up and north, south and down, Ebb or Flow, we'll still drown

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

Now kneel, fools, and witness my ascension to GODHOOD!”– Last words of Dread Empress Sinistra IV, the Erroneous

Funny, isn’t it? No matter what language they speak, everyone sounds the same when you pull out their fingernails.”– Dread Emperor Foul III, “the Linguist

Where have all the good men gone? Graveyards, mostly.”– Dread Emperor Malevolent III, the Pithy

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

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