ErraticErrata Quotes

Ha! And I bet you didn't even see it coming!"
– Dread Emperor Traitorous the First

Our doctrine is one of cost-efficiency. Any officer who believes extermination of the enemy is a valid path to victory should immediately be demoted back to the ranks."
–Marshal Ranker

Before embarking on a journey of revenge, dig two graves. One for the fool and one for all those pesky relatives."
– Dread Emperor Vindictive the First

Who reigns up high?
A dead man's sigh
What sleeps below?
A crown of woe
That is the Tower:
Learn and cower."
– Extract from 'And So I Dreamt I Was Awake', Sherehazad the Seer

What Foundling does isn't thinking outside the box so much as stealing the box and hitting her opponents with it until they stop moving."
– Extract from "A Commentary on the Uncivil Wars", by Juniper of the Red Moon Clan

What say you, Empress of Praes?
Here you lie upon the blood-soaked ruins of your dominion, surrounded by the corpses of the legions that once swarmed over the world. Hundreds of thousands dead for the sake of your wretched ambition, your mad design to bring to heel the kingdoms of man. In all the history of Creation no one woman has been so wicked as you, and I will have my answer.
Why, o Empress of Ruins?"
She shrugged.
"Why not?"
– Last lines of the "The Fall of Empress Triumphant, First and Only of Her Name

Those who live by the sword kill those who don't."
– Dread Emperor Vile the First

Gaining power's a lot like scaling a tower, Chancellor. The longer you do, the more likely you are to fall."
– Dread Empress Regalia the First, before ordering her Chancellor thrown out the window

Funny, isn't it? No matter what language they speak, everyone sounds the same when you pull out their fingernails."
– Dread Emperor Foul III, "the Linguist

Note: orc buoyancy is limited. Avoid fighting the damnable rebels near shoddily-built dams in the future."
– Extract from the journal of Dread Emperor Malignant II

The patient knife always strikes true."
– Soninke saying

Power is mostly a matter of making the right corpses at the right time."
– Dread Empress Malicia the First

Never back the Praesi in a corner, son. That's when the devil-summoning starts, and it's all downhill from there."
-King Jehan of Callow, addressing the future King Pater the Unheeding

Mercy might be the mark of a great man, but then so's a tombstone."
– Extract from the personal memoirs of Dread Emperor Terribilis II

I've found that the best way to win at shatranj is usually to turn into a giant snake and tear my opponent's throat out."
– Dread Empress Vindictive III

Always mistrust these three: a battle that seems won, a chancellor who smiles and a ruler calling you friend."
– Extract from the personal journals of Dread Emperor Terribilis II

Now kneel, fools, and witness my ascension to GODHOOD!"
– Last words of Dread Empress Sinistra IV, the Erroneous