The Actorios Stone, also known as the Dragon Stone, is an Object of Power in the form of an ancient and rare stone set into Elric's Ring of Kings. It has many properties including granting Elric the ability to summon Elementals and minor Gods. It is also capable of summoning the Warriors at the Edge of Time.
Description[]
The core of the gem sometimes shifts and reshapes itself like "sentient smoke".[1]
History[]
Long before the advent of Elric's World, the Actorios Stone was wielded by John Daker as Prince Flamadin. He received it from the Eldren Ghost Women in Gheestenheem, one of the Six Realms of the Wheel, after they used it to summon him to aid them. Daker allowed the Actorios to be destroyed by the real Flamadin's twin, Princess Sharadim, trapping her in its shards and summoning the Warriors at the Edge of Time in the process.
The Actorios Stone was whole again — or an earlier version of it was present — in Elric's World by the time the Mernii, the Eldren who interbred with Phoorn dragons and would one day become the Melnibonéans, emigrated to Elric's World. But it was stolen from them by a northern giant. White Crow recovered the Dragon Stone from the giant by the time of the great astral conjunction, saving his people from a war with the Pukwadji and Lord Grome. It was later set into the Ring of Kings, which would be worn by each of Melniboné's rulers until their line ended with Elric.
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References[]
- ↑ Michael Moorcock (1972, 1983), Elric of Melniboné, Berkley, p. 3