31 Quotes by ErraticErrata

All lessons worth learning are drenched in blood.”-Dread Empress Triumphant, First and Only of Her Name

Diplomacy is the art of selling a deal you don’t want to people you don’t trust for reasons you won’t admit to.”-Prokopia Lekapene, first and only Hierarch of the League of Free Cities

Our doctrine is one of cost-efficiency. Any officer who believes extermination of the enemy is a valid path to victory should immediately be demoted back to the ranks.”–Marshal Ranker

d spoken calmly and without raising my voice but I could see several of them repressing the urge to move back. I smiled mirthlessly: one of these days, Praesi would learn to stop thinking that mercy and ruthlessness were mutually exclusive. I’d made the Forlorn Hope with the intent of deploying it in battle: if it could not be deployed, it could return to the gallows I’d snatched it from. There were only so many chances I was willing to give people.

How many Praesi does it take to change a lantern’s wick?A legion to conquer all the candlemakers, a High Lord to sell the wicks down south and then we’re taxed for being in the dark.”– Overheard in a Laure tavern

Mercy might be the mark of a great man, but then so’s a tombstone.”– Extract from the personal memoirs of Dread Emperor Terribilis II

I’ve found that the best way to win at shatranj is usually to turn into a giant snake and tear my opponent’s throat out.”– Dread Empress Vindictive III

Those who live by the sword kill those who don’t.”– Dread Emperor Vile the First

I see I’ll have to take drastic measures to ensure intelligent conversation around here.”– Dread Empress Maledicta II, before having the tongues of the entire Imperial court ripped out