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Warcraft Universe: Sword and sorcery: Planets of Azeroth, Draenor and others Warcraft: The Roleplaying Game : Blizzard Entertainment: 2003-2005 Westeros: High fantasy: A Game of Thrones RPG: 2006-present Based on the setting of American author George R. R. Martin, as featured in his series of high fantasy novels titled A Song of Ice and Fire.
An orc (sometimes spelt ork; / ɔːr k / [1] [2]), [3] in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth fantasy fiction, is a race of humanoid monsters, which he also calls "goblin".. In Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, orcs appear as a brutish, aggressive, ugly, and malevolent race of monsters, contrasting with the benevolent Elves.
Name Name meaning Referred to as a valkyrie in Brynhildr "Armor battle" or "bright battle" [6] Skáldskaparmál: Eir "Peace, clemency" [7] or "help, mercy" [8] Nafnaþulur: Geirahöð Connected to the Old Norse words geirr ("spear") and höð ("battle"). [9] Appears in some manuscripts of Grímnismál in place of the valkyrie name Geirölul [9 ...
Nilbog is "goblin" spelled backwards (an anadrome). Nilbog can refer to: Nilbog, a type of goblin from the Dungeons & Dragons universe; Nilbog, the name of a fictional town and county from Troll 2; Nilbog High, a fictional school from Guitar Hero II; Nilbog, a supervillain in the web serial Worm
Drow in the Pathfinder Chronicles Campaign Setting used to be elves but stayed on Golarion when the other elves left the world. Over time, the remaining elves turned into drow by powerful magic, and at this time any elf who is evil enough can spontaneously turn into a drow. The existence of drow in Golarion is virtually unknown to non-elves.
Warcraft: Orcs & Humans is a real-time strategy game (RTS). [4] [5] [6] The player takes the role of either the Human inhabitants of Azeroth, or the invading Orcs.[7] [8] In the single player campaign mode the player works through a series of missions, the objective of which varies, but usually involves building a small town, harvesting resources, building an army and then leading it to ...
[68] [69] Although the Mindflayer's name and appearance have been kept the same, the "Beholder" was changed to Evil Eye. [70] The Netflix series Stranger Things, following the eighth episode of the second season, used the name "Mind Flayer" to refer to one of the main antagonists of the series due to their similar natures. [36] [71]
The air goblin, the aquatic goblin, the arctic goblin, the desert goblin, and the jungle goblin were all introduced in Unearthed Arcana (2004). [26] Monster Manual III (2004) introduced the forestkith goblin. [27] The snow goblin appeared in Frostburn: Mastering the Perils of Ice and Snow (2004). [28] The dark goblin appeared in Tome of Magic ...