For example, a player might obtain the result " Radioactive Yeti " and gain the powers associated with the " Radioactive " and " Yeti " origins.

A character can only keep his full set of powers if he can justify them all in a plausible origins story.

The origins of the League as an organization created by the Allied powers as part of the peace settlement to end the First World War led to it being viewed as a " League of Victors ".

Other possible origins for superhuman powers include magic, genetic manipulation and / or bionic implants.

In his Pastoral Care, Pope Gregory the Great ( died 604 ) had discussed the extensive range of duties that bishops owed their flock as huius saeculi potentes, " the powers of these ages "; hence some historians prefer to see the origins of secular powers in the age of the Byzantine suzerainty over the bishop of Rome.

Superheroes and supervillains often mirror each other in their powers, abilities, or origins.

In his 1969 book War by Timetable, Taylor examined the origins of the First World War concluding that though all of the great powers wished to increase their own power relative to the others, none consciously sought war before 1914.

Superman may be seen as a continuation of the foundling tradition, the lone survivor of an advanced civilization who is found and raised by Kansas farmers in a pastoral setting, and later discovers his alien origins and uses his powers for good.

The Senate, initially just a meeting of the city elders from all tribes ( its name comes from " senex ", which means " old man "), saw its powers grow together with the conquest that brought a town of humble origins to rule a large Republic ( and then decrease steadily with the advent of the Empire ).

Prince does not himself know of his origins, his age, or why he exists and has the powers he does.

* Cornish piskies wear Phrygian caps symbolising proto-Celtic origins and magical powers in Mystic Rose – Celtic Fire by Toney Brooks.

In the series, he first appeared in the two part Season 1 finale, The Cauldron, and like his brother and other mutants, his mutant powers were fully evolved, as Magneto put it, by the Gem of Cyttorak, which, in the series, had slightly different origins & abilities than in the comics.

Possibly the most well known is the Fairy Flag which has numerous traditions attributed its origins and supposed magical powers.

Drusilla had psychic powers as a human before becoming a vampire though their origins are never explained.

Published by Yaqub Sanu, a Jew of Italian and Egyptian origins, this Paris-based publication was a political satire magazine which often mocked the establishment and European control, and the publication increasingly bothered the ruling powers as well as the Europeans as it favored reformist and revolution movements.

In the process, Nadia and Jean save the world from violent domination by the Neo-Atlantean forces led by Gargoyle, explore worldly mysteries and the powers of the blue pendant, uncover Nadia's hidden family ties, and ultimately discover the secret origins of Nadia.

Jessica's origins, including her source of powers, how she became a superhero, and why she quit are revealed.

" It can refer to anyone with extranormal powers, no matter the origins and including those not born with such power.

After a mission to Detroit, Johnny Storm realizes the origins of Rick's powers and the four travel to Wyoming in search of the Watchers.

Taskmaster reveals to Mercedes that his powers cause him to lose his explicit memory, meaning that he can't remember anything about his personal life, and the only way for the whole ordeal to be over is to re-discover Taskmaster's origins.

They subsequently face off against Johnny Thunder on the moon, and the three creatures the Thunderbolt creates, Medusa-man ( Who turns people into wood ), Absorbo-man ( Who can absorb the powers of others ), and Repello-man ( Who throws attacks back at their origins ).

She primarily uses her powers to help Taishakuten track and hound the six stars but toward the end of the last battler her she uses her water mirror to communicate with Kujaku and is able to look into the past to reveal his origins.

Rodge's precise origins were never gone into ( Podge's introduction, after all, happened many years before Rodge first appeared, and since young children were the target audience, and none of them would have been around for Podge's origin, it didn't really matter ), but it did appear that he possessed some magic powers like Podge, as the duo were capable of vanishing into thin air.

The Commonitorium and the Histories are a response, at least in their origins, to the direct influence that Saint Augustine exercised over Orosius. Although Paulus Orosius ’ s most important book was the Historiae Adversus Paganos, his other two surviving books must also be taken into account: Commonitorium and Liber Apologeticus.

The counties have their origins in the sheriffdoms or shires over which a sheriff ( a contraction of shire reeve ) exercised jurisdiction.

An ivory tablet in the infant's cask recounts the story of his sinful origins and is preserved for the child by the monks of a monastery in the fishing village.

It reached its ultimate philosophical statement in notions of `` state will '' put forward by the Germans, especially by Hegel, although political philosophers will recognize its origins in the rejected doctrines of Hobbes.

Theories of apparently altruistic behavior were accelerated by the need to produce theories compatible with evolutionary origins.

* Terrigenous deposits with land origins, consisting of sand, mud, and rock particles formed by erosion, weathering, and volcanic activity on land washed to sea.

" Nitetis naturally, betrayed Amasis and upon being greeted by the Persian king explained Amasis's trickery and her true origins.

Her Latin origins and culture however led to creeping resentment from her Greek subjects ( who felt insulted enough by the late Manuel's Western tastes, let alone being ruled by his Western wife ), building up to an explosion of rioting that almost became a full civil war.

" The project, later called the Mills Commission, concluded that " Base Ball had its origins in the United States " and " the first scheme for playing baseball, according to the best evidence available to date, was devised by Abner Doubleday at Cooperstown, N. Y., in 1839.

It can be said that the SANNC had its origins in a pronouncement by Pixley ka Isaka Seme who said in 1911 Forget all the past differences among Africans and unite in one national organisation.

The poem may have been brought to England by people of Geatish origins.

They became an increasing area of interest for scholars in the 19th century and most were recorded or catalogued by George Malcolm Laws, although some have since been found to have British origins and additional songs have since been collected.

Simon Frith identifies the origins of the power ballad in the emotional singing of soul artists, particularly Ray Charles and the adaptation of this style by figures such as Eric Burdon, Tom Jones and Joe Cocker to produce slow tempo songs often building to a loud and emotive chorus backed by drums, electric guitars and sometimes choirs.

The origins of the building society as an institution lie in late-18th century Birmingham – a town which was undergoing rapid economic and physical expansion driven by a multiplicity of small metalworking firms, whose many highly skilled and prosperous owners readily invested in property.

Afrikaner directly translated means " African " and subsequently refers to all Afrikaans speaking people in Africa who have their origins in the Cape Colony founded by Jan Van Riebeeck.

Like the Eastern Orthodox, the Roman Catholic Church through Apostolic succession traces its origins to the Christian community founded by Jesus Christ.

The most complete existing works dealing with the mythical origins of the constellations are by the Hellenistic writer termed pseudo-Eratosthenes and an early Roman writer styled pseudo-Hyginus.

From its origins near the city of Sarh, the middle course of the Chari makes its way through swampy terrain ; the lower Chari is joined by the Logone River near N ' Djamena.

For example, agar-agar and carrageenan are extracted from seaweed, gelatin is produced by hydrolysis of proteins of bovine and fish origins, and pectin is extracted from citrus peel and apple pomace.

Another possible explanation for the origins of obligatory celibacy revolves around more practical reason, " the need to avoid claims on church property by priests ' offspring ".

Its origins are complex and may date to the Crusades, later being influenced by French gamblers.

Among the reasons given by those who oppose the use of Common Era notation is that it is selective as other aspects of the Western calendar have origins in various belief systems ( e. g., January is named for Janus ), Style guides for academic texts on religion generally prefer BCE / CE to BC / AD.

Two further major 1950s developments were the origins of digital sound synthesis by computer, and of algorithmic composition programs beyond rote playback.

The islands of Manihiki and Rakahanga trace their origins to the arrival of Toa ( an outcast from Rarotonga ) and Tupaeru ( a woman of high-ranking in the Puaikura tribe of Rarotonga ) The remainder of the northern islands were probably settled by expeditions from Samoa and Tonga.