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In the next five months, they made around $300, which brought in only enough to cover the site's $20 hosting cost. [42] He dubbed the game Slaves to Armok, God of Blood II: Dwarf Fortress ; Adams explained that it was a sequel because it continued to work on much of Armok 's code but said its cumbersome name was mostly "for kicks".
The word dhampir is an Albanian word which in turn is borrowed from Serbo-Croat vampír or its Bulgarian equivalent. [2] The shift v > dh is a feature of Gheg Albanian, [3] [4] but it could also have been encouraged by a folk etymology, connecting it with the Albanian words dhamb 'tooth' and pir 'to drink'.
Animated skeletons in The Dance of Death (1493), a woodcut by Michael Wolgemut, from the Liber chronicarum by Hartmann Schedel.. A skeleton is a type of physically manifested undead often found in fantasy, gothic, and horror fiction, as well as mythology, folklore, and various kinds of art.
Ligeia – name meaning "clear-toned", daughter of Achelous and either Melpomene or Terpsichore; Parthenope – name meaning "maiden-voiced", Daughter of Achelous and Terpsichore; Pisinoe – daughter of Achelous and either Melpomene or Sterope; Thelxinoë – name meaning "mind charming" Swan maiden (Multi-cultural) – shapeshifts from human ...
Fictional element in the book Raise the Titanic! and its film adaptation, which is a main focus of the story arc. It is a powerful radioactive material sought by both the Americans and Russians for use as either an energy source for a missile defense system or an atomic superbomb.
The wait is over for V.E. Schwab's next book!. PEOPLE can exclusively reveal the cover for her forthcoming release, Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil — and now fans can get a glimpse of what ...
The Gashadokuro is a spirit that takes the form of a giant skeleton made of the skulls of people who died in the battlefield or of starvation/famine (while the corpse becomes a gashadokuro, the spirit becomes a separate yōkai, known as hidarugami.), and is 10 or more meters tall.
Renée Watson's debut adult novel has a gorgeous new cover that encapsulates all the beauty the pages have to offer. First released in May 2024, skin & bones follows Lena Baker, a plus-size Black ...