Elric from Melniboné

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In Elric of Melniboné is a literary figure of the author Michael Moorcock who shapes his image of the tragic hero in fantastic literature and in the RPG was.

In nominal terms, Elric, who suffers from albinism, is the ruler of Dragon Island and its inhabitants. As a brooding eccentric who does not share his subjects' sense of cruelty, he is isolated within his people. Elric is an incarnation of the Eternal Hero , thus a fighter between the powers of fate chaos and order and responsible for the fate of the world around him.

Elric is kind of a negative hero . Physically a weakling who is addicted to drugs or later his sword Stormbringer , he destroys his home instead of saving it in the course of history. Elric's life is marked by tragedies and strokes of fate. Under the influence of his magical sword he kills his beloved, brings misfortune or death to his friends. The figure of Elric thus forms a contrast to the widespread good hero type that is predominantly found in fantasy novels .

Julien Blondel (author), Didier Poli (illustrator), Robin Recht (illustrator) and Jean Bastide (illustrator) turned the novel into a comic.

There are several pen & paper role-playing games in the Elric universe, the so-called world of the young kingdoms, such as Stormbringer . After the nickname Elric is an American publishing house has White Wolf Inc. called.

Elric novels

  • 1961: The Stealer of Souls.
  • 1970: The Singing Citadel.
  • 1970: The Sleeping Sorceress. ( The Vanishing Tower. )
English: The enchanted tower. Heyne, 1981, ISBN 3-453-30631-7 .
  • 1972: Elric of Melniboné. ( The Dreaming City. )
German: Elric von Melniboné. Heyne, 1982, ISBN 3-453-30556-6 .
  • 1973: The Jade Man's Eyes.
  • 1973: The Return to Melniboné. (with Philippe Druillet )
  • 1976: The Sailor on the Seas of Fate.
English: The Sea of ​​Destiny. Heyne, 1980, ISBN 3-453-30571-X .
  • 1977: The Weird of the White Wolf.
English: The magic of the white wolf. Heyne, 1980, ISBN 3-453-30612-0 .
  • 1977: The Bane of the Black Sword.
English: Under the spell of the black sword. Heyne, 1981, ISBN 3-453-30656-2 .
  • 1977: Stormbringer.
German: Sturmbringer. Heyne, 1982, ISBN 3-453-30683-X .
  • 1985: Elric at the End of Time.
  • 1989: The Fortress of the Pearl.
English: The fortress of the pearl. Heyne, 1994, ISBN 3-453-06576-X .
  • 1991: The Revenge of the Rose.
English: The Revenge of the Rose. Heyne 1995, ISBN 3-453-07994-9 .
  • 1994: Tales of the White Wolf
English: The return of the white wolf. (Collection of short stories) Heyne 2002, ISBN 3-453-14022-2 .
  • 2001: The Dreamthief's Daughter.
German: daughter of dream thieves. Piper, Munich 2005, ISBN 3-492-28610-0 .
  • 2003: The Skrayling Tree
  • 2005: The White Wolf's Son: The Albino Underground
  • 2007: The Creation of a Witcher. Michael Moorcocks Elric 01 (comic band). 1st edition. Panini Manga and Comic, 2007, ISBN 978-3-86607-374-6 .

Anthologies

Volume 1-3

Das Schattentor , Heyne 2002, ISBN 3-453-21368-8 .
(Elric von Melniboné, The Sea of ​​Fate, The Magic of the White Wolf)

Volume 4-6

The pale Lord , Heyne 2002, ISBN 3-453-21373-4 .
(The Enchanted Tower, Under the Spell of the Black Sword, Stormbringer)

Volume 7-8

Am Hof ​​der Perle , Heyne 2002, ISBN 3-453-21377-7 .
(The fortress of the pearl, the revenge of the rose)

Volume 1-6

Elric von Melniboné - The saga of the end of time. Heyne 1984, ISBN 3-453-31060-8 .

comics

German: 2014 Elric Volume 1, Der Rubinhron Splitter, ISBN 3-868-69658-X
German: 2015 Elric: Volume 2. Sturmbringer Splitter, ISBN 3-868-69659-8

Cross-overs

There are currently at least 2 cross-overs to other characters known in fantasy literature:
Conan and Elric vs. the Hordes of Chaos published by Marvel Comics 1972 "Conan # 15, # 16"
Elric and Kane by Karl Edward Wagner in Exorcisms and Ecstasies Fedogan & Bremer 1997, ISBN 1-878252-28-3 .