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  2. Chimera in popular culture - Wikipedia

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    Chimera is referenced when describing the shape-shifting guardian creature that follows and protects John Smith in the movie I Am Number Four.; The character Beast from Disney's Beauty and the Beast is a Chimera-like creature, with the horns of a bison, brows of a gorilla, nose and mane of a lion, the back mane of a hyena, the tusks of a boar, the arms and chest of a bear and the hind legs and ...

  3. World of Warcraft: Cataclysm - Wikipedia

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    World of Warcraft: Cataclysm is the third expansion set for the massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) World of Warcraft, following Wrath of the Lich King. It was officially announced at BlizzCon on August 21, 2009, although dataminers and researchers discovered details before it was announced by Blizzard. [ 2 ]

  4. Genetic chimerism in fiction - Wikipedia

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    Chimeras appear frequently in the Thursday Next science fiction novels written by Jasper Fforde. They are the result of home genetic engineering kits. Vonda McIntyre's novella Screwtop (1976) features a genetically engineered "tetraparental" (four parents) character who has black-and-fair streaked skin, as well as black-and-blond streaked hair.

  5. Grotesque (architecture) - Wikipedia

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    Grotesque on St Vitus Cathedral, Prague. Grotesques also were a key feature of medieval architecture. As the Middle Ages were often referred to as “the age of faith,” [17] religious institutions were hugely important and heavily decorated. Grotesques played a key role in this adding often humorous and subtly subversive touches to these ...

  6. Emerald Empress - Wikipedia

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    The first and mainstream version of the character is Sarya, who discovered the Emerald Eye of Ekron on the planet Venegar and became a villain after being corrupted by its influence. Sarya turned to a life of piracy and began to gain a following before later founding the Fatal Five and becoming an enemy of the Legion of Super-Heroes.

  7. Chimera (mythology) - Wikipedia

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    "Chimera of Arezzo": an Etruscan bronze. According to Hesiod, the Chimera's mother was a certain ambiguous "she", which may refer to Echidna, in which case the father would presumably be Typhon, though possibly (unlikely) the Hydra or even Ceto was meant instead. [4]

  8. World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth - Wikipedia

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    World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth is the seventh expansion pack for the massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) World of Warcraft, following Legion. It was announced at BlizzCon on November 3, 2017.

  9. Homeworld: Cataclysm - Wikipedia

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    Homeworld: Cataclysm is a 2000 real-time strategy video game developed by Barking Dog Studios and published by Sierra Studios for Windows. It is the second entry in the Homeworld series and was originally developed as an expansion for Relic Entertainment 's Homeworld , but was ultimately released as a stand-alone sequel.