❝ i fear i make you uneasy. ❞
❝ knowledge is a weapon. arm yourself well before you ride forth to battle. ❞
❝ go on. show your steel. give me cause to do the same. ❞
❝ fear is what keeps a man alive in this world of treachery and deceit. ❞
❝ these woods are not as empty as you think. ❞
❝ promise me that you will never turn against me. i could not bear that. promise me. ❞
❝ the only time a man can be brave is when he is afraid. ❞
❝ if i must die, i will die with an axe in my hand and a curse upon my lips. ❞
❝ tales are told of you. i hear them everywhere. people fear you. ❞
❝ go too far down that road, and mistrust can poison you, make you sour and fearful. ❞
❝ you mistake me. that was a command, not an offer. ❞
❝ sorcery is a sword without a hilt. there is no safe way to grasp it. ❞
❝ prophecy is like a half-trained mule. it looks like it might be useful, but the moment you trust in it, it kicks you in the head. ❞
❝ it is not the foes who curse you to your face that you must fear, but those who smile when you are looking and sharpen their knives when you turn your back. ❞
❝ i rose too high, loved too hard, dared too much. i tried to grasp a star, overreached, and fell. ❞
❝ they think that this will break my pride, that it will make an end to me, but they are wrong. ❞
❝ tell me of the things that make you happy, the things that make you giggle, all your sweetest memories. remind me that there is still good in the world. ❞
❝ one war ends, another begins. there is always someone fighting someone somewhere. ❞
❝ this is what i was made for. the dance, the sweet steel song, a sword in my hand and a foe before me. ❞
❝ my enemies have told you i am dead. those tales are false, as you can see. ❞
❝ not all that a man does is done for gain. ❞
❝ i know that you believe me weak, frightened, feeble. ❞
❝ it takes a man to rule. kill the boy, and let the man be born. ❞
❝ do you mean to spend your whole life running away? ❞
❝ kingdoms are at hazard here. our lives, our names, our honour. this is no game we’re playing for your amusement. ❞
❝ however gentle the words, there are always darker motives underneath. i do not trust you. ❞
❝ a good honest face, but you should smile more. ❞
❝ my throne is made of burned bones, and it rests on quicksand. ❞
❝ you are so radiant today i fear to look on you. ❞
❝ prove yourself more trouble than you are worth, and you can go your own way. ❞
❝ you need not look so pale, i was only playing with you. ❞
❝ this is not the day i die, i promise you. ❞
❝ i wanted you from the first time i saw you. ❞
❝ was i so blind, or did i close my eyes willingly, so i would not see the price of power? ❞
❝ men should not go wandering in this place. ❞
❝ hold your tongue and do as you are told, or you will soon wish you had. ❞
❝ you won’t try. you will obey. ❞
❝ kneel and live. or go and die. it’s your choice to make. ❞
❝ are you so blind, or is it that you do not wish to see? ❞
❝ that is not a place you want to go to. ❞
❝ i will not go back without doing what i came for, no matter how hopeless it may seem. ❞
❝ the fairest woman in this world…i am drunk with the sight of you. ❞
❝ secrets are worth more than silver and sapphires. ❞
❝ we have come too far to turn back now. ❞
❝ what have i done to make you hate me so? ❞
❝ you meet so few men who value friendship over gold these days. ❞
❝ it is true, i am a bolder man than most. ❞
❝ i cannot go home. but i dare not stay here much longer. ❞
❝ foes and false friends are all around me. ❞
❝ the fewer folk who will know of this, the better. ❞
❝ all you have i gave you. remember that. ❞
❝ will you make me say it twice? go and do as i commanded you. ❞
❝ love is madness, and lust is poison. ❞
❝ i feel safe when i’m with you. ❞
❝ have you no smile for me? am i as fearful as all that? ❞
❝ why did i ever allow myself to be talked into this farce? ❞
❝ don’t think i don’t see what you’re doing. ❞
❝ i will tell you nothing. do me the same favor. ❞
❝ if i look back i am lost. ❞
❝ a crown should not sit easy on the head. ❞
❝ we must show a little trust, you and i. ❞
❝ trust only your companions, and do your best to avoid attracting notice. ❞
❝ you’re not going to try to kill me again, i hope. ❞
❝ if you will forgive me for saying so, you look…weary. are you sleeping? ❞
❝ your clothes are stained with blood. take them off. ❞
❝ every fool loves to hear that he’s important. ❞
❝ my father used to tell me that a man must know his enemies. ❞
❝ you are a harmless creature, to be sure. as innocent as a lamb. ❞
❝ till then, let us drink and dream. ❞
❝ you will be tempted to betray me. to run or fight or join our foes. i’ll not hear you deny it. ❞
❝ soon enough you may have grave need of me. do not refuse my friendship. ❞
❝ it is best that no man knows that you are here. ❞
❝ i kill kings, haven’t you heard? ❞
❝ should any ill befall you, this world would lose its savor. ❞
❝ some will look at you and see only another doomed pretender. ❞
❝ i think life is a jape. yours, mine, everyone’s. ❞
❝ i will forgive those words…once. but never presume to threaten me again. ❞
❝ your father would be so proud if he could see you. ❞
❝ just once you might try to give me an answer that would please me. ❞
❝ they love me well. none would betray me. ❞
❝ i have sins enough to answer for; i’ll have no part of this one. ❞
❝ i mean you no harm, you know. ❞
❝ i do not trust you, but i need you. ❞
❝ we’ll both sleep, and dream of sweeter days. close your eyes. ❞
❝ since you ask so nicely, how can i deny you? ❞
❝ no wine is half so intoxicating as your beauty. ❞
❝ why should i beg for what is owed me? ❞
❝ a lord may love the men he commands, but he cannot be a friend to them. ❞
❝ let them try and trouble us, we’ll show them what we’re made of. ❞
❝ a leader should be feared, by friend and foe alike. if men think me cruel, so much the better. ❞
❝ the enemy of my friend is my enemy. ❞
❝ a book can be as dangerous as a sword in the right hands. ❞
❝ i am an old man, grown weary of this world and its treacheries. ❞
❝ these are desperate days, and like to grow more desperate. ❞
❝ we need to find shelter before nightfall. ❞
❝ there are footsteps behind us. we are being followed. ❞
❝ this is no common fog. it stinks of sorcery. ❞
❝ i am glad you came to me. it is good to see you again, my friend. ❞
❝ the man who does nothing also takes a risk. ❞
❝ the women are the strong ones. ❞
❝ afraid, are you? i would be if i were you. ❞
❝ tell me a tale. some tale of valor with a happy ending. ❞
❝ i’ll have a cup of wine as well. to clear my head. ❞
❝ we may lose our heads, it’s true…but what if we prevail? ❞
❝ keep your swords sharp. we’ll have us a real fight soon. ❞
❝ this is going to end badly. ❞
❝ what are you doing here? how did you get past my guards? ❞
❝ it is so hard. to be strong. i don’t always know what i should do. ❞
❝ let us instead speak of love, of dreams and desire. ❞
❝ you wound me, wandering off like this. have you grown tired of my hospitality so soon? ❞
❝ with this sword i defend my subjects and destroy those who menace them. ❞
❝ it is too late for such misgivings. you made your choice. ❞
❝ in times as confused as these, even men of honor must wonder where their duty lies. ❞
❝ why? what did i ever do to you? ❞
❝ we must be certain that we do not choose the losing side. ❞
❝ dream sweet dreams. there are no monsters here. ❞
❝ i know who you are. i know what you are. ❞
❝ a little honest loathing might be refreshing, like a tart wine after too much sweet. ❞
❝ a bloody sword is a beautiful thing. ❞
❝ a ruler belongs to their people, not to themself. ❞
❝ if the ones i killed come haunt me, i will kill them all again. ❞
❝ you shine so brightly, you will blind every man who dares look upon you. ❞
❝ a fair bargain leaves both sides unhappy, i’ve heard it said. ❞
❝ there’s blood on your hands, aye, same as mine. ❞
❝ i have done wicked things, i know, but i could not bear for you to hate me. ❞
❝ it is good to see you smiling again. ❞
❝ i have doubts enough without you throwing oil on the fire of my fear. ❞
❝ blood pays for blood, a life for a life. ❞
❝ go home, if that is what you want. i am staying. ❞
❝ a man’d think there’s no trust between us. ❞
❝ i would choose freedom over comfort every time. ❞
❝ you are even lovelier than i was told. ❞
❝ stay. i do not wish to be alone. ❞
❝ treachery on treachery. is there no end to it? ❞
❝ dreams and prophecies. why must they always be in riddles? ❞
❝ one wrong word, and this could turn to blood in half a heartbeat. ❞
❝ you lie. i can see the truth in your eyes. ❞
❝ throw down your steel and stand aside, and no harm need come to you. ❞
❝ you are supposed to be my friend. why must you mock my hopes? ❞
❝ it is better to die with honor than to live without it. ❞
❝ it does no good to brood on lost battles and roads not taken. ❞
❝ i see you are deaf to sense. ❞
❝ you are no better than me. we’re just the same. ❞
❝ a man should never draw his sword unless he means to use it. ❞
❝ you kill men for the wrongs they have done, not the wrongs that they may do someday. ❞
❝ close your eyes. close your ears. turn away. you do not need to see this. ❞
❝ the sooner we are gone from this place, the better. ❞
❝ i am sorry my actions have displeased you. i did as i thought best. ❞
❝ you do not need to trust a man to use him. ❞
❝ if you cannot do this thing, you need only say so. there is no shame in that. ❞
❝ never wound a foe when you can kill him. dead men don’t claim vengeance. ❞
❝ this is what i wanted, what i worked for. so why does it taste so much like defeat? ❞
❝ honest men should never need to hide their faces. ❞
❝ i am not the trusting fool you take me for. ❞
❝ men’s lives have meaning, not their deaths. ❞
❝ he’s dead. he won’t bite. ❞
❝ if this is the price for peace, i pay it willingly. ❞
❝ it makes me wonder whose side you are on. ❞
❝ dreams and prophecies. why must they always be in riddles? ❞
❝ i will not say that you are welcome. nor will i deny that i have hoped that you might come. ❞
❝ you have the eyes of a wolf and a taste for blood. ❞
❝ men are mad and gods are madder. ❞
❝ one war ends, another begins. there is always someone fighting someone somewhere. ❞
❝ not all risks lead to ruin. ❞
❝ is there some place with fewer eyes and ears? ❞
❝ i need you now as i have never needed you before. ❞
❝ tell me, is there any fight left in you? ❞
❝ it was the wind that you heard screaming. ❞
❝ crying? i was not crying. why would i cry? ❞
❝ are you some butcher of the battlefield, hacking down every man who stands in your way? ❞
❝ rain. a storm is coming. ❞
❝ that was simple. simpler than i dared hope. simpler than it should have been. ❞
❝ see that you do not speak of this. i’ll not have this tale spread. ❞
❝ how could i be so blind for so long? ❞
❝ you had a bad dream, that was all. ❞
❝ are you prepared to defend that boast with sword or lance? ❞
❝ i will do it. i said i would. i will. ❞
❝ think that. believe that. tell yourself it’s true. ❞
❝ you have more enemies than you know. ❞
❝ i have no heart. i only have a hole. ❞
❝ it has been too long since i’ve killed a man. ❞
❝ words are wind. words cannot harm me. ❞
❝ have you forgotten who i am? ❞
❝ too many good men died that day. ❞
❝ it is so good to see your face, your sweet face. ❞
❝ it is still not too late to abandon this folly. ❞
❝ i will not stay here to be insulted. ❞
