Keep your enemies at a distance, your partners close at hand.

And as for death - we get what we expect.

Honorable battle sustains a Sacred Band.

Only so much can be borne from men, so much from gods

I...keep trying to be perfect. For you. So you'll notice me.

Nothing walks the earth more savage than a mare enraged.

The two stallions, the silver and the black, represent the equine god (whomsoever horses pray to) in this ritual so ancient that no one knows what god to thank.