Darkest Dungeon - Narrator Starters
“Brigands have the run of these lanes. Stick to the side path.”
“Leave nothing unchecked. There is much to be found in forgotten places.”
“Welcome home, such as it is.”
“The cost of preparedness - measured now in gold, later in blood.”
“All will find their way to us now that the road is clear.”
“Fresh kegs, cards, and curtained rooms promise solace to the weary and broken alike.”
“Make no mistake, we will face ever greater threats.”
“In time, you will know the extent of my tragic failings.”
“I remember the days when the sun shone, and laughter could be heard from the tavern.”
“I was lord of this place, before the crows and rats made it their domain.”
“Once, our estate was the envy of this land.”
“Our family name, once so well-regarded, is now barely whispered aloud by decent folk.”
“I see something long absent in the sunken faces of passersby - a glimmer of hope.”
“The degeneracy of this hamlet is nothing, I fear, when compared to the condition of the surrounding acres.”
“My obsession caused this great foulness, and it is shameful that I must rely upon you to set it right.”
“Curiosity, interest, and obsession - mile markers on my road to damnation.”
“Trouble yourself not with the cost of this crusade. It’s noble end affords you a broad tolerance in your choice of means.”
“Let me share with you the terrible wonders I have come to know.”
“The plume and the pistol - a fitting end to my folly, and a curse upon us all.”
“All my life, I could feel an insistent gnawing in the back of my mind. It was a yearning, a thirst for discovery that could neither be numbed, nor sated.”
“An eternity of futile struggle - a penance for my unspeakable transgressions.”
“All the decadent horrors I have laid eyes on pale in comparison to that final, crowning thing. I could not look, nor could I look away!”
“Great heroes can be found even here, in the mud and rain.”
“Word is traveling. Ambition is stirring in distant cities. We can use this.”
“A little hope, however desperate, is not without worth.”
“A man in a robe, claiming communion with the divine. Madness.”
“In the end, every plan relies upon a strong arm, and tempered steel.”
“Fan the flames! Mold the metal! We are raising an army!”
“Some may fall, but their knowledge lives on.”
“Every creature has it’s weakness. The wise hero trains for what she will face.”
“A strict regimen is paramount if one is to master the brutal arithmetic of combat.”
“Success depends on survival.”
“The front line of this war is not in the dungeon, but rather, inside the mind.”
“Experimental techniques and tonics can overcome things a sharpened sword can not.”
“To those with a keen eye, gold gleams like a dagger’s point.”
“Barbaric rage and unrelenting savagery make for a powerful ally.”
“He will be laughing still, at the end.”
“To fight the abyss, one must know it.”
“What better laboratory than the blood-soaked battlefield?”
“This one has become vestigial, useless.”
“Suffer not the lame horse, nor the broken man.”
“Another soul battered and broken, cast aside like a spent torch.”
“The task ahead is terrible, and weakness can not be tolerated.”
“A devil walks these halls. Only the mad or the desperate go in search of him.”
“I knew all these paths once. Now they are as twisted as my ambitions.”
“Corruption has soaked the soil, sapping all good life from these groves. Let us burn out this evil.”
“There is method in the wild corruption here. It bears a form both wretched and malevolent.”
“The smell of rotting fish is almost unbearable.”
“Room by room, hall by hall, we will reclaim what is ours.”
“This day belongs to the light!”
“In life, his claims to precognition were dubious at best. In death, they are ridiculous.”
“Driving out corruption is an endless battle, but one that must be fought.”
“Some experiments should have never happened. You are doing just work in ending them.”
“It’s destruction is a small consolation, given the terrible implications of it’s existence.”
“Finally, a sailor’s death for captain and crew. Fitting.”
“They are cursed to float forever, deep in the swirling blackness, far from the light’s reach.”
“Regroup. Reassemble. Evil is timeless after all.”
“Failure tests the mettle of heart, brain, and body.”
“You will endure this loss, and learn from it.”
“You can not learn a thing you think you know.”
“We fall so that we may learn to pick ourselves up again.”
“Where there is no peril in the task, there can be no glory in its accomplishment.”
“Ignorance of your enemy and of yourself will invariably lead to defeat.”
“Great adversity has a beauty - it is the fire that tempers the blade.”
“A predator is often blind to its own peril.”
“The space between worlds is no place for mortal men.”
“The way is lit, the path is clear. We require only the strength to follow it.”
“In radiance, may we find victory.”
“The darkness holds much worse than mere trickery and boogeymen.”
“Secrets and wonders may be found in the most tenebrous corners of this place.”
“A spark without kindling is a goal without hope.”
“Curious is the trap maker’s art - his efficacy unwitnessed by his own eyes.”
“Ancient traps lie in wait, unsprung, and thirsting for blood.”
“Carelessness will find no clemency in this place.”
“Mind that such missteps are the exception, and not the rule.”
“No force of will can overcome a failing body.”
“Compassion is a rarity in the fevered pitch of battle.”
“Press this advantage, give them no quarter!”
“Another abomination cleansed from our lands.”
“Prodigious size alone does not dissuade the sharpened blade.”
“Monstrous size has no intrinsic merit, unless inordinate exsanguination be considered a virtue.”
“The bigger the beast, the greater the glory.”
“Slowly, gently, this is how a life is taken.”
“Such a terrible assault can not be left unanswered!”
“Death waits for the slightest lapse in concentration.”
“The abyss returns even the boldest gaze.”
“A time to perform beyond one’s limits!”
“As life ebbs, terrible vistas of emptiness reveal themselves.”
“Another life wasted in the pursuit of glory and gold.”
“This expedition, at least, promises success.”
“Remind yourself that overconfidence is a slow and insidious killer.”
“ A trifling victory, but a victory nonetheless.”
“True desperation is known only when escape is impossible.”
“The sin is not in being outmatched, but failing to recognize it.”
“One can sometimes find clarity in madness, but only rarely.”
“There can be no hope in this hell. No hope at all.”
“Anger is power - unleash it!”
“Many fall in the face of chaos, but not this one. Not today.”
