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Horseman's axe, circa 1475. The blade's punched decoration suggests German make. This is an example of a battle axe that was tailored for the use of a mounted knight. The wooden haft is modern. A battle axe (also battle-axe, battle ax, or battle-ax) is an axe specifically designed for combat. Battle axes were designed differently to utility ...
Barbarian II adopted an adventure format in which the protagonist explores locales to reach his goal, fighting monsters in his way.. Unlike its predecessor which offers sword fighting action to one or two players, Barbarian II: The Dungeon of Drax features only a single-player mode, in which the player assumes the role of either sword-wielding Princess Mariana or the titular savage, who is ...
Drax the Destroyer, often referred to simply as Drax, is a fictional character portrayed by Dave Bautista in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) media franchise, based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name. Drax is depicted as an imposing yet dimwitted warrior who seeks vengeance against the man who killed his family, Ronan the Accuser.
Drax the Destroyer (Arthur Douglas) is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by Jim Starlin , the character first appeared in The Invincible Iron Man #55 (February 1973).
A double-beveled broad axe can be used for chopping or notching as well as hewing. When used for hewing, notches are chopped in the side of the log down to a marked line, a process called scoring. The pieces of wood between these notches are removed with an axe, a process called joggling, [ 3 ] and then the remaining wood is hewn to the line.
The Battle Axe culture is believed to have brought Indo-European languages and Indo-European culture to southern Scandinavia. The fusion of the Battle Axe culture with the native agricultural and hunter-gatherer cultures of the region spawned the Nordic Bronze Age , which is considered the ancestral civilization of the Germanic peoples .
Drax Group plc, trading as Drax, is a power generation business. The principal downstream enterprises are based in the UK and include Drax Power Limited, which runs the biomass fuelled Drax power station , near Selby in North Yorkshire .
Drax is a village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, about 6 miles (10 km) south-east of Selby, which is best known today as the site of Drax power station. It was part of the West Riding of Yorkshire [ 2 ] until 1 April 1974, then part of the Selby District of North Yorkshire until 1 April 2023.