ydraliskos
04-07-2006, 12:50 PM
A tribute to one of the first antiheros as we know them, and the source of a hell of a lot of stereotypes, gutts himself being one of them. I give you.. Elric!
Elric doesn't ride a dragon in this one, but still has all the rest of his equipment and spells, including Stormbringer ofcourse, and the shield of the (sad?) giant.
Here's Elric, as depicted by artist Chris Achilleos:
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c384/ydralisk/elricmeln.jpg
I know what you're thinking, looks like a bishie, Gutts would chew him up!
Well, I don't know about that, but looks can be deceiving...
You see, Elric, is 1)not human , 2)an albino 3)certainly heterosexual, so, his pale countenance is justified.
He is in fact a Melnibonian. They are a strange people.. naturals in sorcery, worship demons (think the "daedra worship" from the elder scrolls universe, not the "sacrificing maidens" kind) and elemental lords, are very arrogant over and think themselves superior to humans, and, by Elric's time, largely in decline.
Elric himself, being an albino, is physically weak, yet a very powerful sorcerer. (tho he never used anything else than elemental summonings, from his people's contracts with elemental lords) He is also a very very good swordsman, and his sword, "Stormbringer" enhances his strength and swordplay skills by channelling to him the souls of his victims. As long as the sword is channeling souls to him, he is FAR stronger physically than a normal human.
So, moving on to powers and feats, excusing my hazy memory tho:) wiki didn't help, so we'll have to go by what I remember.
-Has killed a ton of demons, and even some demonlords, powerful sorcerers, monsters etc etc the usual stuff.
-Went up against an army of a million warriors once. He was doing fine, but he got saturated on souls at some point, and stopped working. But not before he almost got buried in corpses. And he did come out of it alive.
-Has summoned powerful elemental lords to help him in many occasions.
-Has (or had) the support of one of the strongest Demon lords.
Ok, take it away, I'm curious to see what fans think of him ^_^
Elric doesn't ride a dragon in this one, but still has all the rest of his equipment and spells, including Stormbringer ofcourse, and the shield of the (sad?) giant.
Here's Elric, as depicted by artist Chris Achilleos:
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c384/ydralisk/elricmeln.jpg
I know what you're thinking, looks like a bishie, Gutts would chew him up!
Well, I don't know about that, but looks can be deceiving...
You see, Elric, is 1)not human , 2)an albino 3)certainly heterosexual, so, his pale countenance is justified.
He is in fact a Melnibonian. They are a strange people.. naturals in sorcery, worship demons (think the "daedra worship" from the elder scrolls universe, not the "sacrificing maidens" kind) and elemental lords, are very arrogant over and think themselves superior to humans, and, by Elric's time, largely in decline.
Elric himself, being an albino, is physically weak, yet a very powerful sorcerer. (tho he never used anything else than elemental summonings, from his people's contracts with elemental lords) He is also a very very good swordsman, and his sword, "Stormbringer" enhances his strength and swordplay skills by channelling to him the souls of his victims. As long as the sword is channeling souls to him, he is FAR stronger physically than a normal human.
So, moving on to powers and feats, excusing my hazy memory tho:) wiki didn't help, so we'll have to go by what I remember.
-Has killed a ton of demons, and even some demonlords, powerful sorcerers, monsters etc etc the usual stuff.
-Went up against an army of a million warriors once. He was doing fine, but he got saturated on souls at some point, and stopped working. But not before he almost got buried in corpses. And he did come out of it alive.
-Has summoned powerful elemental lords to help him in many occasions.
-Has (or had) the support of one of the strongest Demon lords.
Ok, take it away, I'm curious to see what fans think of him ^_^