Melhed/History/Age of Blood/Liners

Sometimes an event can be summarized by a single line, something that captures the very point of that moment in time. Alas usually these things are just inside jokes, and cheesy one liners, but sometimes they can say a lot about the people who have since left us.

Rise of the Mercenaries

• "The problem with mercenaries is that they need to be paid to start fighting. And, unless you are very lucky, you end up paying them even more to stop." Aldo Unti, Soldier, comment on the rise of the mercenaries.

Age of Blood

• "If you are the last man standing, you're not fighting hard enough." Emperor Tsu

• "You should ban everyone who's name starts with 'J' and ends in 'osh'" Grand General Koban, Speaking of El Cid Rogala

• "What! Jarbosh! Here?" Morgan Darby, Soldier.

• "You know what this place needs, ninjas..... think about it." Andro the Assassin

• "I don't know how they do it, but the tax ninjas always find us no matter how far we roam." Aldo Unti, Soldier

• "You are all ordered to party down, that is all." Emperor Tsu

• "I'd say he doesn't administer a reign of terror, just the occasional light shower." Durak the Merchant, about the Emperor

• "What do you mean we weren't at war yet?" Grand General Aldo, eve after launching the invasion.

• "You may have beaten us this time, but we've only to march a few miles to re-supply, while you have to walk for a month. We will return tomorrow and the next day, and the day after that; we will keep coming until there is nothing left of you but blood and ashes." Emperor Tsu Sun, After the Charge of the Berzerkers

• "Other nations have elections, we have rebellions; the result is the same." Morgan Darby, Soldier

• "How do I do it? Why, my axiom. People are stupid. Remember that and you can do anything." Emperor Tsu

Age of Reason

• "Morgan, we have a palace made of solid gold, since when do we spend wisely?" Prime Minister Aldo Unti

"Stupidity remains man's single greatest adversary... and it has won the day." Veber Klotz

"Rock on Melhed, Rock on!" Kokomaro, King of Rock, at the founding of Valentia

"We're a reasonable people; well as reasonable as you can get living in the coldest, most inhospitable, stretch of land anywhere on the continent, fighting a war of genocide against enemies that can't be defeated." Dyan Twix, Vanquisher

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