rdfs:comment | - Alvis (Japanese: アルヴィース, Aruvisu, Alviss; English dub: /ˈælvᵻs/) is a supporting character in Xenoblade Chronicles. He is a Homs employed by the High Entia royal family as a divine seer. He joins the group several times as a guest, and is active in one battle. He remains a very ambiguous character throughout the game.
- Located in southeastern Andoran near Aspo Bay, the town of Alvis is best known for the recent kidnappings perpetrated by a local cult. Alvis is also home to the Andoran Alchemical Society.
- Alvis appears in the "Evacuate!" level of the "Guthix Awakens" campaign, alongside dwarven leaders Korick and Velenki. The dwarves aid the player in fighting Bandosian forces in what is now the western Wilderness. Given that the God Wars ended more than 2,000 years ago, Alvis is presumably deceased.
- Alvis was a dwarven military leader active during the God Wars. Unlike the majority of the dwarven race, Alvis remained above-ground during the God Wars, and eventually lent aid to Guthixian forces near the Wars' end. Alvis appears only in the FunOrb strategy game, Armies of Gielinor. Alvis appears in the "Evacuate!" level of the "Guthix Awakens" campaign, alongside dwarven leaders Korick and Velenki. The dwarves aid the player in fighting Bandosian forces in what is now the western Wilderness. Given that the God Wars ended more than 2,000 years ago, Alvis is presumably deceased.
- The original company, T.G. John and Company Ltd., was founded in 1919 by Thomas George John (1880 – 1946). Its first products were stationary engines, carburetors and motorscooters. Following complaints from the Avro aircraft company whose logo bore similarities to the original winged green triangle, the more familiar inverted red triangle incorporating the word "Alvis" evolved. On December 14, 1921, the company officially changed its name to The Alvis Car and Engineering Company Ltd. Geoffrey de Freville (1883 – 1965) designed the first Alvis engine and is also responsible for the company name.
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abstract | - The original company, T.G. John and Company Ltd., was founded in 1919 by Thomas George John (1880 – 1946). Its first products were stationary engines, carburetors and motorscooters. Following complaints from the Avro aircraft company whose logo bore similarities to the original winged green triangle, the more familiar inverted red triangle incorporating the word "Alvis" evolved. On December 14, 1921, the company officially changed its name to The Alvis Car and Engineering Company Ltd. Geoffrey de Freville (1883 – 1965) designed the first Alvis engine and is also responsible for the company name. The origin of the name Alvis has been the subject of a great deal of speculation over the years. Some have suggested that de Freville proposed the name Alvis as a compound of the words "aluminium" and "vis" (meaning "strength" in Latin), or perhaps it may have been derived from the Norse mythological weaponsmith, Alvíss. De Freville however vigorously rejected all of these theories. In 1921, he specifically stated that the name had no meaning whatsoever, and was chosen simply because it could be easily pronounced in any language. He reaffirmed this position in the early 1960s, stating that any other explanations for the source of the name were purely coincidental. Production was relocated to Holyhead Road in Coventry, where from 1922 to 1923 they also made the Buckingham car. In 1922 George Thomas Smith-Clarke (1884 – 1960) left his job as assistant works manager at Daimler and joined Alvis as Chief Engineer and Works Manager. Smith-Clarke was accompanied by William M. Dunn, who also left his job as a draughtsman at Daimler to become Chief Draughtsman at Alvis. This partnership lasted for nearly 28 years and was responsible for producing some of the most successful products in the company's history. Smith-Clarke left in 1950, and Dunn assumed Smith-Clarke's position as Chief Engineer, remaining in that position until 1959. De Freville's first engine design was a four-cylinder engine with aluminium pistons and pressure lubrication, which was unusual for that time. The first car model using de Freville's engine was the Alvis 10/30. It was an instant success and established the reputation for quality workmanship and superior performance for which the company was to become famous. The original 10/30 side-valve engine was improved, becoming by 1923 the overhead valve Alvis 12/50, a highly successful sports car which was produced until 1932. Around 700 of the 12/50 models and 120 of the later Alvis 12/60 models survive today. 1927 saw the introduction of the six-cylinder Alvis 14.75 and this engine became the basis for the long line of luxurious six-cylinder Alvis cars produced up to the outbreak of World War II. These cars were elegant and full of technical innovations. Independent front suspension and the world's first all-synchromesh gearbox came in 1933 followed by servo assisted brakes. The Alvis 12/75 model was introduced in 1928, a model bristling with innovation, such as front-wheel drive, in-board brakes, overhead camshaft and, as an option, a Roots type supercharger. As with many upmarket engineering companies of the time, Alvis did not produce their own coachwork, relying instead on the many available coachbuilders in the Midlands area, such as Carbodies, Charlesworth Bodies, Cross and Ellis, Duncan Industries (Engineers) Ltd, E. Bertelli Ltd, Grose, Gurney Nutting, Hooper, Lancefield Coachworks, Martin Walter Ltd, Mayfair, Mulliners, Tickford, Vanden Plas, Weymann Fabric Bodies, and William Arnold Ltd. Several cars also survive with quite exotic one-off bodywork from other designers such as Holbrook, a U.S. coachbuilder. In 1936 the company name was shortened to Alvis Ltd, and aircraft engine and armoured vehicle divisions were added to the company by the beginning of World War II. Smith-Clarke designed several models during the 1930s and 1940s, including the six-cylinder Speed 20, the Speed 25, and the Alvis 4.3 Litre model.
- Alvis (Japanese: アルヴィース, Aruvisu, Alviss; English dub: /ˈælvᵻs/) is a supporting character in Xenoblade Chronicles. He is a Homs employed by the High Entia royal family as a divine seer. He joins the group several times as a guest, and is active in one battle. He remains a very ambiguous character throughout the game.
- Located in southeastern Andoran near Aspo Bay, the town of Alvis is best known for the recent kidnappings perpetrated by a local cult. Alvis is also home to the Andoran Alchemical Society.
- Alvis appears in the "Evacuate!" level of the "Guthix Awakens" campaign, alongside dwarven leaders Korick and Velenki. The dwarves aid the player in fighting Bandosian forces in what is now the western Wilderness. Given that the God Wars ended more than 2,000 years ago, Alvis is presumably deceased.
- Alvis was a dwarven military leader active during the God Wars. Unlike the majority of the dwarven race, Alvis remained above-ground during the God Wars, and eventually lent aid to Guthixian forces near the Wars' end. Alvis appears only in the FunOrb strategy game, Armies of Gielinor. Alvis appears in the "Evacuate!" level of the "Guthix Awakens" campaign, alongside dwarven leaders Korick and Velenki. The dwarves aid the player in fighting Bandosian forces in what is now the western Wilderness. Given that the God Wars ended more than 2,000 years ago, Alvis is presumably deceased.
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