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Thrall (other)
Thrall may refer to: * Thrall, a slave in Scandinavian culture during the Viking Age * The human son of Ríg (Norse god). * Enchantment, the state of being under a magical spell of obedience * Thrall (Warcraft), a fictional character in the ''Warcraft'' franchise and ''Heroes of the Storm'' * Destiny 2, Thrall are the most common morph of ''Hive'' Thrall may also refer to: * Thrall, Kansas * Thrall, Texas * ''Battle Thralls'' is the term given to races that have chosen to serve the Ur-Quan in the Star Control computer games * A unit in the computer game '' Trash'' * An undead unit in the strategy computer game ''Myth'' video game series * An undead follower of King Palawa Joko in the game '' Guild Wars'' * Thrall-Noldorin, beings in the works of J. R. R. Tolkien * ''Thrall-Demonsweatlive'', an EP by Danzig * Thrall Car Manufacturing Company * Thrall (metal band), a black metal band from Tasmania Surname * Danica Thrall (b. 1988), English glamour model. * Margaret Thrall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thrall
A thrall ( non, þræll, is, þræll, fo, trælur, no, trell, træl, da, træl, sv, träl) was a slave or serf in Scandinavian lands during the Viking Age. The corresponding term in Old English was . The status of slave (, ) contrasts with that of the freeman (, ) and the nobleman (, ). The Middle Latin rendition of the term in early Germanic law is . Etymology Thrall is from the Old Norse , meaning a person who is in bondage or serfdom. The Old Norse term was lent into late Old English, as . The term is from a Common Germanic ("runner", from a root "to run"). Old High German had a cognate, , meaning "servant, runner". The English derivation ''thraldom'' is of High Medieval date. The verb "to enthrall" is of Early Modern origin (metaphorical use from the 1570s, literal use from 1610). The corresponding native term in Anglo-Saxon society was (from Germanic , perhaps from a PIE root , "to run") A related Old English term is "labourer, hireling" (from Germanic , cogn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guild Wars
''Guild Wars'' is an online role-playing game franchise developed by ArenaNet and published by NCSOFT. The games were critically well received and won many editor's choice awards, as well as awards such as Best Value, Best Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game (MMORPG), and Best Game. ''Guild Wars'' was noted for being the "first major MMO to adopt a business model not based on monthly subscription fees", its instanced approach to gameplay, and the quality of the graphics and play for computers with low specifications. In April 2009, NCSoft announced that 6 million units of games in the ''Guild Wars'' series had been sold. The sequel and fourth major entry into the series, ''Guild Wars 2'', was announced in March 2007 and released on August 28, 2012. It features updated graphics and gameplay mechanics, and continues the original ''Guild Wars'' tradition of no subscription fees. The ''Guild Wars'' series had sold 11.5 million copies by August 2015 Publications Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margaret Thrall
Margaret Eleanor Thrall (1928–2010) was a Welsh theologian, academic, and Anglican priest. Thrall studied at Girton College, Cambridge, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1950 and a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in 1960. Her doctoral supervisor was C. F. D. Moule. She taught the New Testament and Koine Greek at the University of Wales, Bangor, where she rose to be Reader in Biblical Studies. She was also an associate editor of the ''New Testament Studies'' journal. She was one of the first women to be ordained in the Church in Wales when she was made a deacon in 1982 and a priest in 1997. She served as Canon Theologian at Bangor Cathedral from 1994 to 1997. She was awarded the Burkitt Medal by the British Academy The British Academy is the United Kingdom's national academy for the humanities and the social sciences. It was established in 1902 and received its royal charter in the same year. It is now a fellowship of more than 1,000 leading scholars spa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danica Thrall
Sonia Danica Thrall (born 30 March 1988) is an English glamour model and reality television personality. Career Thrall was discovered in 2006 when she won Miss Derby, organised by Lucie Hide, and went on to compete in the ''Miss England'' pageant, where she placed in the Top 10. After a hiatus from modelling, Thrall began a stint as a presenter on televised sex line ''Elite TV'', where she engaged in lesbian softcore pornography with fellow presenters. Thrall returned to modelling in late 2010 with appearances in magazines such as ''FHM'', ''Maxim'', '' Loaded'' and '' Nuts'', as well as lingerie catalogue work. In May 2012, Thrall received significant media attention after appearing in the documentary ''Sex, Lies & Rinsing Guys'', which documented the practice of "rinsing", that of chatting to men on the Internet with them in return sending her presents, for instance gifts from her Amazon.com wishlist. In August 2012, she was a housemate in the tenth series of Celebrity Big B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thrall (metal Band)
Thrall (formerly known as Thy Plagues) is an Australian black metal band formed in Hobart, Tasmania. They are signed to Moribund Records. Early work and Away from the Haunts of Men Thrall began as Tom Void's solo, drum-machine black metal project in 2005. In this guise, a demo titled Wrath Eternal – a reverb-soaked, Leviathan-esque four-track recording, limited to only 20 CD-R copies – was released. Void recruited Em Støy to provide a bass accompaniment to the drum machine for live shows. For their first album, '' Away from the Haunts of Men'', Tom Void played all instruments, and programmed the drums. When recording the first album, the decision was made to change the band name to Thrall. The album featured guest vocals by Alex Pope from Ruins and Trent Griggs, the studio engineer and one-man black metal band Throes. In return, Void contributed vocals to the Ruins album ''Cauldron'' The album was released on Total Holocaust Records (Sweden) in June 2010 in Europe in a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thrall Car Manufacturing Company
Thrall Car Manufacturing Company was a manufacturer of railroad freight cars in Chicago Heights, Illinois from 1917 to 2001. The company was sold to Trinity Industries in 2001. Company history A.J. Thrall established the Union Wagon Company in 1916, selling used and reconditioned rail car components.The Duchossois Group, Elmhurst, IL"The History of the Duchossois Group."Accessed 2013-11-10. This became the Thrall Car Manufacturing Company in 1917. By mid-century, under the leadership of Richard L. Duchossois, the company focused on building specialized freight cars, such as high-cube boxcars for auto parts, all-door boxcars for building products, gondolas, rotary-dump gondolas for coal, bulkhead flatcars and centerbeam flatcars for lumber, double-stack container cars, covered hoppers, autorack cars and single-level trailer cars. In the 1980s, Thrall acquired five competing railcar manufacturers, including autorack builders Whitehead & Kales and Portec, and became the largest such ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thrall-Demonsweatlive
''Thrall-Demonsweatlive'' is an EP by American heavy metal band Danzig. It was released in 1993 on Def American Recordings and has been certified Gold. Music and recording The EP is split into two sections. The first section, ''Thrall'', consists of three new studio recordings that were tracked live and completed by the band in a single day. The studio recording "Trouble" is a cover of the Elvis Presley song featured in the movie ''King Creole''. Glenn Danzig had previously recorded the song with Samhain, which was later released on the box set version of their '' Final Descent'' EP. The second section, ''Demonsweatlive'', includes four live recordings taken from the band's Halloween 1992 performance at the Irvine Meadows Amphitheater in California. From the fourth pressing on, the CD releases have a hidden track featuring the remixed studio version of "Mother", titled "Mother '93". Symbolically, the song is hidden at track number 93, and the total length of the blank tracks l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Myth (series)
''Myth'' is a series of real-time tactics video games for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS. There are three main games in the series; '' Myth: The Fallen Lords'', released in 1997, '' Myth II: Soulblighter'', released in 1998, and '' Myth III: The Wolf Age'', released in 2001. ''The Fallen Lords'' was developed by Bungie, and published by Bungie in North America and Eidos Interactive in Europe. ''Soulblighter'' was also developed by Bungie, and was published by Bungie in North America and GT Interactive in Europe. ''The Wolf Age'' was developed by MumboJumbo, and co-published by Take-Two Interactive and Gathering of Developers for Windows and by Take-Two and MacSoft for Mac. All three games received generally positive reviews. ''The Fallen Lords'' was especially lauded, and is credited as a defining title in the fledgling real-time tactics genre. Reviewers praised its plot, graphics, gameplay, level design, online multiplayer mode, and differentiation from traditional real- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ríg (Norse God)
Rig may refer to: Objects and structures * Rig (fishing), an arrangement of items used for fishing * Drilling rig, a structure housing equipment used to drill or extract oil from underground * Rig (stage lighting) * rig, a horse-drawn carriage together with the horses and harness * rig, something that a dog pulls when mushing * rig, the configuration of sails and other rigging on a sailing vessel * rig, a parachute system in skydiving * rig, a transmitter, receiver, or transceiver in amateur radio Acronym * RIG, the ticker symbol for Transocean, a Swiss offshore drilling company * Radio Independents Group, a UK trade organisation * Reykjavik International Games, a sport event taking place in Iceland Places * Rig, an alternate name for Bandar Rig, a city in Bushehr Province, Iran * Rig District, a district in Bushehr Province, Iran * Rig Rural District, a rural district in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province, Iran * Rig, Gilan, a village in Gilan Province, Iran * Rig, Jask, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trash (computer Game)
''Trash'' is a real-time strategy computer game developed by Inhuman Games for the Microsoft Windows operating systems. It was released on September 20, 2005. Storyline The game takes place in a post-apocalyptic future where, after the great nuclear war of 2015, peace treaties were signed, nuclear weapons were destroyed, and civilization was slowly rebuilt. However, 8 years after treaties were signed, a fleet of alien ships appeared outside Earth's atmosphere. Several super weapons were fired from the largest of the alien spacecraft, the resulting explosions causing major alterations to Earth's geography. Fearing for the lives of every human on earth, the United States Government unleashed its hidden nuclear arsenal on the alien ships. The resulting explosions rained down onto the planet, causing buildings to be destroyed and the air to be poisoned by radiation. As a result, in 10 hours, 5 of the 9 billion humans on Earth were killed. The remaining smaller alien ships travele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ur-Quan
The Ur-Quan are a fictional race of predatory alien caterpillars in the '' Star Control'' series of video games, created by Paul Reiche III and Fred Ford. Introduced in 1990, the Ur-Quan are the primary antagonist of the first game, leading a galactic empire that seeks to enslave Earth. They reprise their role in ''Star Control II'', which expands on their history as former slaves who since vowed to fiercely defend themselves. During the game, the Ur-Quan enter into a civil war over their ideology, giving Earth an opportunity to defeat them. In ''Star Control 3'', which was developed by a different team, the Ur-Quan ally with Earth against a different antagonist and their role is scaled back. They appear once again in ''The Ur-Quan Masters'', the 2002 open source remake of ''Star Control II.'' Reiche and Ford developed the Ur-Quan based on the concepts for unique spaceships in ''Star Control''; their insectoid appearance was inspired by a ''National Geographic'' photo of a cate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
