Roogalator
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The Roogalator, originally called the Regulator, was a legendary artefact from the Realm of Law which was taken to the Realm of Chaos and became central to the maintaining the Balance between the two realms, being an embodiment of that Balance. The Roogalator took many forms, appearing to the Eleventh Doctor as an arrow known as the Arrow of Law, Silver Arrow of Artemis, Jewelled Arrow of Artemis, Big Arrer, or Silver Shaft; at other points in its history, it was a set of scales called the Cosmic Balance and a staff known as the Staff of Law or Newtonium Staff. It was also known to have taken the forms of a sword, a cup, animals, and sometimes even people.
In its arrow form, the Roogalator was made from Newtonium etched with a runic alphabet and inlaid with jewels which seemed to "combine all the other jewels in Creation". (PROSE: The Coming of the Terraphiles [+]Loading...["The Coming of the Terraphiles (novel)"])
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- In the Michael Moorcock Multiverse, the recurring Eternal Champions usually possess powerful artefacts which set them apart from anyone else. The Roogalator is intended in its various forms to have been every powerful artefact used by an Eternal Champion, a single object with a history across the multiverse.
- It appears as a sword in the Elric stories, in which it is his cursed blade Stormbringer.
- It appears as a staff in the Dorian Hawkmoon stories, in which it is the Runestaff.
- It appears as a cup in the Von Bek stories, in which it is the Holy Grail.
- Other uses of the term "Regulator" appear in Moorcock's work. The 1964 short story The Time Dweller depicts a "Great Regulator" used by the Chronarchy.
- In the Big Finish Torchwood audios such as AUDIO: The Sublime Porte [+]Loading...["The Sublime Porte (audio story)"], the mysterious figure of Bilis Manger was stated to be known as "the Regulator" and to seek to bring balance to the universe, "without fear or favour", although the forces he seeks to keep balanced were generally described as Light and Dark rather than Law and Chaos.
