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Places

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Paragon, Indiana Paragon is a town in Ray Township, Morgan County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. The population was 467 at the 2020 census. History Paragon was founded in the early 1850s about the same time the first store was opened in the community in 1852. A ...
, a town in the United States * Paragon, Nebraska, former community in the United States * The Paragon, Bath, a Georgian street in the Walcot area of Bath * The Paragon, Blackheath, London, built by Michael Searles *
The Paragon, Singapore The Paragon is a luxury shopping complex located in the Orchard Road area of Singapore. Background It was redeveloped in the late 1990s, transforming it into a modern glass-covered building. It has been described as “posh and sleek”. In Janu ...
, a shopping mall *
Siam Paragon Siam Paragon ( th, สยามพารากอน) is a shopping mall in Bangkok, Thailand. It is one of the largest malls in Thailand, along with IconSiam, CentralWorld and CentralPlaza WestGate. Siam Paragon includes a range of specialty s ...
, a shopping complex in Bangkok, Thailand * McLaren Technology Centre, formerly called the Paragon Technology Centre *
Hull Paragon Interchange Hull Paragon Interchange is a transport interchange providing rail, bus and coach services located in the city centre of Kingston upon Hull, England. The G. T. Andrews-designed station was originally named ''Paragon Station'', and togethe ...
, a railway station and transportation complex in Kingston upon Hull, England *
Paragon International School (Cambodia) Paragon International School (Formerly Zaman International School) is a private bilingual international school in Cambodia's capital Phnom Penh. Paragon ISC is certified by the Cambodian Ministry of Education, is a CIS(Council o ...
, a private school in Phnom Penh, Cambodia * Paragon International University, a private university in Phnom Penh, Cambodia


Companies

* Paragon China, a British manufacturer of bone china * Paragon Gaming, an American casino company * Paragon Group of Companies, a British mortgage lender *
Paragon Software Paragon Software Corporation was an American video game developer based in Greensburg, Pennsylvania. Founded on December 12, 1985, by Mark E. Seremet and Antony Davies, the company was best known for games developed around licenses from Marv ...
, a video game company founded in 1987 *
Paragon Software Group Paragon Software Group is a German software company that develops hard drive management software, low-level file system drivers and storage technologies. The Smart Handheld Device Division (SHDD) offers multilingual dictionaries, multilingual ha ...
, a software company founded in 1994 *
Paragon Space Development Corporation Paragon Space Development Corporation is an American company headquartered in Tucson, Arizona. Paragon is a provider of environmental controls for extreme and hazardous environments. They design, build, test and operate life-support systems and l ...
, a space hardware company *
Paragon Studios Paragon Studios was a video game developer, and wholly owned subsidiary of NCsoft. Founded in November 2007 as NCsoft NorCal, the studio's remit was to further develop the ''City of Heroes'' and ''City of Villains'' franchises following the acq ...
, a video game company founded in 2007 *
Parragon Parragon Books Ltd, a United Kingdom publishing company, was formed in 1988 by friends Guy Parr and Paul Anderson. In 2001, it became part of D. C. Thomson & Co. History Parragon began its early years by developing business through overstocks ...
Books Ltd, a United Kingdom publishing company


In arts and entertainment


In comics

* Paragon (Cooper Roth), Marvel Comics superhero * Paragon (Maya), a fictional character in the video game ''Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects'' * Paragon (DC Comics), a fictional supervillain published by DC Comics


In gaming

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Paragon (video game) ''Paragon'' was a free-to-play multiplayer online battle arena game developed and published by Epic Games. Powered by their own Unreal Engine 4, the game started buy-to-play early access in March 2016, and free-to-play access to its open beta st ...
, a cancelled MOBA video game * Paragon: The Overprime (video game), a MOBA video game by SoulEVE Netmarble *Paragon, an elite member of Dwarven society, revered like a god by Dwarves in the game '' Dragon Age: Origins'' *Paragon, one of the professions available in the PC game ''
Guild Wars Nightfall ''Guild Wars Nightfall'' is a fantasy action role-playing game and the third stand-alone campaign in the '' Guild Wars'' series developed by ArenaNet, a subsidiary of NCSOFT corporation. ''Nightfall'' was released worldwide on October 27, 2006 a ...
'' *Paragon City, a fictional city in the computer game '' City of Heroes'' *Paragon Levels, a leveling system in the computer game ''
Diablo 3 ''Diablo III'' is a hack-and-slash action role-playing game developed and published by Blizzard Entertainment as the third installment in the ''Diablo'' franchise. It was released for Microsoft Windows and OS X in May 2012, PlayStation 3 and Xb ...
'' *Paragon points, a type of scoring/level system in the game series ''
Mass Effect ''Mass Effect'' is a military science fiction media franchise created by Casey Hudson, Drew Karpyshyn and Preston Watamaniuk. The franchise depicts a distant future where humanity and several alien civilizations have colonized the known unive ...
'' *Paragon, a solid-state pinball table from
Bally Manufacturing Bally Manufacturing, later renamed Bally Entertainment, was an American company that began as a pinball and slot machine manufacturer, and later expanded into casinos, video games, health clubs, and theme parks. It was acquired by Hilton Hotel ...
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In music

* ''Paragon'' (album), a 2004 album by Exists *"Paragon", a song by Northlane from the album ''
Mesmer Franz Anton Mesmer (; ; 23 May 1734 – 5 March 1815) was a German physician with an interest in astronomy. He theorised the existence of a natural energy transference occurring between all animated and inanimate objects; this he called "anim ...
'', 2017 * Paragon (band), a heavy metal band from Germany *
The Paragons The Paragons were a ska and rocksteady vocal group from Kingston, Jamaica, initially active in the 1960s. Their most famous track was " The Tide Is High", written by band member John Holt. Career The Paragons were originally Garth "Tyrone" E ...
, a ska and rocksteady vocal group from Kingston, Jamaica *Paragon cymbals, a line of cymbals made by Sabian, designed specifically for drummer Neil Peart


Other uses in arts and entertainment

* JBL Paragon, an iconic loudspeaker system from JBL *
John Paragon John Dixon Paragon (December 9, 1954 – April 3, 2021) was an American actor, writer and director. He is known for his work on the television series ''Pee-wee's Playhouse'', where he portrayed Jambi the Genie and provided the voice for Pterri ...
(1954–2021), actor, writer, and director *Paragon, a sentient vessel from Robin Hobb's '' Liveship Traders Trilogy''


Other uses

* Paragon (typography), the size of type between great primer and double pica, standardized as 20-point * Paragon (diamond), a diamond that originated in Brazil weighing 137.82 carats * Paragon CRT, a method of corneal refraction developed by Paragon Vision Sciences * Intel Paragon, a series of massively parallel supercomputers * HMS ''Paragon'', the name of two ships of the Royal Navy *Paragon, a mountain bike in the Gary Fisher Collection


See also

* Paragons (disambiguation) {{disambiguation, geo