Literary origin: Dorian Hawkmoon is a creation of author Michael Moorcock appearing across four novels collected as The History of the Runestaff. Within the novels' internal cosmology he is presented as "a version of the Eternal Champion," a recurring heroic role that appears across ages and worlds in Moorcock's fiction. The character's provenance is narrative rather than folkloric; summaries locate his adventures in a post-nuclear-holocaust, far-future Europe dominated in part by the Dark Empire of Granbretan.
Primary summaries and reviews supply limited direct physical description. Noted plot elements recorded in available sources include a magical jewel embedded in Hawkmoon's forehead used by antagonists to coerce him; beyond this specific device, comprehensive physical details are not provided in the supplied materials.
In the sources Hawkmoon's capacities are those of a heroic human agent: martial courage, leadership in resistance to the Dark Empire of Granbretan, and the ability to undertake dangerous quests (for example, to remove a powerful amulet from the Mad God to save Kamarang). Supernatural effects associated with Hawkmoon derive chiefly from external artifacts (the Black Jewel, the Mad God's amulet, and a jewel implanted in his forehead) and from his role as an incarnation of the Eternal Champion motif rather than from documented innate magical powers.
Weaknesses
- otherVulnerability to coercive magical artifacts (e.g., a jewel embedded in his forehead; the Mad God's amulet)
Wards
- otherNone attested in supplied sources (control/resistance in‑universe concerns are mediated by artifacts rather than documented folk wards)
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Doridas
Doridas is attested in the supplied sources only as a proper name: a Wikidata label identifies 'Doridas' as a 'mythical king of Corinth', and a lexically similar form appears as the modern Greek place-name Dorida (Δωρίδα). The corpus contains no folkloric descriptions, rituals, or supernatural attributes for an entity named Doridas.
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Doris (Oceanid)
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Community Record
- [1]The History of the Runestaff (Wikipedia: Dorian Hawkmoon / omnibus summary). Wikipedia entry for The History of the Runestaff — omnibus summary noting Hawkmoon as 'a version of the Eternal Champion' and setting in far-future Europe dominated by the Dark Empire of Granbretan.wiki
- [2]Hawkmoon: The Mad God's Amulet (archive record / blurb). Archive record / book summary describing plot point that Hawkmoon 'must rip this amulet from the neck of the Mad God' and quoting 'A power that began at creation and calls heroes to arms throughout existence.'literary
- [3]The Jewel in the Skull (Wikipedia). Wikipedia entry noting The Jewel in the Skull is set in a post-nuclear holocaust future; part of Hawkmoon sequence.wiki
- [4]Fantasy Reviews Sep–Dec 2012 (Don D'Ammassa). Review noting plot detail that 'Dorian Hawkmoon is caught by the bad guys and coerced into acting against Brass thanks to a magical jewel embedded in his forehead.'other
- [5]Hawkmoon: The Sword of the Dawn (archive item). Archive record for another novel in the Hawkmoon sequence; part of the collected four novels.literary
- [6]Moorcography — 'Hawkmoon' entry. Reference site summarizing the Hawkmoon novels, characters, and relation to Moorcock's Eternal Champion motif.other
- [7]Savoy Comics: The Jewel in the Skull (adaptation info). Page noting a graphic-novel adaptation and the work's cultural afterlife.other
- [8]RPG Stackexchange discussion (adaptations / RPG interest). Discussion noting role-playing interest in Moorcock's non-Elric works, including Hawkmoon.other