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[Ron Jennings]

>         But, the Grantbrettans (or however it's spelt) aren't really
> embodiments of chaos - which the sword in Elric I guess was. But then
> again, perhaps the sword was an embodiment of cosmic balance, which
> still doesn't seem much like the jewel.

the sword does not represent chaos. it was neutral as far as law and chaos
goes. merely evil.
it destroyed both law and chaos in the end. didnt it?
i always assumed it was the jewel, perhaps for no better reason than it was
black.


>         My bet is that it's the runestaff that is the sword - whereas the
jewel
> isn't sentient, but is controlled by the Grantbrettans, the Runestaff
> is, and is subject to higher powers.

it was more like granbreton, tho that still may not be right. but-
gran=great, breton=britain. guess that was mm's lil joke.

>         Corum on the other hand, is a little more difficult to find an
> embodiment of the sword in, though. But that's another story...

agreed. maybe mm made this deliberately confusing?
rj