Ulrich von Bek

Graf Ulrich von Bek is a fictional character created by Michael Moorcock. He and his descendants are a somewhat unusual family in Moorcock's works, as they function both as an aspect of his Eternal Champion and as a companion to him. The family is considered to be the current Keeper of the Holy Grail. In addition, Moorcock has rewritten several of his past novels and short stories so that characters who previously had other names are now von Beks. Thus retroactively, von Bek has become one of the most important Multiverse participants.

The von Bek family motto is Do you the Devil's work, a nod to the relationship that the family developed with Satan in The War Hound and the World's Pain.

A von Bek features in the following novels and short stories:

The War Hound and the World's Pain (1981)
"Flux" (1979, short story, retroactively rewritten as a von Bek)
The Brothel in Rosenstrasse (1982)
The City in the Autumn Stars (1986)
The Dragon in the Sword (1987, with Erekosë)
The Sundered Worlds, aka The Blood-Red Game (1965, retroactively rewritten as a von Bek)
"The Pleasure Garden of Felipe Sagittarius" (1965, short story, retroactively rewritten as a Von Bek)
"The White Wolf's Song," aka "The Black Blade's Summoning" (1994, short story, with Elric)
Blood: A Southern Fantasy (1995, Rudy von Bek)
"The Affair of the Seven Virgins" (1994, short story appearing in Fabulous Harbors, with Sexton Begg)
"Crimson Eyes" (1994, short story appearing in Fabulous Harbors, with Sexton Begg)
"No Ordinary Christian" (1995, short story appearing in Fabulous Harbors, with Poppy Begg)
The War Amongst the Angels (1997)
"The Cairene Purse" (2002, short story)
The Dreamthief's Daughter (2001, with Elric)
The Skrayling Tree (2003, with Elric)
The White Wolf's Son (2005, with Elric)

The character of (Countess) Rose von Bek appears in several of the above-mentioned novels and short stories, but she was only a von Bek by marriage, retaining the surname and title after her divorce. Additionally, the members of the Begg (originally, van Beek) family are stated to be English cousins of the Continental von Beks.

External links

Moorcock's Miscellany (formerly Tanelorn, Multiverse.org & Moorcock's Weekly Miscellany)

Michael Moorcock

Novels	The Fireclown (1965) The Jewel in the Skull (1967) The Final Programme (1968) The Mad God's Amulet (1968) The Sword of the Dawn (1968) The Runestaff (1969) The Black Corridor (1969) Behold the Man (1969) The Chinese Agent (1970) The Eternal Champion (1970) Phoenix in Obsidian (1970) Warlord of the Air (1971) A Cure for Cancer (1971) The English Assassin: A Romance of Entropy (1972) Breakfast in the Ruins (1972) The Land Leviathan (1974) The Adventures of Una Persson and Catherine Cornelius in the 20th Century (1976) The Condition of Muzak (1977) Gloriana (1978) Byzantium Endures (1981) The War Hound and the World's Pain (1981) The Entropy Tango (1981) The Steel Tsar (1981) The Brothel in Rosenstrasse (1982) The Laughter of Carthage (1984) The Alchemist's Question (1984) The City in the Autumn Stars (1986) Mother London (1988) Jerusalem Commands (1992) King of the City (2000) Firing the Cathedral (2002) The Vengeance of Rome (2006) The Coming of the Terraphiles (2010) The Whispering Swarm (2015)

Collections	The Time Dweller (1969) The Lives and Times of Jerry Cornelius (1976) The History of the Runestaff (1979) A Nomad of the Time Streams (1982) The Opium General and other stories (1984) The Metatemporal Detective (2007)

Comic books	Conan the Barbarian Michael Moorcock's Multiverse Tom Strong

Anthologies edited	England Invaded Before Armageddon

Characters and concepts	Corum Jhaelen Irsei Dorian Hawkmoon Deities in the Elric series Elric of Melniboné Eternal Champion Jerry Cornelius Karl Glogauer Lapis alectorius Law and Chaos Multiverse Stormbringer Symbol of Chaos Ulrich von Bek Melniboné Tanelorn

Music contributions	New Worlds Fair Warrior on the Edge of Time Sonic Attack Zones Live Chronicles Lucky Leif and the Longships Hype Cultösaurus Erectus Mirrors

Other work	Epic Pooh New Worlds

Adaptions	Airtight Garage The Chronicle of the Black Sword The Final Programme Stormbringer

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