Tanelorn is a fictional city set in the Multiverse of Michael Moorcock's fantasy novels. Fictional locations are places that exist only in Fiction and not in reality The multiverse (or meta-universe) is the hypothetical set of multiple possible Universes (including our universe that together comprise all of Reality. Michael John Moorcock (born 18 December 1939, in London) is an English writer primarily of Science fiction and fantasy who has also Fantasy is a Genre that uses magic and other Supernatural forms as a primary element of plot, theme, and/or setting
Tanelorn shares some properties with the author's key character, the Eternal Champion, namely its existence in all dimensions, albeit not at the same time (time being a very strange concept in Moorcock's fiction). 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 The city's nature is to appear and disappear both in place and time throughout the multiverse, as it sees fit. Because it can never be destroyed, it is sometimes called The Eternal City. (Its inhabitants, however, may be killed. ) In the world of Elric, Moorcock's most famous Champion, the city exists in the Young Kingdoms, somewhere on the fringe of the Sighing Desert. Various characters hint that Tanelorn is accessible from any dimension, to anyone who seeks it, but the search is usually difficult and long. Elric is unique among incarnations of the Eternal Champion in finding the city easily, and in choosing to leave it.
The city serves as a safe harbour for the Eternal Champions and their companions; in the city, they forget for a brief time the burdens their roles lay upon them. Since the city is so closely linked with the Champions, the theme of the championate is ever-present. In one book, inside the bounds of the city are statues of all Eternal Champions, past, present and future, including Erekosë. Many of Michael Moorcock 's heroes are aspects of one all-encompassing hero the Eternal Champion. Tanelorn changes its appearance from one realm to the next.
The city is not allied with either Chaos or Law, but at times it is brought into connection with the Grey Lords (the keepers of balance in Moorcock's Multiverse). Law and Chaos are the dominant metaphysical forces in the Fantasy stories of Michael Moorcock, which he derived from Poul Anderson (especially Therefore it is prone to attack, especially from the agents of Chaos.
In Moorcock's Swords Trilogy, it is revealed that Kwll, one of the two most powerful gods, is imprisoned in Tanelorn, as it is the only city close enough to hold a being of his power.
There is a Blind Guardian song named "The Quest For Tanelorn," which is the title of the final book about Hawkmoon. 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 Dorian Hawkmoon Duke of Köln is one of the fictional characters created by Michael Moorcock in his series of the Eternal Champion books
It is revealed at the end of the novel The Quest for Tanelorn, that the city was made by the Captain of the Dark Ship, and his brother, the Steersman.
External links
- Moorcock's Miscellany (formerly Tanelorn, Multiverse. org & Moorcock's Weekly Miscellany)
The music video by Men At Work of the song Down Under shows "Tanelorn Rules" on the front of a van and perhaps referring to the Tanelorn Music Festival in Australia.
Tanelorn. net is a german RPG and fantasy forum.
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