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KoalaMeatPie · Mar 07, 2007, 06:33 AM // 06:33

So where was the Name of Abaddon Taken from? I recently Stumbled apon this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magician_%28video_game%29

I doupt it, but it makes sense, But still unlikely due to copyrights 9If remebered)

Then I searched a bit more and come apon this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abaddon_%28demon%29

What do you guys think?

Giga Strike · Mar 07, 2007, 01:44 PM // 13:44

this should go in the lore section.

also, it's old news.

Neriandal Freit · Mar 07, 2007, 01:59 PM // 13:59

Old news or not, people are still allowed to figure out where the name Abaddon came from.

But, it did likely come from Abaddon the demon considering the information provided in the link you provided to us.

Cebe · Mar 07, 2007, 02:09 PM // 14:09

Abaddon, depicted as a Demon, was also featured in Torchwood - I was watching it one night and suddenly sat up "OMG WTF!?!?" style...

Sophitia Leafblade · Mar 07, 2007, 02:30 PM // 14:30

Abaddon is a Biblical Hebrew word meaning "destruction".

Abaddon may refer to:

* Abaddon (band), a Polish band.
* Abaddon (demon), chief of the demons of the seventh hierarchy.
* Abaddon: Fallen Angel, a freeware Role Playing Game for the Personal Computer
* Abaddon the Despoiler, a character in the Warhammer 40,000 fictional universe
* Abaddon Books, an imprint of Rebellion Developments

Abaddon may also refer to:

* In A Wish for Wings (a web comic), a character
* Abadon El Exterminador, a novel by Argentinian writer Ernesto Sabato
* "Abaddon's Bolero", the closing track on Emerson Lake & Palmer's "Trilogy" (1972).
* In the Achaea MUD, a God of Mhaldor
* In Angel Sanctuary, a son of Lucifer, a monster with a deadly gaze
* In Battle Angel Alita, a defensive weapon used by the city of Tiphares.
* In the film Bloody Mallory, a villain attempts to summon the demon Abaddon and plunge the world into darkness.
* In Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow, a cricket-like boss located in the Abyss who attacks using locusts. This boss is also present in Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin.
* In multiple DC Comics series, including The Justice League of America, The Demon, and The Books of Magic, a fallen angel called Abaddon the Destroyer
* In Diablo II: Lord of Destruction, a dungeon area in Act V
* In the 2006 Doctor Who episode "The Impossible Planet", The Ood exclaim that "The Beast shall rise from the pit," and that he is known by many names, one of which is Abaddon.
* In the 2006 Doctor Who spinoff series Torchwood, a demonic entity referred to as Abaddon was released from the Cardiff Rift and was described as 'the Great Devourer', bringing death to anyone that was caught in his shadow in End of Days.
* In DotA Allstars (a Warcraft III custom game), a Scourge hero titled "Lord of Avernus"
* In the Final Fantasy series, a monster
* In Guild Wars, a fiery realm called Abaddon's Mouth
* In Guild Wars Nightfall, Abbadon is the banished sixth god of Tyria.
* In The Magic Kingdom of Landover, the demonic realm.
* Michael Lynn, a technology expert who uses the handle Abaddon
* In the manga Rebirth, a summoning attack called Abaddon's Kiss.
* In early drafts of the Return of the Jedi script, the name for the Imperial capital was Had Abaddon.
* Saga of Pliocene Exile, the character Mark Remillard
* The Scabbed Wings of Abaddon, a free novel about an alternative afterlife] on a plane ruled by the angel Abaddon
* In the StarCraft universe, an ash world featured in StarCraft: Ghost
* Summer in Abaddon, 2004 album by the indie rock band Pinback
* Pseudonym of Tony Bray, drummer in black metal band Venom
* In Unreal Tournament 2004, a cybernetic character
* In the 2006 film, Prairie Home Companion, Abbadon is shown as the Angel of Death who kills an agent of a national radio station to allow the show to continue
* In the MMORPG Eve-online, a space battleship.

Corinthian · Mar 08, 2007, 09:46 PM // 21:46

Puh-leez, Abaddon was around way before GW made it popular.

Z'HA'DUM · Mar 08, 2007, 10:29 PM // 22:29

Revelation 9:11 quotes: <<They have over them a king, the angel of the abyss.In Hebrew his name is Abaddon [meaning "destruction"], but in Greek he has the name Apollyon [meaning "destroyer"]>>

Abaddon here is referred as to Jesus Christ, not a demon.

the information on wikipedia is wrong, because the term "king of the abyss" has been taken literally. the king of the abyss is jesus, since Revelation 20:1-3 later explains that the "holder of the key of the pit of the abyss" hurls Satan into the abyss.

Neriandal Freit · Mar 09, 2007, 12:28 AM // 00:28

Always fun to think that Jesus really is but a demon isn't it?

Gotta love that Abaddon!...then again I am pagan so. Yeah I'll still go for Guildwars, it's has more then just Abbadon

T N Player · Mar 09, 2007, 01:15 AM // 01:15

in the second link, he is also called the destroyer. so the great destroyer could be the abaddon?

Lord-UWR · Mar 09, 2007, 03:09 AM // 03:09

and the great dwarf could be baltazaar? come one people, abaddon has always been known to be a demon, and would have stayed one even if GW didn't feature it. Still, Abaddon is the coolest name ever.

Z'HA'DUM · Mar 09, 2007, 08:42 AM // 08:42

Quote:

Originally Posted by Neriandal Freit

Always fun to think that Jesus really is but a demon isn't it?

Gotta love that Abaddon!...then again I am pagan so. Yeah I'll still go for Guildwars, it's has more then just Abbadon

hey i was not joking! if you examine the scriptures properly, you will see that abaddon is referred to jesus, not a demon. have you read the book of revelation? just because abaddon means "destruction", it doesnt have to be a demon! it means that jesus ist going to destroy those unfaithfull to him at harmageddon.

dont forget that what you find written in wikipedia can be posted from anyone. dont just blindly believe what you find there. sometimes it can be a source of misinformation.

Neriandal Freit · Mar 09, 2007, 11:50 AM // 11:50

Quote:

Originally Posted by Z'HA'DUM

hey i was not joking! if you examine the scriptures properly, you will see that abaddon is referred to jesus, not a demon. have you read the book of revelation? just because abaddon means "destruction", it doesnt have to be a demon! it means that jesus ist going to destroy those unfaithfull to him at harmageddon.

dont forget that what you find written in wikipedia can be posted from anyone. dont just blindly believe what you find there. sometimes it can be a source of misinformation.

I wasn't joking either, I'm pagan

I don't always believe what I find on WikiPedia, considering jsut that reason, I only use guildwiki.

Z'HA'DUM · Mar 09, 2007, 04:15 PM // 16:15

ah ok no problem then^^

yeah in guildwiki we trust lol