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Your vids are great man! Wish there were more

The original D&D character that brought all of our favorite silver/white hair beauties to light 🙌🏽

Excellent post. Elric has been my favorite fantasy hero (anti??) for well over 40 yrs. Moorcock is a genius and I hope Elric is brought to the big screen or series before my time is done

Pretty good background in this video. Well done, Franklin.

The Elric Saga needs a movie franchise. It's far more interesting story than the relatively lame Lord of the Rings series. I think the guy who plays Daemon Targaryen on House of the Dragon would make a very good Elric.

how is he 'underrated' if when there is a pale figure everyone says "ELRIC" or everytime there is a dual wielder ELRIC or everytime there is a swordsman that is a sorcerer ELRIC. he isn't underrated. he just isn't interesting enough on his own to have anything outside his book line and holywood cant create new so they steal imagry they cant buy nice ov you to make a video about originality and then plug your book 'Wizard Slayer' I'm sure it will be as original as you claim your video/thought is.

Any chance you’ll be making more Elric videos? Or more videos in general?

Great video!

I will admit at my age I had forgotten about Elric, and yet instantly (and I do mean INSTANTLY) remembered him from my childhood when I saw the title of this video. Literally like a flash. Good lord, I based any number of D&D characters kinda around him. I have to go find some books now and remember what I lost to that grounded and mundane thing we call a dirt ball, er . . . Earth! lol

A Song of Ice and Fire also takes a lot of inspiration from Elric. Brynden Rivers, also known as Bloodraven, is a prime example. Creepy looking albino prince with a magic sword (Dark Sister) and magical abilities who does questionable things to achieve his goals. Eldric Shadowchaser is also another name for the prophesied hero of the long night, Azor Ahai, who wields a magical sword, Lightbringer, which he killed his wife to create and contains her very soul within. So yeah I think it’s pretty safe to say George Martin is a fan of Elric

Clearly not copying Elric

It's crazy how influential Moorcock's work are to Witcher (obviously) ASOIAF (different exceptional race of white-haired people with superpowers) D&D (Soul-eating Evil Sword among others) and Elder Scrolls (the Eternal Champion is literally the first protagonist of the first ES games)

Hey dude, not sure if you’ll see this or if you just made these to help promote your book (which I’ll add to my backlog) but I just wannna say I like your style. It’s hard to find people my age who appreciate these pulp classics from the golden age of SFF. Best of luck on all your future books!

This book is totally trash!

Thomas Covenant, the most foul of all anti-heroes

I began reading these books 44 years ago! He developed the Multiverse in a time where this was conceptualized in Quantum Physics. Hugh Everett was the founder of this idea in physics and Moorcock in literature. Marvel and DC just copied the concept.

I’ve never really thought aside from aesthetics Elric and Geralt have that much in common. Elric is just the straight up edgy anti-hero while Geralt is kind of just playing that role because it’s the one society has cast him in while actually having a heart of gold. I’m not denying Moorcock’s impact on the modern fantasy genre, especially when it comes to high concept stuff. But people who say the Sapkowski just ripped off his work are dullards who can’t see past the genre tropes to the actual writing. The Witcher is way more focused on the human elements than the actual sci-fi/fantasy concepts and high melodrama that Moorcock explores. The Witcher series is also more self aware and deconstructive of the genre where the subversion of Elric was just making a sword and sorcery character who was the opposite of Conan and pioneering the portrayal of a morally grey main character in fantasy (which at the time was kinda revolutionary). I’m not saying I don’t like Elric stories or even denying the obvious impact they’ve had on modern sci-fi/fantasy, but people who act the Witcher is just complete plagiarism of the Elric saga have not seriously engaged in the literature.

Whatchu know about Ulrik Skarsol hmmm?

Sword & Sorcery

I really need to get back into reading. I used to devour comics as a kid, then fantasy magazines, then books, now I spend way too much time on social media. I really need to slow back down and immerse myself in books again.

ohhh so this is how viego came to be, makes sense now.

One character that is clearly strongly inspired by Elric and his saga is... Kain, from Blood Omen and Legacy of Kain. A vampiric and cruel overlord hated by the people he rules over and the enemies of his empire, he does not held the world in such contempt, as he is in the middle of a cosmic war between the forces of order and chaos, all trapped in a wheel of suffering and death by the god of destiny and he's more worried about breaking such wheel than about morality.

Dark Horse Comics did some amazing Elric graphic novels.

Your shirt is too small, friend.

Thank you so much for putting me on bro ski! For months now I’ve been searching for many different types of white haired badasses this guy never popped up on none of the pages!? I could not get into the Witcher man it felt bland fr and I prefer the elves from Hell Boy 2 over The Lord of The Rings of course TLOTR is a huge influence on the white haired elegant warriors but there wasn’t one Elf story that grabbed my attention really if anyone has suggestions please let me know!

Elric true believer here

Never heard of Dying Earth until your video. Checked out more of your channel and you should continue making videos! You’re great at explaining and story telling!

"The most underrated antihero in all of fantasy" Yes, yes he is, and thank you for noticing. :)

What is the thumbnail from I've seen art from a similar spot but I can't find it.

You are spot on.

You are not wrong about Elric.

Elric hasn't been done per se as an IP, but his archetype has been done to death at the same time across the industry.

I have just finished the first story of Elric. I am now reading the one where he poses as a dream thief and gets poisoned elixir in order to avoid dying. I have enjoyed it very much.

What? He is bloody icon of antiherohood.

OMG this is Game of Thrones. I’ve never heard of this but it’s makes sense now.

Elric also has a 'Conjunction of the Million Spheres' which is such a on the nose lift on the Witchers part

Elric has such a wide-reaching impact on fantasy that people don’t often realize the Witcher of course - but also d&d, Warcraft, Malazan and more I’m sure Edit: how could I have forgotten the Targaryens

Had never heard of Elric of Melniboné before clicking on this video. Now I need to look it up. Might as well check your book out while I'm at it. 😁

Drizzt

Metal band Domine discography is almost entirely about Elric adventures.

Hell yeah, nobody knows about Elric!

I learned about this guy from Razorfist.

Jaundiced?

I'm smackdab in the middle of reading The Elric Saga vol 1 and it is fantastic!

Also loved Corum

It's been like 40 years since I read a bunch of the Elric / Eternal Champion books. Don't remember a whole bunch but I have a feeling that those works might be a little offending to today's "enlightened" audience section.

Sapkowski lifted comparatively nothing compared to 40k.

I'm in my 50s and first read Eric in my teens. I now have the new hardback series, and they are the best version printed so far. I'm thrilled to have Elric in big, beautiful HB editions, with the stories in proper order (except for "Citadel", of course).

While not widely known in the US. Elric is highly popular in Japan. The whole angst teenage hero angle in anime and manga draws its roots to Elric.

largely forgotten but by no mean underrated