Terminus Est is a sword in the science fiction series The Book of the New Sun by Gene Wolfe.

Before Severian leaves, Master Palaemon gives him Terminus Est.

Terminus Est is described as being " Light to raise, weighty to descend ," by Master Palaemon.

Terminus Est is mentioned several times in the book as being able to be removed from its hilt, and especially after it is destroyed, Severian removes the shards from the hilt and keeps the furniture.

During the course of Severian's travels Terminus Est plays a vital role, alternately saving his life and placing it in peril.

Terminus Est is described as having been one of the last works of a famous swordsmith — so in addition to its inherent utility, it is also an antique ; Agia describes it as being worth ten times the value of her shop and its inventory.

Severian takes meticulous care of the sword, always cleaning, oiling, and sharpening the blade before and after an execution, to the point where he uses Terminus Est to shave with, forgoing a razor.

Just like this sword, Terminus Est has a square end and therefore cannot be used as a thrusting weapon.

When Terminus Est strikes the massive and bizarre mace Baldanders wields, which seems to be tuned to the resonance frequency at which Terminus Est would shatter, both weapons are destroyed.

Upon the destruction of Terminus Est, Severian recovers the hilt of the shattered blade, later returning it to Master Palaemon upon his triumphant return to the Citadel at the close of the series.

Terminus Est is commonly translated from the Latin as " This is the end ", or literally " It is the end.

Severian describes Terminus Est several times as a " paterissa " or cross ( the sword has long, straight guards and is carried over the shoulder, tip-downward ) and once as an " iron phallus " ( an image suggested by the fluid-filled channel inside the blade.

* A sword called Terminus Est appears in Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, where it is a one-handed execution sword that has a poisoned blade.

* Plague Lord Typhus's flagship is called the Terminus Est in Warhammer 40, 000.

* Julia Ecklar wrote a filk song on her album Divine Intervention called " Terminus Est " about Severian.

The novel is set in a post-apocalyptic near future, where Earth and its populations have been damaged greatly by nuclear war during World War Terminus.

An inscription has been found near Ravenna reading Iuppiter Ter., indicating that Terminus is an aspect of Jupiter.

Terminus is the god of boundaries ( public and private ), as he is portrayed in literature.

The religious value of the boundary marker is documented by Plutarch, who ascribes to king Numa the construction of temples to Fides and Terminus and the delimitation of Roman territory.

Dario Sabbatucci has emphasised the temporal affiliation of Terminus, a reminder of which is found in the rite of the regifugium.

Five hundred years after the establishment of the Foundation, the Mayor of Terminus, Harla Branno, is basking in a political glow, her policies having been vindicated by the recent successful resolution of a Seldon Crisis.

The board is still wary, but allows Seldon to assemble whomever he needs, provided he and the " Encyclopedists " be exiled to a remote planet, Terminus.

His plan is a success, the Foundation remains untouched and he is promoted to Mayor of Terminus.

After many attempts to unravel the only clue Seldon had given as to the Second Foundation's whereabouts (" at the other end of the Galaxy "), the Foundation is led to believe that the Second Foundation is located on Terminus.

* The station is the subject of John Schlesinger's 1961 documentary film Terminus

Terminus is a Latin word that literally means boundary stone.

George Cavendish is also the pen name of an author who wrote the novel ' Riviera Terminus.

Lake Placid is also the Northern Terminus of the Adirondack Scenic Railroad over former New York Central and Delaware & Hudson Trackage.

Pete's Dragon ( 1977 ) is a live-action / animated musical film from Walt Disney Productions, in which he played a travelling elixir showman / salesman named Doc Terminus.

The Foundation is placed on Terminus, a planet entirely populated by scientists and their families.

The Abbey is also developing a relationship with the Public Theater in New York, where it has presented two new plays ; Terminus by Mark O ' Rowe and Sam Shepard's Kicking a Dead Horse.

TOI's first office is opposite the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus in Mumbai where it was founded.

Hôtel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie ( French: Hôtel Terminus: Klaus Barbie, sa vie et son temps ) is a 1988 documentary film directed by Marcel Ophüls about the life of Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie.

The Danish position can be exemplified with an inscription on a stone in the walls of the town of Rendsburg ( Danish: Rendsborg ) located on the border between Schleswig and Holstein: Eidora Terminus Imperii Romani (" The River Eider is the Border of the Holy Roman Empire ").

Pittsburgh International Airport, formerly Greater Pittsburgh Airport, Greater Pittsburgh International Airport and commonly referred to as Pittsburgh International, is a joint civil – military international airport located in the Pittsburgh suburb of Findlay Township, approximately west of downtown Pittsburgh at Exit 53 of I-376 and the Northern Terminus of PA Turnpike 576 ( Future I-576 ).

Golden Beach is served by KMB bus routes 52x ( Tuen Mun Central Bus Terminus ↔ Mongkok ), 53 ( Yuen Long ↔ Tsuen Wan ) and 61M ( Tuen Mun Central Bus Terminus ↔ Kwai Fong );

Using its scientific advantage, Terminus develops trade routes with nearby planets, eventually taking them over when its technology becomes a much-needed commodity.

The station was eventually rebuilt as the Victoria Terminus, named after the then reigning Queen, and has been subsequently renamed Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus ( CSTM ) after Maharashtra's and India's famed 17th century king.

Nyssa's fate after she leaves the TARDIS is not known, although the spin-off novel Asylum, by Peter Darvill-Evans, reveals that she eventually leaves Terminus and settles down as an academic in a university on an unspecified planet.

During the course of the next two serials, Terminus and Enlightenment ( collectively known, together with Mawdryn Undead, as the Black Guardian Trilogy ), Turlough finds himself unable to decide whether or not to carry out his assignment from the Black Guardian, but eventually rejects him in favour of loyalty to the Doctor.

This resulted in the rapid defeat of the Foundation fleets, the fall of Terminus to the Mule, the quick fall of the trader-world Haven, and eventually all Independent Traders.