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Post by HeliosMegistos on Nov 23, 2019 7:18:16 GMT
Might as well keep up the tradition. I'll start.
"Muad'Dib could indeed see the Future, but you must understand the limits of this power. Think of sight. You have eyes, yet cannot see without light. If you are on the floor of a valley, you cannot see beyond your valley. Just so, Muad'Dib could not always choose to look across the mysterious terrain. He tells us that a single obscure decision of prophecy, perhaps the choice of one word over another, could change the entire aspect of the future. He tells us "The vision of time is broad, but when you pass through it, time becomes a narrow door." And always, he fought the temptation to choose a clear, safe course, warning "That path leads ever down into stagnation." - Princess Irulan
"Prophecy and prescience — How can they be put to the test in the face of the unanswered questions? Consider: How much is actual prediction of the "wave form" (as Muad'Dib referred to his vision-image) and how much is the prophet shaping the future to fit the prophecy? What of the harmonics inherent in the act of prophecy? Does the prophet see the future or does he see a line of weakness, a fault or cleavage that he may shatter with words or decisions as a diamond-cutter shatters his gem with a blow of a knife?" - Princess Irulan
“’Government cannot be religious and self-assertive at the same time. Religious experience needs a spontaneity which laws inevitably suppress. And you cannot govern without laws. Your laws eventually must replace morality, replace conscience, replace even the religion by which you think to govern. Sacred ritual must spring from praise and holy yearnings which hammer out a significant morality. Government, on the other hand, is a cultural organism particularly attractive to doubts, questions and contentions. I see the day coming when ceremony must take the place of faith and symbolism replaces morality.’”
- Lady Jessica
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Post by HeliosMegistos on Nov 23, 2019 7:21:43 GMT
"Be this some dream I wake from? Am I in dwarven lands? Why seem their roads so empty?, The light. We sought the golden light. You offered... the power of the gods themselves. But it was... black... corrupt. Darkness... ever since. The City. It was supposed to be golden. It was supposed to be ours." - Magister Corypheus
"It is your fault, "Herald". You interrupted a ritual years in the planning, and instead of dying, you stole its purpose. I don't know how you survived, but what marks you as "touched" what you use to flail at rifts, I crafted to assault the very heavens. Beg that I succeed, for I have seen the Throne of the Gods, and it was empty!" - The Elder One, the Will that is Corypheus
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Post by HeliosMegistos on Nov 23, 2019 7:27:55 GMT
Gaat: "I don't see any tattoos, but you're carrying a staff. Are you from a Chantry circle?
Solas: "No. And I would prefer not to discuss it."
Gaat: "Have I done something to offend you?"
Solas: "You joined the Qun."
Gaat: "After they rescued me from slavery."
Solas: "And put you into something worse. A slave may always struggle for freedom, but you among the Qun have been taught not to think."
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Post by HeliosMegistos on Nov 23, 2019 7:29:24 GMT
Cassandra: Solas, if you do not mind me asking, what do you believe in?
Solas: Cause and effect. Wisdom as its own reward, and the inherent right of all free willed people to exist.
Cassandra: That is not what I meant.
Solas: I know. I believe the elven gods existed, as did the old gods of Tevinter. But I do not think any of them were gods, unless you expand the definition of the word to the point of absurdity. I appreciate the idea of your Maker, a god that does not need to prove his power. I wish more such gods felt the same.
Cassandra: You have seen much sadness in your journeys, Solas. Following the Maker might offer some hope.
Solas: I have people, Seeker. The greatest triumphs and tragedies this world has known can all be traced to people.
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Post by HeliosMegistos on Nov 23, 2019 7:29:40 GMT
Cassandra: I noticed, Solas, that you did not seem surprised by what I uncovered about the Seekers.
Solas: No? They are an organization.
Cassandra: You think organizations to be inherently corrupt?
Solas: Given enough time, yes. To survive, an organization must devote resources to maintaining itself. Those resources inevitably accumulate until the original purpose, however pure, is all but lost.
Cassandra: You make the Seekers sound like a mindless beast.
Solas: A beast, no matter how mindless, will die and give way to a successor. An organization is eternal. There are always corrupt men who hoard power for their own gain and there are always honorable men who hoard power to fight them.
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Post by HeliosMegistos on Nov 23, 2019 7:50:13 GMT
Solas: I heard about your organization, Sera. I am impressed.
Sera: Is this a trick?
Solas: Hardly. But it is an opportunity. You have already divided your group's membership. That is wise. No one cell can betray all your secrets. The next step is to establish a rhythm. When your enemies pursue, you vanish. When they become complacent, you harass them. When they are weak, you strike in earnest.
Sera: Where d'you get all this, then?
Solas: Do you wish to be unnerved by another tale of my explorations of the Fade? Or do you wish to learn something? Sera: I don't know. Neither?
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Post by HeliosMegistos on Nov 23, 2019 7:50:37 GMT
Solas: Once you have the aristocracy weakened, Sera, you will have to redirect your lieutenants.
Sera: Oh, this again. All right, what am I doing?
Solas: Some of your forces, valuable until now, have no interests beyond creating disruption. Chaos for its own sake. They must be repositioned where they can do no harm, or removed if necessary. You replace them with organizers willing to build a new system and carry out the ugly work that must be done.
Sera: What? Why? What ugly work?
Solas: That is up to you. Do you wish to disrupt the nobility, secure a title? Or change the political structure entirely?
Sera: None of it! I don't want any of that!
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Post by HeliosMegistos on Nov 23, 2019 7:50:48 GMT
Solas: I do not understand you, Sera. You do not have an end goal for your organization. Sera: Nobles get rattled, and people get payback. I play in the middle.
Solas: Why not go all the way? You see injustice. And you have organized a group to fight it. Don't you want to replace it with something better?
Sera: What, just lop off the top? What does that do, except make a new top to frig it all up?
Solas: I...forgive me. You are right. You are fine as you are.
Sera: You hurt my head sometimes, Solas.
Solas: Yes, I have been known to do that.
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Post by Kisada on Nov 23, 2019 12:20:39 GMT
Other than this destiny, his power, what does he talk about? Riven, Kenji, Torok, Selene, we're your family.. He's just a monster Tamura, he doesn't love you - Agewynn to Tamura
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Post by HeliosMegistos on Nov 23, 2019 12:28:07 GMT
One of my own from Solar Strife.
I swear upon my own free will, to devote my life, in service of the Martian Empire, to defend the citizens of Mars, and to further the will of the Martian Emperor, from the light of Sol, to the edge of dark space, for as long as I live. - Oath of the Imperial Martian Army, Solar Strife
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Post by HeliosMegistos on Dec 22, 2019 9:11:57 GMT
Solar Strife - Prelude to Emancipation
"The more of these planets I visit, the more disgusted I become."
"One would think a star fairing nation would have overcome such barbarity, instead it seems to have fallen backwards into darkness. Mars has it's share of problems but nothing like this!."
"A private military corporation that blockades orbital colonies to extort tribute, a multi system democracy to mired in decadent and moral decay to act, and now a planet that allows chattel slavery which I imagine this confederation is all to happy to look other way from. What other disgraces exist out here waiting to be brought to light?."
"I've had enough of this. I will not stand aside in the face of this injustice out of respect for sovereignty, his imperial majesty the Sol incarnate shall hear of this!"
"When I return I will bring morality and the righteous laws of Sol Invctus with me, this confederation will bow before will of the Martian Empire" - Princess Othelia Lancaster, 13th in line to the Sunburst Throne of the Second Martian Empire.
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Post by Kisada on Sept 18, 2022 0:53:23 GMT
Some quotes me and D4 have come up with from playing around with various planned scenes for the story
"Your perversion of nature manifests these horrific distortions of time energy, twisted together into a prismatic mirror, spewing raw cosmic aggression, a beautiful design, truly inspired." - Ayli
"Apt description, my lady, fitting, since we based it on you. And your words, are fine indeed, but you need not waste them, you cannot hide the truth from me, I know your fear, and you are rightful to. No safeties anymore, we're free to play this game, the Legacy tried.. in vain, but they tried.. And now the star of extinction arrives, the bad guy is here.. Sun finally sets on this dawn." - Chondrakha
This one is an imagining of Chondrakha meeting much later in the story with Ayli, when she's the Primordial God of Destruction and he has gone, to put it lightly, through hell and back, he was once her servant and learned basically everything that transformed him from the Nightmare dragon he was, the one that betrayed the Watchers, to what he becomes much later on.
"Do you really think I could kill my own father?" - Asuna
"My daughter couldn't, but Es Kalieon can kill Harun Malik." - Harun
This is an inspiration for a bit of dialogue once Asuna is way down the path of trying to complete Nightmare's destiny, or at least her warped perception of it and Harun is either trying to get her to realize the absurdity of what she's done, or just put in his due duty to stop reality from falling apart, even if he's no match for her at this point.
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Post by RaptorKing on Sept 18, 2022 5:19:43 GMT
"Darkness envelopes everything. Light envelopes everything. What does that tell you? It should tell you that Light and Dark are just opposites of life, and nothing more. Darkness....Light. It is the same if you bring them together. They belong together. Life itself demands you bring them together, bc if they aren't, destruction follows." Sanche, an aspect of the Saurik Mar.
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Post by RaptorKing on Sept 18, 2022 5:25:12 GMT
"Death is just another way to escape life. Life is brutal, simple and does nothing but make you realize how fleeting life is. But death...death is unknowing...death is something noone knows. Except me. I am death. And I can tell you...Death is something that makes sense. Death is beyond the mortal realm. It is beyond time. It has no boundaries. It makes you something more...and something that Time itself will remember. So...join me!" Saurkron, the Night King.
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Post by RaptorKing on Sept 18, 2022 5:40:16 GMT
"Life will find a way to escape the clutches of malcontent and destruction! We have endured and adapted, and we shall do it again, everytime! Kill me, and someone else will take my place!" Kratos, the leader of the Lights.
"I will destroy the next leader, just like I will destroy you!! Entropy envelopes everything and everyone in time and I am its instrument. So I have a few words for you...feel the pain and suffering, you rat!!" Alkenon Evilen.
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