Talk:Stormbringer

Other chaos swords?
I've never heard of there being any other chaos swords than Stormbringer and Mournblade, so I removed this reference. If someone contends this, please cite your source. ---Jackel 21:34, 1 Jan 2005 (UTC)

>>> This is covered in the books when Elric summons a wall of swords, which has thousands of Stormbringer/Mournblade clones. I am at work now, but will check which book it is in, but it is definitely canon. Turlo Lomon

This article dosn't make it clear as to whether the Deep Purple album was inspired by sword or if its just a coincidence. I don't know if Deep Purple did indeed write the title song in tribute to the works of Micheal Moorcock. But could some one who is in the know please make it clearer?

Why is the bottom portion of this article regarding a computer game player here? There exists probably one character named Stormbringer for every single server of every single online game, is this person truly a legend?
 * I was wondering this myself. I say delete the info. Willbyr (talk | contribs) 11:41, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

I removed the reference to the owner of some porn roleplaying group using the handle Stormbringer. If there was a mention of every use of Stormbringer as a username, this article would be twelve pages long. MasterGrazzt 00:27, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

Merge Pages? section
Regarding the Mournblade and Stormbringer possible merge... I feel it should be done. They are both of the same race of demons, and have identical powers, and share the same series of books. There is no reason to seperate them out from each other. Turlo Lomon
 * Merge for reasons noted above. This is not a subject worthy of its own entry ---Jackel 16:08, 5 October 2006 (UTC)


 * Well, it's done. I hope I didn't mess it up too bad on my first attempt.Turlo Lomon 03:48, 20 October 2006 (MST)

The Player section
This section was rightly removed by Jackel due to its lack of relevence to the sword, which is the article's main purpose. I apologise for my previous reversion as I did not notice this.

However, the section's content was in fact genuine. I believe, if the author wishes, that a separate article be made for it. --Domsy 17:52, 1 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Said author may attempt to create such an entry, but I suspect it will fall within the definition of a vanity article, and be removed. At any rate, genuine or not, it doesn't belong here.---Jackel 18:09, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

Truly Awful "Article"
This "article" doesn't have any bona fide sources. And it's 90% spam for commercial products - games, music, books etc. Total wikiality garbage. An opportunity to purchase and little more. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.143.130.40 (talk) 11:28, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Feel free to add sources as you have time. I'm busy on other articles, as I suspect are most of the other editors who watch this page. Jclemens (talk) 17:12, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

Elric saga not "fantasy"
It is inaccurate to describe the initial six books of the Elric saga as "fantasy." The correct term is "swords and sorcery." While many of Moorcock's later stories (including his later Elric tales) do not meet the criteria for the swords and sorcery genre, the iconic stories where Stormbringer appears are, in fact, of the swords and sorcery genre. Robert E. Howard, Fritz Leiber, Jack Vance, and Michael Moorcock defined the swords and sorcery genre. The term "fantasy" lacks the specificity that a Wikipedia reader needs when reading this article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by CLSwiki (talk • contribs) 19:27, 23 July 2008 (UTC)

other chaos swords
The "other chaos swords" is a reference to an exchange in the 6th book of the Elric saga, "Stormbringer." The following is an excerpt from an exchange between Sepiriz and Elric:

"Stormbringer, as you have discovered in the past, is bound to you by ties even stronger than those which bind it to its brothers, but its brothers outnumber it and Stormbringer might not be able to protect you against them."

"Why have I never known this?"

"You have known it, in a way. Do you remember times when you have called for help and help has come?"

"Yes. You mean that this help has been supplied by Stormbringer's brethren?"

"I do. Already they are used to coming to your help."

Later in the story, Elric summons these brother-swords:

"Stormbringer," said Eiric, "it is time to summon your brothers."

The sword twisted in bis hand, as if in assent

Eiric began to chant the mind-torturing, throat-torturing rune that Sepiriz had taught him.

Stormbringer moaned a counterpoint chorus to the dirge as the battle-worn dukes assumed different shapes and began to rise menacingly towards Eiric.

Then, in the air all about him, he saw shapes appear, shadowy shapes half on his own plane, half on the plane of Chaos. He saw them stir and suddenly it seemed as if the air was filled with a million swords, each a twin to Stormbringer

--CLSwiki (talk) 19:52, 23 July 2008 (UTC)

Evil?
The article states that Stormbringer is an agent of "Chaos and evil". Moorcock did not use the concept evil, IIRC. Chaos and Order are not the same as good and evil. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.207.174.187 (talk) 23:59, 13 November 2009 (UTC)

The Spirit in the Sword
At the end of the book Stormbringer the spirit within the blade is released to become the embodiment of Chaos, or evil in the new, or changed, creation. The sword-spirit says to the dying Elic "I was a thousand times more evil than thou."

In the book The Quest for Tanelorn a man (on the ship which sails though Limbo) claims that the demon in the sword is named Shaitan - a variant of Satan.Urselius (talk) 19:19, 31 January 2011 (UTC)

Notability
Surprisingly enough, suggests this topic may be notable, but the snippets I can see are inconclusive. Thoughts? --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here 05:33, 28 February 2020 (UTC)