Ascalon
The word Ascalon comes from Ashkelon, a coastal city in Israel. It can refer to a number of possible topics:
Places
- Ashkelon, the ancient city
- Ascalon, Georgia, an unincorporated community
- Ascalon, Missouri, near St. Louis
Ashkelon history related
- Battle of Ascalon, considered the last action of the First Crusade
- The lance (or in some versions of the story, sword) that Saint George used to slay the dragon, named after the city Ashkelon
- The British World War II aeroplane used by Winston Churchill, named after the lance—an Avro York
Popular culture
- Ascalon, a region in the computer game series Guild Wars
- Ascalon, a powerful sword in the game Dragon's Dogma
- Ascalon, a post-game greatsword in the game Infinite Undiscovery
- Ascalon, a holy sword wielded by King Thordan in the Heavensward expansion of Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn
- Ascalon, a sword of Galvan technology wielded by Georgius in Ben 10: Ultimate Alien
- Ascalon, a dragon-slaying sword that appears in the Castlevania Series.
- Ascalon, a holy sword given to Issei Hyodo by the Angel Michael to help defeat The Vanishing Dragon in High School DxD
Other
- Ascalon: the name of Winston Churchill's personal VIP transport aircraft, an Avro York transport derivative of the Avro Lancaster.
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