...eated by Brahma and other gods to help [[Rama]] in his search, and also in battle against Ravana, Sita's abductor. Taking Brahma's orders, the gods began to
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...gend of androgyny. According to Herodotus, their young women held a ritual battle with sticks and stones annually with neighboring Auseans.
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*'''Shiradi''' - Shiradis battle for freedom across the planes, helping the oppressed, deceived, and less fo
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...the being who cleanses Asgard with fire after all the gods have fallen in battle at Ragnarok, the periodic destruction of Asgard. Only Hodmimir's Forest wil
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The Keres execute the Fates' commands. They are often seen hovering around battle fields where they collect the souls of the deceased warriors. As psychopump
...went after, and soon overtook them. These stood their ground and fought a battle by the banks of the river, and they were making casts at each other with th
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...er toward the human race. Mothra has achieved the greatest success rate in battle save Godzilla himself: She has once rid of Godzilla in imago form, and twic
...aiju flying. Her great bulk of a body is commonly used to her advantage in battle to slam into opponents (both in larva and adult form), and her surprising l
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...ame. These creatures are sent by higher powers striving for good to aid in battle against the forces of evil. Guardinals live on the Outer Plane of Elysium.
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...e O Toyo. The false O’Toyo then attacked him with a halberd (a pike with a battle-axe near the tip).
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.... Rodan also usually has spikes on his head and chest, which he may use in battle. Rodan can also emit a blast of wind from his mouth in the 1956 movie, but
...xtent. Being hit several times and not seeming affected until later in the battle.
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...to have caught a similiar creature fishing. The trophy after a five hour battle was an 8 foot long, 181 pound sturgeon that can still be seen in the Polson
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...sh'' and as a playable character in the Japan-only game ''Godzilla Trading Battle''.
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...legies. He is manifest through a grimoire and speaks madly and lusts after battle.
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Campe was killed by Zeus when he rescued the Cyclopes for help in the battle with the Titans (Bibliotheke 1.2.1).
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#Khadga-siddhi (ral-gri), the power to be invincible in battle with a sword (khadga);
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...has been featured in the following video games: ''Battle Soccer, Godzilla: Battle Legends, Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee, Godzilla: Save the Earth, Go
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...them off the mountains to fight upon the water. On the contrary, when the battle is upon the mountain itself; the spirits of the air are often worsted, and
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...fortress of Narakasura, riding his mount Garuda with wife Satyabhama. The battle was furiously fought. Narakasura possessed 11 Akshauhini (a division of the
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...rising of the snake heads means, but it may derive from tales concerning a battle connected to Lerna, possibly indicative of setting fire to parts of the ene
...lptures, often battling Hercules. There are several statues portraying the battle between the two at the Louvre.
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...o raised a storm that helped him to defeat the Spanish Armada in 1588. The battle occurred near Devil's point, overlooking Davonport, which, by some, is stil
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...o kill her. However, Jesse is fighting Freddy from the inside. The psychic battle eventually leads to the factory being set on fire, along with Freddy. Lucki
...small child. An outraged Kathrine pulls Freddy into reality. After a long battle between father and daughter, Kathrine manages to stick a pipe bomb in Fredd
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...of Invasions), the Tuatha Dé Danann (also daoine sídhe), were defeated in battle by the Milesians - the mortal Sons of Míl Espáine. As part of the surrend
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...enemies should never wring it frae them. Weel, it came at last to a great battle between them and the Scots, in which they clean lost the day, and were kill
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...ve different types of attacks, some of which aren't used quite the same in battle. King Ghidorah, in most incarnations, is able to fire off powerful beams of
...m to more powerful radiation. Even so, Ghidorah appeared to be winning the battle until its controlling computer was sabotaged, allowing Godzilla to use his
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In ''Battle Realms'', the warlock represents the "flower" of the Lotus Clan. The Lotus
...will treat each other cordially and with respect, even if they're about to battle each other.
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...who died normal deaths (of old age, disease, etc), heroic deaths (e.g. in battle, sacrifice or during childbirth), or non-heroic deaths.
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...logs/betweentheshadows/2015/08/the-magical-battle-of-britain/ "The Magical Battle of Britain"] by Sable Aradia. August 1, 2015 blog entry in BetweentheShadow
* Fortune, Dion, and Gareth Knight. ''The Magical Battle of Britain''. Bradford on Avon: Golden Gates, 1993.
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*In the second and third installments of the games in the Megaman: Battle Network series, a powerful attack known as the Salamander, harnessed the po
...etech, the Salamander is a fearsome Clan anti-battlemech and anti-infantry battle armor that utilizes a flamethrower type weapon in conjunction with incendia
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...cond album (''Queen II''), the first song on Side Black (Side 2) is ''Ogre Battle'', penned by Freddie Mercury. The lyrics describe one of the ogres as givin
...ft, Magic: The Gathering, The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, Two Worlds, Ogre Battle, Tekken 3, Eternal Lands, MechQuest, DragonFable, AdventureQuest'' and ''Ev
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...monster encountered before the end-boss [[Zeromus]], and puts up a fierce battle before giving up the samurai sword Masamune, for Edward "Edge" Geraldine.
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...gs and clawing talons found their prey. They attacked Godzilla, during his battle with G-Graspers. Many were killed by Godzilla and the Dimension Tide, but f
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...heir of the Lambton, Tyne and Wear|Lambton Estate, County Durham, and his battle with a giant worm which had been terrorising the local villages. As with mo
*3rd: William Lambton, died in battle at Wakefield.
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...rge bull-like creature in service of the Chaos Dwarfs in Warhammer Fantasy Battle.
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...ook the name of Lordi and woke his animal guardians who had been killed in battle from the dead. With their help, he destroyed all the demons and trolls in L
...she killed the worthy warriors herself without waiting for them to die in battle to gather their souls for Odin. Meanwhile, Hel's father, [[Loki]], who was
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...Leanan Sidhe took the form of a woman, who gave men valour and strength in battle thanks to her songs. It is said that those inspired by it live brilliant, t
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...ccurs during the summer months when he feels the need to seek a mate or do battle with a rival of his own kind. Taking to the skies on the back of a large a
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...ral summon spirits that a summoner can form a pact with and then summon in battle.
...aracter classes#Summoner|summoner]] (or "caller") to aid the characters in battle. His usual appearance is that of a horned demon (excluding ''Final Fantasy
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In ''Ogre Battle: The March of the Black Queen'', Tiamat is the promoted/'evolved form' of t
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...by side with these mirror creatures, the creatures of water will join the battle. And this time, they will not be defeated.
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...physvena is the name given to the omnigear used by Ramsus during his final battle with the party.
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...conflict arose in which several of them were slain. This is the celebrated battle of the Lapithae and Centaurs, a favorite subject with the sculptors and poe
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...f the island for his people, but the Fir Bolg king refused. At the ensuing Battle of Mag Tuired the Fir Bolg were all but conquered and their king slain by t
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...] (the other aide being [[Hasdiel]]) when [[Uriel]] bore his standard into battle, and is the head of 365 legions of angels and also crowns prayers, accompan
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*Jacobsen, Thorkild. "The Battle between Marduk and Tiamat", Journal of the American Oriental Society, 88.1
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...a company of archers to help but this is nowhere else recorded. After the battle, the kingdom of Arnor was destroyed, and in absence of the king, the Hobbit
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...at Porphyrion, leaving him dazed, and Hercules, who had just rejoined the battle, shot him dead with an arrow.
...in Norse mythology (e.g. the Fenrisulfr), and in the eventual, apocalyptic battle of Ragnarök the giants will storm Asgard, the home of the gods in Heaven,
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...had the habit of drinking the blood of the first enemy they would kill in battle. Some religious rituals underline the importance of metaphorical hematophag
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In Yasht 19.46ff, Angra Mainyu and Spenta Mainyu battle for possession of khvaraenah, "divine glory" or "fortune". In some verses o
...for Ahriman, who is then distracted by creation and expends his force in a battle he cannot win. (The epistles of Zatspram 3.23; Shkand Gumanig Vichar 4.63-4
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...-page opening sex scene", "we'd love to see her lead men (or goblins) into battle with more than just her sex appeal."
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...Wars'', Hedorah was given a whip-like arm, which he may or may not use in battle. His fatal weakness is that he can die from dehydration.
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...of the demon [[Pazuzu]], king of the wind demons, who once defeated her in battle.
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...ters as the enemies of the gods. Ragnarok in Norse mythology was the final battle between the gods of Asgard and the many monsters of the world.
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...h undoubtedly assisted in his mental breakdown which he suffered after the Battle of Flanders in 1914. Spencer did not believe he had a right to live after w
...e of evil creatures attacking the Castle of Sunshine. Pinhead is killed in battle during the episode, when he has his head sliced off by a sword-wielding Jes
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...the Stars'' by Alison Baird, peludas appear and, alongside [[tarasque]]s, battle cherubim.
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...invisibility; and Poseidon the trident. During the night before the first battle Hades put on his helmet and, being invisible, sneaked over to the Titans' c
...dable in battle, he proved his ferocity in the famous [[Titanomachy]], the battle of the Olympians versus the [[Titans]], which established the rule of Zeus.
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...s, while the second appears in the film's climax, where it fights a losing battle with another mythological beast, a [[Dragon]].
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*In the Warhammer Fantasy Battle wargame, Wraiths are Hero-level characters in the Vampire Counts army, appe
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...and another monster called Leviathan. Hittite myths contain accounts of a battle between the weather god and the dragon Illuyankas, and the Babylonians told
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...erenyi, 114): "But the goddess again made a great stir of anger and crying battle, over the head of the boar and the bristling boar’s hide, between Kourete
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...ugh what is now Elmwood Cemetery, turned red with blood for days after the battle.It is said he was seen dancing on the banks of the Detroit river.
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...''ca'' 1150), describes the agonized mourning of [[Merlin]] after a bloody battle, when
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Nidhogg rises at Ragnarok, bringing up the corpses of the dead to join battle. The dragon however survives to continue its existence in the new order tha
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Resurfacing at the Delta Complex, the marine must again find his weapons, and battle the remaining demons in the base. Betruger, upset by his loss of the telep
...veals himself as a mutated hybrid of Sarge and a military tank. After the battle is over, the spoils — the BFG9000 — is seized by the marine a
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* In the video game ''Battle Clash'', the main villain is named Thanatos
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...tian army being able to rout the Muslims a few days later when they joined battle, allowing the Crusaders to decisively capture Antioch. That object is now a
...rite at the same time that he made the sword Excalibur), to Admiral Byrd’s battle (Operation Highjump) in the Antarctic against Nazis in their underground fo
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...Priori Incantatem when the two characters attempted to engage in a magical battle.
...ing the same kind of image. Sadly, the Protoss hero is yet again killed in battle after his resurrection, by Infested Kerrigan.
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There is a description in the ''[[Book of Revelation]]'' 12:7-17 of a battle between God's army and Satan's followers, and their subsequent expulsion fr
...th. At the end of the 1000 years Satan will again be unleashed for a final battle after which the earth shall be renewed by fire.
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...those who occupy Crystal Lake (no longer named Forest Green), and after a battle with Tina, is again dispatched to the bottom of the lake. ''Friday the 13th
...se panic and fear. Jason accomplishes this, but refuses to stop killing. A battle ensues in both the dream-world and Crystal Lake. The winner is left ambiguo
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...tains to eat it. One time Whale fought Thunderbird so hard that during the battle, trees were torn up by their roots. To this day there are no trees in Beave
...the sea. They attributed the lack of trees in Beaver Prairie to a terrific battle between a whale and thunderbird.
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...n Bulgarian tradition, thunderstorms and hail clouds were interpreted as a battle between the good dragon or eagle and the evil ala.
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...ill is distinguished among the people. And when men arm themselves for the battle that destroys men, then the goddess is at hand to give victory and grant gl
...t, because she was the only Titan that aided Zeus in the Titanomachia, the battle of gods and Titans, she was not banished into the underworld realms after t
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*'''Phantasy Star''' The succubus appears in a dream battle sequence early in the game.
*'''Diablo II: Lord of Destruction''' The succubus [http://www.battle.net/diablo2exp/monsters/act5-succubus.shtml] can be found in great quantity
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...terly destroyed in the Battle of Varna. John Hunyadi managed to escape the battle under inglorious conditions. From this moment forth John Hunyadi was bitter
...ded Turkish Serbia while Vlad III simultaneously invaded Wallachia. In the Battle of Belgrade Hunyadi was killed and his army defeated. Meanwhile, Vlad III s
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...ever he wishes (usually clones of himself to gain a numerical advantage in battle). Although he is a master of the 72 methods of transformation (七十二变
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...n never committed to paper his account of his voyage , as he was killed in Battle in the Philippines, long before his ship returned to Europe. Magellan`s enc
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...their rivalry for control of southeastern Europe, turning Wallachia into a battle ground.
...are several variants of Dracula's death. Some sources say he was killed in battle against the Turks near Bucharest in December of 1476. Others say he was ass
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There is a legend that the Leviathan and the Behemoth shall hold a battle at the end of the world. The two will finally kill each other, and the surv
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...It is one of four spots where Garuda is believed to have rested during a battle with demons over the pot of divine nectar of immortality. Garuda's flight
*In ''Warhammer Fantasy Battle'' the Greater Daemons of Tzeentch bear a striking resemblance to traditiona
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* The latest edition of the ''Warhammer Fantasy Battle'' game gives the name Strigoi to a bloodline of monstrous vampires, similar
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...in a cave by a hero wielding a magic wooden hammer. Another famous tanuki battle took place in Tokushima prefecture, when the tanuki hero Kincho got into a
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*Anubis is a recurring battle chip in the '''MegaMan Battle Network series'''. It creates a black Jackal statue that poisons the enemy
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...tively came to be known as "Arupadai Veedu" (Lang:Tamil), it means the six battle camps of the Lord.
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...directly through the heart. However, this method is more appropriate in a battle with the Undead. But either way, this technique gets the task done. No Va
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..., he disembowels and kills the demon. Kurma Purana describes the preceding battle between the Purusha and demoniac forces in which he escapes powerful weapon
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...e [[plesiosaur]] placed on it's tail. This feud resulted in a thirty year battle that ended when [[Cope]] died in 1897, having spent his fortune finding din
...ery to date was in 1971. A [[velociraptor]] was uncovered fossilised in a battle with a [[protoceratops]]. The discovery proving many ideals that dinosaurs
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...e set at ease, and this probably limited the slaughter. The outcome of the battle was unrecorded, although in one later retelling it was said that Scipio had
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...stral shrine. When Antoku drowned himself after being defeated in the 1185 Battle of Dan-no-ura, he lost the imperial Kusanagi sword (which legendarily came
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...type was introduced by the table-top miniature war games Warhammer Fantasy Battle and Warhammer 40,000; a heavily-muscled, green-skinned barbarian with exagg
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* [[Valhalla|Warrior Ghosts]] - Veterans of the Genpei War who fell in battle. Warrior Ghosts almost exclusively appear in Noh Theater.
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...ere Ravana was bathing and this made him angry. So he challenged Arjuna to battle and lost it. Arjuna then took him prisoner, until Ravana's grandfather came
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...ed the Olympian Gods on more than one occasion. They supported Zeus in his battle against Typhon by giving the monster poisoned fruits to eat. However, they
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* In ''The Battle of Evernight'', a fantasy novel in the Bitterbynde trilogy, the Nuckelavee
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''Once Kali had destroyed all the demons in battle, she began a terrific dance out of the sheer joy of victory. All the worlds
...'s consort Parvati for help. The Goddess Parvati immediately set out to do battle with the demon, and it was then that She took the form of Kali.
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...zalcoatl is a lightning-based elemental creature that can be summoned into battle, however spelled "Quezacotl" due to character-space limit.
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''Fantastic Four'' #12 (March 1963), featured the Hulk's first battle with the Thing. Although many early Hulk stories involve General Thaddeus
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...ot to recognize that it is useless to fight against God's omnipotence. The battle lasted two days, when God sent the Son to end the war and deliver Satan and
...e the first one, is a virtual soundtrack to ''Paradise Lost'' and its epic battle between Heaven and Hell. Instead of the rock Danzig is famous for, the seri
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...t fictitious characters who embark upon imaginary adventures in which they battle many kinds of fictional monsters, gather treasure, interact with each other
...led in a political struggle for control of TSR which culminated in a court battle and Gygax’s decision to sell his ownership interest in the company in 198
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...ng to one source, Roman soldier were issued daily rations of garlic before battle to give them courage and strength, as well as for general health.
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...ere he discovered his body had been mortally stabbed and burned during his battle with the two devas. The stench of his blood billowed out and filled the atm
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