"The days have now fled, and the 'Darkdays are come upon us" - Gildor Goldbranch, 12/22/4E2018 SD

"But if for no other reason, Evil must be destroyed so that we can once more guide our own destinies." - Rael Crystalseer of Arden, 1/10/4E2019 DD

"...it is the way of our living that is testament to our spirits, and perhaps the way we die..." - Tuckerby Underbank, 2/1/4E2019 DD

Loose not the Red Quarrel
Ere appointed dark time.
Blade shall brave vile Warder
From the deep dark slime. - Othron the Sage, The Iron Tower Trilogy

Neither of two evils must thy strike claim; Instead smite the darkness between the same. - Rael Crystalseer of Arden, The Iron Tower Trilogy

Bright Silverlarks and Silver Sword,
Borne hence upon the Dawn,
Return to earth; Elves girt thyselves
To struggle for the One.

Death's wind shall blow, and crushing Woe
Hammer down the Land.
Not grief, not tears, not High Adon
Shall stay Great Evil's Hand. - Rael Crystalseer of Arden, The Iron Tower Trilogy

"All dreams fetch with a silver call, and to some the belling of that treasured voice is irresistible." - Seventh Durek, 12/13/5E231 KC

"Brega, Bekki's son, strode into legend along a steadfast course of honor. May the span of our strides match his - for that is the true Brega path." - Seventh Durek, 11/3/5E231 KC

"I have walked in Kraggen-cor, a bygone realm of might; but its light is gone, and dread now stalks the halls." - Brega, Bekki's son, 1/18/4E2019 BP

"...stature alone does not measure the greatness of a heart." - Lord Kian, 10/7/5E231 BP

Trump shall blow,
Ground will pound
As Dwarves on horses
Riding 'round.

Stone shall rumble,
Mountain tremble,
In the battle
Dwarves assemble.

Answer to
The Silver Call.
Death shall deem
The vault to fall.

Many perish,
Death the Master.
Dwarves shall mourn
Forever after. - Rime of Narok, Silver Call Duology

"Tell me, my son, what is the color of the Dragon?" ... "Crimson, Master, ever crimson no matter what sees the eye." DM

"Tell me, my son, what is the greatest enchantment of all?" ... "Why, love, Master, love; true love be the greatest enchantment of all." DM

One to hide; One to guide. - Unknown, DM

"Know this, my child, that when iron bells ring they can knell in joy or sorrow." TM

"Know, too, my child, that when iron bells ring we will laugh or weep on the morrow." TM

"Auguries are oft subtle ... and dangerous - thou may deem they mean one thing when they mean something else altogether." EH

"Will they remember us, Aravan? Will Mankind remember us at all?" ... "Mayhap, Gwylly, mayhap. Mayhap in their legends and their fables. Mayhap in nought but their dreams." EH

When Spring comes upon the land,
Yet Winter grips with icy hand,
And the Eye of the Hunter stalks night skies,
Bane and blessing alike will rise.
Lastborn Firstborns of those who were there,
Stand at thy side in the light of the Bear.
Hunter and hunted, who can say
Which is which on a given day? - Rael Crystalseer of Arden, EH

"Fox Rider, Fox Rider, where are you bound? After my true love, wherever he's found. Deep in my dreams the whole world 'round." VF

"Dreams are at time nought but fanciful images in a shifting shadowland." VF

"It is said that when the air is calm and the water nought but a glassy mirror, there is a place in the sea where at times if you are very still ... you can hear bells ringing far below." VF

"Perhaps, Ferai, you are along to make us believe that we indeed have free will." ... "And perhaps, Burel, you are along to make us believe we do not." DS

"The first rule of life is to live." DS

The Cat who fell from Grace;
One-Eye in Dark Water;
Mad Monarch's Rutting Peacock;
The Ferret in the High King's Cage;
Cursed Keeper of faith in the Maze:
Take these with thee,
no more,
no less,
Else thou wilt fail
To find the jaded soul. - Arin Flameseer DS

"But Mithgar . . . Mithgar is yet wild, tempestuous, unkept, savage, turbulent, exciting. We come here to feel alive." IFO

"It's all connected, you know." IFO

"Freedom is not free. . . ." IFI

'Many things lie somewhere, lost in the wreckage of war . . . innocence not the least of these." IFI
Seek the aid of those not men
To quench the fires of war,
Else Evil triumphant will ascend
And rule forevermore. - Rael Crystalseer of Arden, Hel's Crucible Duology

Uthr mnis klno dis . . .

In the time of the Trine,
A Hammer to carry, be wary;
The terrible Wage is Woe and Rage.

In the time of the Trine,
Where the Dragons are found, be bound.
Find the One to smite for Right.

In the time of the Trine,
Unto the trapped King bear Kammerling,
The Greatest Dragon to slay this day.

In the time of the Trine,
Champion of Fate, smite Greater Drake.

In the time of the Trine, the Trine . . .
In the time of the Trine. - unknown, Silver Wolf, Black Falcon