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Message: <blockquote data-quote="NoOneofConsequence" data-source="post: 511828" data-attributes="member: 5400">Elric is the fulcrum of his universe, a being called the Eternal Champion. An incarnation of the Eternal Champion exists in every universe and he/she fights continually in the war between the forces of Law and Chaos.Moorcock has written stories about several Eternal Champions:Elric - in the Young Kingdoms (Earth before the beginning of time)Corum - a prince in an alternative universeDorian Hawkmoon - a knight in far future earth where Europe is being conquered by the Gran Bretanians (Great Britain) who are using techno-magic. (This is my favourite of all)Erekose - an Eternal Champion who actually travels between universes and is aware of who and what he is. (Most Eternal Champions do not know)Jerry Cornelius - a modern Earth figure (and my personal vote as the primary inspiration for Lestat)As his body of work expanded, Moorcock frequently had his eternal champions meet one another to solve multi-verse threatening problems. Time travel, multiple universes, divine and demonic gods etc.If you ever wanted to play a Manual of the Planes based campaign then your best inspiration is Moorcock's work. His conception of the multiverse is almost awe-inspiring in its scope.I was a big fan of Moorcock in my teens but haven't read any of his works for years now. They're well written, but the characters all tend to talk like university graduates though.</blockquote>