The First Targaryen: Elric of Melniboné

[@OliverBrackenbury]

I've had the good fortune to edit and publish a new Elric story. Michael Moorcock is as wonderful a person as you'd hope for.

[@whyonthefall5373]

I've seen you around various other comment sections and I'm happy to hear that's the case. I need to get round to reading the new one

[@thalmoragent9344]

Cool, youre like another author helping out the main series?

[@antonironstag5085]

you're doing great work friend, keep the dream alive

[@HierophanticRose]

Its crazy how much of Fantasy Literature is inspired by Elric, from Drizzt to ASOIAF to Witcher

[@B..B.]

Don't say that to the writer of the Witcher. He get mad as hell

[@tungstenerian8699]

And even SIFI like 40k. Guys a Goat.

[@Nevirate]

@@B..B. Witcher is plagiarism of Elric of Melnibone. He should just admit he stole from Moorcock.

[@B..B.]

@@Nevirate he never admit it he hates people appointment on that

[@malcomalexander9437]

@@tungstenerian8699 Sci-Fi. 40k is just Warhammer Fantasy in space, so all the fantasy influences in WF apply to 40k.

[@MidnightBlackandVictoria]

Elric wasnt just first, he was the best of them. The parallels between is dependence on his sword, and real life addiction were handled superbly!

[@elgatochurro]

Sadly not just an addiction, it's a requirement for life. Especially now that he can't get his potions anymore

[@Prince_of_Ruins]

I second that FACT.

[@Prince_of_Ruins]

He starts using his potions again later in the series ​when he hangs stormbringer in the armory so it wouldnt kill his new wife @elgatochurro

[@MidnightBlackandVictoria]

@@Prince_of_Ruins =Is exactly right. He also explained to Moonglum that there were herbs he could gather for his illness. Elric was addicted to the power of that Sword and the freedom from having to be enthralled to those (As if the sword was any less of an enthralment but that;s just it....Addicts make excuses). This isnt just my interpretation. The author, Michael M. said as much, as he was inspired to write Elric based on his own uphill battle with substance abuse.....The big "H" during his band years. His publisher asked him if he could "Write Conan", so he wrote a Conan story. The Publishers told him they wanted "Conan" but NOT Conan. M.M., being the creative genius he is, decided to just do his own thing and not try to mimic anything at all from Conan instead using his own personal battles as a jump off point for his fantasy characters. Each one of the Eternal Champions is based on a different phase of his own life experiences with the exception of Erikose, who was based on a friend of his and fellow musician. I believe he was a blues performer that had passed away. There is actually a one for one experience he did in "Sailor on the seas of fate" where Elric slings Stormbringer overboard, only to dive in after it nearly drowning rather than lose it. This happened to him with a needle in the same way, and the "Drowning" was the dangers of picking it back up. I am a huge super-fan of MMs. Both his literary work, and as a musician. He is probably one of the most under-rated fantasy authors of all time! And MANY works have been inspired by him yet he never gets his due credit.

[@Prince_of_Ruins]

@MidnightBlackandVictoria I have read almost every Elric story & it makes sense that Moorcock used opioids. I wasn't aware of that until now. I can relate & that was originally part of the appeal of Elric.

[@Megatron_95]

Nice to see more and more people talking about the original White Wolf. And Bilnd Guardian does a lot of songs on Elric of Melnibone

[@AllanTidgwell]

So does Domine, Skelator, Númenor, Eternal Champion, Elric, and Hawkwind literally did an entire concept album and a live album where Michael Moorcock read passages from his work

[@RighteousInquisition]

@@AllanTidgwell it is a secret incarcerate from casts.

[@SefniVinalonn]

THE White Wolf. I enjoy Witcher a great deal, but Elric, his saga, and his universe is much better. Elric is most certainly the legitimate White Wolf.

[@MidnightBlackandVictoria]

Thanks to you I am now a Blind Guardian fan. Appreciate the name drop, as they are very good!

[@dudeboydudeboy-zj8kd]

Fun fact : Moorcock took inspiration from Three Hearts and Three Lions (law and chaos) and The Broken Sword (stormbringer), both are written by Poul Anderson.

[@whyonthefall5373]

As well as a detective character called 'Zenith the albino'

[@dudeboydudeboy-zj8kd]

@@whyonthefall5373 good reminder, nearly forgotten about that

[@ДокторЯдо]

Three Hearts and Three Lions is world's first isekai. The Broken Sword is world's best fantasy novel.

[@dudeboydudeboy-zj8kd]

@@ДокторЯдо good one😂😂

[@horaceosirian8993]

Lol: Three Hearts & Three Lions: obvious 33 code drop. A la Michael Moorcock (MM = 33) A la Chaos Cross (CC = 33) A la Conan the Cimmerian. A la Call of Cthulu.

[@AlgrenTheBlue]

You did it again Chris, I had no idea who Elric was before and by the end of the video i'd already bought the set

[@CrusaderChris]

Awesome! I hope you enjoy, Elric stories are very fun to read

[@MidnightBlackandVictoria]

Best fantasy series ever. You might also like some of Moorcocks other characters (there are crossovers so you will appreciate those more) Corum (My favorite after Elric) Hawkmoon, and Erikose, as well as the eternal Champion John Daker. They are all connected in a way......

[@methosimortal]

me too

[@justsomedude5727]

One of the young kingdoms in Elric is called Valmyria too.

[@parsaprsal]

Like Valyria? damn George really took a lot of inspiration from elric books.

[@user-or6mz4gy6i]

*plagiarised

[@connordorman117]

​@@user-or6mz4gy6iI wouldn't say plagiarised since George and Micheal are friends and GRRM is incredibly open about Elric's influence, not just for ASOIAF but also Elden Ring. He even snuck an Elric easter egg into the show where when Joffrey asks for names for his sword, someone suggests Stormbringer and he responds, Stormbringer? A fine name for a blade.

[@sergeantrock3334]

I think you're thinking of Vilmir. Not the same.

[@Prince_of_Ruins]

The smoking sea outside Valyria is also a reference to Moorcock's boiling sea

[@elijahsnow3119]

Love the Elric acknowledgment. Also a note- there’s a good argument the Ironborn descended from the peoples of what became the Thousand Islands and Mossovy- places arguably that fled the Doom of the Empire of the Dawn during the Long Night apocalypse. Might explain souldrinker swords of Dragonsteel.

[@AllanTidgwell]

The reason the Targaryens are inspired by Elric but Geralt for Rivia is plagiarized is because Martin praises his inspirations while Sapkowski denies them

[@MidnightBlackandVictoria]

Well said!

[@user-or6mz4gy6i]

I never heard Martin quoting Moorcock even once. When you hear him, it all came from wanting to be different from what had been done before (hint to LOTR there, conveniently forgetting all the sword and sorcery and dark fantasy done before).

[@iknowthatyougreatlyloveyou1613]

it's not how plagiarism works lmao

[@anon9060]

​@@user-or6mz4gy6i Actually both Martin and Moorcock are penpals, at least they were

[@PaulSpurgeon]

Sapkowski even calls Geralt "the White Wolf." I mean, COME ON.

[@Guy-sb5hf]

Really good video, make the one on Valyrian Steel! It's a very interesting topic with lots of cool lore and theories.

[@andrewslater9964]

There is a whole concept album on Elric by Hawkwind called Chronicle of the Black Sword. The live recording of this, 'Live Chronicles' is better than the studio album.

[@Roderyck82]

Thank You for the great summary of Elrics influences on GRRMs work. It would probably give too much away, but Nissa Nissas fate resembles strangely Cymorils. Also it's good to have people reminded of Elric & the Melniboneans as they are very unknown but have such a great impact on fantasy (i. e. Midkemia to mention something that was not in the video) to even modern sci-fi cartoons, namely Rick and Morty.

[@kongming7684]

Morcock loved Bloodraven so much that he went back in time and retroactively borrowed the idea from George

[@JoshuaKevinPerry]

Elrics been around since 61..what?

[@whyonthefall5373]

​@@JoshuaKevinPerryit's a joke

[@Tywaz.Longshadow]

The truth and facts are better....While also Moorcock is a better and more creative writer than Martin.

[@antonironstag5085]

@@jwhite-1471 yes it was. no ones fault but your own that you cant comprehend sarcasm

[@muntumsutu8404]

The amount of references between elric and ASOIAF Is crazy

[@reygutierrez9412]

Duuuuuude this is EXACTLY what I’ve been looking for. This is what I needed. Thank you ☺️ 😊

[@juliuspetrus3567]

Wow top 3 ASIOAF creators right now in my opinion. Very good Job!

[@bretcheesman-wf4sz]

*asoiaf

[@joshnoehring3933]

This has been a great primer for the Elric Saga for me. I’m going to be starting the series shorty. Would love a part 2

[@pentegarn1]

Nice.....been thinking this for while now. Especially when House of the Dragon came out.

[@aaronrowe4129]

Please do a part 2, and I know many videos and theories already exist about the Lovecrafian influence on ASOIAF but I have yet to see one that covers how the land masses of Essos are often named the same as cities and locations as the Dreamlands or how there is pretty much a Lovecrafian counterpart to every single god in the universe of ASOIAF. Most videos or theories stop after comparing Cthulhu to the Drowned God or Nyarlethotep to the Many Faced god. But R'hllor is also easily comparable to Cthuga and the Great Other is incredibly similar to Ithaqua the Wind Walker.

[@taylorstillman7932]

Every time I see a video on Essos, Hyrkoon always makes me want something like this. Elric is one of my favorite characters of all time. I also see The Kamarg from Count Brass every time I see the Neck and Moat Cailin. The Sidhe and the Vadagh of the Corum books, when i think of the the children and the first men. Erekose in the return of Jon, to fulfill his fated role as the eternal champion/azor ahai. Maybe it's just my own Moorcock super-fandom, but... Lol. I would love a video of the relationship between Mervyn Peake and ASOIF. House Peake- Lord Gormond, Titus, etc... It seems to be one of the most open influences that no one talks about, could be the underappreciation of the Gormenghast books, and/or weird BBC adaptation of said books. Peake was a visionary too. His art was amazing and his stories were beautifully twisted and haunting. Harrenhall always brings Gormenghast to mind too. Cursed, dark, sparsely populated, and sprawling. Great video!

[@0bskureference]

I think there is plot significance to soul drinking swords, particularly with the children of the forest. Their souls are supposed to go into weirwoods after death but imagine how angry they would be if placed inside valyrian steel weapons instead.

[@peterwalls-qf7ii]

Elric! The white Wolf! Well. .Ghost is white, John's dire wolf. But if Ghost is Erirc , that makes John ..moonglum! These two go together after all. The eternal champion and his companion. They always find each other. Erekose has it worse than the lot though, his companion is an elf. Lots of references, if you pay attention. sometimes its not the names , sometimes its the situations, sometimes its the conversations. Azor Ahai is a legend, and legends get twisted over time. The nameless people who taught the Valyrians were not from assai, they hailed from the shadow. Assai is a human city, the first human city. The first dragon lords were never human. Wanna find them? Here's clue, pass assai and cross the shadow, look for traces of the labyrinth makers. Descendants of giants, subterranean dwellers,they were like the Valyrians in aspect. There are still descendants of their blood to the isles of the jewel sea. I suspect the first long night, the first attack of the others, had nothing to do with humans. Humans claim the hammer of the waters was raised to keep the first men from colonising westeros. I say poppycock! Tf do the Andals know? They came after. Battle isle , on which Oldtown is built. Battle ? Against whom? Who lived in that subterranean labyrinth of black stone, under the Hightower keep? Follow the clues and find the darkness that hides from the light. Find what The Singers will not admit.

[@wolfsbanealphas617]

Humans always try to give themselves a greater sense of importance

[@gerardjagroo]

The Deep Ones are a thing in George RR Martin's world. Look up the inhabitants of the Thousand Isles who are scared shitless of the Sea You'd think they'd be fishing and trading but no they won't touch the water. I wonder why. I really get Shadow over Innsmouth vibes here.

[@AEDVINtus]

Liked and subscribed for Elric rep.

[@MosHighChadro]

Because of this video I bought the whole "Elric of Melnibone" series... I'm going to start it after I finish my reread of "The Dark Tower" series. Those are definitely a fun read, I highly recommend.

[@CrusaderChris]

Great, I hope you enjoy the Elric stories! They’re a lot of fun

[@MosHighChadro]

@@CrusaderChris thanks for letting me into a new realm. (When I start a new book it is almost like stepping into a new dimension)

[@taylorstillman7932]

Try the Corum series too! It's so good.

[@Nameless0061]

Elric's whole concept is absurdly creative. Moorcock is a genius.

[@aahantechno]

Loved this. Part 2 pls

[@astrinymris9953]

I found a paperback version of 'Elric of Melnibone' when I was a kid. I may have been too young to appreciate it, because it didn't inspire me to seek out and read the rest of the series. It seemed rather depressing, and from my perspective didn't have a lot happening in it. (In my defence, I was about 9 or 10 at the time.) With perfect phonetic logic, I thought Melnibone was pronounced MEL-nih- bone. Kids, eh?😆

[@Thanhatos]

Because, as far as I read it (first book), this world is depressing. The Menilboneans are quite a bunch of "ghost-minded" people with some powers. Why did they not fight to keep their empire afloat for the last centuries ? Or are they just vanishing in their vanity ?

[@dennissantiago9525]

"3 souls for 3 dragons" I love that. Never saw it that way. Also thx for the spoiler warning

[@davidthompson3729]

Micheal Moorcock has also inspired Warhammer, both fantasy and 40K.....

[@The_lord_666]

We want a part two please! 🙌

[@seanohalloran384]

Part 2 would be awesome as well! Someone (definitely not GRRM because he needs to complete Ice & Fire) should write an Elric/GOT crossover. Some kind of Dungeons & Dragons multiverse reasoning to bring the two worlds together. Great video!

[@jaieregilmore971]

Do you think Elric was the start of the trope of main characters with white hair or red eyes.

[@longwlenguyen4214]

More a trope of every single black leather, dark armor depressed, brooding, self-guilt, emo edgelord in most fantasy genre, included the Dark Elves and edgy Drow, but lack that poet proses that made Elric interesting.

[@user-or6mz4gy6i]

Siegfried is also an inspiration, because he defied Wotan and broke its staff, ending the era of god rules. Plus, he is its literal opposite: not invincible, not a warrior (as a soul, while he is proficient), not a dragon slayer (but a tamer)...

[@plebula_9894]

Would love to see a whole video about Valyrian steel

[@levongevorgyan6789]

Funnily enough Tolkien had his own Elric in the form of Turin Turambar. Both took inspiration from Kullervo of the Kalevala, though Tolkien also took inspiration from Sigurd the Dragonslayer.

[@goochmcduck4285]

Oh man Turin’s story is so damn tragic. I love Tolkien and fantasy so much.

[@Spida_Chapplliinn]

This is where all of D&D started basically

[@swordmonkey6635]

LOTR would like a word with you... As much as I love Elric, D&D got its inspiration from the universe of Tolkien: the dwarf and elf stereotype was based on Tolkien's. The ranger class was from Tolkien. D&D started with High Fantasy... Tolkien's genre. Gygax never made it a secret he stood on the shoulders of Tolkien's imagination.

[@alen284]

Also Conan guys, Gygax loved sword and sorcery stories

[@alen284]

John Carter of Mars as well

[@taylorstillman7932]

Leiber too. I remember all those in the old deities and demigods.

[@DIEGhostfish]

​@@swordmonkey6635 Dwarf scottishness and troll regeneration was 3 Hearts 3 Lions, law&chaos was Moorcock and 3H3L

[@waynermcmahon8214]

Bring on that part 2 my guy

[@asifumar1524]

Without Elric there’s no Targarians, Geralt of Rivia, Legacy of Kain series or Arthas and Frostmourne.

[@Thevitamindealer]

Don’t forget about Drizzt

[@Thanhatos]

Nice to thought about Legacy of Kain series.

[@jhary66]

This is my childhood readings... Growing up in the seventies, I read this in novel form, comics later on (P.Craig Russell) and now re-reading in Audio book form.

[@yensid4294]

Ty for this summary, it's been decades since I read any of Moorcock's Elric novels & I couldn't remember much beyond him being an albino with a sword that ate souls & him being kept alive by alchemy. I recognized "the vibe" immediately in both ASOIAF (Targs in general but especially Blood Raven & the story of NissaNissa) & of course The Witcher (which also highly resembles Tanith Lee's Kill the Dead. Another older dark fantasy story)

[@robertsmiley2207]

That definitely looks like the same armor daemon wears in HOTD

[@TheMainCharacter93]

Super interested in a whole video on blood magic and what not

[@johngo3715]

Nice to see Elric get mentioned!

[@darkocakic1488]

Arthas Menethil and his Frostmourne in the old Warcraft lore anyone?

[@fightronin3753]

Really well made video!!!! Keep up the great work!!!!!

[@adeblair]

No mention the Elric was the subject of two Albums by seminal space rock band Hawkwind. Both 1975's Warrior On The Edge Of Time and 1985's The Chronicle Of The Black Sword are about Elric and Micheal Moorcock worked with the band on both. He recorded the vocals on a track on the first and read poetry on stage at some gigs on the tour of the latter.

[@alter6243]

I first learned about Elric after hearing about how it inspired the game Marathon by Bungie. Which is funny because it just happened to get a new game announcement yesterday. Anyways, it also has many ties to Halo and Destiny. There is even a location called The Dreaming City in Destiny 2. It’s insane to see how many stories it has inspired.

[@chocolatecake30]

Watching this because i know nothing about the character but the people who are making the current Conan comics started a new series "Elric The Necromancer" and the first issue was absolutely great.

[@marcfrancisteodoro7720]

Amazing video!

[@jaieregilmore971]

19:22 Is that Maliketh black blade is that also a reference to stormbringer.

[@agreydawn9740]

The moment I saw it I immediately scrolled down to the comments to see if anyone else had noticed it as well. It was probably just one of the first 3D renders that popped up when Chris searched for a 'black sword', but it's ironic how it all circles back around to GRRM.

[@CrusaderChris]

@@agreydawn9740 I like Elden Ring 🙂

[@agreydawn9740]

@@CrusaderChris So I gathered when I saw footage from your other videos.

[@Lawa_kun]

You're the next Alt Shift X bro keep it up i love your videos

[@goochmcduck4285]

Thank you , never heard of him and this is so badass

[@ChellTahs]

The video idea that you mentioned here would be super interesting to watch!

[@TwippyTwilight]

wow i always thought it was pronounced Mel-ni-bone-a. I like the way you pronounce it. Always loved the elric series, more of a fan of prince corum, but loved elric's books.

[@shalifi7774]

The Lensman of fantasy novels. Great video

[@parsaprsal]

Why GRRM never really mentioned Morcock or Elric in his interviews? But talks a lot about Tolkien and LOTR?

[@alistairx811]

Nice video! I think you're one of the few people who acknowledges that while Bloodraven is very much inspired by Elric the two make very different choices. Also, a nitpick: you could also argue Bittersteel, together with Daemon Blackfyre, make up two halves of an Yyrkoon-shaped whole: Bittersteel has the incestuous love triangle while Blackfyre is the rival claimant who is more "traditional" dragon king than the "rightful" heir (though against Daeron and not Bloodraven) who is associated with a sword of black magic (Mournblade for Yyrkoon, Blackfyre for Daemon). He was even named after HOTD Daemon in-universe, who like you said is also a kind of Yyrkoon analogue.

[@shortbuspimp]

Eagerly awaiting part 2

[@monkeyhighlord4412]

i like corum more his aesthetic is so great with the hand of kwll and it's magic. Elric just cries arioch.. arioch... and help appear

[@jerrycornelius2261]

The help has its price!

[@whyonthefall5373]

Yeah, tbh, his reliance on Arioch and other elemental spirits he made pacts with can get a little repetitive

[@colinstock325]

You only have to read Elric’s description to get that the Melneboneans are elves.

[@DenkendeMystik-ll8oi]

Read that books 45 years ago. It is a shame that the inventor of the multiverse and the eternal champion is so unknown...

[@Nevirate]

Glad to see more of Moorcock’s creation get attention. Don’t know if you’re well versed in Witcher lore, but fate and Destiny are also borrowed from Elric in The Witcher, and with the many similarities between Elric and The Witche, Sapkowski should really cut his losses and make The Witcher part of the Moorcock Multiverse.

[@SB-qm5wg]

Good points. He reminds me of the Drow of D&D

[@malcomalexander9437]

The Melniboneans are the inspiration for the Drow, Warhammer's Dark Elves/Eldar, and pretty much every other evil elf civilizations in that vein.

[@stevecash9312]

Great video sir just fantastic

[@scotttrammell3913]

Mayhaps you could create a video detailing whether or not there are parallels between GRRM's characters and those of Robert E. Howard, specifically Conan of Cimmeria.

[@greenknightable]

Read or listen to "Black Amazon of Mars" by Leigh Brackett. It's practically the plot of asoiaf. They protagonists name is Eric John Stark.

[@scotttrammell3913]

@@greenknightable I've heard of that story, never been able to afford a copy.(Sorry, I don't do audiobooks.)

[@greenknightable]

@@scotttrammell3913 it's on youtube.

[@tevindaniels3742]

I’ve recently read the Elric saga omnibus volumes. There a great read for fantasy fans. 😊

[@MosHighChadro]

Stormbringer eh? I wonder where GRRM got his idea to name a sword Lightbringer? Hmm?

[@greenknightable]

Two black swords eh, I wonder where Moorcock got the idea for twin black blades? Tolkien

[@aurelius3395]

@@greenknightable Both got the idea for the black blades from Kullervo, and the Silmarillion had not been published so Moorcock could not really take inspiration from Tolkien on that point.

[@theniteowl7777]

people always remark how characters like Conan or Elric represent more mature and dark side of the fantasy genre, but back in the 60s and 70s, that was just the norm of the fantasy genre.

[@keithreynolds]

Presumably the norm 60s/70s because of Howard and Moorcock... and the spirit of the time. People are referring back to earlier heroic fictions when they make the point you refer to. Moorcock has written and spoken a lot about this.

[@elricneuhart1754]

Love it...Elric is actually my real name my dad is an OG geek

[@fallenknight3016]

Your father has good taste

[@SizzleCorndog]

Just got into this series and it hits so hard

[@TheLastAxeman]

be aware than many more metal songs are inspired by Elric, all cover arts of Cirith Ungol(name being from Tolkien's) albums are full of Elric's pictures

[@davidbellanger3383]

This was awesome Elric my favorite character of fantasy. Moorcock rules.

[@HandelGothicEnjoyer]

Gadflow’s introduction in the Kindom of Amular video game is one of the most overt Elric references I’ve ever seen

[@moseshamlett3887]

I need a reading order for the COMICS of Elric. I littereally cant find it anywhere. Been searching for like an hour. They don't exactly match up with the book titles and no one has an explanation of order for reading ANYWHERE Please help.

[@joseaustin2692]

I thought of this along time ago too, I read this book in 1993

[@sofiav7071]

Goran Gligovic is such a good artist

[@BeteBlanc]

May or may not relate. Sorry if it doesn't. I've been obsessing for the last week or so over something. You're making the Elric connection. And you've suggested the Valyrian/Ironborn possible link. I was thinking about the crown of the Starks. Often Eldric is suggested at connected to them. I was thinking about "iron spikes wrought as swords." I realized this isn't actually all that far off of describing the teeth in dragon skulls. The Grey King's is said to have been pale, but made of Nagga's teeth. If the Stark crown was actually made of dragon teeth that's kinda odd. Sort of reminds me of the idea of separate salt and rock kings. But anyway. Do you think there might be anything to the idea that the Stark crown was dragon teeth? Could Ironborn be more of a reference to iron rich dragon bone originally, rather than actual iron?

[@SMunro]

The Doom of Vilyria? I think they mined deep into the world-ship hull and reached the nanomachines that repair hull damage and it contaminated the living.

[@longwlenguyen4214]

What?

[@thezabgoth7426]

Never dawned on me until now, but the Belmont's ancestral whip "Vampire Killer" of Castlevania lore has some parallels here.

[@Private-Potato]

I’m a year late but a part two would be nice.

[@hexkwondo]

Setzer from Final Fantasy 6 and Alucard from Symphony of the Night are both dead ringers for Elric.

[@Geoffreydarcy-pv4mq]

If you're going to mention Blue Oyster Cult, you may as well mention Deep Purple(Stormbringer),and Hawkwind ( and maybe Cirith Ungol, for their use of Whelan/ Elric art on their album covers.

[@beneficent2557]

There are Elric references in Dorne as well. Also, I am pretry sure there is a noble house that directly references Morecock.

[@gerardjagroo]

If Yrkoon had to deal with Bloodraven his head would be decorating a spike 😂

[@alexfilisanu5462]

what song did you use in the intro?

[@CrusaderChris]

Link is in the description. It’s from Quest Master, they’re great 👍

[@Sir_Gerald_Nosehairs.]

Both Valyria and Melnibone were inspired by real-life empires too; the Roman and the British. Rome ended due to a collapse no-one is really certain of the true cause of, and the British Empire just dwindled away after the British themselves stopped believing in the imperial ideal.

[@TheBayzent]

Valyrians are not "human like", they are human, Mleniboneans on the other hand are pretty much elves. Valyria was not originally an island but a peninsula, and the capital was the Freehold, Dragonstone was just an outpost, so they didn't "rule from Dragonstone". Remember the Targaryens were basically a very low ranking Valyrian family. I think Melnibone has more in common with something like Asshai than Valyria, at least current Melnibone, in the sense that both places had dragons coming from there and both paid strong worship to weird magical godlike entities that most people outside consider evil.

[@greenknightable]

If you read the stories, both have lizard ancestry.

[@KamenSentaiMetalHero]

24:11 I personally would have use The Beatles to represent LOTR. Other than that, this is an apt comparison.

[@raymondhamill6702]

Do y'all think we'll ever get a show about Elric one day?

[@eazypeazy33]

We need an Elric Animation Series. Based on the graphic novels/ comics

[@kuriboh635]

I actually was decribing elric to my wife the other day and when i got to the ruby throne and dragons they use for was my wife said "like the targaryens? Did he inspire them?"

[@orianaspiderowl769]

Where's the link for the evil Azor theory?

[@heretic5579]

Modern fantasy is all about LOTR, Elric, and Conan.

[@danielberg5049]

Did the guy after the "Stormbringer" guy suggest "Terminus Est?"

[@CrusaderChris]

He just says “Terminus”

[@kimwilliams3214]

Can you please make playlists of your ASOiAF videos? I keep coming to your channel because I love your voice and content, but since there are no playlists, KZbin randomly selects another video after yours. This disincentives me from choosing your videos to fall asleep to.

[@JoeUchiha-gs5ru]

Great video

[@rohaankhan7523]

Where is the first animated shot from? Of darkstar

[@CrusaderChris]

From Francy Sketches: francy-sketches.tumblr.com/post/682534377152036864/pov-cringe-30-year-old-tells-you-about-his-edgy

[@manbearpig9234]

I'm currently on my 5th playthrough of the Witcher 3 and I've always thought of how much the world in the Witcher and GoT are so similar.

[@JoeUchiha-gs5ru]

Part two would be cool

[@AurelioVidal]

Please make part 2

[@wolfsbanealphas617]

I love your videos