The Eternal Champion (Michael Moorcock)

The Eternal Champion is a recurrent feature in many of his novels. Perhaps the most famous incarnation of the Eternal Champion is Elric of Melniboné. The Multiverse, which consists of several universes, many layered dimensions, spheres, and alternate worlds, is the place where the eternal struggle between Law and Chaos, the two main forces of Moorcock's worlds, takes place. In all these dimensions and worlds, these forces constantly war for supremacy. But the victory of either Law or Chaos would be disastrous for mankind, and therefore the Balance needs to work for a neutral balance.
The Eternal Champion, a Hero who exists in all dimensions, times and worlds, is the one who's chosen by fate to fight for the Balance; however, he often doesn't know of his role, or, even worse, he struggles against it, never to succeed.

All the incarnations of the Eternal Champion are facets of each other, and the Champion may also be incarnated as Companion to another of his incarnations, or as Champion for an opposing force. (It is not certain whether any of the Champion's Consorts have themselves been Champion-incarnations.)

The Eternal Champion:

John Daker is taken from his ordinary life in the modern world and incarnated in the body of Erekosë, a long-dead hero. He learns that he has been summoned to lead the human race in a fight against the alien Eldren, as he once did in the legendary past. He must balance his 20th-century consciousness with his patchy memories of a past life as a sword and sorcery-type warrior. He also must learn to distinguish the truth, since the rules of his new world are not necessarily the rules of Earth, and he cannot decide whether reports of magical events are real.

- The Eternal Champion
- Phoenix in Obsidian (also known as The Silver Warriors)
- The Dragon in the Sword
- The Swords of Heaven, The Flowers of Hell

Rating: 8/10

Dorian Hawkmoon:

The Runestaff Series
- The Jewel in the Skull
- The Mad God's Amulet
- The Sword of the Dawn
- The Runestaff

The Count Brass Series
- Count Brass
- The Champion of Garathorm
- The Quest for Tanelorn

Corum Jhaelen Irsei:

The First Series
- The Knight of the Swords
- The Queen of the Swords
- The King of the Swords

The Second Series
- The Bull and the Spear
- The Oak and the Ram
- The Sword and the Stallion

Elric of Melnibonè:

The youthful Elric is a cynical and melancholy king, heir to a nation whose 100,000-year rule of the world ended less than 500 years hence. More interested in brooding contemplation than holding the throne, Elric is a reluctant ruler, but he also realizes that no other worthy successor exists and the survival of his once-powerful, decadent nation depends on him alone. Elric's nefarious, brutish cousin Yrkoon has no patience for his physically weak kinsman, and he plots constantly to seize Elric's throne, usually over his dead body. Elric of Melniboné follows Yrkoon's scheming, reaching its climax in a battle between Elric and Yrkoon with the demonic runeblades Stormbringer and Mournblade. In this battle, Elric gains control of the soul-stealing Stormbringer, an event that proves pivotal to the Elric saga.

- Elric of Melnibonè
- The Fortress of the Pearl
- The Sailor on the Seas of Fate
- The Dreaming City
- While the Gods Laugh
- The Singing Citadel
- The Sleeping Sorceress
- The Revenge of the Rose
- Stealer of Souls
- Kings in Darkness
- Caravan of Forgotten Dreams
- Stormbringer

Rating: 9/10