Magic Sword: Heroic Fantasy is a 1990 hack-and-slash arcade game by Capcom. The game casts the player as a hero who must fight his way through a mystical...

Sword and sorcery (S&S), or heroic fantasy, is a subgenre of fantasy characterized by sword-wielding heroes engaged in exciting and violent adventures...

notably in sword and sorcery, evil is not opposed by the unambiguously good but by the morally unreliable. Heroic characters are a mainstay of fantasy, particularly...

"High Fantasy and Heroic Romance", which was originally given at the New England Round Table of Children's Librarians in October 1969. Many high fantasy stories...

magic sword is a sword with magical powers or other supernatural qualities. Renowned swords appear in the folklore of every nation that used swords....

of the Round (1991) Last Duel: Inter Planet War 2012 (1988) Magic Sword: Heroic Fantasy (1990) Mega Twins (1990) Quiz & Dragons: Capcom Quiz Game (1992)...

The Heroic Legend of Arslan (Japanese: アルスラーン戦記, Hepburn: Arusurān Senki, lit. 'Arslan War Records') is a Japanese fantasy novel series written by Yoshiki...

structure of an adventure novel. Adventure fantasy Heroic fantasy Lost world Sword-and-sandal Sword-and-sorcery Sword-and-soul Wuxia Nautical Pirate Robinsonade...

Makers of Heroic Fantasy, p. 6 ISBN 0-87054-076-9 Carter, Lin, Imaginary Worlds, the Art of Fantasy. Ballantine, 1973. Brian Attebery, The Fantasy Tradition...

Fantasy is a genre of speculative fiction which involves themes of the supernatural, magic, and imaginary worlds and creatures. Its roots are in oral traditions...

provided as an overview of and topical guide to fantasy: Fantasy – genre of fiction that commonly uses magic and other supernatural phenomena as a primary...

Capcom in the 1980s, writing music for games such as Dynasty Wars, Mercs, Magic Sword, and the original Mega Man. She previously worked for Capcom, where she...

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notes for Final Fantasy V and VI, tasked him with designing Final Fantasy VII's main characters. Nomura's notes listed Cloud's job as magic swordsman (魔法剣士...

The Sword of Shannara is a 1977 epic fantasy novel by American writer Terry Brooks. It is the first book in a titular trilogy. The novel interweaves two...

"dark fantasy" has sometimes been applied to sword and sorcery and high fantasy fiction that features anti-heroic or morally ambiguous protagonists. Another...

Although fantasy had long existed in various forms around the world before his time, J. R. R. Tolkien has been called the "father of fantasy", and The...

viable. Today, fantasy continues as an expansive, multi-layered milieu encompassing many subgenres, including traditional high fantasy, sword and sorcery...

fantasy authors, authors known for writing works of fantasy, fantasy literature, or related genres of magic realism, horror fiction, science fantasy....

people from the real world. Magic, the supernatural and magical creatures are common in many of these imaginary worlds. Fantasy literature may be directed...

Heroic Fantasy is a computer-moderated, dungeon crawl play-by-mail game. It has been active since 1982 when it was published by Flying Buffalo. The initial...

The Colour of Magic is a 1983 fantasy comedy novel by Terry Pratchett, and is the first book of the Discworld series. The first printing of the British...

and Final Fight". RePlay. Vol. 15, no. 4. January 1990. pp. 32, 34. "Magic Sword". RePlay. Vol. 16, no. 1. October 1990. p. 19. "CP System arcade system...

The Broken Sword is a fantasy novel by American writer Poul Anderson, originally published on 5 November 1954. It was issued in a revised edition by Ballantine...

Inside Games, Sephiroth stands out from previous Final Fantasy games because his humanity and heroic nature is early explored which draws parallels to famous...

Warhammer (formerly Warhammer Fantasy Battle or just Warhammer Fantasy) is a tabletop miniature wargame with a medieval fantasy theme. The game was created...

Moorcock also praised Warbreaker, saying: "Brandon Sanderson has written a heroic fantasy depending on originality of character and plot. His "heroines and heroes...

reviewed Chronicles of the Heroic Knight in 1999. They rated it 8.5 out of 10. Legulalp, Serdar (2014-05-28). "Sword & Sorcery Fantasy Anime (Top Best List)"...

the transformation of Narsil to Andúril is directly heroic; but both weapons, like the magic swords of medieval legend, shine with their own light in the...

Chronicle: Day One, is a heroic fantasy novel written by American author Patrick Rothfuss. It is the first book in the ongoing fantasy trilogy The Kingkiller...