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The word Berserker can refer to several things:

  • For other uses, see Berserker (disambiguation). ...Berserkers, Viking (disambiguation). ...Viking warriors who attacked with a crazed fury.
  • Fred Saberhagens Berserker series is a space opera in which robotic self-replicating machines intend to destroy all organic life. ...Berserker For other meanings of this term see Space Opera (disambiguation). ...space opera series of Frederick Thomas (born 1930) is an American science fiction and fantasy fiction author most famous for his Berserker series of science fiction stories. ...Fred Saberhagen.
  • One of two movies named There have been two films that use the title Berserker: Berserker (1987 film) Berserker (2001 film) This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...Berserker.
  • For other articles related to the word berserk see Berserker_(disambiguation) Berserk (ベルセルク) is a heroic fantasy manga and anime by mangaka Kentaro Miura. ...Berserk, Japanese This article is about the Japanese medium. ...manga and A scene from Cowboy Bebop (1998) Anime (アニメ) is Japanese animation, often characterized by stylized colorful images depicting vibrant characters in a variety of different settings and storylines, aimed at a variety of different audiences. ...anime.
  • Berserker, a Heavy metal is a form of rock music characterized by aggressive, driving rhythms and highly amplified distorted guitars, generally with grandiose lyrics and virtuosic instrumentation. ...metal song from the Clerks. ...Clerks movie.
  • Berserk! a 1960s movie
  • Berzerk is a shooter video game, released in 1980 by Stern Electronics of Chicago. ...Berzerk is a shooter video game, released in 1980 is a leap year starting on Tuesday. ...1980
  • A Berzerker is a second_tier character class of the game Fire Emblem. ...Bezerker, something from Fire Emblem (Japanese: ファイアーエムブレム) is a popular strategy and role_playing video game franchise, developed by Intelligent Systems, and published by Nintendo. ...Fire Emblem

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The Beserkers (134 words)
Before a battle the warriors would dress with a shirt made of bear or wolf skin (The term Beserker translates to "men in bearskin coats" and the warriors who donned the wolf skins were known as "ulfheobar", but today both groups are both described as Beserkers).
A Byzantine emperor described the Beserkers in battle as being possessed by a ferocity and madness seen only in wild beasts.
The term "berserk" was derived from the Beserkers.
Beserk for Beserkers (569 words)
Here are the Beserkers, the Thundercat equivilant of ocean-faring pirates with their own unique powers and, um, perspectives on life.
Hammerhand is the only one with a ray of intelligence in the Beserker group, and it's barely a ray at that.
Cruncher is the brute strength of the Beserkers.
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