A blade has an edge capable of cross virtually anything, however its virtually all distinctive feature is that these are sentient, with the mind & will of its have, and feeds in souls of those it kills. A blade's "owner", a doomed albino emperor Elric of Melniboné, loathes a blade, however is all but helpless forswearing the strength and vitality it confers him. Stormbringer's hunger for mortals is such that it oftentimes betrays Elric, turning inside his mitts & killing friends & lovers, adding to Elric's guilt & self-loathing just as he feels their lifeforce billowy into himself.

Stormbringer has the 'sister' brand, known as Mournblade, which was at one time wielded by Elric's cousin/enemy Yyrkoon. These are monovular to Stormbringer around virtually all regards, however at one point after you took a story when them steel fought both more, Stormbringer was a victor.

Books by Moorcock just about Stormbringer: Elric of Melniboné A Sailor on the Seas of Fate A Wyrd of the White Wolf A Vanishing Tower A Nemesis of the Blacken Sword Stormbringer A Fort of the Pearl A Retaliation of the Rose

Games (Moorcock)
Stormbringer is also the title of a role-playing game (also published when Elric!) placed in the globe of Elric, published by Chaosium.

Stormbringer is besides the title of a ZX Spectrum computer game starring Magic Knight.

Several fantasy games, including a Diablo series, feature swords & more weapons which possess a ability to recover their wielders while it is utilized to attack & stamp out enemies(called "life leech" or even "life steal"). This property is similar to Stormbringer's ability to grant health & vitality to Elric by slaying foes, & Stormbringer service as a probably inspiration.

Stormbringer makes an unofficial appearance in the computer role-playing game Nethack, with tremendously a equivalent attributes that it possesses within Moorcock's works (tendency to attack by itself, including friends; sucking a click of the dwelling beings that it hits, etc).

The total of Stormbringer-such as vampiric steel pop up in the role-swimming punt Dungeons & Dragons, most notably in the adventure White Plume Mountain, whose cover art features a pale-skinned elf wielding a black blade called Blackrazor.

Music (Moorcock)

A band Hawkwind, who will have an extended association by using Moorcock, freed an entire album all about a story of Elric and Stormbringer, The Account of the Black Steel.

A song Black Blade by Blue Öyster Cult is also just about Stormbringer & features lyrics written by Moorcock.

A German metallic band Blind Guardian's song Fast to Madness is according to Elric & information Stormbringer many days. These are obtained in their Watch a Unsighted album.

A Italian metallic band Domine have a number of songs according to a Elric saga & referencing Stormbringer. These songs come The Story of the Black Brand(from either a Champion Eternal album), ''Survive of the Dragonlords(Lord Elric's Majestic March) & Dragonlord(A Grand Master of the Mightiest Animals)(from either a Dragonlord(Tales of the Noble Steel) album), Horn of Fate, A Bearer of the Black Brand, For Evermore, & Dawn of the Up to date Age(The Celtic Requiem)(encountered on the Stormbringer Ruler album), & A Song of the Steel(from either a Emperor of the Black Runes album). In addition, Elric and Stormbringer are featured on the handle art for completely quaternity albums. Michael Moorcock himself is also specifically thanked & noted as an influence in the liner notes for every of their albums.

A song Nemesis of the Black Brand by Our contries metallic band Apollo Ra on their Ra Pariah'' album deals with a escapade of Elric & Stormbringer.

A Our contries metallic band Cirith Ungol's song Nadsokor from their Of these Foot Inside Hell album information Elric, Stormbringer and a city of mendicant discovered in the Elric saga. Michael Whelan's paintings of Elric and Stormbringer come too featured on the handle art of a lot Little joe Cirith Ungol albums.

A song Mourning Sword by Greek metallic band Battleroar on their self-titled album deals with Stormbringer.

Spanish metallic band Dark Moor features an Elric and Stormbringer related song titled The Fall of Melnibone as a bonus track on the Japanese edition of their album Hall of the Olden Dreams. A song was late mass produced available to the Western & European markets on the album Between Weak & Darkness.

A song Borrowed Period by NWOBHM band Diamond Head on their Borrowed Time album deals using Elric & is told from either his point of watch. Therein song, he refers to himself as "a slave to this black blade". Elric and Stormbringer are besides featured on the album's handle nontextual matter.

A song ''Steel's Lament'' by U.s. metallic band Cauldron Born references both Stormbringer & Mournblade.