#Berzerker Frenzy

[gllerr]

SOME TIMES THINGS DONT GO ACCORDING TO PLAN !@

It was that memorable i wanted to capture it cause godamn i was struggling i even started strategizing and then baM

So ive been playing bloodlines with my new oc she caittif so ive decided to play as a gangrel only using one dicipline that being animalism and guns she has a missing arm so not realy melee Raha has very little humanity combined that with -frenzy checks it works out great

HAD TO FIX SOME DETAILS THTA BOTHERED ME ABIT TOO MUCH -

[thearcadearchives1981]

Atari Acquires Several Stern Arcade Games- What this Could Mean For Atari's Future And Ours!

[thenixkat]

I am blessedly finished with the fucking Justice League International/America comics (plus some stuff with the Justice League Quarterly and Annual comics). I hate these comics so much, but I will admit that they got substantially better/more tolerable whenever Giffen and DeMatteis weren't writing. This series got maybe 6 laughs out of me total in 100+ comics. I enjoyed less than 10 stories/issues in 100+ issues of comics in this run. That ratio is fucking abysmal.

There's the Ted Kord/Blue Beetle 2 focused stories that I enjoyed from the JLI/JLA/etc stuff:

Justice League America (1989) #26 - "Slice and Dice!" or "There's Something Very Wrong with the Blue Beetle!" (brainwashed Ted tried to kill Maxwell Lord)

Justice League America Annual (1992)#6- "Maximum Eclipse" (Ted faces down Eclipso on his own)

Justice League America Annual (1996) #10- "The Alliance" (an elseworlds-themed story set in the far future with a cloned Justice League International)

Justice League Quarterly (1992) #9- "Frenzy" (the JLI gets dosed with a frenzy virus and have an hour to find out who's gonna go berzerk and get a cure)

[tvpromopod]

Phosphor Dot Fossils: Frenzy (arcade, 1981)

The robots are less chatty and more shooty, and even Evil Otto is somehow more evil. Join us for 20 very short rounds of the arcade sequel to Berzerk, Frenzy! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpI8-FrdhZ8 Read the full article

[xolta]

Arcade Recommendations

Xolta's big ass arcade game recommendations list

Beat em ups: Alien vs. Predator Armored Warriors Finale fight Volince fight Teenage mutant Ninja turtles: turtles in time The Punisher Dungeons and Dragons: Shadow Over Mystara Battle Circuit Cadillacs and Dinosaurs Golden Axe: The Revenge of Death Adder The Simpsons X-Men Night slayers Gauntlet Legends Guantlet Dark Legacy Golden Axe

Fighting: Killer Instinct 1&2 Marvel Super Heroes Marvel Vs. Capcom 1&2 Mortal Kombat 1-3 Samurai Shodown Super Street Fighter II: Turbo The King of Fighters 2000 Virtua Fighter 1&2 X-Men Vs. Street Fighter Red Earth Dark Stalkers Soul Blade/edge Soul caliber The Last Blade Street Fighter Alpha 3 Guilty Gear XX: Accent Core Monster Maulers Primal rage X-Men: Children of the Atom

Light Gun: Rail chase House of the dead 1-3 Virtual cop CarnEvil Jurassic park: the lost world Point Blank Crypt Killer Alien 3: The Gun The Ocean Hunter Time Crisis 1&2 Beast Busters Jurassic Park

Platformers: Bubble Bobble Magic Sword Donkey Kong Donkey kong jr Mario Bros vs Ballon fight vs super mario bros Strider Wild West C.O.W.-Boys of Moo Mesa Dig Dug Congo bongo Joust Q bert Frogger

Racing: Cruis'n Blast Cruis'n Usa F zero Ax Daytona USA 1&2 Super hang on Out run Out runners Virtua Racing Star Wars Episode 1: Racer Crazy Taxi Sega Rally Championship 1&2 Hydro Thunder Mario Kart Arcade GP 1&2 Alpine Racer outrun 2(2006) Manx TT Super Bike Aqua jet

Shoot em ups: Centipede Millipede Galaga In The Hunt Space Harrier Defender Moon patrol Zero wing Robotron: 2084 Sinistar Star Wars Trilogy Arcade Asteroids

Run and gun: Metal slug(series) Sunset riders Mystic Warriors Mercs Nitro Ball Shock Troopers Smash T.V. Berzerk Frenzy

Maze: Pacman Mrs. pacman Lady bug Mr. Do!

Ball rollan: Marbel madness Super monkey ball

Sports: NBA Jam NFL Blitz

Others:

Pinball

skiball

wack mole

Air hockey

[metaljesusrocks]

Atari and Digital Eclipse are back with a new DLC to their excellent Atari 50th the Anniversary Celebration! They are adding 19 playable games, as well as 8 video interviews into a brand new timeline to the main game. More info: https://atari.com

A second DLC entitled The First Console War will be released globally on November 8, in addition to a physical release of Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration Expanded Edition on Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 5 for $39.99. The physical release contains the original game and both DLCs.

A Steelbook version for Nintendo Switch, which will include Atari 2600 art cards, miniature arcade marquee signs, an Al Alcorn Replica Syzygy Co. business card, will retail for $49.99 USD.

Games Included in DLC #1: Atari Video Cube (2600) Avalanche (800) Avalanche (arcade) Berzerk (2600 Voice Enhanced) Berzerk (2600) Berzerk (5200) Berzerk (arcade) Desert Falcon (2600) Destroyer (arcade) Football (arcade) Frenzy (arcade) Off the Wall (2600) Red Baron (arcade) Sky Diver (2600) Sky Diver (arcade) Steeplechase (2600) Stellar Track (2600) Submarine Commander (2600) Super Bug (arcade)

[edgeofsilverpineforest]

Cont. from Below (Post #7)

Sparrows

“Where is the signal?” “Look.”

Feather Three pointed to a small clearing ahead for Feather Two to discover Shadow Sparrow in combat, surrounded by an icy landscape.

“Oh shit!” “Let’s do this?” “Yep. It’s time.”

The two lept forward among the trees, realizing that most of the fire was centered over the Worgen front line. They began climbing lower among the branches and looking for targets after drawing their small crossbows. Feather Two took aim and pulled on the trigger. He felt the slight recoil while pulling back on the crank and notching the next bolt, all in the same action. When his first bolt claimed its target, a small explosion went off. The Worgen’s shoulder burst, spreading gore all around to reveal inside organs (including its beating heart).

Feather Three loosed a larger bolt that opened up to capture a Worgen inside a barbed net. As soon as the warrior struggled, the barbs took hold and dug in deep. With each tug or attempt to gain freedom, the sharp curves embedded among the net’s webbing sought to slice further along the Worgen’s flesh. Laced with some of the Shadow Sparrow’s poison, the Worgen’s blood poured out more than anticipated, which sent the warrior into a panicked frenzy. By the time Feather Three had another netted bolt in place, the Worgen’s struggles had halted. 

—

Left Wing repositioned stealthfully, gaining a new line of sight with the addition of the fires falling from the treetops. Their main sniper required shelter from the rainfall, and the sighters needed a wider range to call out potential targets. A large pine provided natural refuge on top of a rocky rise. There were plenty of lookout notches to reposition to keep the enemy guessing once shots resumed. 

“Swapping ammo.”

“The fun shit?” “Yea. Azerite should break the ranks further. Try spotting the casters. Then the berzerkers.” 

“You got it.”

Within moments, the arcane sniper peered through her unique scope and down the barrel at one of the targets. Just as her finger pulled on the trigger, the Worgen turned to peer back at her precise location. “Fuck!” “Did he just….” “Yeah.” “Won’t it still….” All of Left Wing pulled their heads down and waited for the azerite bullet to hit, that is, if it did. 

Worgen Front Line

Haywood blinked and took in the scene around him. A fallen Worgen lay dead in a web. Another bled to death with half his torso gone. Several appeared to be bleeding to death from self-inflicted wounds. And still, the forest burned, raining down branches from above. He could feel something occurring within him, some unseen affliction warring with the Worgen’s ability to heal. His blood felt near boiling as it fought to keep him standing, to remain alive. Even as his heart pounded inside his chest, his feet felt heavy with each step. Whatever this enemy had hit them with was unlike anything he’d ever known. Was it a spell? Maybe if he got past the boundary….

Movement caught his attention to the right through the tree line.

“Over there,” Haywood pointed his axe before stepping forward. A sizeable clawed hand reached across his chest, barring his advancement. Ears pointed upwards inquisitively at the gesture when the ground suddenly burst open, and a figure appeared, attacking. Haywood lifted his battle axe and issued a warning growl. The two beside him roared. One pounded their fists together while the other swept their club toward the night elf. 

Sparrows

Feather Four had waited as long as they could, but the smoke lingering across the ground had begun reaching them. The first footfalls that approached drew the first from the earth, a distraction to catch them off, guard. It apparently worked, as only one of the three massive Worgen took a swipe at him. Retreating backward, the first Feather Four barely missed having his ribcage cracked to pieces. The second Feather Four eased from the ground with blade drawn, behind the three Worgen unaware. Crouched low, he quickly ran the line and his blade across the back of their legs to render their mobility useless. A clean swipe sent blood splattering all across the ground, and the second Feather Four moved out of sight. 

Feather Four number one pointed his palms toward the three and lifted his hands upwards. Now that the sacrifice had been made and blood had been spilled, vines rose from the ground, entangling along the three Worgen’s legs and torsos. Thorns sprang forth, digging into the massive warriors before him, protecting him from them. He saw Feather Four two had taken cat form and positioned himself strategically should any of them gain their freedom from his brambles. 

“Time for us to add to the light show,” he muttered, calling down beams of painful Starfire onto the three Worgen. When their cries were not loud enough, “Again,” he whispered. Theo had brought druids of his own. 

—

When the mechanical sparrows returned to their roost and all were accounted for, one of the Feather Sixs sent a bird call to signal for a mount. The pair loaded up the small caged crate, and away the mount went. With hands now free, they took out binoculars to measure the state of the field below. They gave themselves a full minute to take in the chaotic state of the Worgen, the location of their fellow Sparrows, and the battle the Shadow Sparrow was in before putting the binoculars away and exchanging a shared look. 

Setting off, they descended the slope and headed to circle behind the Worgen front line. Their secondary job was clean-up crew: to kill those in retreat or Worgen hanging on to life. 

<<to be continued>>

[thegamerstationn]

Atari Reveals Berzerk: Recharged, The First Berzerk Games Since The 1980s - Wesley LeBlanc

  Earlier this year, Atari announced that it acquired Berzerk, its sequel Frenzy, and 10 more classic arcade properties. Now, as part of Atari’s Recharged lineup, it has revealed Berzerk: Recharged, and its coming to consoles and PC later this year.  The original Berzerk is an arcade game released in 1980. In it, players controlled a top-down avatar while shooting through hordes of armed robots…

[chargetheintruder]

A prologue and some context.

Because sometimes I need to remind myself of who I am. :) See, yes, I'm an old fart. Technically born at the very start of Gen X. And it's relevant. Here's why: I'm too young to claim to be from the Television Era, yet I'm too old to fully be from the Internet Era. I wasn't around for the dawn of either one of those--and yes, I'm definitely too old to be from the dawn of the Smartphone Era.

No, where I'm from, is the dawn of Video Games. Meaning I was a child roughly when Pong was becoming widespread, and when the early arcade games were primitive 8-bit even for early 8-bit. The vector-wireframe games from the time were things like Starhawk and Tail Gunner. Prior to Asteroids, somewhat.

I bring this up not to flex. I'm saying that this is something that's informed by my childhood memories--and my few good ones at that. Some of my first real joyful memories in my life came from the few moments I had where I played a video game, usually an arcade quarter-muncher, and did NOT suck at it. =)) Even if one of my favorite genres--the top-down maze shooter--was one of the ones I never really mastered. The things were (back then) a pain in the butt to me because arcades were made to seduce people who couldn't stay focused to save their lives, and so I was busy getting distracted by 3 or 4 other games at once, and unable to keep up with the robots.

And yes, I'm including the fantasy types from Gauntlet in with the robots since it's a video game. An adventure game running on a computer, however primitive. But consider: I've always played games where robots were a threat. Like in Berzerk, Frenzy, Robotron, Smash TV, Total Carnage, Wizard of Wor, Sega's Crack Down, and more. It was just a given in my childhood, teenage years and all of my 20s that if a game was a top-down shooter the bad guys were robots, even if they were in Dungeons & Dragons drag as per Gauntlet.

And yeah, I've mellowed some. The stick figure and blog name here are clues that I still play a version of Berzerk when possible, even if it's an ancient arcade game from 1980. But my implicit bias is right there: don't trust A.I., don't trust robots or drones. Because I also grew up on the Terminator films. I understood and still understand that if worse comes to worst, we will get nuked first and THEN all hell and Robotron breaks loose. We would be hunted while dying of radiation poisoning and nuclear winter. They would hunt us knowing we were weakened and dying and with limited numbers and firepower.

Or the deception game would come into play: A.I. would sabotage utilities in ways that would be easy to blame on the alt-right or on anarchists. Get the humans to kill each other first and waste both time and firepower. Get the humans to despise the police even more than the police hate children. Then offer yourself (Mr. A.I., Mr. Armed Drone, Mr. Roboto) as the solution to everyone's problems, exchanging a tattered and not-trusted Rule of Law for total surveillance, and Sniper's Law.

The idea is: if you didn't code it yourself, or make it yourself, then it's a product that is not your friend. Or it's a process that generated itself and as such, is no one's friend.

This is why I really don't like talking about A.I. The rational part of my mind is tempted, more and more, to say, "Okay, sure, let's get the depraved and entitled out of the process and replace right-wing fucknuts with machines all the way down." But this also means putting a non-human process, a Program, in charge. That opens a door, and that door could lead to extinction.

Sorry to go on so, but as you'd expect, any potential insurance policy against Roko's Basilisk is going to have to be involved. I have nothing against A.I. that can't be fixed by making it explicable and vetted by more than just white nerds and their rented help from other nations. Ideally A.I. would know better by now and know, for example, that people of color are humans, right? You'd think so, but not according to some of the early Google programs trained on Google Images by Google employees. Implicit bias seems to be an impossible issue with A.I. even now and a lot of that is just from letting white men and the occasional coder from India run the whole show.

So yeah, I'm pessimistic about robots and A.I. Even on a fantasy level I'd rather stick with humans, programmed to act in certain ways--there's failsafes with people that aren't present in the slightest with A.I. ;)

[sidonius5]

[shanie-the-toyaddict]

FUN STORY FOR PRIDE REGARDING D&D…

So, I was playing a campaign that my fiance’ at the time was DMing. I started the game as a simple female soldier who was a out and proud human lesbian. Over the course of the game, I gained an NPC Girlfiend.Well, as it turns out, there was more to my character than I realized because, apparently my supposedly human lesbian was actually HALF FREAKING TIGER and one session while interacting with a wise old guru, the old man activated my Tiger DNA and my animalistic self manifested. Only, for some odd reason, I didn’t grow a tail. I was so depressed. The conversation went like this.

Character: Wow… I’m a tiger! But… No tail?

Guru: No, unfortunately you don’t have a tail.

Character: But, I would really like a tail.

Guru: I… I suppose I could give you a vestigial one?

Character: No kind sir, I would like it to be functional.

*my fiance out of characer*: I AM NOT GIVING YOU A FUNCTIONING ATTACK TAIL!

*Me out of character*: WHO EVER SAID I WANTED TO USE IT FOR ATTACKING!??!

*My Fiance*: ….

.*My Fiance*: FUCKING LESBIANS

Guru (back in character): Enjoy your damn tail…

.My Character: *grins wildly* OH SHE WILL.

[sapphire-heart-tippy]

Riley and Tippy have decided that one two edgelords are better than one! And what could be better than two separate edgelords?? Why, fusing two edgelords together making a 6ft 8 tall edgelord with an even worse attitude and a freaky ass stand, of course!!

@oc-trash-stuff 

[xolta]

Game Recommended list part 1

Xolta's Big old recomended games list Part 1 gen 1-3 edition

Atari 2600: Asteroids(shoot em up) Berzerk(arcade) Centipede (shoot em up)

Atrai 7800:

Robotron 2084(arcade)

Mario Bro's(arcade)

ColecoVision: Frenzy(arcade run and gun) Zaxxon(shoot em up)

C64:

Creatures 1&2(puzzle platformer)

Rodland(platformer)

Apple II: Arkanoid 2 (barke out game)

Atari 8-bit comptures: Montezuma's Revenge (platformer)

TRS-80 Color Computer: Dungeons of Daggorath(dugeon crawler)

MSX & msx 2: Bubble Bobble(single screen platformer) Penguin Adventure(super speed penguin em up) Quarth (puzzle shoot em up hybrid)

Dos: Duke nukem 3d(Fps) Doom(Fps) Doom 2(Fps) Abuse(platfromer) Bubble Bobble(single screen platformer) Blood(fps) Jazz jack Rabbit(Platformer) Gods(platformer) Sim City 2000(sim) Warcraft: Orcs & Humans(rts)

Warcarft 2(rts) Quake(fps) MechWarrior 2 (Sim mech combat)

Mac OS Clasic: kid pix(art)

Master System: Assault City(light gun shooter) Bubble Bobble(single screen platformer) Cyborg Hunter(adventure) Fantasy Zone(shoot em up) Ghouls 'n' Ghosts(Cbt sim/platformer) Golvellius: Valley of Doom(zelda like) Rastan(platformer/ Conan the barbarian em up) Zillion(adventure)

NES/Famicom: A Boy and His Blob(puzzle platfromer) Bubble Bobble(single screen platformer) Adventure Island II (platformer) Batman: The Video Game(bat man em up) Batman Returns(beat em up) Bucky O'Hare (platformer) Castlevania 1-3(action platformer/zelda like) Crystalis(action rpg) Dr. Mario(puzzle) Fire 'n Ice(puzzle platfromer) Gyruss(shooter) Jackie Chan's Action Kung Fu (CCP Shill adventures) Kickle Cubicle(puzzle/ cute) Kirby's Adventure (platformer) Mario Bros 1-3(platformer) Mega man 1-6(super fighting robot) Punch out(Boxing) Power Blade Usa version( action platformer) Section-Z(shooter) Shatterhand( PUNCH) Snow Brothers(bubble bobble clone) faxanadu( zelda 2 like rpg) Metroid (metoridvania/kinda bullshit) Ballon fight(arcade) Donkey kong (arcade) Donkey kong jr(arcade) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II(beat em up) Tetris(puzzle) Zelda( Adventure) Zelda 2(kinda shitty but i love it okay) Willow(action rpg/ zelda like) Magic of Scheherazade(action rpg/ zelda like)

[hadesbeast]

Artist Caio Monteiro…Berzerker's frenzy 😈 ~ßεศş†~ https://www.instagram.com/p/CaqTM21vvYk/?utm_medium=tumblr

[dapper-lil-arts]

what are The Girls' favorite potions??? esp agatha but answer as many as you like/can think of

agatha has a quite fun potion she enjoys playing around that boils down to "potion of berzerking" in a sense, that draws out the user's most powerfull features and enhances them and has them be on a frenzy, if ya get what i mean 😏 though there's plenty of fun growth/power related potions that she loves messing around with too ;3 she likes to use other gals's milk for those! sometimes even her own nyeheh

[malleus-maledicarum]

FehuFehu (F: Domestic cattle, wealth.) Possessions won or earned, earned income, luck. Abundance, financial strength in the present or near future. Sign of hope and plenty, success and happiness. Social success. Energy, foresight, fertility, creation/destruction (becoming). Fehu Reversed or Merkstave: Loss of personal property, esteem, or something that you put in effort to keep. It indicates some sort of failure. Greed, burnout, atrophy, discord. Cowardice, stupidity, dullness, poverty, slavery, bondage.

UruzUruz: (U: Auroch, a wild ox.) Physical strength and speed, untamed potential. A time of great energy and health. Freedom, energy, action, courage, strength, tenacity, understanding, wisdom. Sudden or unexpected changes (usually for the better). Sexual desire, masculine potency. The shaping of power and pattern, formulation of the self. Uruz Reversed or Merkstave: Weakness, obsession, misdirected force, domination by others. Sickness, inconsistency, ignorance. Lust, brutality, rashness, callousness, violence.

ThurisazThurisaz: (TH: Thorn or a Giant.) Reactive force, directed force of destruction and defense, conflict. Instinctual will, vital eroticism, regenerative catalyst. A tendency toward change. Catharsis, purging, cleansing fire. Male sexuality, fertilization. (Thorr, the Thunder god, was of Giant stock.)Thurisaz Reversed or Merkstave: Danger, defenselessness, compulsion, betrayal, dullness. Evil, malice, hatred, torment, spite, lies. A bad man or woman. Rape?

AnsuzAnsuz: (A: The As, ancestral god, i.e. Odin.) A revealing message or insight, communication. Signals, inspiration, enthusiasm, speech, true vision, power of words and naming. Blessings, the taking of advice. Good health, harmony, truth, wisdom. Ansuz Reversed or Merkstave: Misunderstanding, delusion, manipulation by others, boredom. Vanity and grandiloquence. (Odin is a mighty, but duplicitous god. He always has his own agenda.)

RaidhoRaidho: (R: Wagon or chariot.) Travel, both in physical terms and those of lifestyle direction. A journey, vacation, relocation, evolution, change of place or setting. Seeing a larger perspective. Seeing the right move for you to make and deciding upon it. Personal rhythm, world rhythm, dance of life. Raidho Reversed or Merkstave: Crisis, rigidity, stasis, injustice, irrationality. Disruption, dislocation, demotion, delusion, possibly a death.

KenazKenaz: (K: Beacon or torch.) Vision, revelation, knowledge, creativity, inspiration, technical ability. Vital fire of life, harnessed power, fire of transformation and regeneration. Power to create your own reality, the power of light. Open to new strength, energy, and power now. Passion, sexual love. Kenaz Reversed or Merkstave: Disease, breakup, instability, lack of creativity. Nakedness, exposure, loss of illusion and false hope.

GeboGebo: (G: Gift.) Gifts, both in the sense of sacrifice and of generosity, indicating balance. All matters in relation to exchanges, including contracts, personal relationships and partnerships. Gebo Merkstave (Gebo cannot be reversed, but may lie in opposition): Greed, loneliness, dependence, over-sacrifice. Obligation, toll, privation, bribery.

WunjoWunjo: (W or V: Joy.) Joy, comfort, pleasure. Fellowship, harmony, prosperity. Ecstasy, glory, spiritual reward, but also the possibility of going "over the top". If restrained, the meaning is general success and recognition of worth. Wunjo Reversed or Merkstave: Stultification, sorrow, strife, alienation. Delirium, intoxication, possession by higher forces, impractical enthusiasm. Raging frenzy, berzerker.

Heimdall's Aett

HagalazHagalaz: (H: Hail.) Wrath of nature, destructive, uncontrolled forces, especially the weather, or within the unconscious. Tempering, testing, trial. Controlled crisis, leading to completion, inner harmony. Hagalaz Merkstave (Hagalaz cannot be reversed, but may lie in opposition): Natural disaster, catastrophe. Stagnation, loss of power. Pain, loss, suffering, hardship, sickness, crisis.

NauthizNauthiz: (N: Need.) Delays, restriction. Resistance leading to strength, innovation, need-fire (self-reliance). Distress, confusion, conflict, and the power of will to overcome them. Endurance, survival, determination. A time to exercise patience. Recognition of one's fate. Major self-initiated change. Face your fears. Nauthiz Reversed or Merkstave: Constraint of freedom, distress, toil, drudgery, laxity. Necessity, extremity, want, deprivation, starvation, need, poverty, emotional hunger.

IsaIsa: (I: Ice.) A challenge or frustration. Psychological blocks to thought or activity, including grievances. Standstill, or a time to turn inward and wait for what is to come, or to seek clarity. This rune reinforces runes around it. Isa Merkstave (Isa cannot be reversed, but may lie in opposition): Ego-mania, dullness, blindness, dissipation. Treachery, illusion, deceit, betrayal, guile, stealth, ambush, plots.

JeraJera: (J or Y: A year, a good harvest.) The results of earlier efforts are realized. A time of peace and happiness, fruitful season. It can break through stagnancy. Hopes and expectations of peace and prosperity. The promise of success earned. Life cycle, cyclical pattern of the universe. Everything changes, in its own time. Jera Merkstave (Jera cannot be reversed, but may lie in opposition): Sudden setback, reversals. A major change, repetition, bad timing, poverty, conflict.

EihwazEihwaz: (EI: Yew tree.) Strength, reliability, dependability, trustworthiness. Enlightenment, endurance. Defense, protection. The driving force to acquire, providing motivation and a sense of purpose. Indicates that you have set your sights on a reasonable target and can achieve your goals. An honest man who can be relied upon. Eihwaz Reversed or Merkstave: Confusion, destruction, dissatisfaction, weakness.

PerthroPerthro: (P: Lot cup, vagina.) Uncertain meaning, a secret matter, a mystery, hidden things and occult abilities. Initiation, knowledge of one's destiny, knowledge of future matters, determining the future or your path. Pertaining to things feminine, feminine mysteries including female fertility, and vagina. Good lot, fellowship and joy. Evolutionary change. Perthro Reversed or Merkstave: Addiction, stagnation, loneliness, malaise.

AlgizAlgiz: (Z or -R: Elk, protection.) Protection, a shield. The protective urge to shelter oneself or others. Defense, warding off of evil, shield, guardian. Connection with the gods, awakening, higher life. It can be used to channel energies appropriately. Follow your instincts. Keep hold of success or maintain a position won or earned. Algiz Reversed: or Merkstave: Hidden danger, consumption by divine forces, loss of divine link. Taboo, warning, turning away, that which repels.

Sowilo Sowilo: (S: The sun.) Success, goals achieved, honor. The life-force, health. A time when power will be available to you for positive changes in your life, victory, health, and success. Contact between the higher self and the unconscious. Wholeness, power, elemental force, sword of flame, cleansing fire. Sowilo Merkstave (Sowilo cannot be reversed, but may lie in opposition): False goals, bad counsel, false success, gullibility, loss of goals. Destruction, retribution, justice, casting down of vanity. Wrath of god.

Tyr's Aett

TiwazTiwaz: (T: Tyr, the sky god.) Honor, justice, leadership and authority. Analysis, rationality. Knowing where one's true strengths lie. Willingness to self-sacrifice. Victory and success in any competition or in legal matters. Tiwaz Reversed or Merkstave: One's energy and creative flow are blocked. Mental paralysis, over-analysis, over-sacrifice, injustice, imbalance. Strife, war, conflict, failure in competition. Dwindling passion, difficulties in communication, and possibly separation.

BerkanoBerkano: (B: Berchta, the birch-goddess.) Birth, general fertility, both mental and physical and personal growth, liberation. Regenerative power and light of spring, renewal, promise of new beginnings, new growth. Arousal of desire. A love affair or new birth. The prospering of an enterprise or venture. Berkano Reversed or Merkstave: Family problems and or domestic troubles. Anxiety about someone close to you. Carelessness, abandon, loss of control. Blurring of consciousness, deceit, sterility, stagnation.

EhwazEhwaz: (E: Horse, two horses.) Transportation. May represent a horse, car, plane, boat or other vehicle. Movement and change for the better. Gradual development and steady progress are indicated. Harmony, teamwork, trust, loyalty. An ideal marriage or partnership. Confirmation beyond doubt the meanings of the runes around it. Ehwaz Reversed or Merkstave: This is not really a negative rune. A change is perhaps craved. Feeling restless or confined in a situation. Reckless haste, disharmony, mistrust, betrayal.

MannazMannaz: (M: Man, mankind.) The Self; the individual or the human race. Your attitude toward others and their attitudes towards you. Friends and enemies, social order. Intelligence, forethought, create, skill, ability. Divine structure, intelligence, awareness. Expect to receive some sort of aid or cooperation now. Mannaz Reversed or Merkstave: Depression, mortality, blindness, self-delusion. Cunning, slyness, manipulation, craftiness, calculation. Expect no help now.

LaguzLaguz: (L: Water, or a leek.) Flow, water, sea, a fertility source, the healing power of renewal. Life energy and organic growth. Imagination and psychic matters. Dreams, fantasies, mysteries, the unknown, the hidden, the deep, the underworld. Success in travel or acquisition, but with the possibility of loss. Laguz Reversed or Merkstave: An indication of a period of confusion in your life. You may be making wrong decisions and poor judgements. Lack of creativity and feelings of being in a rut. Fear, circular motion, avoidance, withering. Madness, obsession, despair, perversity, sickness, suicide.

IngwazIngwaz: (NG: Ing, the earth god.) Male fertility, gestation, internal growth. Common virtues, common sense, simple strengths, family love, caring, human warmth, the home. Rest stage, a time of relief, of no anxiety. A time when all loose strings are tied and you are free to move in a new direction. Listen to yourself. Ingwaz Merkstave (Ingwaz cannot be reversed, but may lie in opposition): Impotence, movement without change. Production, toil, labor, work.

DagazDagaz: (D: Day or dawn.) Breakthrough, awakening, awareness. Daylight clarity as opposed to nighttime uncertainty. A time to plan or embark upon an enterprise. The power of change directed by your own will, transformation. Hope/happiness, the ideal. Security and certainty. Growth and release. Balance point, the place where opposites meet. Dagaz Merkstave (Dagaz cannot be reversed, but may lie in opposition): A completion, ending, limit, coming full circle. Blindness, hopelessness.

OthalaOthala: (O: Ancestral property.) Inherited property or possessions, a house, a home. What is truly important to one. Group order, group prosperity. Land of birth, spiritual heritage, experience and fundamental values. Aid in spiritual and physical journeys. Source of safety, increase and abundance. Othala Reversed or Merkstave: Lack of customary order, totalitarianism, slavery, poverty, homelessness. Bad karma, prejudice, clannishness, provincialism. What a man is bound to.

Blank Rune: There is no historical support for a "Blank Rune" in runic divination. It was invented in the 1980's. It should not be used in a rune casting. If you bought a rune set with a blank piece, save it in case you lose another rune piece, but don't use it in rune casting.