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<blockquote data-quote="Ruin Explorer" data-source="post: 8532470" data-attributes="member: 18">Potions are what kept Elric alive prior to Stormbringer life-draining stuff for him, and he still has to use them in some of the stories. But they're not the focus the way they are in Witcher. Geralt isn't albino, technically, but he has pale skin and white hair and unusually-coloured eyes, so he's pretty close. Anyway I still think subconscious inspiration myself.I mean, I am 99% sure Anomander Rake's origin, in the RPG campaign (first in AD&amp;D1E, then in GURPS) which created most of the lore of Malazan, was basically &quot;Elric is cool, but I want to be like Elric, only more awesomer&quot;, where &quot;awesomer&quot; was determined by a boy aged 13-16, so we have Drow (just like Elric is an &quot;dark elf&quot; effectively - the Melniboneans inspired both the Drow and the Dark Elves of Warhammer - particularly the latter), but who is built like a WWE wrestler on heavy steroids (instead of lithe/wiry, because that's insufficiently &quot;awesome&quot;), who has a sword that is, yes, as you say, like Stormbringer, only better and far more powerful, and it's a huge-ass Buster-sword-style oversized weapon, not a normal 2h sword like Elric, and also Anomander Rake can turn into a super-dragon, because dragons are cool and he's the most powerful one, and also Anomander Rake has a flying fortress, not just a landship.Quite a number of the non-Bridgeburner characters in Malazan are basically &quot;what a teen or very early 20s nerdy dude would think was super-awesome&quot;, whereas the Bridgeburners etc. seem to have been written by a grown-up (presumably the author). I do respect that despite his ludicrous elements Erikson tries to give Rake a decent personality and he ends up surprisingly good as a character (unlike say, Tehol Beddict or Icarium).Somehow it still works out that the series has some pretty incredible lore. I think the story eventually falls to pieces, but it's still a hell of thing.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ruin Explorer, post: 8532470, member: 18"] Potions are what kept Elric alive prior to Stormbringer life-draining stuff for him, and he still has to use them in some of the stories. But they're not the focus the way they are in Witcher. Geralt isn't albino, technically, but he has pale skin and white hair and unusually-coloured eyes, so he's pretty close. Anyway I still think subconscious inspiration myself. I mean, I am 99% sure Anomander Rake's origin, in the RPG campaign (first in AD&D1E, then in GURPS) which created most of the lore of Malazan, was basically "Elric is cool, but I want to be like Elric, only more awesomer", where "awesomer" was determined by a boy aged 13-16, so we have Drow (just like Elric is an "dark elf" effectively - the Melniboneans inspired both the Drow and the Dark Elves of Warhammer - particularly the latter), but who is built like a WWE wrestler on heavy steroids (instead of lithe/wiry, because that's insufficiently "awesome"), who has a sword that is, yes, as you say, like Stormbringer, only better and far more powerful, and it's a huge-ass Buster-sword-style oversized weapon, not a normal 2h sword like Elric, and also Anomander Rake can turn into a super-dragon, because dragons are cool and he's the most powerful one, and also Anomander Rake has a flying fortress, not just a landship. Quite a number of the non-Bridgeburner characters in Malazan are basically "what a teen or very early 20s nerdy dude would think was super-awesome", whereas the Bridgeburners etc. seem to have been written by a grown-up (presumably the author). I do respect that despite his ludicrous elements Erikson tries to give Rake a decent personality and he ends up surprisingly good as a character (unlike say, Tehol Beddict or Icarium). Somehow it still works out that the series has some pretty incredible lore. I think the story eventually falls to pieces, but it's still a hell of thing. [/QUOTE]

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