The patient knife always strikes true.”– Soninke saying

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

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

Never back the Praesi in a corner, son. That’s when the devil-summoning starts, and it’s all downhill from there.”-King Jehan of Callow, addressing the future King Pater the Unheeding