Wanting neither too much to live, nor too much to die.

It is hard to battle anger, for whatever it wants it pays from the soul.

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.

Sanctuary is for lovers, not fighters, this season.

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.'

Ask yourselves if the gods are angry, you who have seen Harmony come among us, walk among us, touch us, look kindly upon us. We are the Sacred Band of Thebes. We fight in the forefront, therefore we bleed first. We live, therefore we die.

So well do I love you, I go to my god singing your praises. When I meet my father, I will tell him I fought beside you.