"You have not died until I consent."

"You have not died until I consent."

Sometimes the greatest strength is the strength of conviction.

Appointed by the kha himself, members of the tribunal ensure all disputes are settled with the utmost fairness.

Healers ultimately acquire the divine gifts of spiritual and physical wholeness. The most devout are also granted the ability to pass physical wholeness on to others.

Her sword sings more beautifully than any choir.

Her sword sings more beautifully than any choir.

The touch of Serra's angels bears hopes aloft and empowers noble causes.

"We leonin have come to rule the plains by taking to the skies."

—Raksha Golden Cub

"We leonin have come to rule the plains by taking to the skies."

—Raksha Golden Cub

As tireless as her mount, a skyhunter's vigil is measured in days.

As tireless as her mount, a skyhunter's vigil is measured in days.

"Take the deadly grace and strength of the leonin, combined with a pteron mount capable of rending a foe in two and armed with notched steel. That is a skyhunter—and why Taj-Nar has never fallen."

—Raksha Golden Cub

Count carefully the souls and see that none are lost.

—Vec teaching

"We are all inextricably linked, souls woven in tapestry."

"Let my hope be your shield."

"The constellations form a tapestry of light that traces my people's broken history. Day and night, I feel their glittering presence calling me to weave the pattern whole."

"Best leave your tongue in its yap-hole, Mercadian scum, for your silvered words and golden bribes do not sparkle so brightly outside your city."

"Best leave your tongue in its yap-hole, Mercadian scum, for your silvered words and golden bribes do not sparkle so brightly outside your city."

Its eye the glaring sun, its cry the keening wind.

Its eye the glaring sun, its cry the keening wind.

"Let everything return to its true nature, so that destiny may takes its course."

"The treasures of the ancients belong in museums, not in the grubby hands of grave robbers."

So great is his certainty that mere facts cannot shake it.

So great is his certainty that mere facts cannot shake it.

"I heard their eerie howling, the wolves calling their kindred across the frozen plains."

—Onean scout

"I heard their eerie howling, the wolves calling their kindred across the frozen plains."

—Onean scout

Age wears the flesh but galvanizes the soul.

The air hummed with the scissoring sound of uncounted blades that hovered in front of the invaders as though wielded by a phalanx of unseen hands.

The air hummed with the scissoring sound of uncounted blades that hovered in front of the invaders as though wielded by a phalanx of unseen hands.

"The day will come when the righteous warrior faces a battle she cannot win. She will greet that day as she has any other."

—Asmira, holy avenger

"I abandoned my dream of a squadron of griffin-riders when the cost proved too high. Three trainers were eaten for every griffin broken to the bridle."

—King Darien of Kjeldor

"I abandoned my dream of a squadron of griffin-riders when the cost proved too high. Three trainers were eaten for every griffin broken to the bridle."

—King Darien of Kjeldor

"Her voice is justice, clear and relentless."

—Akroma, angelic avenger

"Her voice is justice, clear and relentless."

—Akroma, angelic avenger

Idealism fits him better than his armor.

Idealism fits him better than his armor.

They brandish their latest theories as warriors would wield weapons.

"The East Wind, an interloper in the dominions of Westerly Weather, is an impassive-faced tyrant with a sharp poniard held behind his back for a treacherous stab."

—Joseph Conrad, *The Mirror of the Sea*

"The East Wind, an interloper in the dominions of Westerly Weather, is an impassive-faced tyrant with a sharp poniard held behind his back for a treacherous stab."

—Joseph Conrad, *The Mirror of the Sea*

"Life is a game. The only thing that matters is whether you're a pawn or a player."