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Kings of War, (often abbreviated to KoW) is a tabletop wargame created by Mantic Games.. The game has been designed for armies of fantasy miniatures.It uses stock fantasy races such as Elves, [1] Dwarves, Undead [2] and Orcs, [3] as well as demonic version of Dwarfs known as Abyssal Dwarfs. [4]
The Prose and Poetic Eddas, which form the foundation of what we know today concerning Norse mythology, contain many names of dwarfs.While many of them are featured in extant myths of their own, many others have come down to us today only as names in various lists provided for the benefit of skalds or poets of the medieval period and are included here for the purpose of completeness.
Ridill (also Refil) – Sword of the dwarf Regin. Skofnung – The legendary sword of Danish king Hrólf Kraki. It was renowned for supernatural sharpness and hardness, as well as for being imbued with the spirits of the king's twelve faithful berserker bodyguards. The Sword of Surtr – The weapon the fire giant Surtr wields in the battle of ...
Grombrindal, the White Dwarf m - A white-bearded dwarf hero, suspected to be Snorri Whitebeard, the first High King of the Dwarfs. Taken from the emblem of White Dwarf magazine . Josef Bugman m - The greatest dwarf master brewer of all time, his brewery was destroyed by a band of marauding Goblins and he now wanders the world with his band of ...
War of the Spider Queen was later reprinted in: War of the Spider Queen Gift Set, Part I (books 1-3) (three paperbacks in boxed slipcase, September 2006, ISBN 978-0-7869-4186-5) War of the Spider Queen Gift Set, Part II (books 4-6) (three paperbacks in boxed slipcase, September 2006, ISBN 978-0-7869-4307-4)
A dwarf, in the Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) fantasy roleplaying game, is a humanoid race, one of the primary races available for player characters.The idea for the D&D dwarf comes from the dwarves of European mythologies and J. R. R. Tolkien's novel The Lord of the Rings (1954–1955), and has been used in D&D and its predecessor Chainmail since the early 1970s.
The Orc-chieftain Azog became the master of Moria. Thrór, the heir of the Dwarf-kings of Khazad-dûm, attempted to enter his people's ancestral home, and was killed by Azog. This started the War of the Dwarves and Orcs; Azog was beheaded by Dáin Ironfoot, but the victory was Pyrrhic, and the Dwarves did not dare face the Balrog.
Part III of Appendix A in The Return of the King gives an overview of the history of Durin's Folk and more of Thorin's background. When Thorin was 53 (young for a Dwarf), he marched with a mighty dwarf-army against the orcs of Moria. After the battle he led his people to establish a foothold in the Blue Mountains west of the Shire. [T 12]