These warriors of the Sacred Band were inscrutable; they loved their war and death and picking through the bones of time to sort out right from wrong, good from bad, holy from profane, honor from dishonor.

Here Stormbringer spies the Stepsons, the Theban fighters, and the 3rd Commando, attending to their own. In the face of such unflinching determination and unswerving devotion, the hurricane pauses and calms. Its ravings turn to mutters.

Always take responsibility for your past. It is your only collateral in life. Unless you despise yourself now, you cannot despise yourself then. Everything you did is a part of the process that brought you here. All your past is as alive and real as your so-called 'present.'

I can start the rain. Bring thunder. Bring lightning. Want to see?

There is no mercy in trading life for life. And certainly no righteousness. Mercy, once given, cannot be taken back.

Men may not believe you, my son. But you must always say the truth, when the truth holds no danger for you or your loved ones.

One to a customer was the rule: one body; one mind; one swing through life. - Tempus