#house avexus

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'Perhaps you have spent too long in the swamp with the rest of your kin. Time in civilization will straighten you out.' 'The rest of my--? I'm still a son of the Empire, father. I'm still your son.' 'A lizard who lays with men is no son of mine.' '... "The honour of House Avexus is writ in glorious battle". If I walk through the crucible of war and still outlive you- a feeble old man long past his prime- then I will be more of a son than you could have ever dreamed of.'

-- Gramis and Alesander Avexus, in a terse exchange; tears gleam in Alesander's eyes, as his father turns away and stares into the flames, before he leaves in disgust.

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'Dear Gramis is just jealous because his meager rice paddy holdings yield scraps by comparison to the bounties of House Viteleus. Eastern Cyrodiil benefits from our grain alone.'

-- Cyrus Viteleus, hearing of Gramis Avexus' words besmirching his newest portrait.

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'Let me share the burden of Empire with you, brother. Let me be your sword, that I might strike down any who dare deny you. Let me be yours.'

-- Alesander Avexus to Lysander Avexus, as Alesander clasps his brother's hand in his and rests them over his heart; his eyes burn with a loyalty and determination Lysander had never seen before.

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'We have and always will be sworn to the Empire before all else. To us, the Empire is eternal.'

-- Gramis Avexus, espousing House Avexus' dedication to the Cyrodiilic Empire.

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'I have to be better than him. I am a trueborn heir to the Avexus name. I must be better than him...'

-- Lysander Avexus, before his final examination at the Battlespire.

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'Maybe one day I'll sit on the Ruby Throne.'

'What for? That uncomfortable seat has traded more arses than a brothel in Bravil.'

-- Lysander and Alesander Avexus, on becoming Emperor of Cyrodiil

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'You know a lot about the Imperial City Archives.'

'My father had me intern with them before I joined the Battlespire; said it would build character. The archivist I was assigned to had me assist in looking after both civil and military records during my time here. I realised soon after that my father placed me here to look up the military reports for both of our houses.'

'Oh? What for?'

'Didn't you know? House Tharn both admires and envies the military traditions of House Avexus.'

-- Lysander Avexus and Oberyn Tharn, as they're perusing the Imperial City Archives.

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'This fortress has stood indomitable, yielding not to the threat of raiding savages, the dreaded Knahaten Flu, and even the turmoil of civil war.'

-- Alenzar Selin, proudly gesturing to Castle Avexus on the Panther River.