The twin blades of the changing world Prologue: A man filled with bloodlust In the year of 1081 in the world of Lastasia on the month of febuary and the day was 18 when the members of the anti-monarch fraction led by duke Itsuki Takenaka attempted to seize control of the city of Avalia the royal capital of the kingdom of Lastalia. With the members of the knights order who joined the anti-monarch fraction their numbers exceeded 30‚000 with 1‚300 members of the knights corps they easily overwhelmed
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“The Day of Destiny” from Morte D’Arthur by Sir Thomas Malory And quickly King Arthur moved himself with his army along the coastline westward‚ toward Salisbury. And there was a day assigned betwixt King Arthur and Sir Mordred that they should not meet upon a field beside Salisbury and not far from the coast. And this day so assigned as Monday after Trinity Sunday (the eighth Sunday after Easter)‚ whereof King Arthur was passing glad that he might be avenged
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something his father had promised him. He had told him that he would thrust a magic sword called “Nothung” into a tree. No one would get that sword until‚ one day‚ when Siegmund found himself in great difficulty‚ he would be able to pull it from the tree and use it. Sieglinde enters and tells Siegmund a story about how‚ on the day she was forced to marry Hunding‚ an old man had come into the house and thrust a sword into the ash tree in the middle of the room. They start to realize that they are brother
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historic model for the film’s King of Qin . In a climate of terror and ruthless violence‚ minorities defend their right to exist as independent people‚ with separate linguistic and cultural traditions. The characters of Nameless‚ Snow and Broken Sword emerge as vengeful‚ dispossessed assassins‚ who enact heroic deeds in response to the tyranny they have suffered and the oppression they face. Their ‘heroism’ is a weapon they use to pursue their goal‚ to kill the Emperor‚ yet the film explores a more
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samurai sword in the character’s hand is another enigma code. The audience is instantly wondering what she is going to do with the sword and crucially‚ who she is going to do it to. The audience’s suspicions are confirmed in the title‚ which implies‚ of course‚ that her target is ‘Bill’. However‚ the audience is then left wondering who Bill is‚ and why she is intent on causing him harm. There are slashes through the title itself‚ and a similarly shaped blood spatter‚ indicating that swords and their
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WELDING OF CAST IRON Cast iron is an extremely versatile material‚ used in thousands of industrial products. It is hard‚ wearresistant‚ and relatively inexpensive. Like steel‚ it is available in many different grades and compositions. While we usually think of cast iron as being brittle (having low ductility)‚ this is not true of all cast irons‚ as we shall see shortly. Cast iron‚ like steel‚ is an iron-carbon alloy. In composition and structure‚ and in some of its properties‚ it is quite different
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Remember that boy you met the other day at the super market. He is not just some boy‚ that was your future husband that you just saw. That first meeting will be what causes a snowball effect until both of you are spending the rest of your lives together. Fate comes in many forms‚ from the meeting of a future spouse‚ friend‚ or the results of a battle. Even if the result is not what you wanted‚ fate will drive the rest of your life‚ just like it did for Beowulf. Since the start‚ Beowulf’s fate
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You’ve seen Noct‚ do it before haven’t you?” He questioned. Nodding I held my sword the same way I’ve seen Noctis hold his when guarding. He pointed out that my wrist should be relaxed and in line with my forearm. Allowing my wrist to relax and gotten it to line up with my forearm‚ he nodded his head again in approval. “Adjust the
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The power of the pen is clearly superior. Pen causes the sword to happen‚ and pen ends the sword. It is powerful enough to end lives like the famous story of Amanda Todd. Social media is a form of pen and another amazing example is the Civil Rights Movement. Social media can and has spread fake news. Do you remember Ebola? Many people overreacted and made a big deal out of something minor in the U.S. Fake news can cause a whole country to act up. Lack of knowledge is dangerous too. Look at North
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of Turkish soldiers that I belong to. We are armed with crossbows‚ shields‚ and swords. Some of us are using multiple ladders to scale the walls of Constantinople. Additional soldiers remain on boats to support us performing the attack. There are 9 things that I am going to describe first hand account during our attack on Constantinople. 1. I am the soldier on the second ladder to the left with a huge sword in hand. 2. Things I smell: I smell the salty water to the right of me‚ the
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