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In the ''World of Greyhawk'' campaign setting for the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' fantasy roleplaying game, Melf, also known as Prince Brightflame, is a grey elven archmage, and was originally a player character of Lucion Paul Gygax in Gary Gygax's home campaign. Melf is a native of the elven kingdom of Celene, and is recognized by many as the leader of the Knights of Luna. In Gary Gygax's 1986 novel ''Artifact of Evil'', Melf is also known as Melf of the Arrow. He seems to acknowledge that Melf is not his real name, but says "it is a simple name, as good as any." ==Creative origins== Melf was one of the original player characters that explored Gary Gygax's dungeons of Castle Greyhawk. He was created by Gygax's son, Lucion Paul (Luke) Gygax. Gary Gygax later recalled an incident during those early days of role-playing: :"In punishment for crimes against nature, Melf was commanded to rise before dawn each morning for a year, () frolic merrily at dawn singing: ::''When the sun in the morning peeps over the hill ::''and caresses the rosebuds on my windowsill, ::''my heart fills with gladness when I hear the trill ::''of the birds in the treetops around any old hill. ::''Tra-la-la, fiddle-dee-dee-dee, ::''it gives me a pain to dance and sing this, must I do it again? ::''Tra-la-la, fiddle-dee-dee-dee, there’s penance to do, ::''how happy I'll be when it’s finally through!" 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Melf」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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