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Heretic II is a fantasy action-adventure game developed by Raven Software and published by Activision in 1998 continuing the story of Corvus, the main character from its predecessor, Heretic.
* P. p. docilis, described by Johann Friedrich Gmelin as Corvus docilis in 1774, breeds from Greece to Afghanistan.
The closest relatives of the choughs were formerly thought to be the typical crows, Corvus, especially the jackdaws in the subgenus Coloeus, but DNA and cytochrome b analysis shows that the genus Pyrrhocorax, along with the Ratchet-tailed Treepie ( genus Temnurus ), diverged early from the rest of the Corvidae.
The binomial name is derived from the Latin Corvus, " Raven ", and Greek corone / κορωνη, " crow ".
It has all-black plumage, beak and legs with a white iris, as do the other Corvus members in Australia and some species from the islands to the north.
It has the typical white iris of the other Australasian Corvus species but can be distinguished from most ( except the Little Crow ) by the base of the head and neck feathers being snow white ( revealed when blown by a strong wind ).
It has the same white iris that distinguish the Australian species from all other Corvus except a few island species to the north of Australia, and one from Eurasia, the Jackdaw ( Corvus monedula ).
It has all-black plumage, beak and legs with a white iris, as do the other Corvus members in Australia and some species from the islands to the north.
The Thick-billed Raven ( Corvus crassirostris ), a Corvid from the Horn of Africa, shares with the Common Raven the distinction of being the largest in the Corvid family, and indeed the largest of the most diverse bird order, the passerines.
This species, Africa's most widespread member of the genus Corvus, occurs from Sub-Saharan Africa, specifically Senegal, Sudan, Somalia and Eritrea down to the Cape of Good Hope and on the large island of Madagascar, the Comoros islands, Aldabra, Zanzibar, Pemba and Fernando Po.
It is rarely seen very far from human habitation, though it is not as tied to the urban way of life as the House Crow ( Corvus splendens ) of Asia, and may be encountered far from human habitation in Eritrea. thumb
Later analysis of its DNA shows that, with its closest relative the Daurian Jackdaw, it is an early offshoot from the genus Corvus, and possibly distinct enough to warrant reclassification in a separate genus, Coloeus.
Owing to its supposed fondness for picking up coins, Linnaeus gave it the binomial name Corvus monedula, choosing the specific name mǒnēdŭla, which is derived from moneta, the Latin stem of the word " money ".
The genus Coloeus, from the Ancient Greek κολοιός ( koloios ) for jackdaw, was created by Peter Pallas in 1766, though most subsequent works have retained the two jackdaw species in Corvus.
Although Corvus is the crow genus to which the choughs ' closest relatives belong, they were considered sufficiently distinctive to be moved to the new genus, Pyrrhocorax, by English ornithologist Marmaduke Tunstall in his 1771 Ornithologia Britannica, The genus name is derived from Ancient Greek πύρρος ( purrhos ), " flame-coloured ", and κόραξ ( korax ), " raven ".
The closest relatives of the choughs are the typical crows, Corvus, especially the jackdaws in the subgenus Coloeus, but the Pyrrhocorax species differ from Corvus in that they have brightly coloured bills and feet, smooth, not scaled tarsi and very short, dense nasal feathers.
These birds have black plumage similar to that of many Corvus crows, but they are readily distinguished from members of that genus by their brightly coloured bills and legs.
Marcus Valerius Corvus ( c. 370 BC – c. 270 BC ) was an important military commander and politician from the early to middle period of the Roman Republic.
After his sixth consulship Corvus retired from public life, and he died at the age of 100, around the year 270 BC.

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Corvus, the protagonist of the first game, is forced to flee his hometown of Silverspring after the infected attack him, but not before he is infected himself.

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It introduces new enemies, a new final boss ( The Queen ), a new weapon, and changes to the script to make it easier to mod.
The new episode features several new enemies ( including three new types of Pig Cops ) and a new final boss, robot CyberKeef.
Other changes included a fully 3D model for the final boss and new weapons.
Khufu and his pyramid are even thematized in several computer games such as Tomb Raider-The last revelation, in which the player must enter Khufu ´ s pyramid and face the god Seth as the final boss.
Wizeman is the final boss of the game ; appearing as hollow clothing and 6 hands, each with an eye in the palm.
After all of the runes are collected, the floor of the Start opens up to reveal an entrance to the End level which contains the final boss, based on the god Shub-Niggurath from the Cthulhu Mythos.
The latter is inspired by several dark fantasy influences, notably that of H. P. Lovecraft ; most notably, Dimensional Shamblers appear as enemies, the " Spawn " enemies are called " Formless Spawn of Tsathoggua " in the manual, the end boss of the first episode is named Chthon, and the final boss is named Shub-Niggurath ( though actually resembling a Dark Young ).
It is almost customary to have at least one instance, usually during the final boss battle, where the Force can be ejected and launched into a boss ' weak point, lodged there, and constantly damage it until the boss falls.
Instead, Heinrich must be defeated in the final boss battle.
* Solaris, the main antagonist and final boss in the 2006 video game Sonic the Hedgehog
The player must defeat a Sentinel before they can challenge the final boss and main antagonist Luis Reyes.
Most games feature " heart containers " or " a piece of heart " as the prize for defeating the final boss of a dungeon and also for completing certain side quests ; these extend the life meter by one heart.
Ganon ( or Ganondorf as he is more commonly known in his human form ) is the main antagonist of the Series and the final boss in most of the Zelda games.
* In TERA Online, the MMORPG, Akasha ( Goddess of Epidemics ) is the name of a L50 final boss in Akasha's Hideout.
* Medusa, the boss of the final chapter of the first book in Bookworm Adventures
However, United ( now managed by Shearer's old boss at Blackburn, Kenny Dalglish ) had a good run in the FA Cup ; Shearer scored the winning goal in a semi final victory over Sheffield United as the team reached the final.
* Abyss, the final boss character of Marvel vs. Capcom 2
In Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver, as a reward from Professor Oak after defeating the final boss, Red, the player can choose from Bulbasaur, Charmander, and Squirtle.
* Quake, a first-person shooter video game in which the player has to defeat Shub-Niggurath as the final boss
* Japanese composer Nobuo Uematsu used portions of " O Fortuna ", " Estuans interius ", and " Veni, veni, venias " for the final boss theme " One-Winged Angel " in Square Enix's Final Fantasy VII.

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But the fighting marshal's fifty-year run of immunity from violent death came to a full and final stop one night in a street at Cromwell, Oklahoma, where he had been sent to clean up the gambling and vice rackets.
In spite of this catastrophe the final mortality figure from disease in the American Army during World War 1, was 15 per 1,000 per year, contrasted with 110 per 1,000 per year in the Mexican War, and 65 in the American Civil War.
Mrs. Dwyer's husband, M. Joseph Dwyer, was taking a 10-year-old boy from Union County on the tour of the Capitol during the final weeks of the last session.
But after the doctor's return that night Alex could see, from the high window in his own room, the now familiar figure crouched on a truly impressive heap of towels, apparently giving its egg-hatching powers one final chance before it was replaced in its office by a sure-enough hen.
In final separation from them, in the railroad terminal across the river from New York, I would nearly cry.
On the following pages and in the following issues we take you every step of the way to your vacation cottage, from choosing the proper site to applying the final trim.
Out of long experience I have found that incidental figures and other objects like trees, logs, and bushes can be traced from the original sketch and moved about in the major areas on the final sheet until they occupy the right position, which I call clicking.
The addition of endurance training later, when the body is mature enough to benefit from it without danger of injury, provides that final quality that makes the top athlete, soldier or citizen.
In the paragraphs that follow, we quote from 32 men who are identified on the final page.
final conclusions will have to await the measurements of broods from definite localities.
A final class of exceptional lines is identifiable from the following considerations: Since no two generators of Af can intersect, it follows that their image curves can have no free intersections.
The final sample was not significantly different from a normal distribution in regard to reading achievement or intelligence test scores.
By these steps the final AIA list was reduced from 8,000 to 3,500.
The final mailing of the questionnaire was made late in August, 1960, to 4,900 firms consisting of 3,450 from the AIA list and 1,450 from the TR list.
The final example of the failure to use available evidence, though evidence of a different kind from that which has so far been considered, comes from Fromm's treatment of some other writers who have dealt with the same themes.
And a blaring final chord from the jazz group.
Then Kerr, a graduate student from Illinois, moved past him on a straightaway and held off Mills's challenge on the final turn.
On the final round at Pensacola, the luck of the draw paired Palmer and Player in the same threesome and, although it was far from obvious at the time, the gallery was treated to the first chapter of what promises to be one of the most exciting duels in sport for a long time to come.
At one point late in the day, when Palmer was lining up a 25-foot putt on the 16th, a thunderous cheer from the direction of the 18th green unmistakably announced that Player had birdied the final hole.
The final group included folk songs from back home, stomped out, shouted and chanted with irresistible spirit and in cowboy costume.
Then was it a final desperate plea from her, to whom??
After recapitulating the " walking " themes, Gershwin overlays the slow blues theme from section B in the final “ Grandioso .”

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