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Elric of Melniboné, also called The Albino Emperor, Elric Womanslayer, Elric Kinslayer,the Pale Prince of Ruins, The White Wolf, and many other names beside, is the four hundred and twenty-eighth (and final) emperor of Melniboné and an incarnation of the Eternal Champion. Elric is symbiotically bound to his runesword Stormbringer.
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"It is the colour of a bleached skull, his flesh; and the long hair which flows below his shoulders is milk-white. From the tapering, beautiful head stare two slanting eyes, crimson and moody..."
Elric is a Melnibonéan, and as such, he is not exactly human. He was born with albinism, making his flesh pale, his hair white, and his eyes a deep crimson. He is very tall, slender to the point of gauntness, yet elegantly muscled. Elric is normally attired in traditional Melnibonéan armour with a signature dragon helm. When not in armour, Elric favours all-black garb, but has been known to dress as a mercenary, donning wildly clashing barbarian attire. He carries Stormbringer in a scabbard at his belt, and wears the
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Elric of Melniboné[1] is a fictional character created by Michael Moorcock, and the antihero of a series of sword and sorcery stories centring in an alternate Earth. The proper name and title of the character is Elric VIII, 428th Emperor of Melniboné. Later novels by Moorcock mark Elric as a facet of the Eternal Champion. Elric first appeared in print in Moorcock's novella, "The Dreaming City" (Science Fantasy No. 47, June 1961); subsequent novellas were reformatted as the novel Stormbringer (1965), but his first appearance in an original novel wasn
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Elric of Melniboné and Other Stories
Before we get into the review proper, a little disclaimer: I'm new to Elric and to Moorcock's work in general, and when I decided to pick up this collection I expected to read the novel "Elric of Melniboné" and a few short stories connected to the character, kinda like the title implied I was going to, and I was hoping for a little guide into a saga that, for various reason, is pretty hard to navigate.
Right then, moving on.
Just to be clear, you won't find "other stories" in here, besides the super short Master of Chaos, a story about Earl Aubec, AKA the late owner of Elric's lame sword nobody really cares about because it isn't Stormbringer, and And So the Great Emperor R
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