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So why is he here? Because he invented a lot of stuff seen throughout /tg/! Moorcock's [[Eternal Champion]] cosmology directly inspired both the [[Alignment]] system of [[Dungeons & Dragons]] and the [[Chaos Gods]] of [[Warhammer Fantasy]] and [[Warhammer 40,000]], with the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symbol_of_Chaos eight-pointed star]] of [[Chaos]] lifted directly from the Eternal Champion universe with almost no changes. In addition, [[Elric]]'s cursed sword Stormbringer inspired the [[Dungeons & Dragons]] artifact called [[Blackrazor]] while Elric himself has influenced many characters, such as Warhammer Fantasy's [[Tyrion]] and [[Malus Darkblade]]. | So why is he here? Because he invented a lot of stuff seen throughout /tg/! Moorcock's [[Eternal Champion]] cosmology directly inspired both the [[Alignment]] system of [[Dungeons & Dragons]] and the [[Chaos Gods]] of [[Warhammer Fantasy]] and [[Warhammer 40,000]], with the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symbol_of_Chaos eight-pointed star]] of [[Chaos]] lifted directly from the Eternal Champion universe with almost no changes. In addition, [[Elric]]'s cursed sword Stormbringer inspired the [[Dungeons & Dragons]] artifact called [[Blackrazor]] while Elric himself has influenced many characters, such as Warhammer Fantasy's [[Tyrion]] and [[Malus Darkblade]]. | ||
Usually Moorcock has been cool with other fantasy authors lifting his work. After all he's credited influences of his own: Elric himself is Kullervo the Finn set in a Robert Howard setting. Although the Poles have taken this to the level of outright plagiarism, in the [[Witcher]] series. | |||
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Michael Moorcock (haha “more cock”) is a British author of science fiction and fantasy literature, most prominent for his "weird fiction" focus; the high-magic Sword & Sorcery "Eternal Champion" universe, most iconic for the subsetting focused on Elric of Melnibone, is the most notorious of his many, many works.
So why is he here? Because he invented a lot of stuff seen throughout /tg/! Moorcock's Eternal Champion cosmology directly inspired both the Alignment system of Dungeons & Dragons and the Chaos Gods of Warhammer Fantasy and Warhammer 40,000, with the [eight-pointed star] of Chaos lifted directly from the Eternal Champion universe with almost no changes. In addition, Elric's cursed sword Stormbringer inspired the Dungeons & Dragons artifact called Blackrazor while Elric himself has influenced many characters, such as Warhammer Fantasy's Tyrion and Malus Darkblade.
Usually Moorcock has been cool with other fantasy authors lifting his work. After all he's credited influences of his own: Elric himself is Kullervo the Finn set in a Robert Howard setting. Although the Poles have taken this to the level of outright plagiarism, in the Witcher series.
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The original, symmetrical, symbol of Chaos created by Moorcock -
The modern rendition of Games Workshop's version, noticeably lacking any form of symmetry
