...Dragon Name Dragon The word dragon entered the English language in the early 13th century from Old French dragon, which in turn comes from Latin draconem (nominative draco) meaning "huge serpent, dragon", from the Greek word δράκων, drakon (genitive drakontos, δράκοντος) "serpent, giant seafish". The Greek and Latin term referred to any great serpent, not necessarily mythological, and this usage was also current in English up to the 18th century. Morphology A dragon is a mythological representation of a reptile. In antiquity, dragons were mostly envisaged as serpents, but since the Middle Ages, it has become common to depict them with legs, resembling a lizard. Dragons are usually shown in modern times with a body like a huge lizard, or a snake with two pairs of lizard-type legs, and able to emit fire from their mouths. The European dragon has bat-like wings growing from its back. A dragon-like creature with wings but only a single pair of legs is known as a wyvern. Comparative mythology Further information: Chaoskampf, Sea serpent, Proto-Indo-European religion § Dragon or Serpent and Serpent (Bible) The association of the serpent with a monstrous opponent overcome by a heroic deity has its roots in the mythology of the Ancient Near East, including Canaanite (Hebrew, Ugaritic), Hittite and Mesopotamian. Humbaba, the fire-breathing dragon-fanged beast first described in the Epic of Gilgamesh is sometimes described as a dragon with Gilgamesh playing the part of...
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...Name: Institution: Course: Date: The role of violence in the world of Beowulf In the poem, Beowulf is an aging king who wears the identity of a warrior has different faces according to the situation at the moment. The poet describes Beowulf as “ greater/ and stronger than anyone anywhere in this world” implying that he was a strong man but still as any human being, he was mortal (Warsh et. al., 8). Violence in the poem is surfacing as a tool to venerate superiority. The poet explains Beowulf’s anxiety to battle Grendel but still exuding courtesy, diplomacy and patience. However, the battle that he craves for, is only possiblen after he gets permission from Hrothgar “Beowulf-anxious to meet with Hrothgar, from whom he hopes to receive permission to battle Grendel- is courteous, patient, and diplomatic”. This explanation also shows that violence is a measure of power and superiority but there are limits that a person is confined that makes them to give respect to people. In this case, Beowulf respects the boundary that he cannot fight Grendel until he gets permission from Hrothgar (Warsh et. al.,8). The aim of Beowulf wanting to battle Grendel could be a way of proving his heroism to gain prominence, amassing wealth or helping people. The poet writes“What does Beowulf want? Is he motivated to perform heroic acts simply by a need to help other people? Or is he interested mainly in accumulating as much wealth as possible?. It implies that Beowulf wants the battle to gain either...
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...Essay The main characters in Tui. T Sutherland’s fictional fantasy story “The Dragonet Prophecy”, is a group of young dragons known as The Dragonets Of Destiny. The story begins as these dragonets are being trained by an organization known as The Talons Of Peace. Their goal is to stop the war of Pyrrhia, a war that has been goin for many years, and their plan is to use the dragonets to stop the war, as it was said in a prophecy. One day after training, a fellow mudwing named Clay overheard that the Talons Of Peace planned to kill his friend Glory, due to the fact that Glory wasn’t originally part of The Dragonets Of Destiny. Clay quickly rushed towards his friends, spreading the news. His friends were shocked, and so without hesitation, they planned to escape....
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...students, and hope that we will all fly like dragons this year, guys I am extremely surprised with the news that this year is going to see an exponential rise in the birthrate in Asian nations, typically, China and Vietnam for the belief that any child who comes in being in this special period is endowed with a lucky life. For years, dragon has been regarded a legendary animal and associated with power, activeness, superiority and other good traits. Hoping that their off-springs to have the same life as the dragons’, millions of young couples try their utmost to have babies and problems, however, remain that the population explosion might happen. According to several experts, this rage is likely to result in a gloomy picture, though. First of all, that people think children are born this year are lucky purely originates from the unfounded belief, without any empirical research. Second, as they grow up, ready to take the entrance exams and seeking for jobs, competition between babies of this year escalates ceaselessly. The higher unemployment rate on the horizon is imminent, let alone probably an increased crime rate and the shortage of housing. Perhaps, to people working in the real estate, this could be a positive signal, as a result of the fact that the demand for housing during that epoch is on the climb, pushing the price to the rocket and greatly benefiting them while their parents who dedicate their lives to buying houses for their dragon-year-born children are dissatisfied....
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...Cruelty The prophet David from the Bible who spoke of false accusations people make, an angry dragon from Scandinavia whose fury could not be withheld, and a man who knows the brutality of human nature. Though all different situations, they share a common theme, cruelty. Cruelty in gossip, cruelty in temper, and cruelty in nature. Cruelty can be found in all types of literature even as old as the Bible. “Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies: for false witnesses are risen up risen up against me, and such as breath out cruelty” (Psalms 27:12). This quote is asking God not to let us give into our enemies, and for us to not believe the brutality of people’s false accusations. The prophet David was the one who conveyed this quote. By speaking out about the cruelty of people he is indirectly saying that God is the only person you need to seek approval from. He is also saying that no one else’s words or savageness should matter. Though David’s message is centuries old, it proves that a verse, or phrase can contain the same significance even centuries later. Only decades later cruelty was still evident with World War II and the Nazis, and in modern day situations such as terrorism. Many other works of literature are also proof of this same idea. One example of a piece of literature that conveys cruelty well is the story of Beowulf. “And the signs of its anger flickered and glowed in the darkness, visible for miles tokens of its hate and its cruelty...
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...The hyena stepped into the cavern first, his eyes naturally able to see well in the darkness. He stepped forward, bow ready as he was followed closely by a hulking figure, who held a glowing greatsword in one hand. Behind the figure stepped a small, thin man, leaning on a staff. The tip of his staff was giving off some light, each side of the dodecahedron glowing softly with a dim, blue glow. He walked behind them both, eyes straining to see what was ahead, when he bumped into the armor plate in front of him, who had stopped when given the signal by their companion in front. “Confound it wizard, either learn to watch where you’re going or Maude as my witness I’ll let the next alchemist we come across take your eyes for research.” The woman scolded him, turning to look at him. Lythus nodded and took a step back, removing his hood. “Apologies, Vilkora, I was taken at the appearance of this place. I’ve never been in such a cave before.” A gruff voice cut off Vilkora’s next words, as the hyena spoke. “Even when whispering, you humans do not understand how unbelievably noisy you are in here. Lythus, pay attention, Vilkora, at my side. We want to mask our presence.” Lythus fell silent and held his staff up so it didn’t touch the ground with each step they made, his hand rummaging through his pockets and rearranging the goods he had inside them. As they went on Gworal put up his hand, signaling them to stop, and crouch. They listened and did so, looking off into the darkness. Gworal...
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...Dragon City Complete Dragon Breeding Guide By Gamelytic Dragon breeding is a unique part of the game play in Dragon City. However, it is hard to figure out how to breed what without the formula. In this guide, we will provide some formulas and tutorials on how to breed the dragons that you love and use in Dragon City. Please share this guide with your Dragon City and facebook friends if you have found it helpful. Lastly please check out the rest of our Dragon City guides. Basic Dragon Breeding Information The basic of Dragon City breeding is taught during tutorial. You will first have to level up your dragon via feeding to at least level 4. Build a building ground such as Breeding Mountain or Breeding Tree, then you can select which of the dragon that you would like to breed. It will take some time for the dragons to create the eggs and even more time for the eggs to hatch. The types of offspring is dependent on the parents. In addition, there is some sort of luck involved in breeding that you may not get the dragon you are looking for 100% of the time. When you first start the game, we recommend you to start from generation 1 and breed a couple high generation dragons. However, slow down on the Pure Dragon breeding (We label it generation 4 and 4.5) because the long breeding time can hinder your game play. Basic Breeding Dragons To start breeding the dragons, you must first have these basic building blocks. You must purchase these dragons from eggs because you do not have...
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...Dragon | Type | Incubation | Alien Dragon | | 12:00:00 | Angry Dragon | | 20:00:00 | Atlas Dragon | | 16:00:00 | Aurora Dragon | | 12:00:00 | Aztec Dragon | | 12:00:00 | Bat Dragon | | 12:00:00 | Big Hat Dragon | | 16:00:00 | Block Dragon | | 12:00:00 | Brontosaurus Dragon | | 12:00:00 | Butterfly Dragon | | 12:00:00 | Carnival Dragon | | 12:00:00 | Centipede Dragon | | 12:00:00 | Chinese Dragon | | 12:00:00 | Deep Forest Dragon | | 12:00:00 | Demon Dragon | | 16:00:00 | Dujur Dragon | | 12:00:00 | Emerald Dragon | | 12:00:00 | Evil Pumpkin Dragon | | 12:00:00 | Fossil Dragon | | 12:00:00 | Ghost Dragon | | 12:00:00 | Great White Dragon | | 12:00:00 | Gummy Dragon | | 10:00:00 | Hades Dragon | | 16:00:00 | Hydra Dragon | | 12:00:00 | Ice&Fire Dragon | | 12:00:00 | Jelly Dragon | | 12:00:00 | Jellyfish Dragon | | 12:00:00 | King Dragon | | 12:00:00 | Lava Dragon | | 12:00:00 | Love Dragon | | 12:00:00 | Music Dragon | | 12:00:00 | Ninja Dragon | | 12:00:00 | Octopus Dragon | | 12:00:00 | Paladin Dragon | | 12:00:00 | Paradise Dragon | | 12:00:00 | Plankton Dragon | | 12:00:00 | Poseidon Dragon | | 16:00:00 | Prisma Dragon | | 12:00:00 | Queen Dragon | | 12:00:00 | Quetzal Dragon | | 12:00:00 | Robot Dragon | | 12:00:00 | Ruby Dragon | | 20:00:00 | Santa Dragon | | 12:00:00 | Seahorse Dragon | | 12:00:00 | ...
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...PROLOGUE Fortress of the Light Pedron Niall's aged gaze wandered about his private audience chamber, but dark eyes hazed with thought saw nothing. Tattered wall hangings, once battle banners of the enemies of his youth, faded into dark wood paneling laid over stone walls, thick even here in the heart of the Fortress of the Light. The single chair in the room heavy, high-backed, and almost a throne - was as invisible to him as the few scattered tables that completed the furnishings. Even the white-cloaked man kneeling with barely restrained eagerness on the great sunburst set in the wide planks of the floor had vanished from Niall's mind for the moment, though few would have dismissed him so lightly. Jaret Byar had been given time to wash before being brought to Niall, but both his helmet and his breastplate were dulled from travel and battered from use. Dark, deep-set eyes shone with a feverish, urgent light in a face that seemed to have had every spare scrap of flesh boiled away. He wore no sword - none was allowed in Niall's presence - but he seemed poised on the edge of violence, like a hound awaiting the loosing of the leash. Twin fires on long hearths at either end of the room held off the late winter cold. It was a plain, soldier's room, really, everything well made but nothing extravagant except for the sunburst. Furnishings came to the audience chamber of the Lord Captain Commander of the Children of the Light with the man who rose to the office; the...
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...Becoming the Dragon written by Alex Sapegin This is the first book in a fantasy adventure series revolving around a teenage boy named Andy. Andy is accidentally transported to an alternate world by a machine that is being developed by his father. He finds himself in a world far away from home, featuring a second celestial body rising after dark that looks like earth. The world is filled with bizarre animals starting with ants that are double the size of normal earth ants, progressing to a type of Griffin and a strange family of large cats as well as magical beings, orcs, elves, and even dragons. Andy has to fight to survive from the moment he lands on this new world named Ilanta. He goes through many harrowing adventures as he tries to survive this strange new world, using nothing more than...
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...Dragons are giant, reptile-like creatures who possess enormous wings and have scaly skin. When people think of dragons, often times they associate them with chaos and pure evil. And who wouldn’t? During medieval times dragons were known to have demolished entire villages, leaving no signs of life whatsoever. They were the cause for thousands of deaths and were known to have killed for brute greed, since they were only in search of shiny and valuable treasures. Unfortunately, for those readers who are expecting blood and turmoil, this is not the story of such tyrant dragons who kill people in such merciless ways. Instead, this story takes quite the opposite route. When dragons and humans used to roam around the Earth in perfect harmony,...
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...Objective: Students will verbally explain three characteristics of the Chinese New Year through the study of various learning material. This is for a Kindergarten class. I will first connect and engage the students. Teacher: Today I brought a book I love called Dragon Dance: A Chinese New Year written by Joan Holub. It tells a story about the Chinese New Year and all the things you can do to celebrate this festive holiday. We will read the book in just a little while, but first I would like all of you to gather around the chart board and let’s brainstorm about the New Year Days holiday in our country. The children take turns listing things about New Years: calander, ball drop, clock, hats, whistles. etc…. Teacher: Those are all great words that help us describe New Years in the United States. Today we are going to learn about the most important holiday for people in China. It is the Chinese New Year. Sometimes it is called the Spring Festival. We are going to learn why it is so important to the Chinese people and we will explore some of the cultures and traditions of this holiday. I will point to the world map posted in the classroom and ask the children if they know where China is? The students will respond by saying and pointing to where they think China is on the map. Teacher: We are here and China is all the way over here. China is a country on the continent of Asia. It is the biggest country in Asia and has the largest population in the world. Let’s take...
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... STEVEN BELLEDIN, ED COX, DAARKEN, WAYNE ENGLAND, EMILY FIEGENSCHUH, CARL FRANK, DAN FRAZIER, BRIAN HAGAN, RALPH HORSLEY, CHRIS MALIDORE , JIM NELSON, ERIC POLAK CA RTOG R A PHE R CHRISTOPHER PERKINS DEV ELOPMEN T MANAGER MIKE SCHLEY GRAPHIC DESIGN ER JESSE DECKER DIRECTOR OF RPG R&D DEE BARNETT G R A P H IC P RODUC T ION S P E C I A L I S T BILL SLAVICSEK P RODUC T ION MA NAGE R S ERIN DORRIES IMAGE T ECHN ICIAN JOSH FISCHER, RANDALL CREWS CHRISTINA WILEY Playtesters: Kraig Horigan, Jason H. Haley, Richard Hughes, Richard Stephenson. Some information in this book is taken from or derived from Draconomicon: The Book of Dragons by Andy Collins, Skip Williams, and James Wyatt. Based on the original DUNGEONS & DRAGONS® rules created by E. Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson, and the new DUNGEONS & DRAGONS game designed by Jonathan Tweet, Monte Cook, Skip Williams, Richard Baker, and Peter Adkison. This product uses updated material from the v.3.5 revision. This WIZARDS OF THE COAST® game product contains no Open Game Content. No portion of this work may be reproduced in any form without written permission. To learn more about the Open Gaming License and the d20 System License, please visit www. wizards.com/d20. U.S., CANADA, ASIA, PACIFIC, EUROPEAN HEADQUARTERS & LATIN AMERICA Hasbro UK Ltd Wizards of the Coast, Inc. Caswell Way P.O. Box 707 Newport, Gwent NP9 0YH Renton WA 98057-0707 GREAT BRITAIN...
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...Do you know what a Komodo dragon is? A Komodo dragon is an animal located on the Indonesian Lesser Sunda Islands. A Komodo dragon eats a lot of food. A Komodo dragon is also really big and heavy. The Komodo dragon is a reptile. The Komodo dragons is a reptile. According to National Geographic, the Komodo dragon can live up to 30 years. The Komodo dragon can grow up to 10 feet. According to Ruth Bjorklund in the book Komodo Dragons, they can weigh from 150 to 300 pounds. Komodo dragons are also cold-blooded. A Komodo dragon’s strongest sense is smell. The Komodo dragon eats meat. Did you know that Komodo dragons are cannibals? Komodo dragons are carnivores. According to Ruth Bjorklund in the book Komodo Dragons, they mostly eat...
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...In Dragon’s Tail, Andrew Charlton explores the supercharged rise of China and considers Australia’s future as the Chinese dragon stirs and shifts. China’s rise has been perhaps the most significant economic event in two centuries, occurring 100 times more quickly and on a scale 1000 times larger than Britain’s Industrial Revolution. Since 2000, Australia has been an essential part of this transformation, providing the raw materials to feed China’s frantic manufacture of steel vertebrae for everything from cars and trucks to railways, apartments and office towers. China’s appetite for resources has made us richer than ever before, but it has also drained the competitiveness from many parts of our economy, leaving us vulnerable. In Dragon’s Tail, Andrew Charlton shows that China’s growth model is now reaching its limit, and the world’s most populous economy faces a challenging transition. Whether China crashes, or crashes through, this will have dramatic implications for Australia, slowing the demand for our resources and forcing us to reassess the foundations of our wealth. Charlton looks at ways to revitalise the Australian economy and secure our prosperity in a changing world. “Understanding China’s growth model helps explain why australia has done so well in the twenty-first century. But it also explains why, at the same time, our economic anxiety is reaching a zenith: why holden is leaving, why the budget is in such an apparent quagmire, why house prices are soaring...
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