"Their so-called god, it is claimed, loves, and thus love is their virtue.  Foolishness!  Love is only fear of loss, and fear is among the keenest of weapons in our arsenal.  Let us turn their virtue onto itself, and draw more souls into the Devouring Maw."
- The Paragon, address to his Overlords, in the second year of the Sectarian Wars

"Why’s she want the rings?  Heh, ye ain’t the first ta ask.  Well, why’s the wind blow?  Why’s the shark bite?  Trust me, lad, you don’ want ta question her nature, jus’ as ye wouldn’ question mother nature.  I say she’s lookin fer somethin’ - gods save me when she finds it."
- Ben "The Biter" Yardrin, sailor

Trouble follows some people wherever they go.  I follow that trouble and make sure those people don’t make anymore trouble.  It ain’t easy, but someone’s got to do it.

Forsooth!  A fair flock of faithful friars, from fanciful to factual.

A minor mess of magnates for myriad monarchies.

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"I have seen the beast, tentacled and cruel.  Tore out me eye, it did, like pickin’ a plum.  It’s cursed, I tell ye, cursed to its cold heart."
-Jerboam the Sailor

Misunderstood and much maligned, the Hek is a traveller who dreads violence.  If it only understood the violence it caused.

Bad luck just seems to follow him everywhere.  Some say its a curse, others its just in his head.  But there’s one thing everyone can agree about Poor Josias: he is a sad, sad man.

“8 Ortio, 986 - At last, I’ve captured the amulet!  I certainly could not have done it without the help of my unusual mercenary companion.  He has very much impressed me with his skill.  We encamp in Durath Woods for the night and make for Kharath in the morning.

9 Ortio, 986 - Amulet missing.  So is Thaxen.  No longer impressed with merc.”

-Sir Wardren Lank’s journal

Failure.  For most, it is an occasional streak of bad luck to be suffered.  For others… well, it’s a living.