In its classical form, despotism is a state in which a single individual ( the despot ) wields all the power and authority embodying the state, and everyone else is a subsidiary person.

Eventually, she becomes his wife but first Freyr has to give away his magic sword which fights on its own " if wise be he who wields it ".

However, in the account of Attic vase-painters, Hephaestus was present at the birth of Athena and wields the axe with which he split Zeus ' head to free her.

* Single-party systems or dominant-party systems happen in nations where opposing parties are outlawed or restricted by the dominant party which wields power.

In the videogame Persona 3 a character named Junpei wields a persona named Hermes which later morphs into Trismegistus.

The King wields the mighty Shadow Sword, which was used long before by an Immortal of Ultima Thule in a battle to defeat Angsaar during his first rise to power.

Also, the DC Comics supervillain known as the Fadeaway Man wields an item called the Cloak of Cagliostro, which allows him to teleport.

The Scarecrow at times wields a scythe which he uses in addition to his " violent dancing ".

His wolf name is Long Tooth, which is a reference to the long knife he wields.

In her right hand, she wields the pike of revolution with the Phrygian cap resting on it, which represents the liberation of France.

UMNO remains a strong influence on Malaysian politics ; a number have charged that " it is UMNO which wields real power " in Malaysia, instead of the Barisan Nasional coalition government.

: The Scotsman's notable features include his legs ; one of them is normal, if disproportionately small, and the other is a fully functional machine gun, which he wields in combat along with several explosives contained in his kilt.

He wields a sword called the Goddess Sword, a magical sword that holds Fi who is a servant to the goddess Hylia, which allows him to travel across the two worlds.

* Team Rebellion Captain ( Fung Min Hun ): While he appears to be a polite, soft-spoken young man, in reality he is a vicious mobster who wields a crescent wrench and steel mallet as weapons, which he hides in his shorts.

The Krampusz wields a Virgács, which is a bunch of golden coloured twigs bound together.

D rides a cybernetic horse with mechanical legs and other enhancements, wields a crescent longsword which looks similar to Yoshitaka Amano's scimitar sword design found in many of his works of art, but the sword has a hefty length, similar to that of a Japanese nodachi.

In addition to the prayer beads she wears around her neck, she wields another set of beads called 1080 which she uses to fight strong spirits and shamans.

She wields the sword Harusame ( which would reappear in Shaman King as a primary medium for Amidamaru ) and expresses an interest in travelling to find her birth parents.

She also wields a power mallet, charged by her psychokinetic energy, which grants her flight.

The Terra miniseries revealed that she is a member of an alien race called Stratans who live below the Earth's surface in a massive subterranean cave called Strata which is actually the empty spacesuit of a long dead cosmic extraterrestrial, and possesses a rare mutation granted by a unique ore called " quixium " that grants her the earth powers she wields.

In robot mode, his left wing transforms into an energised sword blade, which he wields expertly ( at one point, managing to outduel Hot Shot who was using the Star Saber at the time ).

He currently wields a pair of bowie knives composed of vibranium, given to him by Storm, with which he has proved to be highly proficient in combat.

Instead of a scythe he wields a weapon " which may, at some point in its evolution, have incorporated aspects of a scythe, in the same way a scalpel incorporated aspects of a stick ".

: In actual combat, Valeria wields a tonfa as well as kickboxing ( in which she also trains when she is off duty ).

The Catholic Church, which wields considerable influence in the Philippines, condemned the execution.

She has a woman's head, torso and arms, the body of a snake and has a live scorpion on her back that can detach itself of her body, and she wields a staff.

It follows that whoever wields personal influence and power can legitimize this only by gaining a formal position in the hierarchy, with commensurate authority.

It follows that whoever wields personal influence and power can legitimize this only by gaining a formal position in the hierarchy, with commensurate authority.

In every aspect, the Champion is a warrior almost without peer: when he wields some version of his usual weapon, the Black Sword ( known by various names such as Stormbringer or Kanajana, although not all versions of the Sword are the same and some are active entities in their own right ) few can stand against him.

Classlessness can also refer to a society that has acquired pervasive and substantial social justice ; where the economic upper class wields no special political power and poverty as experienced historically is virtually nonexistent.

He can pull out darklings from his head to attack or spy on others, and wields a powerful cane with a gem-encrusted hawk head.

It wields a lot of power-an appearance can break an artist commercially-but it's striking that all the artists it breaks are essentially the same: MOR singer-songwriters ...

In robot mode, Grimlock wields an energon sword, whose blade is sheathed in crackling energon and can slice a concrete wall in one slash.

For example, in Indonesia, the President ( who wields executive power ) can introduce a new bill, but the People's Consultative Assembly ( holding legislative power ) chooses to either legalize or reject the bill.

She wields a bow and variety of arrows with great accuracy, and can also call upon plants to blind or bind enemies.

Each rune possesses a great power that can be used by the person who wields it.

He also wields a laser lance, and can activate a battle mask when needed.

She wields the dimensional paopei " Kinkojin " which can bend or emit light.

It wields the dimensional paopei " Retsuenjin " which can created powerful balls of flames ( akin to volcanic eruptions ).

In addition, he has extendable claws and he wields a pair of powerful swords that can fire out waves of energy.

Magic implements fill a similar role to magic weapons, although no power requires an implement, if a character wields an appropriate magical implement while activating a power with the implement keyword, that power can benefit from the enhancement bonus and other properties of the implements.

Ryū-ō wields the Ryū clan's king's sword Ryūga-tō ( Dragon Fang sword ) that controls water and can smash rocks despite being entirely blunt.

Transmetal Primal wields two maces, which can fire from his hand-held missile launcher or store on his backpack.

Carcano can steal items from enemies, and he wields a devastating and versatile Cyframe that is fashioned after a drill.

On the final page, it is revealed he still has the Sentinel, which now wields one of the Stealth Sentinel's arms, and he hopes that now he can do some real good.

Instead of using punches and kicks, Rick wields an axe and can pick up a shotgun with limited ammo during certain levels.

Retsuga wields the, but can also summon tornadoes at will.

He wields a wrench as a melee weapon and can use a large arsenal of weapons, including guns, and melee weapons.