What is Arioch's true form ?

[CeeTee]

It seems that Arioch chooses to appear as a beautiful young man. What is his true form if he has one.

[Michael Moorcock]

I think he can will himself into any form he likes, though the amorphous spot of nastiness described in, as I recall, The Dreaming City (might have been the beginning of Stormbringer) might be said to be the form in which humans most commonly observe him, unless he chooses to take on the somewhat Miltonian guise found in the recent comic, for instance.

[Anonymous]

A yapping poodle, if you must know...

[Anonymous]

and sometimes as a laughing fire clown........


http://www.zakas.org/basement.htm

[Anonymous]

i really like the version in the second issue of the series
very well done for a visual representation and very true to what i was first introduced to in the elric saga
i mean, its hard to put a visual image to a god of any kind, much less a god of chaos, but i really think the eyes made the image all the more impressive.

[xidrep]

I know how Arioch feels. My true form is a beautiful young man, though I choose to appear as a weatherbeaten, haggard and slightly stiff-jointed thirty-seven-year-old :lol:

[Zoxesyr]

...unless he chooses to take on the somewhat Miltonian guise found in the recent comic, for instance.

I always thought he would look like Lord Jagged of Canaria, in a grey wedding tuxedo.

[Michael Moorcock]

Ah. mow you're on to something, pard... :D

[Michael Moorcock]

Hmm, could be I'm turning into a cat, but it could be I'm not entirely familiar with my new keybord (old one got a cup of tea spilled into it just because I was following doctor's orders...)

[The New One]

For me, like The Merlin being a higher form of Arthur, Arioch IS Elric and ultimately The Eternal Champion Being, Chaorder=Balance. So his true image can never be seen.

Or is this boringly eastern?

[Michael Moorcock]

Excellent point! I like that reading a lot.