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 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.

* 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.

The setting allowed players to include new forces as other worlds are consumed by the Maelstrom and had guidelines to create rules for them.

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.

The first game produced by Ambrosia was Maelstrom, a remake of the Asteroids arcade game.

Used in an almost siege-engine-like capacity by the Spectres, 3 Hekatonkhire were present at the siege of Stygia during the 3rd Great Maelstrom.

* Morga-Partner of Phaeder ; mother of Maelstrom ; she was killed by the other Deviants for looking too human-like.

* Yrdisis-Artist ; lover of Khoryphos ; helped to smuggle the victims of Slicer out of Lemuria until she was uncovered by Brother Visaara ; later captured by Weird Sisters to aid in resurrection of Maelstrom but was rescued by the Eternals ; current whereabouts unknown

Maelstrom has been republished as a PDF in 2008 by Arion Games, under license from Puffin Books, along with seven supplementary rulebooks and resources such as The Maelstrom Companion, the Beggars ' Companion, and several modules and settings resources.

Maelstrom is a fictional character that appears in comic books published by Marvel Comics.

The Thing weakens Maelstrom by using the compound on the villain, and the heroes escape as the base self-detonates.

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

Ramus also wrote about the famous Maelstrom at Moskenstraumen.

Several highlights of Bright's tour of duty above Argama are the attack on Federation Headquarters at Jaburo and Kilimanjaro, Operation Maelstrom, and the final three-way battle between the fleet of AEUG, the Titans, and Axis Zeon near the Gryps Two space colony.

Unlike other RPG's which necessitate the inclusion of one or more spell-casters in every party, in Maelstrom, a campaign success is quite possible without a single player or non-player character mage in the party, and with several game sessions taking place in between each occasional appearance of a non-player character mage.

In 2001 Cutler released Solo: A Descent Into the Maelstrom, an album of solos on his electrified drum kit taken from live performances in Europe and the United States between August 2000 and May 2001.

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.

Although Maelstrom sometimes treated Deathurge as if he were a lackey, Deathurge served only at Oblivion's behest, for Oblivion perceived within Maelstrom the potential to drastically tip the scales between existence and non-existence in his favor.

Deathurge recounted how he observed the first encounter between Maelstrom and Oblivion, and how he was summoned by Maelstrom to spread the " Oblivion Plague " among the Watchers.

Hence, the word " Maelstrom " appears in diverse contexts metaphorically to make reference to different subjects or objects that suggest great chaotic or sinister forces.