Scourge same period we meet with the private use of the "discipline" by such saintly persons as King Louis IX of France and Elisabeth of Hungary. Semi-literal usages such as "the scourge of God" for Attila the Hun (i.e. "God's whip with which to punish the nations") led to metaphoric uses to mean a severe affliction, e.g. "the scourge of drug abuse". The scourge is described as one of the tools used in Wicca, primarily in the Gardnerian Tradition. The purpose of using the scourge is not to cause pain or to torture, but for purification purposes, particularly for Initiates. The
Scourge (Transformers) figure set. This version is designated a "Clone Commander" created when several personalities-including that of Optimus Prime-were simultaneously copied, a nod to his 2001 counterpart's origins. A new character was introduced as part of the Combiner Wars line under the name "Grand Scourge," undoubtedly a nod to the Energon character of the same name. He is depicted as an interdimensional hunter seeking alternate versions of Optimus Prime and carrying the Matrix Breaker sword, a cleaver that is rumored to be capable of severing the link between the Matrix of Leadership and it's bearer. Scourge (Transformers) Scourge is the name of