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    Quote Originally Posted by Liffrea View Post
    Tolkien's Turin Turumbar and Feanor embody the tragic I love so much in literature. Children of Hurin is really, in my opinion, the best of Tolkien's writing.
    There is something within resisting agreement, but I agree. I'll say it, I AGREE! As much as I love his other works, nothing moved me quite like Children of Hurin. After I closed that book, I just sat there starring at the floor for awhile. I couldn't really believe what had just happened; how tragic it all was.

    Also, there is something about the land and tales west of the Blue Mountains (Beleriand), that I like more than East Middle-Earth.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Captain Blackbeard View Post
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    Quote Originally Posted by Tabiti View Post
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    Bearded gentleman... Long hair... Nordoid skull... Long convex nose... Oriental vibe...





    But Tabiti, Xerxes was a REAL man!

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    John Carter of Mars.

    "His back against a golden throne, he fought once more for Dejah Thoris."

    Does ANYONE remember him ?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Svipdag View Post
    John Carter of Mars.

    "His back against a golden throne, he fought once more for Dejah Thoris."

    Does ANYONE remember him ?
    I have all of Edgar Rice Burroughs' "Mars" novels, plus all of "Tarzan" and "Carson of Venus." One can get many of them from Project Gutenburg. Another of his I quite like, and have, is "Outlaw of Torn."
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    The Eternal Champion is probably number one on my list of awesome fictional characters:

    About the Eternal Champion

    The Multiverse, which consists of several universes, many layered dimensions, spheres, and alternate worlds, is the place where the eternal struggle between Law and Chaos, the two main forces of Moorcock's worlds, takes place. In all these dimensions and worlds, these forces constantly war for supremacy. Since the victory of Law or Chaos would cause the Multiverse either to become permanently static or totally formless, the Cosmic Balance enforces certain limits which the powers of Law and Chaos violate at their peril. Law, Chaos, and the Balance are active, but seemingly non-sentient, forces which empower various champions and representatives.

    The Eternal Champion, a Hero who exists in all dimensions, times and worlds, is the one who is chosen by fate to fight for the Cosmic Balance; however, he often does not know of his role, or, even worse, he struggles against it, never to succeed. Since his role is to intervene when either Law or Chaos have gained an excess of power, he is always doomed to be surrounded by strife and destruction, although he may go through long periods of relative quiet.

    All the incarnations of the Eternal Champion are facets of each other, and the Champion may also be aided by a companion, who, like himself, exists in various incarnations. Likewise the Champion is often associated with a romantic interest that is possibly an aspect of an eternal figure. Other characters in the various books have occasionally crossed over from one universe to another, although it is unclear what their status in the multiverse may be. Normally, the incarnations of the Champion do not interact and are treated as a series of serial incarnations for facets of a single consciousness, but various cataclysmic events (such as the end of a Cycle of Cycles of the multiverse's progression, or an invasion by hostile entities from an entirely separate multiverse) may bring them together in various ways. This is very dangerous (it causes strains on the fabric of the multiverse as well as mental issues for the Champion,) but amplifies the Champion's power enormously.

    In every aspect, the Champion is a warrior almost without peer: when he wields some version of his usual weapon, the Black Sword (known by various names such as Stormbringer or Kanajana, although not all versions of the Sword are the same and some are active entities in their own right) few can stand against him. He is also usually an adept, if often unwilling, leader of fighters and has strategic and tactical abilities.

    Incarnations of the Eternal Champion

    Some of the incarnations of the Eternal Champion include:
    • Alan Powys
    • Alerik
    • Alivale
    • Artos the Celt
    • Asquiol of Pompeii
    • Aubec, Earl of Malador
    • Brian
    • Clen of Clen-Gar, the third identity assumed by John Daker
    • Clovis Marca, later changed to Clovis Becker
    • Cornell
    • Corum Jhaelen Irsei (an anagram of "Jeremiah Cornelius") {aka Corum Llaw Ereint}
    • Duke Dorian Hawkmoon
    • Elric of Melniboné
    • Lord Erekosë, the first identity assumed by John Daker
    • Prince Flamadin, the fourth identity assumed by John Daker
    • Franik
    • Ghardas Valabasian, Conqueror of the Distant Suns
    • Goldberg
    • Ilanth
    • Ilian of Garathorm
    • Jerry Cornelius
    • Jherek Carnelian
    • John Daker, the one aspect of the Champion who remembers his previous lives.
    • Karl Glogauer, who turns out to be the real man behind the messianic figure of Jesus Christ (note also how some other incarnations bear the initials J.C.)
    • Klan
    • Konrad Arflane
    • Mejink-La-Kos
    • Michael Kane (Kane of Old Mars)
    • M'v Okom Sebpt O'Riley, Gunholder of the Qui Lors Ventures
    • Oshbek-Uy
    • Oswald Bastable
    • Paul de phalandra
    • Pournachas
    • Rackhir the Red Archer
    • Roland, one of the paladins of Charlemagne
    • Ryan
    • Sam Bennetts
    • Shaleen
    • Sojan the Swordsman
    • The Doctor
    • Graf Ulrich von Bek (see note 2)
    • Ulysses
    • Umpata
    • Count Urlik Skarsol, the second identity assumed by John Daker
    • Vaughn Marquis

    Note: Erekosë, Urlik, Flamadin and Daker are related incarnations of the Eternal Champion, in that the individual transforms over the course of several novels while maintaining the memories of each and is not biologically reborn between each aspect. In addition, he remembers the lives of numerous other incarnations.

    Note (2): Graf Ulrich von Bek and his descendants are a somewhat unusual family in Moorcock's works, as they function both as an aspect of his Eternal Champion and as a companion to him.
    Of the incarnations of the Champion, Duke Dorian Hawkmoon is my favorite:

    Dorian Hawkmoon is one of the less "problematic" characters Moorcock ever created a series around. Unlike the anti-hero Elric of Melniboné, or the alienated and tragic Corum, or the sometimes savage Erekosë, Hawkmoon is described as being very much close to an all-around "good guy", despite lacking some subtlety (or perhaps, for this very reason).

    Hawkmoon is captured by the evil forces of Granbretan who implant, by means of arcane, baroque technology (devised by a caste of 'sorcerer-scientists'), a sinister black jewel in his skull. He is sent to The Kamarg (a future version of the southern French region of Camargue) to perform reconnaissance prior to invasion. The black jewel transmits (and may record) all that Hawkmoon sees to Granbretan's capital, Londra. Temporarily freed from the curse of the jewel by The Kamarg's Protector, a grizzled warlord called Count Brass, he falls in love with the Count's daughter, Yisselda, and embarks on a quest to find and implement the will of the Runestaff, a magical item which preserves the Cosmic Balance. During his adventures, he has to collect two more magical items; the Red Amulet held by a mad god somewhere in future Ukraine, and the Sword of the Dawn, winning many battles in which he is hopelessly outnumbered, but helped by loyal companions, by mysterious allies who arrive in the nick of time, and by dissension, scheming and treachery in the ranks of his foes.

    The Runestaff is one of the major artifacts in Moorcock's multiverse. The Black Sword (whose aspects in Elric's milieu are the soul-stealing swords Stormbringer and Mournblade) is another. The Black Jewel, which manifested itself in the world of Hawkmoon as the Jewel implanted in Hawkmoon's skull, is akin to the Black Sword. Another artifact, the most powerful, is the Cosmic Balance: it powers the Runestaff to produce Order. The Horn of Fate is still another artifact or power. Often artifacts are carried by the Champion Eternal.

    Some of the artifacts have servants. The enigmatic Warrior in Jet and Gold serves the Runestaff, as does Orland Fank of the Orkneys.

    Hawkmoon's struggle with the empire of Granbretan was treated in The History of the Runestaff, which consists of four books ("The Jewel in the Skull", "The Mad God's Amulet", "The Sword of the Dawn", and "The Runestaff"); the setting of this tale is a post-holocaust Earth.

    Hawkmoon later returned as the main character of a sequel trilogy, the Chronicles of Count Brass ("Count Brass", "The Champion of Garathorm", and "The Quest for Tanelorn") that branched out into Moorcock's Multiverse proper. The second Hawkmoon series brought the Eternal Champion cycle to a conclusion of sorts—though not exactly a finale, as subsequent Eternal Champion books show.

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