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| | <b>Lordb> Asriel - Wikipedia, <<b>bb>>the<b>bb>> free encyclopedia |
 | | Ultimately, <b>Lordb> Asriel must sacrifice himself in a struggle with <<b>bb>>the<b>bb>> angel Metatron in order to save his daughter's life and to preserve <<b>bb>>the<b>bb>> future well-being <b>ofb> <<b>bb>>the<b>bb>> multiverse. |  | | Though in <<b>bb>>the<b>bb>> early part <b>ofb> <<b>bb>>the<b>bb>> trilogy <b>Lordb> Asriel is styled as Lyra Belacqua's uncle, it is later revealed that he is in fact her father, <<b>bb>>the<b>bb>> child being <<b>bb>>the<b>bb>> product <b>ofb> an illicit union between Asriel and Marisa Coulter (because this is a parallel universe, Mrs. |  | | <<b>bb>>The<b>bb>> name Asriel could be derived from <<b>bb>>the<b>bb>> Hebrew 'Asra'el, who, in <<b>bb>>the<b>bb>> Jewish and Muslim tradition is <<b>bb>>the<b>bb>> Angel <b>ofb> Death, who separated <<b>bb>>the<b>bb>> soul from <<b>bb>>the<b>bb>> body upon death. |
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| | Fair <b>Lordb> - Wikipedia, <<b>bb>>the<b>bb>> free encyclopedia |
 | | However, while Shakespeare's language often seems to imply that <<b>bb>>the<b>bb>> '<b>lordb>' is <b>ofb> higher social status than himself, this may not be <<b>bb>>the<b>bb>> case. |  | | Most <b>ofb> <<b>bb>>the<b>bb>> subsequent sonnets describe <<b>bb>>the<b>bb>> ups and downs <b>ofb> <<b>bb>>the<b>bb>> relationship, culminating with an affair between <<b>bb>>the<b>bb>> poet and <<b>bb>>the<b>bb>> Dark Lady. |  | | <<b>bb>>The<b>bb>> relationship seems to end when <<b>bb>>the<b>bb>> Fair <b>Lordb> succumbs to <<b>bb>>the<b>bb>> Lady's charms. |
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| | <b>Lordb> Voldemort - Wikipedia, <<b>bb>>the<b>bb>> free encyclopedia |
 | | <b>Lordb> Voldemort (born December 31, 1926) is <<b>bb>>the<b>bb>> fictional arch-villain <b>ofb> <<b>bb>>the<b>bb>> Harry Potter series. |  | | Voldemort planned on drinking from <<b>bb>>the<b>bb>> Elixir <b>ofb> Life enough to restore him to a body, in which he would continue to rely on his Horcruxes. |  | | Voldemort is a Parselmouth; something he inherited from Salazar Slytherin (it seems that most <b>ofb> his Gaunt ancestors have inherited this highly unusual trait) and passed on to Harry Potter through <<b>bb>>the<b>bb>> backfired curse that forged a lifelong physical connection between them. |
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| | Warlock - Wikipedia, <<b>bb>>the<b>bb>> free encyclopedia |
 | | <<b>bb>>The<b>bb>> origin <b>ofb> <<b>bb>>the<b>bb>> word warlock may be found in <<b>bb>>the<b>bb>> Old English 'wærloga' which means "one that breaks faith" or "<<b>bb>>the<b>bb>> devil". |  | | <<b>bb>>The<b>bb>> movie Warlock, from director Steve Miner, shows a warlock as being <<b>bb>>the<b>bb>> son <b>ofb> Satan. |  | | Warlocks (another name for wizards) are, among historic Christian traditions, said to be <<b>bb>>the<b>bb>> male equivalent <b>ofb> witches (usually in <<b>bb>>the<b>bb>> pejorative sense <b>ofb> Europe's Middle Ages), and were said to ride pitchforks instead <b>ofb> broomsticks. |
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| | Encyclopedia: Albert <b>Lordb> |
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| | Harry Potter (character) - Wikipedia, <<b>bb>>the<b>bb>> free encyclopedia |
 | | Harry proved his mettle at <<b>bb>>the<b>bb>> climax <b>ofb> <<b>bb>>the<b>bb>> book by rescuing Ginny, killing <<b>bb>>the<b>bb>> Basilisk with <<b>bb>>the<b>bb>> sword <b>ofb> Godric Gryffindor and defeating Riddle by stabbing <<b>bb>>the<b>bb>> diary with one <b>ofb> <<b>bb>>the<b>bb>> basilisk's poisonous teeth, destroying it and <<b>bb>>the<b>bb>> spirit <b>ofb> Riddle. |  | | Harry managed to thwart Voldemort and survived a confrontation with him on account <b>ofb> <<b>bb>>the<b>bb>> protection afforded to him by his mother's final act. |  | | Harry is famous in <<b>bb>>the<b>bb>> wizarding world for his encounter with <<b>bb>>the<b>bb>> evil <b>Lordb> Voldemort, one <b>ofb> <<b>bb>>the<b>bb>> most powerful wizards <b>ofb> all time and <<b>bb>>the<b>bb>> primary antagonist villain in <<b>bb>>the<b>bb>> series, when he was just a year old. |
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| | <<b>bb>>The<b>bb>> Chronicles <b>ofb> Thomas Covenant, <<b>bb>>the<b>bb>> Unbeliever - Wikipedia, <<b>bb>>the<b>bb>> free encyclopedia |
 | | <<b>bb>>The<b>bb>> impact, although seemingly minor or non-existent, causes him to be transported to <<b>bb>>The<b>bb>> Land (an alternate world threatened by <b>Lordb> Foul), where his mutilated hand and white gold wedding ring cause him to be identified as <<b>bb>>the<b>bb>> reincarnation <b>ofb> Berek Half-hand, first <b>Lordb> <b>ofb> <<b>bb>>the<b>bb>> Land, and a promised saviour. |  | | Furthermore, it has been discovered that <b>Lordb> Foul's commander is one <b>ofb> three brothers born to <<b>bb>>the<b>bb>> race <b>ofb> Giants, a people previously thought incorruptible. |  | | <b>Lordb> Foul has assembled a massive army, with which he now threatens <<b>bb>>the<b>bb>> peoples <b>ofb> <<b>bb>>The<b>bb>> Land. |
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| | CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: St. Peter, Prince <b>ofb> <<b>bb>>the<b>bb>> Apostles |
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| | Full text and plot summary <b>ofb> <b>Lordb> Jim by Joseph Conrad |
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| | Dark Lady - Wikipedia, <<b>bb>>the<b>bb>> free encyclopedia |
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| | <b>Lordb> Peter Wimsey - Wikipedia, <<b>bb>>the<b>bb>> free encyclopedia |
 | | As a footnote, <b>Lordb> Peter Wimsey has also been included by <<b>bb>>the<b>bb>> science fiction writer Philip José Farmer as a member <b>ofb> <<b>bb>>the<b>bb>> Wold Newton family; and Laurie R. King's detective character Mary Russell meets <b>Lordb> Peter at a party in <<b>bb>>the<b>bb>> novel A Letter <b>ofb> Mary. |  | | <b>Lordb> Peter Wimsey is played by Ian Carmichael during <<b>bb>>the<b>bb>> seventies series <b>ofb> five novels and by Edward Petherbridge in <<b>bb>>the<b>bb>> later series <b>ofb> three, in which Harriet Vane is played by Harriet Walter. |  | | <b>Lordb> Peter Death Bredon Wimsey is a fictional character in a series <b>ofb> detective novels and short stories by Dorothy L. Sayers. |
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| | SparkNotes: His Dark Materials: <<b>bb>>The<b>bb>> Golden Compass |
 | | For <b>Lordb> Asriel, <<b>bb>>the<b>bb>> story <b>ofb> Adam and Eve is <<b>bb>>the<b>bb>> story <b>ofb> <<b>bb>>the<b>bb>> beginning <b>ofb> human experience. |  | | Almost as soon as Lyra arrives at Bolvanger, <b>Lordb> Asriel tells her <<b>bb>>the<b>bb>> story <b>ofb> Adam and Eve. |  | | <b>Lordb> Asriel gets at this idea when he shows his slides <b>ofb> <<b>bb>>the<b>bb>> aurora borealis and <<b>bb>>the<b>bb>> special projections <b>ofb> Dust. |
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| | <b>Lordb> Voldemort - Uncyclopedia |
 | | <b>Lordb> Voldemort often disguises himself as a fat homeless man, who lives on <<b>bb>>the<b>bb>> corner <b>ofb> Freeman St. and Brown St. near Boston, on a grate. |  | | Using his army <b>ofb> Grue and his homeless man disguse (well they are basically <<b>bb>>the<b>bb>> same, because without <<b>bb>>the<b>bb>> Grue, <b>Lordb> Voldemort's disguise would be a skinny homeless man, which doesn't exist), <b>Lordb> Voldemort entered <<b>bb>>the<b>bb>> NRA headquarters. |  | | <b>Lordb> Voldemort, disembarking from his spaceship found that all <<b>bb>>the<b>bb>> grues were willing to do his bidding and love him forever because he had set them free from their evil mistress. |
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| | Havelock Vetinari -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article |
 | | <b>Lordb> Vetinari was born in <<b>bb>>the<b>bb>> extremely powerful Vetinari family (a word play on <<b>bb>>the<b>bb>> real life family <b>ofb> <<b>bb>>the<b>bb>> (Aristocratic Italian family <b>ofb> powerful merchants and bankers who ruled Florence in <<b>bb>>the<b>bb>> 15th century) Medici) and raised by his aunt, Lady Roberta Meserole. |  | | <b>Lordb> Havelock Vetinari is <<b>bb>>the<b>bb>> Patrician <b>ofb> Ankh-Morpork, <<b>bb>>the<b>bb>> head <b>ofb> <<b>bb>>the<b>bb>> fictional (A state consisting <b>ofb> a sovereign city) city state <b>ofb> (additional info and facts about Ankh-Morpork) Ankh-Morpork in (additional info and facts about Terry Pratchett) Terry Pratchett's (additional info and facts about Discworld) Discworld series. |  | | One <b>ofb> Vetinari's earliest actions and a sample <b>ofb> his way <b>ofb> running <<b>bb>>the<b>bb>> city was to legalize Guilds such as those <b>ofb> <<b>bb>>the<b>bb>> Thieves or <<b>bb>>the<b>bb>> "Seamstresses" (that is, <<b>bb>>the<b>bb>> Prostitutes), which had been active but outlawed for years. |
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| | <<b>bb>>The<b>bb>> Amber Spyglass - Wikipedia, <<b>bb>>the<b>bb>> free encyclopedia |
 | | <b>Lordb> Asriel takes Mrs Coulter back to his fortress, his Adamant Tower, and there they discover that <<b>bb>>the<b>bb>> Clouded Mountain itself, <<b>bb>>the<b>bb>> Chariot driven by Metatron, is drawing on their position—to attack. |  | | She and Metatron fly to <<b>bb>>the<b>bb>> abyss where <b>Lordb> Asriel is. There, Coulter instructs Metatron to wait whilst she speaks to Asriel, to set him at ease, to prepare <<b>bb>>the<b>bb>> ambush on him. |  | | Metatron, as ruler <b>ofb> heaven, thinks that humans are getting too independent—being conscious and all—and he wants to directly intervene—to set up a permanent Inquisition, to make heaven's oppression absolute. |
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| | Dark <b>Lordb> -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article |
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| | Celeborn, <b>Lordb> <b>ofb> Lorien. Fan fiction. |
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| | <b>Lordb> Jim - (Reviews) |
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| | SparkNotes: His Dark Materials: <<b>bb>>The<b>bb>> Amber Spyglass |
 | | Suddenly, Metatron, <<b>bb>>the<b>bb>> <b>Lordb> Regent <b>ofb> God’s angels, attacks Will and <<b>bb>>the<b>bb>> two angels, but they are able to escape. |  | | He tells <b>Lordb> Asriel that God now lives in a crystal chamber inside his roaming castle (which is called <<b>bb>>the<b>bb>> Chariot or <<b>bb>>the<b>bb>> Clouded Mountain) and that Metatron is <<b>bb>>the<b>bb>> one who actually rules. |  | | She convinces <b>Lordb> Asriel’s allies that she is trustworthy in order to learn what they are planning, and then she steals their Intention Craft and flies back to <<b>bb>>the<b>bb>> Consistorial Court. |
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| | [His Dark Materials] <<b>bb>>The<b>bb>> Bridge Through <<b>bb>>the<b>bb>> Aurora |
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| | Slake Archive - <b>Lordb> Harry |
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| | MRB: <b>Lordb> Darcy Investigates |
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 | | <b>Lordb> <b>ofb> Light is set on a planet colonized by <<b>bb>>the<b>bb>> remnants <b>ofb> a destroyed "Urath", Earth. |  | | "<b>Lordb> <b>ofb> Light" is also <<b>bb>>the<b>bb>> title <b>ofb> a song by Hawkwind, possibly named after <<b>bb>>the<b>bb>> Zelazny novel, although there is no direct reference to it in <<b>bb>>the<b>bb>> lyrics. |  | | <b>Lordb> <b>ofb> Light (1968) is an epic science fiction/fantasy novel by Roger Zelazny. |
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| | Dorothy L. Sayers: <<b>bb>>The<b>bb>> <b>Lordb> Peter Wimsey Stories |
 | | (Peter is conveniently off-stage on continental Europe for <<b>bb>>the<b>bb>> first half <b>ofb> <<b>bb>>the<b>bb>> novel.) Alas, I find Harriet to be a rather bland character; although she's clearly intelligent, independent and strong-willed, as a fictional protagonist she's not at Wimsey's level and just can't drive a book on her own. |  | | Peter is enlisted to investigate exactly how long he had been dead, and finds that not everything about <<b>bb>>the<b>bb>> body is as it at first seemed, and that a variety <b>ofb> people had motives for rigging <<b>bb>>the<b>bb>> circumstances <b>ofb> <<b>bb>>the<b>bb>> General's death. |  | | Peter is referred to at <<b>bb>>the<b>bb>> beginning <b>ofb> <<b>bb>>the<b>bb>> story as being 37, and having died "<<b>bb>>the<b>bb>> previous December" - presumably 1928. |
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http://www.leftfield.org/~rawdon/books/mystery/sayers.html
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| | Michael Knox Beran on Ronald Reagan & <b>Lordb> Jim on National Review Online |
 | | As you may say, <b>Lordb> Jim." His popularity is absolute; he is <<b>bb>>the<b>bb>> "virtual ruler <b>ofb> <<b>bb>>the<b>bb>> land." His "loneliness added to his stature," though he takes a beautiful wife, whom he calls "Jewel," and to whom his devotion is absolute. |  | | I was in <<b>bb>>the<b>bb>> middle <b>ofb> Joseph Conrad's novel <b>Lordb> Jim when I remembered to have read somewhere that <<b>bb>>the<b>bb>> novel was Reagan's favorite, or one <b>ofb> his favorites, something like that. |  | | Jim supposed <<b>bb>>the<b>bb>> Patna to be doomed; and in that fatal moment leapt, as he thought, to safety, when his duty and honor were pledged to <<b>bb>>the<b>bb>> souls on board <<b>bb>>the<b>bb>> ship. |
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http://www.nationalreview.com/comment/beran200406070843.asp
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| | Welcome to <<b>bb>>the<b>bb>> Land |
 | | <b>Lordb> Foul becomes master <b>ofb> <<b>bb>>the<b>bb>> Illearth Stone upon Drool Rockworm's death and his Ravers succeed in mastering young Giant triplets, each with a fragment <b>ofb> <<b>bb>>the<b>bb>> Stone. |  | | <b>Lordb> Foul, who has taken refuge at <<b>bb>>the<b>bb>> heart <b>ofb> Earthpower, begins to corrupt its essence and uses it to reform himself and his servants <<b>bb>>the<b>bb>> Ravers. |  | | Foul accepts and together they enact <<b>bb>>the<b>bb>> Ritual which temporarily banishes <b>Lordb> Foul and his Raver servants from corporeal existence and devastates <<b>bb>>the<b>bb>> unprotected substance, creatures and peoples <b>ofb> <<b>bb>>the<b>bb>> Land. |
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http://www.websolete.com/theland/timeline.cfm
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