Echoes of War

"War, wine and women! What more can a man need?"

-King Alarxis of Stygia to Karen the Exulted, the day before the Great Plague of Mastizetai

"Father, I think I heard something outside."
-The last known words of Prince Tael Hilman, before his disappearance

 

"When I stare into the stars, all I can see are the cities that have burned down. 

 And it is Marvelous."

-Yulisteg Heltir, Warlock

"The worlds greatest weapon? Ha! I scoff at your accusation. Faith and faith alone triumph in battle!"

-Prince Gail Sumsed at the Battle of  Gublin Valley

"Tis a miracules life this is. If only I had some more o' that rum there."

-Captain  Ulsted Imerman, before drinking himself to death

 

"I see that in your faith, you forgot about your men's."

-Field Marshal Granger LeeMen to Prince Gail Sunsed at the Battle of Gublin Valley

"Dear Father and Mother,

Today, I saw a man staked naked to the ground, with his organs being ripped out by some crazed Zealot for one of those "gods" people seem to care so much about. I managed to kill the Zealot, but not before he managed to bring that man back to life. It was very difficult to kill that man, despite him pleading with me for his own end. Eventually, I did kill the man, but I felt sick to my stomach. I don't know if it is some sort of magik that that man did but, by the time you read this letter, I will have died.

Your son,

Jem"

-a letter found on the body of Jem Litzer after committing suicide

Echoes of War

"Just as you thought us to be nothing more than savage beasts, we believe you to be nothing more than living waste. Allow what has transpired here to be proof of this."
-Words carved into the corpses of all the citizens of the Dominion colony of Gulestein

"Beware I tell you. In this land, all you will find are those...things. They look like men, but they're not. They are made of bones, but...they have no flesh. They only seem to exist for killing those who think themselves strong enough to defeat them. Do not go to their lands. All you will find is death."
-Lindel Maet, advising Dominion troops against moving into Scarecrow territory

"Many ages ago, there was a kingdom which stretched across the world, inhabited by creatures known as One. Their realm encompassed all the creatures of the world, and not a single valley or island was out of their grasp. The One had cities which were wider than the widest ocean, and were taller than the tallest mountain. They managed to bind their kingdom together through the use of magics and sciences. All of the elements of the world bent to their will, as they could force entire continents to rise and fall as they saw fit.

However, their power made them arrogant as they never prayed; and this was lead to their own destruction.

From the skies came the beast known only as the Ruler; the servant of some long forgotten god of vengeance. He punished the One in many long battles, where entire cities were gouged out of the ground or burned up in his fearsome breath, leaving behind only scorched deserts and giant claw marks. Eventually, the One and the Ruler fought a single last battle in the in which both sides fought to the death. The only mark of this battle would be the Cursed Sea, the outer-borders of which are marked by the Grand Line. However, the Ruler was only injured in the fighting, and is know biding his time to destroy the world."
-The Elven legend of the One and the Ruler

"If Iz didun no betta', witc is ta say dat I dont, but dat dere sonds alot lik un o' dem shado panzies"
-Turbit Feyla', upon hearing of the "Night Ones"

Echos of War:In the Beginning

"Luana was the first of the gods to come to our world. She gazed upon the barren landscape of fire and rocks, and desired to do something good with this place. She melted the many crystals of the world, and first created water. Xelmar came after Luana, and decided to help. He pulled all the fire into one disk, and created the sun. Next came the twins Gascoal and Solarian, who twirled Luana's and Xelmar's creations together. The sheer variety of mindless plants and beasts so impressed the gods, that it attracted the attention of others. Yelum, Reslia, Heus, Alsae, and a hundred other lesser gods attempted to make life on the planet, but all fell short of expectations. Then, Luana created the first Elves, and convinced every other god to help her nourish this race. The gods agreed, and ever since that day, the Elves have held dominance over all other races because the gods are still making them better."
-Elven creation myth

"At first there was Ataxia, all was empty, silent, endless. But then came Light and Day, Darkness and Night, Death and Life. From these were born Gaea and Ouranos, the Earth and the Heavens. Ataxia was shunned away and the children of Gaea and Ouranos would be the Cyclops, the Hecatoncheires and the Titans. Ouranos feared his children and tried to imprison them deep into the earth, but the youngest of the Titans, Chilieties, would slay his own father. It was then that the rule of the Titans began. Then the Gods, children of the Titans, arose and usurped their parents in a battle of epic proportions, all but three of the Titans joined the fight, who were spared. The Gods prevailed and the Titans had fallen, which brought forth a new rule and the children of the Gods now roam the Earth. Just like Ouranos usurped Ataxia, Chilieties usurped Ouranos and Dias usurped Chilieties, so shall Alarxis usurp Dias, and make the Stygians the rulers of the earth and the heaven."
-The creation of the gods, as understood by Heradoth, Stygian Scholar

"In the beginning, the brother gods Delfrad and Gnelfrad and the sister god Teilfred, were born by their mother Kealfred and father Kelfrad. Immediately, Gnelfrad attacked Delfrad, but Delfrad managed to beat Gnelfrad almost to death. As punishment for trying to kill Delfrad, Kelfrad change Gnelfrad's name to Daokarlop and had him chained into the shape of a ball. Not satisfied, Delfrad took a hammer and beat Gnelfrad into the shape of a square and then dipped him into molten iron. Kealfred felt pity for Gnelfrad, and dipped her son into water to allow the metal to cool. Enraged by her disloyalty, Delfrad and Kelfrad chopped Kealfred into millions upon millions of tiny bits, which they then scattered onto Gnelfrad. After a while, Teilfred realized that each of these bits had turned into tiny creatures. Scarred that Delfrad and Kelfrad would find out, she put a pole through Daokarlop, and put him on a spit. There Teilfred was found by Delfrad, and ordered to turn the spit, so that no one part of Daokarlop would melt. To aid Teilfred, Delfrad would occasionally beat any part of Daokarlop that he saw was beginning to melt. If either Teilfred were to stop turning Daokarlop, or Delfrad to stop beating Daokarlop, then the iron would melt, and Daokarlop would kill Delfrad, Teilfred, and Kelfrad, before killing himself but plunging back into the water."
-The story of Daokarlop's binding

"All life sprang from the tree, Gno. Upon it's life baring branches are the seeds which made up all of the races of the world. For a long time, these races would just fall into the water below and, as the had no land to grow on, would simply drown. Then one day, a leaf fell from Gno and it landed in the water where it began to swirl around Gno. Soon after, a seed fell from Gno and, instead of drowning as usual, it fell on the leaf, known as Me. The people who came from the seed discovered that they had not drowned and gladly took the name of the tree and the name of the leaf, and called themselves Gno-Mes. Eventually, other sides fell from the tree, and with every seed, Me became heavier and took on more water. Should to many seeds fall on Me, then Me will no longer be able to float, and all the races on it will drown. But this matters not, for the Gno-Mes are light enough, that they will float, and will wait for another leaf to call home."
-The creation of Gnomes and Me

"In the beginning, there was only Beation. Around Beation was nothing but darkness, so he first created light. After Beation created light, he realized that is was imperfect, as light can create darkness. To remedy this, Beation created a bowl of light, and set it out on a pedestal. But, even this was not perfect, as the darkness gathered on the bowl, and formed many inferior things. To remedy this, Beation focused the light into points, and created humans to cleanse the world of darkness. This to did not work, as many of the humans began to accept, or even aid, the darkness. Sadden, Beation focused the light as hard as he could, and created the Archangels. He then turned to his humans and said 'I shall spare those of you who destroy the darkness. those who accept or aid the darkness, shall parish in the light.'"
-Beation and the Bowl of Light.

"Rite, un day, Sesom waz walkin' down tha stret when 'e don saw a real big bonfir fing goin' on. Bor'd out o' 'is skull, Sesom pick'd up some o' tha fier, mash'd it al a ball wit some mud stuf rit?, and tossed it. Much to 'is serprise, the ball start'd to travel rite 'round the fire an' noked him rite onto 'is bum into tha fier. It waz rite then that 'e realiz'd 'e was dead, so 'e decid'd to go an' bug the flyin' mud ball till it goes an' smak into some bird er somfing."
-'ow Sesom decidd that 'e wantd to mess wif uz Goblinz

"You are all wrong."
-Chaos, upon the recital of several creation myths

Echoes of War: The Mandates of Aequalitas

"These mens and womens of this land,who have been en-slaved against their will by people who claim to posses the land and who believe themselve to be superior to any other persons whom has been born. They have forced us to work the land, tend the machine, and fill their armie, only to be guaranteed death in each of these en-devour, while they do nothing save buy our childrens and waste our works. To guarantee a better future for everones We, the mens and womens of these lands here-by de-clare the old order dissolved, and will set a new orders under the following conditions, which existed previously to Garmaria:
 The Firsts
-All mens, womens, and childrens are equals at birth, and no amount of times shall change this.
The Seconds
-All mens, womens, and childrens shall works to the best of theirs abilities and be rewardeds in kind.
The Thirds
-No mans, womans, or childs is owned by any man; theys may only leases theirs works.
The Fourths
-No mans, womans, or childs shall kill another mans, womans, or childs; theys must always be held accountable for theirs actions.
The Fifths
-All mens, womens, and childrens own everthings in equals, and shall treat its as such.
The Finals
-As everthings is owned in equals, there are no such thing as nations.
As Garmaria has clearly violated all of the conditions We, the mens and womens of these lands, hereby dissolve the Garmaria and will return everthings to the peoples of these lands, as its is owneds by everones.
Signeds on the firsts days of the firsts years of Aequalitas.
(Followed by around 400,000 signatures)"
-The Mandates of Aequalitas

"...I believe this to be the worst written legal document I have ever had the displeasure of hearing."
-Lord-Counceler Yelstov Degra Sr., upon the only reading of "The Mandates of Aequalitas" before the Grand Council

"1. Any slave found sleeping during designated working hours shall have his eyelids removed.
2. Any slave who repeatedly breaks tools shall have his hands/forearms removed, and replaced with said tool.
3. Any slave who repeatedly drops what he is carrying shall have a basket nailed to his back.
4. Any slave who runs away shall have chains nailed to his legs.
5. Any slave who strikes a Garmarian shall have his arm cut off.
6. Any slave who speaks ill of Garmaria shall have his tongue cut off.
7. Any slave who eats when he his not told to shall have his jaw removed.
8. Any slave who speaks of or aids rebellion shall suffer all of the above.
9. Any slave who wields a weapon again a Garmarian shall suffer all of the above, before being returned to his master or, if he has no master, being sold.
10. Any man who helps a slave go unpunished for any of these things shall be made a slave and suffer the same fate.
11. It is at the masters discrepancy as to whether or not a slave shall have parts lost due to these laws replaced and by what replaces them.
12. These laws shall go into effect in 90 days, unless all unaccounted slave are accounted for by the 90th day."
-Garmarian Slave Ordnance of later 1871 Dominion-Garmarian Time, also known as the official response to the Mandates of Aequalitas

Echoes of War: Manerva

"Long ago, back when the gods still walked the world, there was a village known as Foele. It was a simple fishing village, filled with simple elves, who carried out their lives much as all peasants do. However, one village maiden was not simple, and could indeed be mistaken for one of noble blood very easily. Her name, was Manerva, which means "Black Moon" in the ancient Elven Tongue. She was named this, for she had been born under a black moon, and she managed to live up to its radiance.

For many years, Manerva lived in Foele, and for many years, the simple peasants asked her for her hand in marriage. Yet, she was stubborn willed, and refused each and every last one of them. If she had been raised with a father, she would have married, but alas, she only had a mother to look over her, so she was free to choose who she wanted. So Manerva went on being the beautiful maiden you read of in legends, whom no one would ever touch. This lasted until the Eieus, a merchant ship, came to port.

It was not uncommon for ships to come to Foele, but, the Eieus had just been to the Grand Line, and had brought with it many exotic wonders. Like most of the town who had nothing to fill their simple day, Manerva went to see the ship unload, and was about to leave when she spotted something she liked. It was not a fancy fruit, or rare ornament, but something else entirely. It was a boy.

The boy in question was not much to look at. Despite being a sailor, he was thin and pale, and looked like he was liable to die at any moment. Apparently, Manerva enjoys people who are near death, as she fell in love with him on sight. And, when the boy looked back at Manerva, he too fell in love. He also fell into water due to his love.

For the month that the ship was in port, Manerva and the boy spent all of their free time together. It was not an uncommon thing to have happen, but, normally there is a father to prevent his child from going to far. After all, no one should have to marry a sailor, yet alone a pale and thin sailor. Once again, Manerva's lack of father prevented such discipline, so Manerva was allowed to love this boy unrestricted. Luckily all ships leave port eventually, and soon the month was almost up.

On the last night that they were supposed to be together, the two of them laid on a hill, gazing up at the black moon. It is not known how, but, at some point, their conversation wondered to that of the gods. With this, the boy produced two fruits he had gathered from the Grand Line, which looked like they had been spun of gold and rust. The boy said that, whoever eats these fruits would gain the immortality and power of a god, and proposed that they both eat the fruit. Manerva agreed, on the condition that the boy tell her his name.

The boy's name, was Keiaus."
-The first part of the (presumed lost) epic, The Fall of the Gods.

Echoes of War

"Naval tactics is a symphony of many different and elegantly carved elements coming together in a crescendo of success."
-Demion Gezeal, High-Admiral of the Dominion

"To Limbo with engine tolerance's, RAM THE SHIP!"
-Captain Oineir Helibar's "last order"

"Thalássio , mas kathodi̱geí pros ti̱ níki̱!" (Thalássio, guide us to victory!)
-common writings on Stygian ships

"Elves of Galmanear, before you stands the strait of Heij, the gate way to our realm. Just beyond that gate, lies a fleet of vile goblins ships, many of which would not be sea worthy if they had not stolen them from us in the first place. Tell me, can we allow such an injustice to be seated so close to us? Nay I say; Nay a thousand times over! So long as we breath, we must never allow them to mock us in such away. We must destroy them, for the honor of your families, for the honor of Galmanear, and for your own honor! Attack!"
-Prince Felimen Galea

"Me father was a bastard born at sea,
me mother was a bar maid, servin' week old mead,
they came to together fur a good time,
and left me there with only a lime.

I grew up on the streets, a proper urchin was I,
once even robbed the dry docks, did I,
till, one day I heard a crier crying a most glorious cry,
that i'll never forget till the day I die:

'Hey there lad, sick and tired of your life?
Wish you had some place to sharpen that knife?
Come to Hellspout an' you'll see,
how grand tis a life at sea.'"
-The opening part of a sea sailor's shanty, a popular ballad in Hellspout

"...watz 'tacktikz'?"
-Trol werlad Fermuncha, after defeating HighAdmiral Demion Gezeal

Echos of War: The Warning of the Dead

"In this fair year a crisis arose
 in a land where the legends are told.
And, the war at home, the nobles propose:
 we go to Arbi, the land of gold.

'To arms! To arms!', they all did cry,
 while sharpening sword, spear, and axe.
They said, 'We march now to liberate Arbi!'
 while readying their empty packs.

A thousand miles that army did walk,
 through snow, grass, water, and mud.
To the ancient land of tombs of dust and chalk
 and the left home a trail of blood.

Ten tribes of non-men they did kill
 and left ablaze, human towns numbering fifty.
The priests did say 'This is Beation's divine will!'
 while counting to when they need not be thrifty.

They came to the river, and in blood they paid the toll
 But on the other side what did they find?
Not a land of wealth and gold, but a vast desert and a horde of Trolls
 whom out numbered them by nine to five.

They fought all day and night on that cursed ground,
 but neither side wouldn't admit defeat.
All day and night Man and Troll would die and fall down,
 The land was a quagmire of blood was under their feet.

Eventually, the Trolls did leave the fight,
 and the Nobles and Priests screamed, 'We win!'
But, the Trolls had retreated to get better sight,
 of the army's destruction by a horde of Ratkin.

The families of the dead did cry off their heads,
 but the nobles at home had a different cry.
Instead, they stepped over the piles of dead
 and once again they said, 'To Arni!'"
-"The Warning of the Dead", written by Delmer Gale (executed for treason and heresy)

Echoes of War

"Come now my brothers, we shall carve a glorious new world for our master."
-Heldien Forglaive, One of Chaos' "Warlords"

"Those pesky tall freaks. They think that just because they are taller then us that they can come in here, and cut down all of our trees. THAT'S OUR JOB! I don't know about you all, but I'm about to go and teach those good-for-nothing 'humans' a lesson! WHO WANTS TO MARCH INTO LIMBO WITH ME?"
-The highly irritated Gevel Helixgard before the Battle of Camp Lestwhif

"...W...T...A...aIts...hiS...W...r...ld...S...DeATh..."
-a claimed voice from the Heaven box

"My, just look at all these people. I know you have brought with you some torches, swords, pitchforks, and the like, but please: do not make this harder then it has to be."
-Shie'Wels, Ma'Tai merchant

"Wat wa did 'ear, wil prob-ab-le be ramembad as sum sort o' bad fing... FINALA ILL BE RAMEMBAD!"
-Trol Werlad Gor-iz-gon, before his ignominious defeat by an unkown Dominion militia trooper

Echoes of War

''He-he-he...So, you come to our lands seeking life...hahahah!...But you will only find death! Bwahahahah! Isn't that ironic for you!? MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!.........kill them all....''
-Anonymous Gnoll Chieftain when the Dominion first reached the Laughing Savannah, only one soldier survived

“True wisdom is less presuming than folly. The wise man doubteth often, and changeth his mind; the fool is obstinate, and doubteth not; he knoweth all things but his own ignorance.”
-Akhenaton, Reptillion Phylosopher

"If the world was as perfect as you said it was, which it isn't, then why aren't I able to just lift up some sort of flap, make a few fixes, and then the world would work again. But it doesn't work like that, so we have to rebuild it from the ground up. Incidentally, you are standing on the ground."
-Getermen Horace, Engineer-Biolos from the Academy

"Let me ask you something? You are asking us why we attacked Arbi. The reason we did is because they are scared of something. Let me ask you this then. If there is something that actually scares our master, shouldn't you be scared too?"
-Wiliam Kotser, former Scarecrow slave captured after the Rout of Iron

''Ya know, bein' an ord'nary Gremlin ain' dat great. We have ta pay rent an' stuff, feed da pigs, sit on a chair, do a bit of farmin'...sometimes... I wish I was da Sherrif...but dat sounds like work...''
-Gremlin Billy Hilly, only days before his (successful) election for Sherrif

 ''Many's the men who've battled foe
Many the number slain
Many the lads have fallen
though Nidhoggr shall rise again.''
-Nidhogg marching song

"You ssshould die mortalsss. Asss you have never, had the right, to livvvve."
-anonymous  Night One

"Brother and sister friends, I thank you all for coming here and considering what I am going to say. Let me ask you something, what were you before you came here? Many of you were farmers, some of you were blacksmiths, others were sailors, or engineers, or nobles, or weavers, or money lenders, merchants, captains, fathers, or you were soldiers. Now look at you. Here you are working in the fields from dawn to dusk and in strange workshops from dusk to dawn, barley getting an hour of sleep and eating moldy bread while our overlords throw away the excess of our work. And if we ever fall down, or start to work at a reasonable pace, we are beat back onto our feet and forced to go on. Even in death we receive no respect, as we are simply tossed into the same furnaces we work. Some of us suffer the further humiliation of having our limbs cut off and replaced with farming tools. Lets face it, they treat us like slave, feed us like slaves, and talk to us like slaves. But that does not make us slaves. No a thousand times over. What makes us slaves is that we allow them to. Even in their own conservative estimates, their are more of us then there are of them. They have grown so lax that many of them don't even know how many weapons are made every day. Their soldiers are drunk or ill disciplined, and there are only one of them for every a thousand of us. Do you know what that means? That means in a hundred days we could acquire as many of their weapons as we please and in a dozen from that, obliterate them. This is what I'm suggestung. REVOLUTION!"
-The first part of Robred's speech

Echoes of War

"Why would I live in Hellspout? Hellspout is the most interesting city in the whole world. For starters, the river Hell, that divides it in half, is so thick with waste that it is safer to use as a road then a water way. You've got Dwarfs, Trolls, Elves, Stygians, And Gnomes, all running from one law or another, holed up here as pirates. Everyday there's a fight in the streets, but it's all in good nature, and the watch will come in if its not. Every day we've got more ships coming in and going then there are people who live here, and with around a million that's a lot. Even those stuck up Garmarian jerks come here and have their own quarter and docks, the only one with paved streets that you can see. But, all in all, people come to Hellspout for the time of their lives, and theirs enough drink, and other things, that a man will stay entertained for a life; just so long as he watches his back."
-Captain Hurndar explaining Hellspout to his captors

"Yes, yes. This is all good then, yes? That means our troops are ready, yes? And that means our ships are ready too, yes? And you are sure they aren't waiting for us, no?"
-Rat Chief Retz before the First Battle at Sallamia 

"All right then. I just want to make one thing clear to you all: that at this point there is no return. Once we land, the only way you'll get home before us is to swim. Now I don't care where you stand on any of the issues, or if you think that I'm a crazy old gnome who's gone over his head in working with Dwarfs, Elves, Humans, and Goblins. But if we don't do this, then those Stygians will think they are our masters, and who's going to allow that?"
-Lord Mayor  Steifl Gnomegard, to his troops at The First Battle


''Epistrofí̱ sto spíti me ti̱n aspída sas , í̱ se af̱tó .''
--What Stygian mothers from Seratas say to their sons, once they go to war, meaning ''return victorious, or dead.'

Echoes of war

"The attack of a Goblin army is very mush like the attack of snow on a fire. Individually it will be ineffective, but each snowflake who dies weakens the defenses just that much. Eventually, it will be impossible to bring in more fuel, as the snow is to high and there is no way around it, and the fire will be left to fend for itself. In a matter of time, it will have been extinguished, and the only signs of its passing are chard and unrecognizable remains."
-Shpeal Brans, Garmarian Scholar

"Ons Donker God, Verbode Kennis, wil hê jy moet weer opstaan​​.Volg sy bevel en julle siele toegestaan ​​sal word om die ewige lewe."
Translation: Our Dark god, Verbode Kennis, wills that you shall rise again. Follow his command and your souls will be granted eternal life.
-a ritual for raising skeletons


"You know what isn't natural? The un-dead. I mean, what bright spark woke up one-day and said, ' By George, I will fill my not-dead army's ranks with un-dead people and call it a good-day!' Probably one of those stupid skul gnomes if you ask me."
-Hiterdale Mesgard, Gnomish Mayor


"You strange people come over here and then claim all of our lands for yourself. You think you are better then us as you have thunder sticks, iron plates, and hairy faces. You do not realize that you have turned your back to the Golems and other spirits of nature simply for your "profit". One day you shall feel nature's wrath and I hope you remember it."
-One of Mazotrathen messages to Herndar Kuorte
simplified(via numerous translation errors) to: "Your mother was a Troll drag and your father was a Elvish pig."

Echoes of War

"Why am I a pirate? I am a pirate because I seek to conquer the world and have but a few ships and only a handful of men. You are a king because you seek to conquer the whole world and have hundreds of ships and tens of thousand of men."
-Captain Ironjaw Helik addressing King Alarxis

"May the false gods you worship be proof of your ignorance."
-a common Chaos saying

"Unce, da ohniverze waz nuffin but a bunch uf nuffin. Den, in un beet, da ohniverse was filled wit a groove dat furced evea ting inta exsitence. It revabaratd around and it cauzed the bodez ta moov to dis an' it created evea ting dat is. Now it mey be tousands uf yers lata but if ya listen closly, much easia fur a Troll den ya Ohmans, ya can stil 'ear dat groove. But wat I fink is weird, an' mey 'ave led ta me banishment, is; I can almost swer ta her a voice bafor da groove. It soundz ta me lik itz saying rela fast:
five, six ,seven, eight..."
-The berd Wokezter and his highly controversial(even among Trolls) view on the universe

"If I had a piece o' gold for every time I've run into Dominion warships, or any warships for that matter, I'd have a million gold coins. Oh wait, I DO!"
-Captain Nogram before outrunning yet another Dominion patrol

"You don't know anything about the Scarecrows. Want to know how I know? Because I've seen them at war. Those images you conjure of them, the ones made of metal, bones, wood, and stone among all other things? There's. Much. Worse. THERES A SPIDER TYPE THING THAT CAN KILL A DOZEN MEN WITH A SWEEP OF ITS LEG! Don't call me crazy. I've seen them. I've...built them. They are horrible, horrible monster. And they aren't the worst ones either. NO!... There's this one that can fly high into to sky and never come down. There's this one that can RIP THE BONES out of... of... your body and then it walks around trying to be you. Then there's the one that shoots acid out of its eyes, the one with the nine mouths that trys to eat you alive, and the one that makes your brain explode just by looking at you. But by far the worst is....the worm..."
-Antony Phalglay, former Scarecrow slave, before being sent to an institution

Echoes of War

"If we run from battle we are running from our country. If you charge without orders you are killing your own children. If you die today, make your fore fathers proud and die a hero's death.
COMPANY!
FORWARD, MARCH!"
-The first Field Marshal at the Battle of High Plains

"What we need is to have a giant metallic worm like device drill up through the ground and eat the enemy army. No? Well, what if we were to somehow... what was that?"
-Gnomeish engineer Heild Denber before his kidnapping by scarecrows

"Wat we'z Trolls no dat ya squishies dont now is dat us Trolls aint squishy, so dat means dat no mata wat ya do we well alwas be beta den ya."
-Wer chef Guty Bergand, trying to instigate a war with the Dominion

"May our lord protect us from the sword of our enemy, may he allow no harm to fall on his followers. If we doubt him even once in this battle, let him smote us. But, if we are true in faith and never falter in the belief of his divine protection, then let us come to grips with our enemies and slaughter them wholesale"
-The Prayer of Protection in Battle

"For an Elf to gain strength, he must fight and train.
For an Elf to gain power, he must pray and believe."
-a common Elf saying

Echoes of War

''Yo-ho! Haul together!
Hoist the colors high!
Heave-ho! Thieves and beggars!
Never shall we die!''
-Hellspout song before battle.

"I was sitting down in a red chair, in a strange dark room,  with an oddly shaped door and wearing oddly colored clothes. In the room there was a table, at which sat an odd, legless creature, making an odd clanking noise on a metal box with a round cylinder and every now and then it made a bell like noise, and he slid the cylinder out. There was also music playing, but I didn't see a band or anyone, and it sounded like the music was going into the instruments. Then in came an oddly clothed man..."
-Manter Geivle, Half-breed Troll, before his assassination by Trolls

"Boys, keep yer darts sharp and yer powd'r dry.
We've got us e'nough enemies ta make yer Ancestors p'oud;
An' p'oud we'll make 'em."
-a common dragoon chant

"If I we're to believe everything you humans had to say, then I would be running away from myself all the time."
-Galebreath Heasen, Elf Captain

"SHUUUUU!. Quiet down ya stupid goblins. Otha wise they'd know dat we were attackin'."
-The words that lead to the discovery of the (successful) diversionary force at the fall of Uoberwaeld

Echoes of War

"Brother and sister gods and demi-gods may I please have your attention? I thank all who have excepted my invitation and feasted prodigiously upon my food and drunk heartily of my spirits but now I have a matter for your full bellies and clear minds to dwell upon. Peace. As you know, I am the youngest of you all and have seen only violence between you all. None of you can decide whom is better and must waste away the lives of mortals, as wells as immortals, to determine who is the best all while rallying behind other gods. But no more of this needless bloodshed. I propose that I, with all your best interests and no real powers, should form a sort of overseer or judge among your disputes and settle them as fairly as possible. If you would let me, we could reign in a new era of peace and understanding that would stretch on for eons and protect us from those-who-can-fall. What say you? Those who are against this proposal give a heartfelt "ney"."
-The speech of Chaos at the Banquet

''DAOKARLOP! fire's howling round the earth! DAOKARLOP! Swallowing the whole wide world! DAOKARLOP! The prediction is fulfilled! DAOKARLOP! Many Gods have been killed!''

-Dwarf Battle chant

''Lord of Chaos, brother of wisdom, the other side of good lurking in your mind! Lord of Chaos, by evil kissed and your other side the evil, I will find!''

-a common prayer to Chaos

"Men of the Dominion, the Dominque has but one request for all of you:HOLD YOUR GROUND!"
-Captain Velma Delphe, the Battle of Twin Valley

''Visual up-link established. Initializing spectral analysis of battlefield. Scanning. Scanning. Spectral analysis concluded. Terrain features elevated ground on N/NE, grassy flats at E/SE, and a river stretching from S to SW & W. Hostile targets number in 437. Threat level:minimal. Units 2/17 through 7/17 activate protocol 3-6-2, capture and conquer.''
-Leader 7 at The Battle of Liparo Pedia

Echoes of War

"Processing battle data. Processing complete. Initiating siege protocol number 2-2-10. Unexpected development: flank victory. Recalculating battle data. Recalculation complete. Initiating assault protocol 9-9-4. Unexpected development: enemy soldiers not fighting us and throwing down weapons while shouting and putting their hands in the air. Recalculating battle data. Recalculation complete. No protocol found. Re-initiating assault protocol 9-9-4."
-First record of scarecrow tactics attributed to former slave Astar Melcan

"If der's one fing us goblins do good it's drink. Afata that, we can prety much crush ana one dat we want ta trough numba's alone cuz we got so mana o' us and ther's so few o' you."
-Goblin boss Derk Detsa

"Our Lord and god Beation please preserve us from what evils that we may face as we lead our lives every day in your name. Please deliver your grand and glorious nation of Vissaria to the heights that your loyal people deserve and as you have promised to us Ahmen. Fafe Herare.
-translation to Daily Prayer to Beation http://fieldsofwar.blogspot.com/2012/01/art-of-wardaily-prayer-to-beation.html

"They're after me... THEY'RE AFTER ME. You don't know do you? The men of skulls. And wood. THEY HAVE NO SOUL. They are dead... and yet. They move. How can things with no souls MOVE? And they don't just move NO. They. Can. Kill... with a glance! NO! Not a glance, that takes less time then they do. And what do they do with those they don't kill? I don't know. Men with no souls have need of the living's souls though.WHY? (Starts crying)I don't want to know."
-The only survivor of the Meldernarn Massacre

Echoes of War

"It is a well known fact that Trolls are dangerous idiots but most people underestimate them. Even when they claim they aren't underestimating them they are. It has been estimated that upwards of 50,000,000Trolls live in the Blasted Desert, enough to overrun the Dominion in less then a month. the estimated number of Trolls who don't live in the Blasted Desert can only be guessed at, but it is generally around 300 MILLION Trolls, enough to destroy Garmaria, which means the known world is also going to be destroyed in the process. The only thing keeping the Trolls in check, is the Trolls and their 4 main werlads. Without those, the world would surely fall into madness, death, destruction, and... I suppose, bad taste in music..."
-the speech given by Engineer-Mamelion Eveingston Dunhull on the Troll menace

"Yes-yes you people underestimate us, No? You think us proper vermin, Yes? You think that we are to dumb to pose a threat to you, No? But am I not here, overrunning your precious fortress with ssuperior weapons and, yes, tactics? And aren't you the one who claimed that the ssuper fortress would never fall, No?"
-Storm Captain Ratergah Votr, after the tactically acclaimed assault on G.R.A. fortress 52(Super Fortress)

"''Empros! Empros! Pio grigora!''
-Forward! Forward! Faster!-
-A common Stygian Battle cry

"Da fing(dat ya neva will unastand) is dat I'm me( an' derefore, by uh logikal conclusion) you'z you, so then( I'm goin ta) off (wit) ya ('ead) and (dun't) Ya (tink ya) ma (live cuas da onla way yu'll) leav (is in trilions an' trililions o' bitz)"
-another example of why people have no clue what Sker Tusk is talking about

"OH..
1 old man on the ramblers block back
2 king's crowns on the swindlers stall pack
3 captains spinnin' grand old tales
wer sailin' for the mornin'

4 empty mugs on the barkeep's counter
5 blacks smith's punchin' like 50 pounders
6 gold coins missin' from the pales
wer sailin' for the mornin'

7 ships taking their new masters
8 men hanging from the royal rafters
9 wenches beggin' for us back now
wer sailin' for the mornin'

10 kings ships forcing us to flee
11 good men payin' the dead man's fee
12 cannons goin' boom and pow
wer sailin' for the mornin'

13 stabs in a dead man's heart sack
14 holes in the king's old kyaks
15 ships in the ancient whale path
wer sailin' for the mornin'"
-a common drinking song in Hellspout, referring to a pirates tendency to sailing westward, were loot and safety are easy to find and cheep to take(sometimes), and may actually be referring to a real story(although who would tell the story of pirates who were caught and killed?)

echoes of war

"scus me but can ya bend I's need ta shank ya in da back?"
-the last words of Regots Shanka, Azazan

"The last thing you ever want to attempt to rip off is a gnome. They can smell,yes smell, fake money from 600 paces away. They may play along with you for awhile but that's just so that they can glue your feet to the floor and get one of their harvesters over there."
-Micheal Vamer, Merchant guild master talking to the new aprenteces

"Those whom seek eternal youth shall always pay the ultimate price."
-exert from the Book of Truth

"Those who have turned their backs to the ways of nature and the protection of the golems will suffer their wrath."
-words that echoed around the dominion colony of East falls before it's total destruction

"They always say that because we don't believe the same way the do that we shouldn't be allowed to live. Well we'll show those fools. We'll go marching right into their cities and burn it to the ground with fires started by their own bodies. Why are you looking at me like that?"
-Delfin Barnegy, follower of Verbode Kennis


"I̱ Stygians kyvernoúsan ton kósmo ... paliá af̱tokratóro̱n mas ékane. Pí̱ran to katachthónios strató makriá kai ev̱reía , den ypí̱rche típota na kataktí̱sei , o kósmos í̱tan dikós mas . Allá i̱ paliá af̱tokrátores eínai nekroí , af̱tokratoría tous échei fýgei , kai étsi érchetai to kakó i̱méres. I̱ Eléf̱theri̱ ándres Stygia eíche schisteí se mía apó ti̱n álli̱ , antí ti̱s orthí̱s tous echthroús tous ... af̱toí pou zi̱lév̱oun óloi oi Stygians eíche kánei . I̱ paliá af̱tokrátores prépei na klaíne , allá oi nekroí den klaíne , egó̱ tha klápsoun sti̱ thési̱ tous , allá tha prépei epísi̱s na elpízoume , o kósmos gyrízei , ti boreí na érthei kai páli . I̱ písti̱ nits akóma epípedes epifáneies apó ti̱ zo̱í̱ to̱n andró̱n . Étsi, tó̱ra íso̱s oi Theoí epithymoún ti̱n Stygians na eínai megáli̱ kai páli . Íso̱s éna néo af̱tokrátora tha analávei to spathí , se mia táxi̱ ópou ypárchei cháos , xanaftiáxoun ton kósmo se éna kalýtero méros ... íso̱s ...
translation:'The Stygians ruled the world...our old Emperors did. They took the Stygian army far & wide, there was nothing left to conquer, the world was ours. But the old Emperors are dead, their Empire is gone, & so come the evil days. The Free men of Stygia had torn on each-other, instead of their proper enemies...those who envy all the Stygians had done. The old Emperors must weep, but the dead don't weep, I will weep in their place, but I shall also hope, the world turns, what was may come again. The faith still nits webs of men's lives. So now perhaps the Gods wish the Stygians to be great again. Perhaps a new Emperor will take up the sword, bring order where there is chaos, remake the world to a better place...perhaps...''
-King Alarxis' great speech when he started his great crusade to unite the city-states of Stygia.-

echoes of war

"By the grace of our merciless god, we are ALLOWED to live."
-a common prayer to Chaos

"Ya want ta go to da 'oly 'ead?!? Listen ya pea brained squishy most trollz neva even set dere eyes on da 'oly 'ead an' da ones whic do are often scared nough ta wet dere pantz on dey's first visit. Not ta mention da fact dat da idels live dere an' not even a dumb squishy like ya would want ta see dem up close."
-Bergzen Somfing, troll lug 'ead

''Μπορώ να ακούσω τους ακόμα! Μπορώ να τους δω ακόμα! Οι μεταλλικές ... προσέχουν ... ΠΑΝΤΑ!''

I CAN STILL HEAR THEM! I CAN STILL SEE THEM! The metal ones...are watching...ALWAYS!

-a Stygian hoplite who faced the Scarecrows

 

Ti̱n pró̱ti̱ forá pou synanti̱thí̱kame me ta antístoicha métallo , eínai sti̱n póli̱ tou chályva . Poté prin den écho̱ dei káti san af̱toús. Chtýpi̱san ton trómo stis kardiés to̱n anthró̱po̱n mou , kathó̱s kai ta Anthró̱pina ippótes . Allá mazí , tha boroúsame na tous kratí̱soun makriá , méchri ti̱n ischý ti̱s Theó̱n tous chtýpi̱se , kai chtýpi̱se tous skli̱rá . O mónos trópos pou boreíte na tous nikí̱sei , eínai an i̱ dýnami̱ to̱n theó̱n eínai mazí sas , allá merikés forés óchi , akóma kai af̱tó eínai arketó.

-The first time we've met with the metal ones, is in the steel city. Never before have I seen anything like them. They struck terror into the hearts of my men, as well as the Human knights. But together, we could hold them off, until the might of the Gods struck them, & it struck them hard. The only way you can defeat them, is if the power of the Gods is with you, but sometimes, not even that is enough.

-Dynamikus, Stygian General on Chalyvapolis

 

"OI SESOM!!! 'OW'S IT 'ANGIN'?"

-a common goblin greeting to their god Sesom when he appears in a goblin corpse fire

"Quickly-quickly we must strike before we are seen."

-Skelvet Porat, Storm Rider

Echoes of war Dominion

"You dare defile the lands of the Dominion? We have weathered countless invasion from your kind and yet you still think that you can destroy us? Let me show you how we dealt with the other invasions. OPEN FIRE!"
-Dominque Melavena Silenaco, The Battle at High Peak (da batta o' eleventa millian belcha's)

"I jest on't get it? 'ow do does dominin squishies dink dat we'z trollz iz week just cuz dat dey beat us a da batta o' eleventa millian belcha's and dozens o' otha battas i can't rememba at da moment deys allways 'ad gazilions of dem dead on da ground and wes onla have a couple to tree thousand and day call dat a victery. Actualy, dat kinda is."
-Warchief Gore Finga

"We promise to uphold the will of the dominique,
We promise to live a life dedicated to the dominque,
We promise to never run from a battle.
HAIL THE DOMINIQUE!"
-oath that paladins must take before the Dominique

"The fools of the Dominion are FOOLS ON A SCALE YET TO BE THOUGHT OF!!! They think that just because they managed to wound Chaos,HOW DARE THEY, that they will last FOREVER! Well I've got news for them, CHAOS WILL PISS ON THE DOMINIQUE'S COLD DEAD BODY!!!"
-Scean Gorvean, Chaos elementalist

"RALLY TO ME BROTHERS FOR THE TIME FOR VICTORY HAS COME,
FOR THE DOMINIQUE,
FOR DOMINIQUE RAPHAEL,
FOR THE DOMINION!!!"
-Dominion war cry

"I feel bad for whoever the current Dominique ,whats his face? Oh well it doesn't matter because even if he conquers the entire world and completely and utterly obliterates all of their enemy's, he will only ever be the second best Dominque ever. I, however, will never have that problem for I am the first, and only, person to complete the 5th ritual of Verbode Kennis."
-Keren the exalted, champion of Verbode Kennis