Corum Jhaelen Irsei is the name of a fantasy hero in a series of books written by Michael Moorcock. Michael John Moorcock (born 18 December 1939, in London) is an English writer primarily of Science fiction and fantasy who has also Corum is an aspect of Moorcock's Eternal Champion and is therefore related to some of his other characters, such as Elric of Melniboné and Dorian Hawkmoon. For the video game see Eternal Champions The Eternal Champion is a fictional creation of the author Michael Moorcock and is a recurrent feature in Dorian Hawkmoon Duke of Köln is one of the fictional characters created by Michael Moorcock in his series of the Eternal Champion books His books also draw heavily on ancient Celtic mythology, especially the second trilogy. Corum himself is the last of an ancient race called the Vadhagh (elves), who are slaughtered by the new race of Mabden (humans). He was a prince of his people - Corum Jhaelen Irsei, the Prince in the Scarlet Robe.

Corum novels

Corum is the protagonist of the following Moorcock novels:

• The Knight of the Swords (1971)
• The Queen of the Swords (1971)
• The King of the Swords (1971)
• The Bull and the Spear (1973)
• The Oak and the Ram (1973)
• The Sword and the Stallion (1974)

The first three novels have been published in the UK under the omnibus title Corum, and the second three under the omnibus title The Prince with the Silver Hand. In the US, the omnibus titles are The Swords Trilogy and The Chronicles of Corum, respectively. The Swords Trilogy is a series of Fantasy novels by Michael Moorcock about Corum Jhaelen Irsei an aspect of the Eternal Champion.

The second Corum series (The Bull and the Spear, The Oak and the Ram, The Sword and the Stallion) are very much a fictionalized - and coherent - retelling of some stories from Irish mythology. The Mythology of pre-Christian Ireland did not entirely survive the conversion to Christianity, but much of it was preserved shorn of its religious meanings Specifically Corum is a stand-in for Nuada (usually called Nuada of the Silver Hand), his adventures are related to the mythical history of the Tuatha Dé Danann and he fights Balor of the Evil Eye. The Tuatha Dé Danann ("peoples of the Goddess Danu " Modern Irish pronunciation /t̪ˠuːəhə dʲeː d̪ˠan̪ˠən̪ˠ/ Old Irish /tuːaθa ðʲeː For the locality in Mangalore. see Bolar (Location. In Irish mythology, Balor ( Balar, Bolar) of the

Other appearances

Novels

Corum also appears in other books of the Eternal Champion cycle: The Vanishing Tower and The Sailor on the Seas of Fate with Elric, and The Quest for Tanelorn with Hawkmoon.

Comics

The character has appeared in comics a number of times. In 1987, First Comics The Chronicles of Corum, which ran for twelve issues (the first six of which were illustrated by Mike Mignola) and written by Mike Baron and Mark Shainblum. First Comics was an American Comic-book publisher History First Comics launched in 1983 with a line-up of creators including Frank Brunner Mike Joseph Mignola (born September 16, 1960) is an American Comic book Artist and Writer, famous for creating the comic Mike Baron is the creator of comic books Badger and (along with Steve Rude) Nexus. Mark Shainblum (born 1963, the son of Max and Eva Shainblum is a Canadian Writer who lives in Montreal, Quebec, Canada ^[1] First followed this in 1988 with the four issue Corum: The Bull and the Spear written by Mark Shainblum and illustrated by Jill Thompson. Events January February March April May June The Evolutionary War crossover event in Mark Shainblum (born 1963, the son of Max and Eva Shainblum is a Canadian Writer who lives in Montreal, Quebec, Canada Jill Thompson (born November 20, 1966) is an American Comic book writer and Illustrator. ^[2] These together adapted the first four books in the Corum series.

Games

In 2001 Darcsyde Productions produced a supplement for use with Chaosium's Stormbringer (aka Elric!) role-playing game adapting the Corum settings and characters for role-playing. Darcsyde Productions is a Role-playing game publisher which has produced the Corum supplement for the Chaosium Stormbringer (aka Chaosium is one of the longer lived publishers of Role-playing games still in existence The Stormbringer fantasy Role-playing game published by Chaosium puts the players in the world of the Young Kingdoms based on the Elric of Melniboné A role-playing game ( RPG; often roleplaying game) is a Game in which the participants assume the roles of Fictional characters.

Music

• The Italian metal band Domine features Corum in their song Prince in the Scarlet Robe on their Emperor of the Black Runes album. Domine is an epic Power metal band started in the mid-1980s in Florence Italy They also feature many songs dealing with Michael Moorcock's Elric and Moorcock himself is also specifically thanked and noted as an influence in the liner notes for each of their albums. Michael John Moorcock (born 18 December 1939, in London) is an English writer primarily of Science fiction and fantasy who has also
• The German metal band Blind Guardian makes brief reference to Corum in their song "Damned for All Time" on their Follow the Blind album and also in the track "Imaginations from the Other Side" from the album of the same name. Blind Guardian is a German heavy metal band which is often credited as one of the seminal and most influential bands in Power metal and Speed metal Follow the Blind is the second full-length album from the German metal band Blind Guardian, released in 1989 Imaginations from the Other Side is an album by Blind Guardian that was released in 1995
• The Edu-Core band Bloodhag mention Corum in the first line of their song "Michael Moorcock," a song about the author. BlöödHag is a Death metal band from the Pacific Northwest region of the United States.
• The American metal band Skelator wrote an epic about Corum's tragic tale named "The Coming of Chaos" on their "Swords" EP.

Notes

External links

• Moorcock's Miscellany (formerly Tanelorn, Multiverse. org & Moorcock's Weekly Miscellany)
• Michael Moorcock's Comics Compendium incl. Corum adaptations