However, certain cosmic entities, such as Galactus, In-Betweener, Maelstrom, or The Stranger have demonstrated personality, motivations, or ( except for the first mention ) even ambitions beyond their functions, but often maintain the perspective that morality is entirely relative, or that destroying civilisations of " lesser " beings is no more evil than if these beings destroyed an anthill.

VOR: The Maelstrom is a science fiction miniature wargame, set in the 22nd century.

The plot revolves around a newly promoted captain who is assigned to investigate an explosion of a star in the Maelstrom.

Phelgethon is the location of a number of godly realms, including the Queen of Air and Darkness's realm of the Unseelie Court, Zeboim's realm of The Maelstrom, and the derro deity Diirinka's realm of Hidden Betrayal.

" McLuhan ( 1951 ) found inspiration in Edgar Allan Poe's short story, " A Descent into the Maelstrom ," in which a shipwrecked sailor is trapped within a whirlpool, but escapes death by finding the pattern hidden within the vortex.

Dr. Gunnar Maelstrom ( pronounced goonar ) is a hostile & extremely violent criminal whose archenemy is Carmen Sandiego.

During a series of extended battles between cosmic hero Quasar and the villain Maelstrom ( the avatar of the entity Oblivion ), Eternity is revealed to have a " twin " entity-Infinity, with the pair representing the space-time continuum and the living force of the universe.

* Bloth ( voiced by Brock Peters ): The ox-sized, humanoid captain of the feared pirate ship Maelstrom, he is after the Thirteen Treasures of Rule to control all the Dark Water in the world, and in effect, Mer itself.

The original Maelstrom ( described by Poe and others ) is the Moskstraumen, a powerful tidal current in the Lofoten Islands off the Norwegian coast.

The Maelstrom is formed by the conjunction of the strong currents that cross the straits ( Moskenstraumen ) between the islands and the great amplitude of the tides.

The fictional depictions of the Maelstrom by Edgar Allan Poe and Jules Verne describe it as a gigantic circular vortex that reaches the bottom of the ocean, when in fact it is a set of currents and crosscurrents with a rate of 18 km / h.

In Spanish and other languages, Maelstrom is used as a synonym for whirlpool.

In the Act 5 of Gears of War 3, the main objective is to deactivate a Maelstrom device.

In the film Maelstrom, Lofoten is where the ashes of Annstein Karson are distributed.

The ship loses control in the storm, and is trapped by the Maelstrom in the Blood Sea of Istar.

However, Quasar is recreated in an energy form by the cosmic being Infinity and battles Maelstrom and Oblivion.

Maelstrom is destroyed by the Quantum-bands and Quasar resurrects himself.

Critic Matt Smith of Maelstrom wrote that it is one of best Opeth albums, and " it set the tone for the albums to come.

Maelstrom is a role-playing game by Alexander Scott, originally published in 1984 by Puffin Books as a single soft cover book ( ISBN 0140318119 ; ISBN 978-0-14-031811-1 ).

The herbal pharmacopoeia present at the end of the book, representing herbal knowledge of the time, has become legendary in roleplaying circles and is believed to have been a major source document for many subsequent RPG herbals ( only some of which credit Maelstrom ).

Age is a very important characteristic to a character in Maelstrom, unlike many RPGs where aging is not a major consideration in character generation.

Following is a partial list showing a range of the Livings a character may choose from, from both the core rulebook and the Maelstrom Companion.

At least three times it is revealed through dialogue that the gun can be set to ' Fatal Intestinal Maelstrom '.

Maelstrom and his minions, however, are later revealed to be alive, as courtesy of advanced science their minds were transferred into new, cloned bodies.

* Ceru: The Ceru are a race of blue, gnomish beings who were enslaved by the Golem, but broke free when the Golem's homeworld ( where the Ceru happened to be at the time ) got sucked into the Maelstrom.

During an invasion of the Milkyway by the Laren, Earth and the Moon with its 20 billion inhabitants are supposed to be teleported to a different system, but accidentally end up in the bridge between two collided galaxies ( called Maelstrom of Stars ) and moved into orbit about a star.

They finally overcome their differences, and during the climatic Maelstrom battle, Will again proposes to Elizabeth, who realizes how much she loves Will and only wants to be with him ; Barbossa marries them amidst the fighting.

The Maelstrom attraction was always conceived to be a boat ride, with a section that went backwards.

In Warrior Mode, Leviathan is armed with the Maelstrom Blades which can be used for his finishing move " High Tide Break ".

Maelstrom is the son of Phaeder, an Inhuman scientist banished from their city of Attilan for attempting cloning to increase Inhuman population numbers.

Maelstrom is later revived by his minions, but learns he had a son Ransak that would have been wiped from existence had he succeeded.

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The heroes later escape and together with the Inhuman king Black Bolt battle Maelstrom.

The heroes hold off Maelstrom while Black Bolt intercepts and defuses a missile carrying the anti-Terrigen mist compound that is programmed to destroy Attilan.

Black Bolt revisits his origins when he, members of the Royal Family, and Fantastic Four members Mister Fantastic and the Thing battle the villain Maelstrom.

Black Bolt, however, manages to defuse the missile and Maelstrom is defeated.

After his father is incapacitated in an experiment, Maelstrom swears revenge on the Inhuman race and becomes a would-be conqueror.

As the shards violently collide with each other after centuries apart, war erupts on all sides, and in the chaos, Bolas seeks to harness the power of the Maelstrom, the chaotic center of the plane where all five colors come together in a magical storm of unimaginable energies and power.

It's clear that Carmen also thinks highly of their friendship, having once entrusted the help of ACME agents Zach and Ivy to help restore a virus-stricken Chief back to health after she ' kidnapped ' him for a Christmas night to ' relive the good ol ' days ', and once again teaming up with him to capture the criminal Dr. Gunner Maelstrom, whom they had captured during their detective years and had returned to take his revenge.

Revan re-emerges in Star Wars: The Old Republic after a team of Republic heroes manage to rescue him from the Emperor's Maelstrom Prison.

Maelstrom then attempts to siphon the energies of the Eternals, but is thwarted by the superhero team the Avengers, and after commanding Deathurge to kill him yet again, transfers his consciousness to a new clone body.

Maelstrom also gained " cosmic awareness " after stealing the secret from the entity Eon.

Jester Records is a record label founded in 1998 by Kristoffer Rygg ( also known as Garm, Trickster G, G. Wolf and Fiery G. Maelstrom ) after conflicts between his band Ulver and their German / American label Century Media Records.