" Yyrkoon, I must admit, would also rule as an emperor should. He, too, has the opportunity to make Melniboné great again. If he were emperor, he would embark on a campaign of conquest to restore our trade to its former volume, to extend our power across the earth. And that is what the majority of our folk would wish. Is it my right to deny that wish?’ ‘It "

― Michael Moorcock , Elric of Melniboné and Other Stories (Elric Chronological Order, #1)