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Eris leaves and agrees to keep Chris's powers a secret. Years later, Chris and Rani, now fifteen, leave their home to join the royal academy in the capital to become knights. While resting at the city of Nova, Chris and Rani work with the local lord, Lady Cyrene, a Highlander beloved by the people for improving their lives after taking over the ...
The Odachi Masayoshi forged by bladesmith Sanke Masayoshi, dated 1844. The blade length is 225.43 cm (88.75 in) and the tang is 92.41 cm (36.38 in). The ōdachi (大太刀) (large/great sword) or nodachi (野太刀, field sword) [4] [5] [6] is a type of traditionally made Japanese sword (日本刀, nihontō) [7] [8] used by the samurai class of ...
Damocles [a] is a character who appears in a (likely apocryphal) anecdote commonly referred to as "the sword of Damocles ", [1] [2] an allusion to the imminent and ever-present peril faced by those in positions of power. Damocles was a courtier in the court of Dionysius I of Syracuse, [3] a ruler of Syracuse, Sicily, Magna Graecia, during the ...
The fluttering of 64 kilometers (40 miles) of orange bunting and a hammer driving a nail into a wall to hold up orange tarps are the sounds of a Dutch summer of soccer in a normally drab suburban ...
Black leather scabbard, two brass mounts, frog stud. The Marine Corps noncommissioned officer's sword is a sword worn by noncommissioned officers (NCOs) and staff noncommissioned officers (SNCOs) of the United States Marine Corps. The NCO sword was adopted in 1859 and is patterned after the United States Army 's foot officers' sword of 1850.
Tony Bennett's two daughters are suing their brother, alleging he mishandled and failed to disclose some of their father's assets in his role as trustee of the late singer 's estate. The lawsuit ...
Four Ulfberht swords found in Norway (drawings from Lorange 1889) The Ulfberht swords are a group of about 170 medieval swords found primarily in Northern Europe, [3] [4] dated to the 9th to 11th centuries, with blades inlaid with the inscription +VLFBERH+T or +VLFBERHT+. [3] [5] The word "Ulfberht" is a Frankish personal name, possibly ...