants, Count Smiorgan Baldhead, is endeavoring to make the island a rival to Melniboné as a trading nation.

## References

1. ↑ Michael Moorcock (1972, 1983), *Elric of Melniboné*, Berkley, p. 66
2. ↑ Michael Moorcock (1972, 1983), *Elric of Melniboné*, Berkley, p. 179
Myshella

**Lady Myshella of Law**, also known as the **Dark Lady of Kaneloon** and the **Empress of the Dawn**, is an immortal servant of Law in Elric's World. She rules from Castle Kaneloon, a bastion of Law situated right on the borders of Chaos at the World's Edge.

In order to cause habitable reality to spread, Myshella induces mortal heroes to journey to her castle, bringing Law into the Chaos of the World's Edge and driving it back, thus extending both the influence of Law and the borders of the map. She has had dealings with both Aubec of Malador and Elric of Melniboné. Myshella often rides an intelligent, jeweled metal bird.

She was the title character of The Sleeping Sorceress, and throughout the novel she helped Elric battle Theleb K'aarna until the Pan Tangian sorcerer killed her in a battle for Tanelorn.
Age of the Young Kingdoms

The **Age of the Young Kingdoms** was a period in the history of Elric's World marked by the rise to power of the human upstart Young Kingdoms. It lasted almost five hundred years from the decline and fall of the Melnibonéan Empire to the final battle between Law and Chaos at the end of the Elric saga.

It is also known as the **Age of Men**.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Michael Moorcock, *The Weird of the White Wolf* (prologue, "The Dream of Earl Aubec")
2. ↑ Michael Moorcock, *Stormbringer*
AllSpark

The **AllSpark**, also known as the **Energon Cube** or the **Cube** is a item featured in the fanon universe of ABC's *Once Upon a Time.*

The AllSpark is based on the artifact of the same name from the film Transformers and an allusion to the Creation Matrix from the *Transformers* comics.

## History

Millions of years ago, the AllSpark was created by the Cybertronian God, Primus. He used the artifact

According to Optimus Prime, the origins of the AllSpark are truly unknown. It was created by Primus in order for the Cybertronian race to flourish as it was touched with some of his powers and bonded with the Matrix of Leadership. It brought life to the planet of Cybertron.

Several priests of Primus were tasked with protecting it, and one of them was Megatron. However he was corrupted by the Fallen (the former Megatronus Prime), who sensed Megatron's jealousy towards his brothers, Optimus and Ultra Magnus. It led him to betraying the Autobots and formed a faction known as the Decepticons. However, he failed to obtain it after being defeated by the Autobots. To protect the AllSpark, Optimus launched the ancient artifact after the apparent death of his mentor, Sentinel Prime. Sensing a human prime would be born on Earth and where the Matrix was hidden, the AllSpark landed on Earth and remained in the space for thousands of years.

### Discovery

When the relic was discovered by humans, the American government built Hoover Dam around the artifact, for they feared there would be panic if people knew aliens were coming to Earth. The seven individuals who found it formed a secret government organization that would become present day Sector Seven. They both studied and experimented on the AllSpark for years, including using the tech to create new artifacts. The team was sworn to secrecy, was sanctioned by President Hoover and remained unknown to most of the world. After Megatron was discovered by Captain Archibald Witwicky, he was moved to where the AllSpark was. Their rivals at the D.E.O. led by J'onn J'onzz, were aware of how corrupted sector Seven was, including their excitements on the Spark. They also studied alien activities but in a more direct approach.

During the battle of Mission City, Optimus charged the human boy, Sam Witwicky with merging his spark with the Cube to destroy it. However, rather than sacrificing his friend, Sam took the Cube and merged it with Megatron's spark, thus killing him and ending the war on Earth.

### Aftermath

It also enhanced the Cybertronian tachyons in Sam's bloodstream and wouldn't activate his bond with Optimus until after the battle of Egypt.

Users

* Primus
* Sam Witwicky (absorbed)
Monument of the Eagle

The **Monument of the Eagle** is a monument of black marble with an eagle carved at the top, wings outspread and claws extended, located in a marsh near the city of Ameeron. At the base of the monument is a door that serves as the entrance to the Tunnel Under the Marsh that leads to the Pulsing Cavern. The path leading through the marsh to the monument itself is a black marble walkway, slippery and precariously balanced so that those on foot are at risk of falling and being swallowed by the marsh.

## References

1. ↑ Michael Moorcock (1972), *Elric of Melniboné*.
Ameeron

**Ameeron** is a city in the dark netherworld beyond the Shade Gate. It is inhabited by all manner of beings from various worlds and time periods, a population of exiles, refugees, and travelers between dimensions who lost their way and never found it again. Those who dwell here do not live here by choice. For these reasons Elric referred to Ameeron as a city of the damned. He and Rackhir visited Ameeron during their pursuit of the renegade Yyrkoon and their quest for the two Black Swords, Stormbringer and Mournblade.

## Description

Ameeron is a dirty, stinking, ramshackle city perpetually clouded in smoke from sputtering fires. It consists of a chaos of architectural styles, if the word "style" can be applied to such a place. These include tents, shacks, shanties, cottages, castles, towers, forts, villas, wooden huts with carved ornamentation, and simple piles of rock with a single open doorway. Ameeron has no inn or city square.

## Inhabitants

The majority of those inhabiting Ameeron live in a state of decadence and depression and largely keep to themselves. They engage in trade with demons who occasionally visit the city, and those who are truly brave feed themselves by hunting rats in subterranean caverns.

Ameeron is the dwelling place of the sorcerer Niun.

## References

1. ↑ Michael Moorcock (1972, 1983), *Elric of Melniboné*, Berkley, p. 144
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Michael Moorcock (1972, 1983), *Elric of Melniboné*, Berkley, p. 146-7
3. ↑ Michael Moorcock (1972, 1983), *Elric of Melniboné*, Berkley, p. 151-2
Chaos Fleet

The **Chaos Fleet** (also known as the **Chaos Ships** or the **Ships of Hell**) is a fleet of warships commanded by Pyaray, Chaos Lord of the sea.

## Description

The Chaos Ships are much larger than the largest mortal ships but move with great speed, their sails emblazoned with the Sign of Chaos. They are crewed by undead mariners, those who were killed at sea and whose bodies were taken by the waves. Conversely, the captains of these ships are creatures that were never human to begin with.

## Powers

The ships radiate pure disrupting Chaos so that those unfortunate enough to be in their presence are warped and twisted into horrible, monstrous shapes, or have their bodies reduced to flowing liquid flesh. Physical objects, such as mortal ships, are likewise altered and broken apart. The Chaos Fleet normally sails along the depths of the ocean, but during the final battle between Law and Chaos on Elric's World, the fleet of twenty death ships led by Pyaray rose to the surface for the first time, a sign of that great conflict as foretold in legend.

While on the surface world, the Chaos Ships bolstered the navy of the conqueror Jagreen Lern. They were covered with a scintillating wetness that flashed with all the colours of the spectrum. This had the effect that from a distance the outlines of the ships were hard to see and the figures moving about on the decks were not easily observed. The Chaos force emanating from the warships mutated the environment so that the vessels could also sail on land and attack cities, reducing them to churning nothingness.

## Destruction

The Chaos Fleet was finally destroyed when Elric killed Pyaray, using Stormbringer to shatter the blue crystal on Pyaray's head that contained his lifeforce.

## References

1. ↑ Michael Moorcock, *Elric of Melniboné* (Book 2, Chap 2, "A New Emperor and an Emperor Renewed")
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Michael Moorcock, *Stormbringer* (Book 3, "Sad Giant's Shield")
Oin

**Oin** is a nation in the southern Young Kingdoms and the twin nation of Yu, both sharing the coastal city of Dhoz-Kam as their common capital and the Ar River as a common border. The Oinish and Yurit people have a reputation in neighboring countries as uneducated and superstitious peasants with no fighting skills. Despite this, when the Melnibonéan renegade Yyrkoon conquered the twin nations he conscripted their people into his army as part of his thwarted goal of invading Melniboné.

## References

1. ↑ Michael Moorcock (1972), *Elric of Melniboné*.
Hand of Kwll

**The Hand of Kwll** is a supernatural artefact that was grafted onto the stump of Corum Jhaelen Irsei's missing left hand. It has the appearance of a six-fingered jeweled gauntlet of alien design. In reality, it is the actual severed hand of the Lost God Kwll, having been cut off eons before.

The Hand of Kwll sometimes seems to have a will of it's own, and this is due to Kwll still having conscious control of it, even though it has been separated from the rest of his body. When combined with the Eye of Rhynn, the Hand of Kwll is capable of summoning undead shades from a shadowy hell. The Hand of Kwll is incredibly strong, able to crush a human skull with ease and even able to shatter Arioch's Heart. It was eventually reclaimed by Kwll.

## Gallery

The Lost God Kwll and his six-fingered hand
Changshai

**Changshai** is a nation in the far eastern Young Kingdoms beyond the Sighing Desert and the Weeping Waste. It was conquered by Terarn Gashtek and his barbarian horde before his westward expansion and eventual defeat by Elric.

## References

1. ↑ Michael Moorcock, *The Bane of the Black Sword* (Book 3, "The Flamebringers")
2. ↑ Michael Moorcock, *Stormbringer* (Book 2, "Black Sword's Brothers")
Colinda Dovero

**Colinda Dovero** is the lover of Jack Karaquazian and an aspect of the Eternal Consort. She disappeared into a Colour Spot, but ultimately returned. She eventually left Jack and married his friend Sam Oakenhurst at the beginning of his political career. By the time she became his widow, Sam had been Mayor of New Orleans for many years, during which the couple had done much for the city.

## Gallery

Colinda disappears into a Colour Spot.Colinda dancing with Jack Karaquazian.