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It is the color of a bleached skull, his flesh; and the long hair wich flows below his shoulders is milk-white. From the tapering, beautiful head stare two slanting eyes, crimson and moody, and from the loose sleeves of he yellow gown emerge two slender hands, also the colour of bone, resting on each arm of a seat which has been carved from a single, massive ruby.
The crimson eyes are troubled and sometimes one hand will rise to finger the light helm wich sits upon the white lock: a helm made from some dark, greenish alloy and exquisitely moulded into the likeness of a dragon about to take wing. And on the hand wich absently caressess the crown, there is a ring in which is set a single rare Acorios stone whose core sometimes shifts sluggishly and reshapes itself, as if it were sentient smoke and restless in its jewelled prison as the young albino on his Ruby Throne. He looks down the long flight of quartz steps to where his court disports itself, dancing with such delicacy and whispering grace that it might be a court of ghosts. Mentally he debates moral issues and in itself this activity divides him from the great majority of his subjects, for these people are not human. These are the people of Melniboné, the Dragon Isle, which ruled the world for ten thousand years and has ceased to rule it for less than five hundred years. And they are cruel and clever and to them 'morality' means little more than a proper respect for the traditions a hundred centuries. - Elric of Melniboné - Michael Moorcock It is thy misfortune to have found Elric of Melniboné
Once, I ruled over the Bright Empire, but it was destroyed by my own hand.
Now sitting upon the Ruby Throne, I rule over nothing, least of all, my own fate.
I now live in exile in Sosaria, far from my homelands.
My only companion is the Black Runesword Stormbringer. I first discovered the stories of Elric while I was in high school. I have always been enchanted with the character and now UO provides me with the opportunity to play the part. I realize that there are a number of "Elrics" in UO, so my idea is neither original nor unique. But I'm having fun with it, so who cares?
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