Elle se déroule dans une Europe futuriste dominée par l'empire maléfique de Granbretanne.
La Légende de Hawkmoon (titre original : The History of the Runestaff) est une saga de fantasy en deux cycles écrite par Michael Moorcock, mettant en scène les aventures de Dorian Hawkmoon, duc de Köln et incarnation du Champion éternel.Verkita rapide en la 1960-aj jaroj, ĝi estas konsiderata klasiko de la genro, kaj ege influis en formado de postaj similaj verkoj. Prezentante adventurojn de Dorian Hawkmoon, nome versio de la Eternal Champion, ĝi okzas en tre futura stato de Eŭropo kie la frenezaj regantoj de la Malhela Imperio de Granbretan' (kio iam estis Granda Britio) estas engaĝitaj en konkero de la kontinento. The History of the Runestaff estas serio de kvar fantastaj romanoj de, konsista el The Jewel In The Skull, The Mad God's Amulet, The Sword Of The Dawn, kaj The Runestaff.Winning many battles in which he is hopelessly outnumbered, but helped by loyal companions, by mysterious allies who arrive in the nick of time, and by dissension, scheming and treachery in the ranks of his foes. During his adventures, he has to collect two more magical items the Red Amulet held by a mad god somewhere in future Ukraine and the Sword of the Dawn. Temporarily freed from the curse of the jewel by Kamarg’s Protector, a grizzled warlord called Count Brass, he falls in love with the Count’s daughter, Yisselda, and embarks on a quest to find and implement the will of the Runestaff, a magical item which preserves the Cosmic Balance. The black jewel transmits (and may record) all that Hawkmoon sees to Granbretan’s capital, Londra.
He is sent to Kamarg (a future version of the southern French region of Camargue) to perform reconnaissance prior to invasion. Hawkmoon is captured by the evil forces of Granbretan who implant by means of arcane technology (devised by a caste of ‘sorcerer-scientists’) a sinister black jewel in his skull.
Unlike the anti-hero Elric of Melniboné, or the alienated and tragic Corum, or the sometimes savage Erekosë, Hawkmoon is described as being very much close to an all-around “good guy”, despite lacking some subtlety (or perhaps, for this very reason). Dorian Hawkmoon is one of the least morally complicated of Moorcock’s main characters.
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