A legendary weapon for my Dragon Empire setting, inspired by an actual weapon that existed in Chinese history

A horrific device only employed by the most black hearted of magic users.

Plasmid and plasmic lifeforms are frequently relegated to the back bench of the creature roster, left to linger with oozes, slimes, and puddings, and only appear as random monsters in sci-fi.

Because I freaking can.

Thief, murderer, mercenary, criminal boss and general pox on humanity.

Inspired by Ulysses Klaue

A weapon used in the old days of Setsokan warlords, by the Son of Sets himself, these barbed spikes rend through flesh and bone as easily as paper.

The Staff of the Flame Eagle

You can't miss it, it's eight feet tall, glows in the dark and breathes ghost flames. Even if you're blind it utters blasphemies and damnations, a black poetry of the underworld. If you're deaf and blind you can feel the cold in the air when they turn up.

Seven rings were made long ago in the days of the Queens of old, seven highly magical rings to help a ruler to rule, but they proved anything but helpful.

Collectible Duel Games are the predominant form of non-sexual, non-spectator electronic entertainment in the Cosmic Era.

'Where do you come from?' asked Clovis.

'Well, this I do not remember,' said the man. 'And also, I am not sure where I am going. But one thing I do know is that I am very hungry, so I am happy that you have come along!'

More colloquially known as the avatar, muse, or handle.

Part of the Fermi Paradox, the Great Filter is one of the explanations as to why intelligent alien life hasn't been discovered.

At the height of the Imbrian Culture, they colonized almost the entire Solar System, and Lunaformed many of the planets.

Log: Encounter 701,Syowa Antarctica

Classification: Keter, magnitude 5

Type: plasmic manifestation

26/30 Sample Dead Zones to flesh out the wastelands of the Cosmic Era.

An overview of various ranking system in ancient China (main sources used come from the Chinese version of Wiki)

Dead Zones are the cancerous pock marked ruins of the Petroleum Era, cities and urban sprawls long abandoned, quarantined or simply lost.

Everything wrong with the 2014 Godzilla

Spoilers, obviously

The bow is a highly intelligent weapon, with memories and plans. The wielder of the bow is a brainless zombie, who is still perfectly capable of wielding the weapon. Together, they're an NPC.