Originally posted by cdtm
Stormbringer is one of the most overpowered, unfair swords in fiction.Steals souls with a cut, vastly powering up the user, and can sentiently block/parry for the user. Can summon a swarm of sister swords to eviscerate anyone. Can counter/parry any magic spell/magic item.
This includes god level beings, such as the "lords of chaos" and the "lords of law".
The sword also happens to be:
1. Some kind of demon.
2. A manifestation of a central "black sword", which is far more evil then the gods that run around in-fighting.
Drizzt's good, but he has no answer to the black sword.
As if that isn't enough, Elric has a pact with Arioch, who himself can "nuke" any conventional threat. (And yet Arioch was among Lords who were defeated by Stormbringer, which is telling.)
Not only that, but once Elric regained the Swords of Chaos and Law, he was able to permanently end the battle between Gods -- and moreover, undo/balance the damage they had caused to all of creation:
http://i.imgur.com/b2uVqEH.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/n2GvKaQ.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/41Y2WNT.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/P5Z3FoP.jpg
...And the aforementioned damage was multiversal:
http://i.imgur.com/M2GrVqB.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/IlTijJp.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/tZiz534.jpg