Obsidian is a volcanic glass that was sometimes used as a raw material in the manufacture of stone tools such as projectile points, knives, or other cutting tools through the process of flintknapping.

He discovered the true nature of the Heart of the Void, a stone which the Fallen can use to melt the world, in which the stone resides, into their own dark plane of existence and crafted the Three Seals, which prevent the Stone from working and as a last line of defense constructed, using mostly only his vast amounts of magical power, the Obsidian Tower and founded the Council of Mages to guard the Stone and the Order of Ruannon to watch over the Seals and the Chamber of Screams.

Obsidian is hard and brittle ; it therefore fractures with very sharp edges, which had been used in the past in cutting and piercing tools, and has been used experimentally as surgical scalpel blades.

Obsidian was also used on Rapa Nui ( Easter Island ) for edged tools such as Mataia and the pupils of the eyes of their Moai ( statues ).

Obsidian is thought to have provided the material to make cutting utensils or tools, although since other more easily obtainable material were available, use was found exclusive to the higher status of the tribe using " the rich man's flint ".

Obsidian prismatic blade production was ubiquitous in Mesoamerica, and these tools can be found at a large majority of Mesoamerican archaeological sites from the Preclassic period on until the arrival of the Spanish in the early 16th century.

Later mod making tools include The Elder Scrolls Construction Set which shipped with Morrowind, the Aurora toolset which was included with Neverwinter Nights, FRED and FRED2, the mission editors for Freespace and Freespace 2 respectively, the Obsidian tool set for Neverwinter Nights 2, the Garden of Eden Creation Kit SDK for Fallout 3 and the Valve Hammer Editor which is used to create maps for Half-Life, Half-Life 2 and various other games based on the Source engine ( older versions also supported the Quake engine ).

Obsidian is a black volcanic glass that was used to make knives, chisels, adzes, and other sharp tools in pre-contact times.

Obsidian is a natural volcanic glass that was used across Mesoamerica to make durable tools and weapons including knives, spearheads, arrowheads, bloodletters for ritual autosacrifice, prismatic blades for woodwork and many other day-to-day tools.

Obsidian was collected by the Squamish Nation for making knives, chisels, adzes and other sharp tools in pre-contact times.

Obsidian is commonly found within the margins of rhyolitic lava flows known as obsidian flows, where the chemical composition ( high silica content ) induces a high viscosity and polymerization degree of the lava.

Obsidian can be found in locations which have experienced rhyolitic eruptions.

Obsidian flows which may be hiked on are found within the calderas of Newberry Volcano and Medicine Lake Volcano in the Cascade Range of western North America, and at Inyo Craters east of the Sierra Nevada in California.

Obsidian can also be found in the eastern U. S. states of Virginia, as well as Pennsylvania.

Obsidian, a rare volcanic glass found only in Papua New Guinea had been discovered there, according to Dr Patrick D. Nunn, USP Professor of Ocean Science and Geography, who theorized that the people could originally have left southern China or Taiwan some 7000 years ago, settling in Papua New Guinea before drifting on to Fiji and other countries.

Obsidian from Milos has also been found.

Strains of this microbe were also found on the Sub-polar Mid Oceanic Ridge, and in the Obsidian Pool in Yellowstone National Park.

Obsidian and other volcanic debris have been found in the area.

In Obsidian Finance Group, LLC v. Cox, the United States District Court for the District of Oregon found that to qualify as a reporter, a standard of professionalism must be met, including but not limited to being associated with a traditional news print or television media outlet or obtaining a journalism degree.

When Interplay ran into financial difficulties, and Black Isle's future became uncertain, Urquhart and several other industry veterans departed to found Obsidian Entertainment.

Obsidian objects found in various Texan sites attest of trade with cultures in present day Mexico and the Rocky Mountains.

Obsidian talus at Obsidian Dome, California

Obsidian was traded at distances of 900 kilometres within the region.

Although there was believed to have been anywhere from 20, 000 to 60, 000 years of post-glacial time in which such immigration could have occurred over the Bering land bridge, the antiquity of human presence in the western hemisphere was popularly fixed at about 5, 000 BP (" before present ", or 3000 BC ). Obsidian projectile point from Puerta Parada, Guatemala William H. Holmes and Ales Hrdlicka led this school of thought.

* Josh Sawyer-video game designer at Obsidian Entertainment

In an effort to gain his father's acceptance and approval, Garak followed his father's footsteps and joined the Obsidian Order ; at one point he was stationed on Romulus ( and was likely involved in the deaths of several Romulan officials ), until the Cardassians stationed him on occupied Bajor.

She was also a founding member of Obsidian Theatre, a Toronto theatre company that specializes in African and Caribbean Canadian drama, and is a professor at the University of Toronto.

Left Obsidian in early 2009, is now working at Turtle Rock Studios.

Left Obsidian and currently working at Carbine Studios.

In 2007 Obsidian won a trophy and gold medal at the Romeo Bragato National Wine Competition for its first release of the Montepulciano variety.

Two years later in June 2010 the game was announced in development at Obsidian Entertainment, with Taylor and Gas Powered Games overseeing production.

Chris Avellone is an American video game designer and comic book writer who worked for Interplay and currently works at Obsidian Entertainment.

The change of developers came at BioWare's suggestion based on their familiarity with Obsidian Entertainment's previous work, as BioWare was busy developing Jade Empire and started focusing on their own intellectual properties.

During Brightest Day, Jay Garrick arrives at the Shade's home alongside Doctor Mid-Nite, Sebastian Faust, and Wildcat in order to see if he can help them track down the missing Obsidian, who possesses abilities similar to those of the Shade.

Following the defeat of the Starheart, Congorilla mentions that the Shade has been missing since his assault at the hands of Obsidian, and that nobody has been able to contact him.

This was followed with an audio director position at Midway Home Entertainment in San Diego until 2007 when he started the audio department at Obsidian Entertainment.

The tempo of " Nebulous " has been lowered, and the length of " Obsidian " has nearly been doubled, the heavy riff beginning at 3: 08 and changing tempo at around 5: 30.

The second generation Vehicon Generals, Obsidian and Strika, willingly joined Megatron, believing service to Cybertron at this point was service to Megatron.

* First appearance of Enabran Tain, who was the head of the Obsidian Order and is at least partially responsible for Garak's exile.

Obsidian is exposed locally on most extrusions, and analyses of fresh glass indicate that all of the rhyolite is of the so-called high-silica variety ; SiO < sub > 2 </ sub > content is essentially constant at 77 percent.

Obsidian cores and blades were traded great distances inland from the coast.

Starting in 2004, object databases have seen a second growth period when open source object databases emerged that were widely affordable and easy to use, because they are entirely written in OOP languages like Smalltalk, Java or C #, such as Versant's db4o ( db4objects ), DTS / S1 from Obsidian Dynamics and Perst ( McObject ), available under dual open source and commercial licensing.

The Cardassian Obsidian Order kept a fleet of Keldon class starships which were used in conjunction with the Romulan Tal Shiar during the sneak attack in the Omarion Nebula.

They were made from Obsidian that had been transported from Anatolia

Most realizations of the piece have long titles, such as The Tortoise Recalling the Drone of the Holy Numbers as they were Revealed in the Dreams of the Whirlwind and the Obsidian Gong, Illuminated by the Sawmill, the Green Sawtooth Ocelot and the High-Tension Line Stepdown Transformer.

In Aztec mythology, Ītzpāpālōtl (" Obsidian Butterfly ") was a fearsome skeletal warrior goddess who ruled over the paradise world of Tamoanchan, the paradise of victims of infant mortality and place identified where humans were created .< ref >

Obsidian and an extremely small amount of gold were both definitively imported from Nubia during this time.

Faith ’ s first appearance in the DC universe was as a substitution by Batman for the Justice League when the main members were transported into the past during the events of the Obsidian Age.

Obsidian and a small amount of gold were both definitely imported from Nubia.

They were turned down for membership, but together with Star-Spangled Kid, Obsidian, Jade, Brainwave Jr., Power Girl and the Huntress they formed their own group Infinity, Inc .. During one of his adventures with Infinity, Inc., he assisted in moving the Hidden City of Feithera to a location called New Feithera.

Obsidian manages to defeat him in their first confrontation, though Chroma claims it was because his attentions were diverted to another event happening on the far from the galaxy.

A few CD-ROMs were created using mTropolis, including the BAFTA award winning MindGym, Scott Kim's Obsidian, A Sharp's King of Dragon Pass, the Muppets Treasure Island, Voyager's Fun With Architecture and The Magic World of Beatrix Potter.

At the end of the war on Cybertron, Thrust became Waspinator again, and Obsidian and Strika were sent into orbit by Cheetor using gravity generators.

The two were both powerful men in the Obsidian Order until a scandal erupted involving someone who released a group of Bajoran prisoners.

Obsidian and Strika were the first vehicons to address Megatron as " Lord Megatron "

In the final battle with the Maximals, Obsidian and Strika were tricked into standing on an antigravity unit by Cheetor, who launched the pair into space, where neither were affected by the reformatting of Cybertron.

Here Nemesis, Strika and Obsidian were both presumably destroyed with Unicron's defeat.

During the invasion of Cybertron the Quintessons believed the orbital defenses were deactivated, but thanks to Obsidian and Strika, some of them were brought back online and used against a Quintesson ship.

When Megatron was seemingly destroyed, she and Obsidian were lost because their purpose was now unclear.

In the final battle with the Maximals Obsidian and Strika were tricked into standing on an antigravity unit by Cheetor, who launched the pair into space, where neither were affected by the reformatting of Cybertron.