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Her given name has been lost in the mists of time. Legend says that her silent vigil will one day be ended by the one who, pure of heart and spirit, calls out that name again.

"Halana grew brambles to create a barricade around our camp, hoping that it would keep the wolves out. That was a mistake for which we almost paid dearly."
—Alena, trapper of Kessig

"The dead perform all the work here—farming, building, teaching, even embalming their fellow mummies. The living need do nothing but train. What system could be more perfect?"
—Temmet, vizier of Naktamun

"I've learned to trust my dogs' instincts. When they're calm, I'm calm. And when they get nervous, I get my crossbow."
—Hinrik of House Cecani

Administrator of the military state of Sheoltun, Tobias is the military right arm of the empire and the figurehead of its freedom.

The Tolarian Academies embrace a tradition of study and research while discouraging the kinds of experiments that ruined the original island of Tolaria.

"What do you do then? Run. Run very fast. Don't stop until you see the camp—or a bigger Giant."
—Toothlicker Harj, Orcish Captain

"How can you accuse me of evil? Though these deeds be unsavory, no one will argue: good shall follow from them."

Armodons are trained to step on things. Enemy things.

To taunt a man into action, call him a coward. To insult him beyond forgiveness, call him a jackal.

"That arm's for bashin'. That one's for smashin'. That one's for scratchin'. And that one . . . I don't know what that one's for."
—Orgg trainer

The Champion and the philosopher Olexa returned from the opposing camp at dusk. Behind them, the enemy raised sail and departed, breaking the siege. When asked what the two had done, the Champion replied, "We spoke to them."
—The Theriad

At sunrise, the Champion and her companions awoke to find their supplies gone and Brygus, their sentry, dead. Carefully arranged piles of ornamental shells gave a clear warning: go no further.
—The Theriad

Battle tempers soldiers as fire tempers steel.

"Right now you are a feeble stick, but I will help you grow some rings."

A band of Temur hunters, fleeing the Mardu, dug a hideout beneath such a creature as it slept. The horde found them and attacked. For three days the Temur held them at bay, and all the while the great beast slumbered.

"The work that went into creating this magnificent specimen. Horrific, deadly, well-balanced. Not all necromancers do elegant work like this."
—Lestin, necromancer

As the outsiders invaded Bant, soldiers who once saw sigils as the highest marks of glory began to see the scars of battle as tokens of equal worth.

"No emergency is so dire that it cannot be dealt with elegantly."
—Olivia Voldaren

"My orders were to capture you alive. They didn't specify in what form."

"A long and difficult incision revealed that all vital organs are housed in the head, save for a long chain of stomachs, forty in all, leading from its throat to the end of the tail."
—Mulak Ffar, Vastwood Biodiversity

Venser admired his handiwork and smiled. His first prototype had joined with the hive mind all too well, running with the brood and becoming a predator itself. This one, he thought, would be accepted into the hive but still obey his commands.

"When traveling the Great Desert avoid wearing the scales of lizards, for the Viashino rule the sands and look poorly on the skinning of their cousins."
—Zhalfirin Guide to the Desert

A bored wizard once created a vizzerdrix out of a bunny and a piranha. He never made that mistake again.