Previous to Six Years' War Forthweg was partitioned between Algarve and Unkerlant, but later gained independence after that war. Eggs may also be buried in the ground and enchanted to explode like landmines if they sense pressure, or can be buried along ley lines and set to explode if a ley line caravan passes over them, which simultaneously destroys the caravan and overloads the ley line's controlling spells. In the more westward parts of the continent, in contrast, Kaunians became an ethnic minority in countries formed by the invading "barbarians": maintaining a distinct and largely separate minority culture, keeping the ancient language in more or less its original form as their daily speech, clinging to the short tunics and trousers common in the days of Empire, and frowning at the idea of mixed marriages. Unkerlant responds to these magical attacks by sacrificing their own people to attack Algarve in the same way. The nations in the Darkness series do not have randomly invented names for their people and locations. Si alguna sinopsis cuenta demasiados detalles del argumento -o para corregir errores o completar datos de la ficha o fecha de estreno- puedes mandarnos un mensaje. Sinopsis: Serie de TV (2019-). As a result, Ortah is invaded near the end of the war, and ends up an Unkerlanter satellite like Forthweg and Yanina. King Penda declared war on Algarve as part of the initial coalition against Algarve, but was attacked by both Algarve and Unkerlant and the country got re-partitioned; later, the whole is occupied by Algarve and at the end of the war is occupied by Unkerlant, which decides not to annex it outright but make it a satellite. Populations are for the most part homogeneous enough that a difference in hair color is easily enough to make one stand out. Important battles in the series are also based on famous World War II battles. The Algarvian offensive in the spring of the second year led to the defeat and occupation of the country. [citation needed] Ice People introduce themselves by describing their genealogy into the remote past ending by saying they are related to a god. Dragons can carry eggs beneath their bellies for their fliers to drop on enemy forces or cities. [1] While clearly filling the strategic role of the US in WWII, Kuusamo's history and culture are quite different from that of the US. Armies launch them like shells from magically powered 'egg-tossers', which may be standalone devices or mounted on ley-line ships or behemoths. Kuusaian and Lagoan victors give the Valmierans a share in the spoils after the war is over (like the British and Americans to 1945 France). Breene. The wearing of trousers by the Kaunian women tends to be a distraction for other peoples, as the tight pants reveal more than the more modern knee-length tunics do. 5 Forma parte de una triarquía de poderes ancestrales junto a The Angelus y The Witchblade. Sibiu, a member of the initial coalition, was overrun in a surprise attack by Algarve in the first year of the war, and freed in the third year of the war. Allied with Algarve in the beginning of the war, its people are most noted for being incompetent militarily, though individual soldiers and dragon flyers sometimes show bravery. 17:37 hs. Books include Into the Darkness, Braving the Elements, On A Razor's Edge, Demons, The Council, Shadow Watcher, Jonas, and Charles. Inspired by the popular comic book series produced by Top Cow Productions, Inc., The Darkness II is an intense first person shooter that delivers a twisted and gripping narrative of tragedy, modern crime drama, and supernatural horror. Its people are descendants of the ancient Kaunian Empire and as such are slim, blonde and blue-eyed and their dress is typically trousers and tunics. [1][4] Kaunian languages are based on modern Baltic languages - Lithuanian is Classical Kaunian and Latvian for Valmerian and Jelgavian. They share with the Algarvians a love for ostentatious mustaches and macho behavior; arguing is semi-humorously considered the national sport. Serie de TV (2019-). It is mentioned that some 300 to 250 years in the past Sibiu fought a series of naval wars with Lagoas, over trade and control of the sea. Also, Yanina has a colonial possession in the strategic Land of the Ice People, which it is unable to defend against Lagoas, and is being forced to pass effective conduct of the war there into the hands of the Algarvians (equivalent of Italy passing the war in North Africa to the Germans under Erwin Rommel). Magic and other fantastic beasts, like dragons, are also stand-ins for World War II technology. Valmiera was one of the states which declared war on Algarve in the first year of the war. [8] Located on a peninsula on the far northern part of Derlavai. Darkness is a new type of reality TV's survival genre, that's being taken to new levels of mental and physical challenges. [3] Algarve was defeated in the Six Years' War a generation ago, which was analogous to World War I[citation needed], and forced to sign the humiliating Treaty of Tartus. I don't know what it is that kept me riveted. It is speculated that using humans may make a more powerful magical explosion. The weapon requires grandparent and grandchild rats, rabbits or any other living creatures. Their mages still defaulted toward wanting to kill Kaunians out of habit, including the soldiers fighting on their side, but Algarvian officers increasingly refused to allow this, leading the mages to turn to killing Yaninan deserters or turning to other magics. In retaliation, Zuwayza allied with Algarve against Unkerlant. The equivalent to Poland. Forthweg has a subtropical climate, with olive and citrus groves a prominent part of its agriculture. The people of Rivaroli have an Algarvian allegiance, revolting upon the approach of the Algarvian army in the early part of the war - for which they pay dearly at the war's end, being expelled en masse by the Valmierans. Filmaffinity no tiene relación alguna con el productor, productora o el director de la película. Kaunians bring this precision into play when they switch to a more modern language, generally to the disdain of others. Though a fantasy, its general history, geography, and combatants are analogs of World War II, called the "Derlavai War" in this universe. Darkness mantiene el alto nivel de las producciones nórdicas de tipo policíaco. It's been four weeks since Ember Brycin witnessed what her powers are capable of. El copyright del poster, carátula, fotogramas, fotografías e imágenes de cada DVD, VOD, Blu-ray, tráiler y banda sonora original (BSO) pertenecen a las correspondientes productoras y/o distribuidoras. The equivalent of Finland. The beam from a soldier's stick can burn a hole through a person with little difficulty, although they are largely ineffective against dragons and behemoths, which are not only naturally tough but also armored or painted silver to reflect beams. The equivalent of Switzerland. Many of its characters are also the equivalents of historical people. Large, modern cities tend to be located on or near strong power points which provide the energy for the operation of the city's lighting, heating and other comforts. None of the people have family names, even if they are members of the nobility. Jelgava has a subtropical climate where olives and oranges grow, and is separated from the rest of the continent by a high mountain chain. Moreover, the mages themselves can deliver the energy to any target, by simply pointing out the spot on the globe. Its people are brutally treated by the paranoid and ruthless King Swemmel, analogous to Joseph Stalin. The people of Ortah are supposed to be related to the Ice People, and their language is similar to theirs, in both cases drawn from Hebrew. While capable of great cruelty, Algarvians can also be quite generous on occasion; they doff their hats (sometimes literally) to an enemy whose conduct earned their grudging respect; and the same cultural traits which make them seem insufferably arrogant in victory also enable them to face adversity - even the certainty of imminent death - with admirable courage and fortitude. To their enemies, Algarvians often seem arrogant and overbearing, and their conduct amply earns them the hatred of those who had the misfortune to live under their rule. Zuwayza was once ruled directly by Unkerlant but gained independence after the Six Years' War. Smaller sticks are seen owned by civilians for blazing vermin or hunting game, or used by constables. 252 likes. 9 episodios. The mages of Derlavai gather magical power from the various power points scattered around the planet and the ley lines which link them, a recent discovery made only 200 years before the start of the books. Algarvian names are drawn from Italian. Kuusaman sorcerers succeed in discovering a new method of magical energy release, first using it to counter Algarve's murder-fueled spells, and eventually, a more powerful version of the spell is used to destroy the capital of Gyongyos. Equivalent to France. The emanations by which speech and images are transmitted between them are subject to interception by other mages, something at the forefront of the minds of most military planners in the series. A soldier's stick is a large device and is activated when bare flesh such as an uncovered finger is inserted into its 'blazing hole'. A Watcher-Hunter is stalking Immortals, kidnapping their loved ones to force them into a fight on his terms... and Tessa is the next one to be kidnapped. Located in the center of the continent, Algarve's people are characterized as red-headed and green-eyed, given to flamboyancy in word and gesture, and its males exhibit manifest macho behavior. Given the appropriate spells and mages able to perform them, the grandparent is pushed forward in time and the grandchild backward, killing them in the process and deriving enormous magical energy. [citation needed] The capital of Sibiu is Tirgoviste. Los derechos de propiedad intelectual de las críticas corresponden a los correspondientes críticos y/o medios de comunicación de los que han sido extraídos. Darkness, also known as World at War, is a series of six fantasy novels by Harry Turtledove. Former Greater Manchester Police officer Claire Church's peaceful existence in the Western Isles is shattered when four bodies linked to her previous investigations are unearthed. Darkness: La huella del crimen, La desaparición de una adolescente sirve de motor de arranque de este oscuro thriller criminal que nos sumerge en los recovecos más oscuros y extremos de la mente humana. Larger sticks, known as heavy sticks, are carried by behemoths on the battlefield, and can blaze through several men, another behemoth's armor or even take down dragons. First they lived in independent city states and small principalities which later coalesced into the successor-states Jelgava and Valmiera. Swemmel defeated his brother Kyot in the Twinking's War, the equivalent to the Russian Civil War, shortly after the Six Years' War. 4 episodes. By artisans, who work by hand and use a limited amount of magic. The equivalent of Spain and Portugal. They allowed Valmierans and Jelgavans to join their army, and they played an important role on the southern front against the Unkerlanters and in Jelgava. Adding to Ember’s problems is a certain Dark Dweller. Ethnic Unkerlanters are dark-haired and stocky, clean-shaven, and wear long tunics (the tendency to be clean-shaven being what distinguishes them from the Forthwegians), but Unkerlant is apparently home to ethnic minorities such as the people of the Mamming Hills in the south, who look "more like Kuusamans than anything else." The Electrical Current Storm has turned Seattle, Washington into a natural disaster zone. Yaninas are described as being small, swarthy, dark-haired, and big-nosed, somewhat like Unkerlanters but shorter and less stocky. Posee una factura de una elegancia sórdida e inquietante, giros en la trama, y una sensación constante de amenaza. [1] Similarly, the Algarvic nations all speak Latin-derived languages: Algarve speaks Italian, Lagoas has Portuguese, and Sibiu Romanian. The second book, Taste of Darkness, is where I really started to develop a taste for the series. Lagoas joined the war against Algarve when Sibiu was invaded and underwent several air attacks from Algarvian dragons based in Valmiera. © 2002-2021 Filmaffinity - Movieaffinity | Filmaffinity es una página de recomendación de películas y series, y es un medio totalmente independiente cuya principal prioridad es la privacidad y seguridad de los datos de sus usuarios. [citation needed] Isolationist, mountainous, and protected by swamps - its people are generally left alone on the political stage. 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