Jhary-a-Conel

Jhary-a-Conel appears within Michael Moorcock's Eternal Champion cycle as a recurring companion to incarnations of the Champion Eternal rather than as a being with an independent mythic origin presented in the sources. He is introduced in narratives as a stranger who recognizes and presents himself to Corum as a companion to the Champion Eternal, and across summaries and discussions he functions as one manifestation of a recurring 'Eternal Companion' role: various sources describe him aiding, summoning or rescuing champions (for example, pleading with Corum and facilitating Corum's being pulled a millennium forward) and travelling with champions through the planes ruled by figures such as the King of the Swords (Mabelode). The provided material frames Jhary as part of the established fictional cosmology rather than offering an in-world creation myth or etymology for his name.

The supplied sources give minimal direct physical description of Jhary-a-Conel himself. He is introduced in at least one account as a stranger who immediately recognizes Corum and identifies himself as a companion to the Champion Eternal; beyond that, primary and secondary summaries consistently note that Jhary travels with and is the master of a winged cat named Whiskers, which acts as his scout or observer. No consistent textual details about Jhary's height, clothing, species or other definitive visual attributes are attested in the provided excerpts.

Across the cited summaries and discussions Jhary's documented functions are practical and narrative: he understands aspects of champions and the multiverse well enough to advise and plead with them (for example, he 'understands Corum's nature and that of the multiverse' and persuades Corum to allow a summons); he facilitates interplanar and temporal movement (sources describe Jhary's involvement when Corum is pulled a millennium into his future and when Jhary travels with Corum and Rhalina across multiple planes); he acts as a companion and social mediator whose warnings about the danger of multiple champions together are noted in secondary discussion; and he makes use of his winged cat Whiskers for reconnaissance—Whiskers 'brings word' and is described observing scenes from rooftops or domes on Jhary's behalf. The sources do not attribute specific occult rituals, limitless cosmic powers, or explicit magical mechanics to Jhary beyond these narrative roles.