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The sword was a natural universal badge, among the Romans, of the military profession. The apocalyptic figure armed with a great sword indicated an undue authority and unnatural use of it. Military men in power, whose vocation was war and weapon the sword, rose by it and also fell.
Thirsty Sword Lesbians is a narrative-focused role-playing game built on the Powered by the Apocalypse game framework. [ 21 ] [ 8 ] Adventures are run by the Gaymaster . [ 8 ] Player characters can enact various defined "Moves" during a scene: Moves fall into several categories, such as Danger Moves, Heartstring Moves, Recovery Moves, and ...
Saint Michael Fighting the Dragon is a woodcut of 1498 by Albrecht Dürer, part of his Apocalypse series, illustrating the Book of Apocalypse or Revelation of St. John. [1] Subject [ edit ]
The Emberverse series—or Change World [1] —is a series of post-apocalyptic alternate history novels written by S. M. Stirling. [2]The novels depict the events following a mysterious—yet sudden—worldwide event called "The Change" that occurs at 6:15 p.m. Pacific Standard Time, March 17, 1998.
The "terrifying ancient gods of Granbretan who were said to have ruled the land before the Tragic Millennium" are based on The Beatles: Jhone, Jhorg, Phowl and Rhunga.. Yet other gods from the "tragic millennium" are based on 20th Century British Prime Ministers Chirshil, the Howling God (Winston Churchill) and Aral Vilsn, the Roaring God (Harold Wilson), Supreme God) or writers: Bjrin Adass ...
Imagination magazine cover, depicting an atomic explosion, dated March 1954. The apocalypse event may be climatic, such as runaway climate change; natural, such as an impact event; man made, such as nuclear holocaust; medical, such as a plague or virus, whether natural or man-made; religious, such as the Rapture or Great Tribulation; or imaginative, such as zombie apocalypse or alien invasion.
The Bamberg Apocalypse has attracted the attention of many scholars for its rich imagery and text. [3] The Bamberg Apocalypse contains fifty miniatures in various sizes juxtaposed with Biblical text. There is a generous amount of gold in the background with figures in performative poses.
Paul Meyer and Léopold Delisle, in their book L'Apocalypse en français au XIII e siècle (Paris MS fr. 403), 2 vols., Paris, 1901, [1] were the first scholars to try to list, describe and categorize the Apocalypse manuscripts. M. R. James also wrote about illustrated Apocalypse manuscripts in his book The Apocalypse in Art, London, 1931. [2]