Uhura

Nyota Uhura /niːˈoʊtə ʊˈhʊrə/ is a character in Star Trek: The Original Series, Star Trek: The Animated Series, the first six Star Trek films, the 2009 film Star Trek, its 2013 sequel Star Trek Into Darkness and 2016 sequel Star Trek Beyond. The character was portrayed by Nichelle Nichols through the sixth Star Trek film. Since 2009, a younger Uhura is portrayed by actress Zoë Saldana.

Uhura was an important part of the original series' multicultural crew and one of the first characters of African descent to be featured in a non-menial role on an American television series.

Name

Gene Roddenberry had intended his new female communications officer to be called "Lieutenant Sulu".Herb Solow pointed out how similar this was to "Zulu" and thought it might act against the plan for racial diversity in the show, so the name Sulu remained with George Takei's character. "Uhura" comes from the Swahili word uhuru, meaning "freedom". Nichols states in her book Beyond Uhura that the name was inspired by her having had with her a copy of Robert Ruark's book Uhuru on the day she read for the part. When producer Robert Justman explained to Roddenberry what the word uhuru meant, he changed it to Uhura and adopted that as the character's name. Coincidentally, the end credits of the film Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country incorrectly refer to Uhura as "Uhuru".

List of Quest for Glory characters

The characters in Quest for Glory are fictional characters who appear in the Quest for Glory series of roleplaying graphical adventure games by Sierra Entertainment. The characters and related plot events are described, below, using the in-universe tone of the 5 Quest for Glory adventure games.

The Hero

The Hero is the protagonist and player character in Quest for Glory. During the character-creation process, the player is given the opportunity to name the Hero. If no name is given in game 1 (QFG1), his name defaults to "Unknown Hero" (or "Hero" in QFG5). The only known background is that he is the "Hero from the East", having left from an eastern village to become a hero. Only a few narrations offer any further mundane background, such as that he has an Aunt Helen, or that he received a tie on All Fool's Day.

Several names given to the character have been shown in screen shots in the game documentation: Brutus, Gonad the Barbarian, Dingleberry, Joker, Jester, and Wednesday.Quest for Glory: The Authorized Strategy Guide, an official strategy guide and novelization, written by Paula Spiese with Lori and Corey Cole, refers to him as Devon Aidendale and gives him a backstory. In the games, he is usually referred to by one of his titles, such as Hero of Spielburg. Apart from the name, the player may select the Hero's character class. Initially, the Hero can be either a fighter, wizard, or thief, but in the sequels, he can become a paladin (as well as a hybrid with abilities from other classes). Surprisingly the Hero's Journal that came with QFG4 confirms that the hero has the ability to use magic (his magic skills are being watched by his mentor Erasmus).