First Rider's Call Quotes
"Cannot feel me. Cannot see me. WILL NOT listen."
"What was alluring about that? Why did she resist?"
"A positive sign that all was not lost was the gold winged horse brooch resting on the table next to the bed."
"Great heart, stout heart, strong and bold, the iron hearts of Riders glitter as gold."
"Karigan Galadheon, you must go to Sacor City. Hey? You are not a merchant—you are a Green Rider."
"All was as it should be—quite ordinary really, but for some reason she could not shake off her sense of disquiet."
"Duty often required Green Riders and their mounts to ride directly into situations they would much rather flee."
"Rangers certainly aren’t in it for the money."
"I thought you wanted to learn more about the business. It isn’t all traveling from town to town."
"You are my only child," he said, "and I love you."
"The calling to be a Rider can force upon you a path in life not of your own choosing."
"Remember well the precision of my aim, Galadheon."
"We shall assist you as we can," the Eletian replied.
"I am called Telagioth. I am ora-tien, leader of these tiendan."
"We know you," Telagioth said. "You are touched by Laurelyn's favor... and other things."
"It was the force of the magic which warded this place that killed them. It was loosed when the unspeakable one left its tomb."
"Apologies won’t bring back the dead, will they? Apologies won’t bring back my daughter."
"I’ve seen the trail of bodies left behind from the march."
"He tore off his royal mantle of heather, tossed it on the throne chair, and started pacing."
"You cannot trust what they do not understand."
"I will need to speak with you further, Rider, but go eat and rest."
"The forest, it’s restless. The wild creatures—they’re spooked."
"A nine-year-old taken by Lord Nester. How could you?"
"It was her fault, the rapes, the beatings, the deaths. All of it on her shoulders."
"I have never known what to do with that lad."
"He’s left us a legacy, by the gods. A legacy I hoped to never see."
"You’ve come too far forward—you must go back."
"The intelligence is reliable. He’s breaking with Mornhavon."
"Two hundred years of Rider history was gone, the corridors Gwyer Warhein once strode, the rooms in which Bard Martin and Ereal M’Farthon had slept, and the common room where generations of Riders had raised their voices in laughter and song."
"A sparkle in the rubble caught her eye. Stepping carefully on weakened floorboards, she squatted down and looked closely. More sparkles rippled in rainbow hues across the ruins in front of her. Moonstone fragments."
"It had been unblemished by the fire, and it was almost as if it had captured the light of the fire within itself."
"In an odd way, it gladdened her that things of such beauty drew the sun to a place of such devastation."
"She knew she should have returned it, but she guessed he wouldn’t miss it for just one more night. Right now, it was the only comfort she had."
"I know it won’t be the same as the fine old barracks to which you’ve grown accustomed, but I think once it’s cleaned up and made habitable again, Riders will bring new life to this section of the castle."
"You, um, didn’t take this from the king’s apartments, did you?"
"I had always wondered about the young lady who possessed such gumption. I am very pleased to meet the inspiration of the story."
"You awakened me when you touched the tempes stone."
"The guardians have been screaming for a very long time, but no one has heeded their call."
"I am a real projection of the great mage Merdigen."
"The war, boy, the war! I have been waiting in suspense for you to regain your senses so I could find out."
"It was taking quite a bit of energy to converse with the cantankerous Merdigen, energy Alton could not spare."
"Two hundred years since last there was a keeper. There ought to be a good explanation for that."
"Such a shame that Agates Sealender fellow never named an heir, starting the war in the first place."
"Since they built the Haethen Toundrel. Since the closure of the Long War."
"You are who you are. Would someone who overcame her fears—tremendous fears—to dispel a terrible danger to her country and those she loves, be even a shadow of a betrayer?"
"He embraced the bonds placed on him, then broke them."
"I need you to know how I feel about you, Karigan, no matter what may come."
"There is no better way to gain perspective on one’s life than by gazing upon the heavens."
"I hope there is a place for faith and dreams."
"It's a queen's gift. Not a gift fit for a common messenger."
"This gift... It's a token of my feelings. Nothing more, no expectations."
"I wanted you to have them. And you are anything but common. You are special to me."
"It is time to remember. Time to remember our history and the heroic acts of the past. Time to remember our fallen."