This story appears in the May 2012 issue of National Geographic magazine. The hand is where the mind meets the world. We humans use our hands to build fires and sew quilts, to steer airplanes ...

Demon Slayer's Hand Demon might have one of the saddest backstories in the series. Here's a deeper look at its tragic past.

One key position some characters held as they became dangerously close to the throne was that of the Hand of the King. Being anyone of note in the world of Game Of Thrones is already dangerous ...