Many of Moorcock's heroes are aspects of the Eternal Champion, a mystical figure resembling, though predating, Joseph Campbell's "Hero with a Thousand Faces". In times ranging from the sword-wielding, sorcery-ridden past to the post-nuclear future of the Tragic Millennium, Order and Chaos are elemental forces locked in perpetual battle. And at the center of that maelstrom is the Eternal Champion, fighting sometimes for Order, sometimes for Chaos, but always embattled and always crucial to the outcome of the nonetheless endless struggle.
I saw some interesting discussion on his books and short stories, which he inter-connected with this idea of the “Eternal Champion”. The presence of an interesting idea doesn’t guarantee a good book, so I’m wondering if anyone here can recommend him?
It’s funny, my opening paragraph was taken from here:
https://marathon.bungie.org/story/kytterm.html
Which is where I first heard of Moorcock and his writing. When I go to search “the dreaming city” and “hawkmoon” the majority of the results are from bungie’s later game, lol
Just to confirm, is Hawkmoon a 4 book series also called “the history of the runestaff”?
I can see why, it’s an instantly interesting and seemingly deep idea/theme - and introducing it into the interactive medium of vidya I think adds an interesting layer to things (you are the eternal champion, as you are the only one who exists both outside of and within the “multiverse” of connected stories)
Reality is the finest flesh, oh bearer mine. And are you not…hungry?
"O BEARER MINE."
https://www.ishtar-collective.net/entries/skull-of-dire-ahamkara