Dorian Hawkmoon von
Köln is one of the aspects of the
Eternal Champion, a library of books by
Michael Moorcock consisting of many
series. He's the duke of
Köln in a
Europe so far into the future that the
geography is just about the only thing recognizable to someone of our era. Hawkmoon fights alongside
Count Brass against the
iniquity of
Granbretan, the
Dark Empire.
Although Hawkmoon's world is somewhat fantastic, and
midieval it contains some bizarre
technologies.
As his story unfolds, Hawkmoon finds that he is the unwitting, sometimes unwilling, chosen
champion of a powerful, and legendary
artifact, the
Runestaff by which the people in his world swear, although many don't believe it actually
exists.
The Runestaff is the physical incarnation of
divine balance, and Hawkmoon finds his
destiny manipulated toward it's ends. Fortunately for him, it's ends are intertwined with his, the vanquishing of the Dark Empire and one of it's
nobles, the
evil Baron Meliadus...