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 Chinese Dragons
Dragons are so wise that they have been royal advisors.
The last of the nine is the dragon king, which actually consists of four separate dragons, each of which rules over one of the four seas, those of the east, south, west, and north.
The Chinese dragon is as a symbol of auspicious power in Chinese folklore and art, it is the embodiment of the concept of yang [male] and associated with the weather and water as the bringer of rain.
www.crystalinks.com /chinadragons.html   (2532 words)

  
 Dragon King
Dragon Kings (龍王 Pinyin Lóng Wáng) are the divine owners of water bodies in China, especially the seas (海龍王;), but also lakes.
The seas of each directions is ruled by a Dragon King living in crystal palaces, with soldiers whose true forms are shrimp and generals crab.
A Dragon King is one of the main characters in the tenth chapter of Journey to the West.
www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/dr/Dragon_King.html   (240 words)

  
 Dragon King - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The four Dragon Kings (龍王; pinyin: Lóng Wáng) are, in Chinese mythology, the divine rulers of the four seas (each sea corresponds to one of the cardinal directions).
The Dragon King of the Eastern Sea (Donghai) is said to have the largest territory.
In the Chinese classical novel Journey to the West, a Dragon King is one of the main characters in the tenth chapter.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dragon_King   (262 words)

  
 Strategy Gaming Online - Reviews : King of Dragon Pass
A prequel to the Dragon Pass boardgame and the RPG that followed, KoDP places you in the role of a band of Orlanthi (barbarian, not unlike the early Celts or Goths) refugees.
King of Dragon Pass is a stunningly deep and representational strategy game that uses a similar mechanism.
King of Dragon Pass reflects this vibrancy better than average, and promises the open minded player a novel and immersive experience not to be found in any other game I’ve ever seen.
www.strategy-gaming.com /reviews/king_of_dragon_pass/index.shtml   (2760 words)

  
 A History of Dragons
For killing this dragon Cadmus was forced to serve the god Ares for a year but was then allowed to found his city from the children of the dragons teeth.
In the ensuing fight the dragon was killed, but as the victor caused his sword to be raised in triumph the blood trickled down onto him and he died immediately.
The dragons all had the ability to breath fire and so were especially loved by the local flsmiths who produced the finest steel in the region because of their reptile helpers.
www.biopark.org /dragonhistory.html   (8966 words)

  
 Bestiary of Modern Fantasy: Dragon King   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Dragon kings were originally from ancient Chinese mythology called the Lung-Wang.
When mistakes are made during funerals, dragon kings are often asked for help to assure their descendants' prosperity.
In Japanese mythology Ryo-Wo is the king of dragons and the god of the sea.
www.dragon-warrior.com /Bestiary/dragon_king.shtml   (157 words)

  
 Dragon King
Dragon King hoped to become third in command of Imperial Japan after the Premier and the Emperor.
Dragon King was upset that someone tried to take over a town he considered rightfully his, so he used his orbiting satellite to destroy the fleeing Laroonians.
Dragon King received a profile in Who’s Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe #7.
www.angelfire.com /ar/hellUSA/Dragonking.html   (711 words)

  
 Dragon-Warrior.com - Fan-Made Games: Dragon King
Dragon King was probably the first Dragon Warrior fan-game in existence.
When considering the boss of Dragon Warrior was the Dragonlord (King Dragon originally in Japan), the title "Dragon King" is a dead giveaway that the game is Dragon Warrior clone.
Although the death system is an improvement from Warrior Dragon, the game becomes too confusing and the labyrinth-like cave was ridiculous.
www.dragon-warrior.com /Fan-Made_Games/Dragon_King.shtml   (377 words)

  
 THE DRAGON KING
The Dragon Kingdom was it's safest now for a wall had been built around the land and guards were constantly on alert on the wall or in the air looking for possible intruders.
So with this said King Cyan said, "I hereby grant you the title of King Canabis." All was still for a moment and so the royal family went to their private quarters inside a hidden cave.
King Canabis was enraged and so he swung his spear in a half circle and managed to rip four of the demons in half.
www.webspawner.com /users/drakoball   (2427 words)

  
 The Circle of the Dragon: History: Eastern Dragon Overview
These are: the horned dragon, the celestial dragon, the spiritual dragon, the winged dragon, the dragon of hidden treasures, the coiling dragon, the yellow dragon, and the dragon king.
In addition, the dragons are said to rise from this gate in to the skies in the spring and descend into the waters in autumn.
He is depicted as winged dragon with the head of a stag and the tail of a snake.
www.blackdrago.com /easterndragons.htm   (1784 words)

  
 The Circle of the Dragon: History: Dragon Kings
The Dragon Kings were usually water-dwelling dragons that were responsible for rainfall and the water in a particular region.
The turtle thanked the man and said that he was the dragon king, and he would give the man any help he would need in a return favor, all he had to do was return to the shore and call.
The famous Japanese dragon king is Ryo-Wo, who is responsible for the element of water to the Japanese.
www.blackdrago.com /dragonkings.htm   (1098 words)

  
 King of Dragon Pass
They apparently know enough that King of Dragon Pass has been selected as a finalist for the Independent Games Festival, a Miller Freeman event at the Game Developers Conference devoted to "indie games"--games developed by people with no funding from publishers, and meant as a showcase for new and original talent.
You are the head of a bronze-age clan, recently escaped to freedom in Dragon Pass from servitude in a nasty empire.
Dragon Pass is not without flaw; the manual is not the best, the interface takes effort to master, the underlying game algorithms are far from transparent, and the droning Celtic-folk music drives me nuts.
www.costik.com /kodpass.html   (1275 words)

  
 Dancing Bear - The Dragon King Treasure Vase Practice
One of the Buddhas present is the Venerable Dragon King Buddha, he being one of the 35 Buddhas mentioned in the Repentance Article.
The volumes of Buddhist sutra in the Dragon King’s Palace are as vast as the ocean.
Jambhala is the greatest wealth deity in the sky, and Dragon King is the greatest wealth god in the ocean.
www.dancing-bear.com /dking.htm   (4215 words)

  
 The Dragon King
The Dragon King managed to jump in the air just in the nick of time.
Goku understood and shot into the air after the Dragon King, who was pulling away from the energy blast.
Within seconds Tapion was on the Dragon King, holding him down with his foot and had his sword to his throat.
www.dragonworldz.net /fanfic/tapion/dk13.htm   (1222 words)

  
 Dragon King (MC2, Spider-Girl foe)
Dragon King saw it as a moneymaking enterprise, but still went along with the group when Funny Face announced their one goal was Spider-Girl's destruction.
She used her webbing to throw off the Dragon King's grip, causing the boxcar to land directly on his head.
When she revealed to Dragon King that the student actually had the item, the monster used it to return himself to human form.
www.marvunapp.com /Appendix/dragonking.htm   (679 words)

  
 Amazon.com: The Dragon King: Book 3 of The Crimson Shadow: Books: R. A. Salvatore   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Deanna Wellworth, Crimson Shadow, Praetorian Guards, King Bellick, King Greensparrow, Luthien Bedwyr, The Skipper, Proctor Byllewyn, Solomon Keyes, Brother Jamesis, Dun Varna, Port Charley, The Stratton Weaver, Bae Colthwyn, King Brind'Amour, Aran Toomes, Garth Rogar, Kayryn Kulthwain, Duke Resmore, Straits of Mann, Five Sentinels, Isle Bedwydrin, King Asmund, Dorsal Sea, Duke Theredon
The Dragon King was an awesome display of drive and struggle against the oppresive dragon king greensparrow.
Though some characteristics of the story (especially in The Dragon King) are exceptionally predictable, they add to the completion of yet another chapter in a world that exists only in the mind's eye of the reader.
www.amazon.com /Dragon-King-Book-Crimson-Shadow/dp/0446517283   (1581 words)

  
 dragonsworn [book review] - King's Dragon, Kate Elliot
It's obvious 'A Crown of Stars' is an amibitious undertaking will span a number of volumes, as King's Dragon's myriad array of sublpots and growing cast of characters weave the beginings of a complex storyline.
One can only hope that Elliot is able to bind the separate elements together in future volumes as well as she did in King's Dragon.
King's Dragon is an engaging novel that never lets go once it has you.
www.dragonsworn.com /reviews/books/kingsdragon.html   (643 words)

  
 Applelinks.com: Review - King of Dragon Pass
Dragon Pass is located in Glorantha, which is a mythic fantasy world apparently from the game RuneQuest.
King of Dragon Pass requires you to study your land's history and learn the blessings of the gods that are worshipped (of which there are seventeen).
Because King of Dragon Pass is not played out in real time, you actually get to think through your decisions.
www.applelinks.com /reviews/kodp.shtml   (1137 words)

  
 Dancing Bear - Dragon King Treasure Vase
The second visit to the Dragon King Palace was made by Nagarjuna, and it also took place in India.
The mantra of the Dragon King as recorded in the Dragon King Sutra is different from the mantra we employ in our Dragon King Treasure Vase Practice.
The Dragon King Treasure Vase Practice which is practiced in other schools uses a different mantra and mudra.
www.dancing-bear.com /practice.htm   (4423 words)

  
 Dragon Ball: King Piccolo's Wish - TV.com
The King Piccolo saga on DVD was split into two parts, this is the first episode of part 2.
After the Dragon was killed you see that its remains simply fade away.
The Eternal Dragon is destroyed for the very first time.
www.tv.com /dragon-ball/king-piccolos-wish/episode/253724/summary.html   (285 words)

  
 Dark Kingdom: The Dragon King DVD Review - MovieWeb
They talk mainly about the dragon fight here, and it seemed like each person said that the dragon was all computerized about 123,000 times...
What's nice about this is they showed the unique way they employed their special effects people, with them actually acting as producers on the film as well, instead of just geting the film handed to them.
They could've chosen a better shot of her, because she looks stunning in the flick and that picture of her isn't as flattering as it should be.
www.movieweb.com /dvd/release/01/75101/review1475.php   (1385 words)

  
 Zahak the Dragon King (epic tale)
He was a king and a good man, who feared God and knew the nature of the cold wind of death.
The king of the Arabs placed his hand on the table to eat, and in the emptiness of his mind he bestowed his affection on the cook.
The dragon king came swift as the wind to Iran and placed a crown on his head.
www.csupomona.edu /~delashgari/readings/zahakstory.html   (8187 words)

  
 BookPage Science Fiction Review: The Dragon King
Luthien Bedwyr and his magic cape return in The Dragon King, the stirring conclusion to R.A. Salvatore's epic Crimson Shadow trilogy.
In the south where summers last for decades, the king's authority is dissipating as his most trusted advisor is dead under suspicious circumstances, and the king's adversaries seek every advantage.
In the middle are the Starks of Winterfell who much like the Atriedes family of Dune are as austere and focused as the land they represent.
www.bookpage.com /9612bp/sciencefiction/thedragonking.html   (962 words)

  
 SCIFI.COM | Dark Kingdom: The Dragon King
A king is betrayed and murdered; his infant son Siegfried is spirited away to anonymous safety under the protection of the flsmith Eyvind (Max von Sydow).
What awaits Siegfried as he leaves home in search of his destiny is the glory of true love with the Valkyrie known as Brunhild (Kristanna Løken) — but first he must face the wrath of the dragon Fafnir, and the curse of the Nibelungs.
When the curse makes Siegfried forsake his true love for another woman, however, it invites the fury of the gods themselves — and sets in motion an expanding web of betrayal, deception and greed that ensnares mortals everywhere, plunging a world in chaos, and a kingdom into twilight.
www.scifi.com /darkkingdom/dvdcd   (220 words)

  
 Dark Kingdom: The Dragon King Standard Release DVD - MovieWeb
After witnessing the brutal murder of his powerful father King Solomon of the Netherlands, a young heir to the throne begins preparation for his ultimate revenge in director Uli Edel's medivel tale of might and magic.
His victory over the dragon affording him the opportunity to bathe in its blood and achieve invincibility, Siegfried's glory is quickly tarnished when the Nibelungs reappear and demand the return of their treasure.
Though Siegfried eventually agrees to bestow the Nibelungs the majority of the treasure, his unwise decision to retain the cursed ring that forms the very core of the valuable booty ensures that he will never experience true love for as long as it remains in his possession.
www.movieweb.com /dvd/release/01/75101/features.php   (336 words)

  
 King Of Dragon Pass Interview
Your ragged clan has decided to settle in the land of Dragon Pass, and its future is now in your hands.
David Dunham: King of Dragon Pass is the saga of colonizing a magical land.
Right now, King of Dragon Pass is available from our web site and a few other online sources, or in many hobby stores.
rpgvaultarchive.ign.com /features/interviews/kodp.shtml   (1503 words)

  
 UGO.com Film/TV - Dark Kingdom: The Dragon King TV Review - UGO's Dragon's Den
Dark Kingdom: The Dragon King is an adaptation of the Nibelungen Sagas of actual German lore, which J.R.R. Tolkien had said was the inspiration for his manufactured myth of The Lord of the Rings.
Starring German actor Benno Furmann as Siegfried (the Dragon Slayer) and Kristanna Loken as Brunhild the Queen of Iceland, Dark Kingdom tells the story of Siegfried and his birthright to the throne of Xanten, his destiny to marry a queen from a foreign land and the various pitfalls of greed and double-cross along the way.
This scene is one of the best dragon fights on film, and hats off to the SCI-FI special effects team for creating such a highly creative and original scaly foe (check out Fafnir's cool mouth, it might remind you of a certain creature that the Governor of California had to fight long ago).
www.ugo.com /channels/filmtv/features/dragonsden/darkkingdomtv.asp   (1133 words)

  
 King of Dragon Pass
King of Dragon Pass is a computer game set in Glorantha (the world of the games
King of Dragon Pass won three Best of Glorantha 2000 awards:
King of Dragon Pass won the award for Best Visual Arts at the second annual Independent Games Festival, and was nominated for an Origins Award.
www.a-sharp.com /kodp   (234 words)

  
 GameStats: King of Dragon Pass
King of Dragon Pass is an adventure game that combines elements of turn-based strategy to create the feel of a Viking saga.
You control the future of a ragged clan, which has decided to settle the empty land of Dragon Pass.
You start off with the clan needs: building up magic, clan relations, cattle raids problems and discovering the land has treasures that need to be sought for.
www.gamestats.com /objects/015/015460   (204 words)

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