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1. At the start of the first story, Elric has escaped from the land of Pikarayd. In which part of Elric's world is this land?

Answer: Young Kingdoms

Pikarayad is described as being the easternmost of the Young Kingdoms.
The Young Kingdoms arose in the lands that were formerly under the control of Melnibone before the Melnibonian's lost interest in an empire.

Rhovianion is from Tolkein's Middle Earth, Lankhmar is from the writings of Fritz Leiber and Hot Dang is a small place on Terry Pratchett's Discworld.

2. Having escaped his pursuers from Pikarayd, Elric is picked up by a ship that appears to be expecting him. Which of these is the unusual feature of the ships' captain?

Answer: He is blind

The captain is blind, which would seem to be a drawback in his role. Although he is described as being "no more human than Elric", he is not Elric's twin. The captain is, however, the twin of the ship's steersman, who appears to be mute.

3. In the first story, Elric becomes the final member of a group of heroes named the Four. Elric is one of these, the three others are listed, so who is the imposter?

Answer: Moonglum

Erekose, Hawkmoon and Prince Corum are all heroes from other books by Michael Moorcock. It is implied that these may be the same hero but with different aspects in various worlds and that Elric is also another aspect of the same. Moonglum is a companion of Elric in other books. Along with the Four are another 16 warriors, lesser heroes who in this story serve to support the Four.

4. In the main adventure of the first tale, the nameless captain and the nameless ship take the Four and accompanying warriors to fight two sorcerers. What were their names?

Answer: Agak & Gagak

Agak and Gagak, brother and sister, sorcerers from another universe form the challenge for the heroes. Fully half of the company are slain before the creatures are vanquished. Jagreen Lern and Theleb K'aarna are both sorcerers from Pan Tang who are met by Elric in other stories. Radagast and Saruman are both from "The Lord of the Rings" by Tolkien. Gog and Magog are (amongst other things), a pair of giants, the traditional guardians of the City of London.

5. At the beginning of the second story Elric finds himself alone on the shore of an unknown land and possibly another plane of existence. He finds and is attacked by a gang of pirates. Which of the assorted crew joins in on Elric's side of the combat?

Answer: Purple Towns sea-warrior

Smiorgan Baldhead was the captain of a merchant ship which was attacked by the pirates. Having pretended to be able to help them, he took the opportunity presented when the pirates attacked Elric. Another notable point of the gang of pirates is that they appeared to come from wildly differing periods of history in Elric's world yet all co-exist in this place.

6. In the second of the stories, Elric and his new ally Smiorgan Baldhead find their main adversary in this story is a Melnibonian named Saxif D'Aan. Smiorgan is described as a count, but what noble title is given to Saxif D'Aan?

Answer: Earl

Earl Saxif D'Aan is a distant kinsman of Elric's, distant in both time and family. In particular he is about two centuries back in the history of Melnibone when he was presumed to have died. As with the pirates, this is evidence that the place Elric finds himself is outside of the normal concept of the flow of time.

7. At the end of the second story Elric is advised that the only way back to his own plane of existence is through a gate. What is this gate called?

Answer: Crimson Gate

The un-named captain advises Elric that the only way back to his own plane of existence is to: "Seek for the gateway - it is crimson and it emerges from the sea off the coast of the island." To pass through the gate Elric also needs the key, in the form of a large ruby coloured crystal that he obtains from Saxif D'Ann. Of the other options, the wikkit gate has significance in the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy series while Watergate is or at least was a hotel in one of the UK's former colonies which apparently suffered a burglary of some local interest in the second half of the twentieth century.

8. At the start of the third story Elric and Smiorgan are rescued by a treasure hunter Duke Avan. Which fabled city is sought by the Duke?

Answer: R'lin K'ren A'a

The search is on for R'lin K'ren A'a, fabled as the place the Melnibonians came from before they founded Imrryr. Imrryr, also known as Imrry the Beautiful became the capital of the Melnibonian empire. But to keep things inconsistent, the city of H'hui'shan, is also known to be the original capital city of the Melnibonians. Quarzhasaat was the first human nation which dared to challenge the Melnibonian empire, and failed.

9. In the third story, Elric and company are attacked by a reptilian species. To defeat these Elric calls upon the aid of "Nnuuurrrr'c'c", king of the insects. What form does this aid take?

Answer: Giant dragonflies

In the world of Elric, all creatures seem to have gods or elementals that they acknowledge as their master, as examples, dogs have "Roofdrak, the lord of dogs", birds have "Fileet, the lady of birds" and bovines have "Nuru-ah, the lord of cattle".
Many of these gods appear to have had pacts with Elrics' ancestors that Elric can call on for one last time.
In this story the king of insects sends a swarm of giant dragonflies that slay all of the attacking forces and terrify Elric's allies.

10. The climax of the third story occurs in a city on an island in a river. In this city is a large statue of Elric's patron, Duke Arioch of Hell. What name is given to this statue?

Answer: The jade man

The Jade Man is a large statue carved from white, green and grey jade. The term large might not do this statue justice as the head alone is described as being as big as a reasonable sized building.
But the main interest of the treasure hunting Duke Avan, are the eyes of the statue. Romoured to be two large crystals, gems of an unknown type. These gems sadly are not in the eye sockets when the statue is first discovered. Based on the size of the statue these gems would have to be of a truly immense size.

Source: Author paper_aero

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Sailor on the Seas of Fate Trivia Quiz

The book "Sailor on the Seas of Fate" consists of three linked and sequential stories concerning Elric of Melnibone. This quiz investigates various aspects of these tales.

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