Quote Based Worldbuilding: Third Time's the Charm

[Sgt. Cookie]

"Bend my back and break my will
In service to the moon.
Burn my flesh and scorch my soul
Drown me or beat me or swallow me whole
So long as it's in service
To the empress of the moon."

- Third Chant of the Lunar Guard, the Moon Empress' elite warriors


"I'm skeptical of your chances, but intrigued by the possibility."

[Wampyr]

"I'm skeptical of your chances, but intrigued by the possibility."

- Lady Putkammer to her secret lover, Yan Loewenhaupt, the bastard of Archduke Odo Essa, about his plan to turn his father into a herring.

“I killed myself so many times I don't even exist anymore.”

[Thorongil]

“I killed myself so many times I don't even exist anymore.”

- Johann Falsestaff, former highwayman, now apprenticed to a con artist in Seramoore.

“Men of all sorts take a pride to gird at me. The brain of this foolish-compounded clay, man, is not able to invent anything that tends to laughter more than I invent, or is invented on me. I am not only witty in myself, but the cause that wit is in other men.”

[Lleban]

- Johann Falsestaff, former highwayman, now apprenticed to a con artist in Seramoore.

“Men of all sorts take a pride to gird at me. The brain of this foolish-compounded clay, man, is not able to invent anything that tends to laughter more than I invent, or is invented on me. I am not only witty in myself, but the cause that wit is in other men.”

-Atsu, inventor of Golden legion, an army of self repairing Golems serving Ankopolis

"Trust me Eric, dear child, even the dragons soar beneath the moon."

[D20ragon]

"Trust me Eric, dear child, even the dragons soar beneath the moon."

- Mother Adriel, Heiress to the Moon

"My dear man, can you honestly say with good conscience that the moral nature of our cosmos has never troubled you? The existence of Heaven, of course has been proven beyond doubt by the Celestial Reaches... but Hell? Point to Archeron all you like, but we alone are responsible for that accursed river. Even dragons were men once. No, the burden of sin lies firmly on our shoulders, and in many cases, we are too weak to bear it...

... Excuse me a moment, I need a drink."

[Hugh Mann]

- Mother Adriel, Heir to the Moon

"My dear man, can you honestly say with good conscience that the moral nature of our cosmos has never troubled you? The existence of Heaven, of course has been proven beyond doubt by the Celestial Reaches... but Hell? Point to Archeron all you like, but we alone are responsible for that accursed river. Even dragons were men once. No, the burden of sin lies firmly on our shoulders, and in many cases, we are too weak to bear it...

... Excuse me a moment, I need a drink."

-Hessur Gect, chief advisor to the throne of Ankopolis, to Barcha Vorlnott, Black Cell Inquisitor, after the flooding of Ankopolis.


"Reach Heaven through violence."

[3WhiteFox3]

-Hessur Gect, chief advisor to the throne of Ankopolis, to Barcha Vorlnott, Black Cell Inquisitor, after the flooding of Ankopolis.


"Reach Heaven through violence."

God-Emperor Kuzzik Vi, in his book The Faithful Soldier: Why Conquest is a Spiritual Duty, after the colonization of Gyra.

"We'll see how your muscles avail you while playing a game of N'vivi with Death."

[Lleban]

"We'll see how your muscles avail you while playing a game of N'vivi with Death."

Atsu Herald of the abyss to the sky rider Melquart

"Your attachment to honor is disgustingly irrational, but hey that's why I'm up here and Ankopolis is underwater."

[TheTeaMustFlow]

"Your attachment to honor is disgustingly irrational, but hey that's why I'm up here and Ankopolis is underwater."

Exalted Lady Illera III, Arch-Diviner Celestial, to Ivan the Thrice-Drowned.

"Thanks."

[Wampyr]

"Thanks."

- The cold word of gratitude spoken by the Empress of the Moon to Victoria “Red Hand” Porte, the successor of Oculus “Evil Eye” Orlok, after she used celestial technology to steal Seramoore and all lands Eastward for the Empress for a reward of just one Tlatatoa egg.

“Lay me in earth and forget my sins, forget my fate, but remember me.”

[BronzedDrake]

“Lay me in earth and forget my sins, forget my fate, but remember me.”

-The Tyrant of Kielin, on his deathbed. They did not follow his instructions.

"Thieves are not evil, just selfish, or bored. I know one who steals thing and returns them later just to confound people."

[3WhiteFox3]

-The Tyrant of Kielin, on his deathbed. They did not follow his instructions.

"Thieves are not evil, just selfish, or bored. I know one who steals thing and returns them later just to confound people."

The thief Cantur Nackleberry, trying to convince a Judge to not sentence the entire Thieves Guild of Ankopolis to execution, it didn't work.

"Powerful, world-ending magical artifacts should really come with a warning label."

[Lleban]

The thief Cantur Nackleberry, trying to convince a Judge to not sentence the entire Thieves Guild of Ankopolis to execution, it didn't work.

"Powerful, world-ending magical artifacts should really come with a warning label."

Victoria “Red Hand” Porte after mishandling Celestial technology in an early stage of training.

"Take me to Darû Lady Illera, please I need Tlatatoa, I need forgiveness!!!"

[Dromedary]

"Take me to Darû Lady Illera, please I need Tlatatoa, I need forgiveness!!!"

-The Tyrant of Kielin, the day before he died.

"You're out and about at all hours of the night! Chasing around rats and wenches. You're late to the shop in the morning, and you often leave before the day is half over!"

[Benthesquid]

"You're out and about at all hours of the night! Chasing around rats and wenches. You're late to the shop in the morning, and you often leave before the day is half over!"

~ Excerpt from A toast delivered at the third (of seven) wedding of Julius Quickclaw, by his partner and coowner of the Halverston General Store, Jora Tirrisdottir.

"Before I was called madwoman or monster or savior, Devil's Whore or Angel's Bane, I had other names. You may not credit it, to see what I have become, but there were those who called me sister, daughter, friend."

[Wampyr]

[B]~
"Before I was called madwoman or monster or savior, Devil's Whore or Angel's Bane, I had other names. You may not credit it, to see what I have become, but there were those who called me sister, daughter, friend."

- The last words of Victoria “Red Hand” Porte before she was hung from the walls of Dawnfort by Angels for crimes including use of stolen celestial technology, theft of Seramoore and all lands eastward, consorting with devils, numerous political assassinations, and most heinous of all; the release of a Tlatatoa into the Celestial Reaches.

“That King Yvrokistrax is an anomaly, isn’t he? I mean how many times in the last millennia have the dwarves, or anyone for that matter, sworn fealty to a halfling princess of no more than seven years?”

[Hugh Mann]

“That King Yvrokistrax is an anomaly, isn’t he? I mean how many times in the last millennia have the dwarves, or anyone for that matter, sworn fealty to a halfling princess of no more than seven years?”

-Bob Liliquen, writer and truthseeker, during his investigations of the Dwarven court of Yratn.

"I can only pray that our children will be wiser than we, for our enemy is long lived and cunning. They must teach their children to fear the coming age so that they will pass that fear to their children. For our enemy, a thousand years may pass in the blink of an eye, and it is only through fear that our descendants may one day be prepared for the devastation yet to come"

[Lawful Good]

"I can only pray that our children will be wiser than we, for our enemy is long lived and cunning. They must teach their children to fear the coming age so that they will pass that fear to their children. For our enemy, a thousand years may pass in the blink of an eye, and it is only through fear that our descendants may one day be prepared for the devastation yet to come"[/QUOTE]

-Dargar Thunderbeard, reflecting on his failed rebellion against the Celestial Drake-King Eirthkiir


"Why do the halflings always poke their noses squarely where they dont belong?"

[TheTeaMustFlow]

"Why do the halflings always poke their noses squarely where they dont belong?"

Jared Narker, Ankopolis Thieves Guild enforcer, shortly after his arrest based on the investigation of Achille Dubois, famed halfling detective.

"Don't just stand their gawping! Like you never even saw the hand of God before..."

[DMwithoutPC's]

"Don't just stand their gawping! Like you never even saw the hand of God before..."

Missie Bilger, the Leftmost Hand of God, To the Seeramorian refugees she saved from the Null.


"They Try to devide us horizontally, setting Seeramore against Ankopolis and Halflings against dwarves. But the real devide in this world is vertical! The Moon judging us from above, the Celestials coldly ruling is their courts and palaces, even the infinite wealth of the Demons below! Set aside these petty grievances, and unite! Down with the outsiders!"

[Lleban]

Missie Bilger, the Leftmost Hand of God, To the Seeramorian refugees she saved from the Null.


"They Try to devide us horizontally, setting Seeramore against Ankopolis and Halflings against dwarves. But the real devide in this world is vertical! The Moon judging us from above, the Celestials coldly ruling is their courts and palaces, even the infinite wealth of the Demons below! Set aside these petty grievances, and unite! Down with the outsiders!"

El Minio, Firebrand, exile, native of Daru and preacher to the forgotten.

"Hurry up, ya slackers, celestial treasure ships sail the sky once a millennium, we need to reach it before it reaches the moon."

[TheTeaMustFlow]

"Hurry up, ya slackers, celestial treasure ships sail the sky once a millennium, we need to reach it before it reaches the moon."

Gerald the Sot, famed Pirate Captain, shortly before being murdered by his own crew - primarily due to their fear of eternal damnation for attacking a Celestial reliquary, and secondarily due to his extremely annoying accent.

"If you ask me, Sergeant Major, there are a lot of very peculiar blokes on this beach..."

[PopeLinus1]

Harla Jorsdottir, Warden of the Black Cells, to the Fivefold Angel, during the flooding of Ankopolis.

"Bend my back and break my will
In service to the moon.
Burn my flesh and scorch my soul
Drown me or beat me or swallow me whole
So long as it's in service
To the empress of the moon."

Traditional marching chant of Gladstone Raiding party's on the Gilden Shore


"Your Treachery speaks of the weakness in your blood. Now bleed it out, false priest

[PopeLinus1]

Traditional marching chant of Gladstone Raiding party's on the Gilden Shore


"Your Treachery speaks of the weakness in your blood. Now bleed it out, false priest

Aaack sorry, didn't realise their was asecond page, thought this was the most recent post.

[Yllin]

I will ignore the kinglinus1 post and continue the chain

"If you ask me, Sergeant Major, there are a lot of very peculiar blokes on this beach..."

- from Tommis Ivers Black report, describing halfling tribes of the Rusty Shores

"Water only flows down, you know, never up. We shall change that now."