Gaining power’s a lot like scaling a tower, Chancellor. The longer you do, the more likely you are to fall.”– Dread Empress Regalia the First, before ordering her Chancellor thrown out the window

Threats are useless unless you have previously committed the level of violence your [sic] are threatening to use. Make examples of the enemies you cannot control so those that you can will be cowed. This is the foundation of ruling.”– Extract from the personal memoirs of Dread Emperor Terribilis II

I’ll be honest, Chancellor – revenge is the motivation for over half the decrees I’ve made.”– Dread Empress Sanguinia II, best known for outlawing cats and being taller than her

Ha! And I bet you didn’t even see it coming!”– Dread Emperor Traitorous the First

Victory, most fickle of friends.”-Taghreb saying

What Foundling does isn’t thinking outside the box so much as stealing the box and hitting her opponents with it until they stop moving.”– Extract from “A Commentary on the Uncivil Wars”, by Juniper of the Red Moon Clan

The patient knife always strikes true.”– Soninke saying

Trust is the victory of sentiment over reason.”-Extract from the personal memoirs of Dread Emperor Terribilis II

Always mistrust these three: a battle that seems won, a chancellor who smiles and a ruler calling you friend.”– Extract from the personal journals of Dread Emperor Terribilis II