Honorable battle sustains a Sacred Band.
And as for death - we get what we expect.
There are stranger things here than Thebans know about.
Survival's the thing, isn't it?
Wars don't bring lasting peace, only lasting death.
This is for you. A mage named Randal told me to give it to the Band if you ever came back. 'It surmounts evil,' he told me, 'keeps doom at bay.'