When I first washed ashore on this vast rain forest, I assumed that my best hope was to find other instances of humanity. After more than a year of violence, violations, and provocations, I can confirm that I have indeed found other humans. But I have seen few glimpses of humanity.
Famous Quotes
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2 PE
Cervia Polonosa, The First Mother
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3 PE
Cervia Polonosa, The First Mother
I don't know when I'm going back to the main island. But I can guarantee this: I am, without a doubt, going back. And when I do, the savages who stalk that land will know that it is their land no longer.Location
Islegantuan -
15 PE
Cervia Polonosa, The First Mother
It's clear to me now that the desperate demeanor of these men is fed by their realization that there are no women to be found. With no women, there are no children. And with no children, every man acquires an implicit realization that he has nothing to live for other than his next meal.Location
Islemanoton -
22 PE
Cervia Polonosa, The First Mother
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54 PE
Cervia Polonosa, The First Mother
Every punishment I levied was done with utmost sobriety. And it was done solely for the safety and the betterment of my people.Location
Islemanoton -
155 PE
Erie Faolin, Auld Cervian citizen
If the council doesn't find something soon on which to disagree, I might be forced to manufacture a controversy - to keep us all from dying of boredom.Location
Auld Cervia -
319 PE
Arnthur Vetu, Auld Cervian lookout
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446 PE
Thania Amria, Auld Cervian cognoscenti
I'm telling you, as sure as I'm standing here today, that they're talking. They're not gesticulating or entertaining themselves with pantomime. They're actually speaking - with their hands - and some of their conversations are more sophisticated than the drivel that's bandied about in our own city.Location
Auld Cervia -
488 PE
Lucian Ivray, Auld Cervian casterway
It doesn't much bother me that I can't remember most of my life. I'm only annoyed that the assholes who sent me here couldn't even be bothered to pack me a sandwich.Location
Auld Cervia -
651 PE
Marno Cabril, Catrian guard
He rolls in with his smooth voice and his band of merry fraudsters, selling worthless junk and fairy tales. And we all line up to buy it anyway.Location
Isleprimoton -
659 PE
Elzie Vedeigne, Cervian midwife
It's misleading to call him a "salesman", for he only needs to open his hand and wait for the crowd to fill it with coin.Location
Isleprimoton -
661 PE
Antony MarcEvoy, Morvatian trader
Now listen carefully to what I'm about to tell you. When you meet him, whatever you do, you absolutely cannot allow him to smile at you.Location
Isleprimoton -
666 PE
Rykya Smeding, Smugglers' Moot privateer
Air's some madman down at the docks. Says if I pay'im today, eel re-burse me if my ship sinks. At's the dummest gotdam idea ever erd in mah life.Location
Smugglers' Moot -
667 PE
Magan Morgan, Smugglers' Moot fish cleaner
I really like that Abnold Camponimous Thigny fellow. But I sure hope he hadn't gotten in wot over iz head. I just spied Keegan and iz investors eddin down to the docks to collect on those claims. And if they don't get paid, I'm afraid there won't be any more Abnold Camponimous Thigny fellow.
Location
Smugglers' Moot -
673 PE
Madame Victoraou, Smugglers' Moot casino owner
I don't yet know how he's cheating. But I got a hunch I can find out once I've shoved a couple hot coals up his arsehole.Location
Smugglers' Moot -
673 PE
Horscht Mykelsohn, Smugglers' Moot trader
Am I the only one disturbed by the fact that a razer just strafed the Moot , we have yet to receive word from our vessel, and the man who's promised to cover our losses on that vessel is spending money with the Madame like it's his last day on Excilior?Location
Smugglers' Moot -
675 PE
Lloranc Brachina, Thignian aide
I always said that I'd follow Thigny to the end of the world. But if we march a few more kilometers westward, I'm pretty sure I'll have exceeded my commitment.Location
Isleprimoton -
688 PE
Abnold Thigny
The blood of our comrades painted the landscape. Some were more akin to meat than men. And I wondered: Was this all a mistake? Had we gone too far? And then I saw it... That blade. That glorious blade! And I knew, right then, that everything was worth it.Location
Isleprimoton -
689 PE
Lloranc Brachina, Thignian aide
Location
Isleprimoton -
694 PE
Abnold Thigny
But, Lloranc. Old friend. After all this time, I thought you, of all people, understood? We're not selling iron ore. Or steel. Or weapons. Or land. We're selling hope.Location
Isleprimoton -
696 PE
Keytlyn Woirjs, Thignian settler
I ain't talked to that man for but ten minutes before I knew I had to get outta there - and fast. If I'd-ah stayed for another ten minutes, I'd-ah paid him for a patch of ocean, a stretch of sky, and the right to sail home on my own vessel.Location
Isleprimoton -
698 PE
Mouritz Hielsmann, Thignian miner
That Thigny'll smile at ya real bright. Slap ya on the ass. But question so much as a single word in his "charter", and his boys'll be out here in the middle of the night, lookin to set yer mind right.Location
Isleprimoton -
709 PE
Ayden Amara, Diasporan scout
I stumbled across something remarkable today: A band of explorers encamped at the far end of the peninsula. They speak a tongue I've never heard. And they have a frightful look like no people I've ever seen before. But they were intent to keep to themselves and they seem rather harmless.Location
Islegantuan -
719 PE
Lloranc Brachina, Thignian aide
From the moment I met him, I always just assumed that one day he would rule the universe.Location
Isleprimoton -
727 PE
Virenz Koraj, Cervan mercenary
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737 PE
Auris Vorta, Thignian soldier
I never saw Thigny so tired as when he explained to us that we weren't going to war with the Guilian rebels. He just shook his head, stared off into the distance, and told us that it wasn't worth it.Location
Isleprimoton -
787 PE
Sacred Wander text
We are not beside the river. We are not in the river. We are the river. The precious waters flow through us just as time flows through the valleys of our lives.Location
Excilior -
804 PE
Tausas Noura, Thignian cobbler
My manna came and woke me in the middle of the night. He said there was no time, and we had a long journey ahead of us - across the sea. I had no idea what he was talking about, but I asked him what we could possibly expect to find, so very far away? A tear welled up in his and he whispered in my ear, "Home."Location
Isleprimoton -
812 PE
Ermo Mand, Blepian trapper
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813 PE
Onar Marmouf, Tumian High Council member
We are the forebearers of this land. Everything you see about you, everything that came before you, owes some part of its existence to the Tallonai.Location
Islemanoton -
828 PE
Nadia Falino, Poglian cognoscenti
If fate had decided that we were only to get the helioskimmer or Cervia Polonosa - but not both - then there is little doubt that we came out ahead.Location
Islemanoton -
881 PE
Bidenton Draxworth, Atrian merchant
We arrived at the negotiations with great optimism, for there was much to discuss and everyone had a vested interest in finding common ground. But our hopes of meaningful dialog were dashed when we realized that none of the participants spoke anything but Komon.Location
Isleprimoton -
957 PE
Raimon Utris, Golian dethane miner
You want to build a road? Clear through the Emerwold?? Why stop there? Why not build it all the way to Absentia?Location
Gotten Road -
1024 PE
Elysha Sornter, Poglian saltfoot
Those fugitives were some of the loudest damn criminals wot ever walked the isle. From the moment we set toe on Norkey we could ere'em talkin. Laughin. Ell, I think I erd one of'em diggin is nose.Location
Hinterlands -
1062 PE
Rouben Rekvish, Gorganian webber
Gods are not those bathed in omnipotent glory. The true gods are those who light the way through every word and with every action.Location
Islegantuan -
1119 PE
Larthia Hanunia, Tumian sea captain
We're searching for a disintegrating wreck. Even if we're lucky enough to find her, our reward shall be nothing but... a disintegrating wreck.Location
Sister Seia -
1143 PE
Alihan Bortan, Enoerian boatswain
An average greeting on Vectum Isle goes something like this: "Greetings. Welcome to my shop. My name is Haraga. And I've never heard of the Unknown."Location
Sontsu Peninsula -
1181 PE
Donaton Marler, Charian resistance fighter
If we're to have any chance of halting Garde's rise, we'll have to kill Bellion. I have no idea how to kill Bellion.Location
Isleprimoton -
1183 PE
Jorn Jentsen, Atrian mercenary
The battle was leaning strongly in our favor. And at one point, I thought I could see their lines starting to cave. But then Bellion charged in, and we had no choice but to retreat.Location
Isleprimoton -
1200 PE
Benyamihn Bargor, Charia diplomat
King Garde is a charming fellow. More humble than most rulers. More knowledgeable than most lords. And more handsome than most men who have weathered his storms. But I must say, he's an itchy fellow. Spent the whole evening scratching like a pomeranth while we enjoyed our vintage.Location
Isleprimoton -
1201 PE
Berrion Bellion, Charian general
I'll build an army like this planet has never seen. And the Nocterns will be extinct within a year.Location
Isleprimoton -
1201 PE
Acton Bartwin, Charian cognoscenti
I don't know just how many Nocterns one must kill to stamp their reign as "legitimate", but I fear that we're about to find out.Location
Isleprimoton -
1201 PE
Helinand Penhalligon, Charian king
I tell you now that if you think you're a patriot. If you love the arbyr that fostered you. If you're loyal to the king who protects you. You will drop your petty ambitions and drive this subhuman pestilence from our lands.Location
Isleprimoton -
1201 PE
Tauno Eskola, Noctern raider
They stumble through the forest with all the grace of a parrican. We listen as they dream about how glorious it will be to drag our bodies before their king. And somehow they have the nerve to look surprised when they find a spear driven through their innards.Location
Isleprimoton -
1201 PE
Bardrick Bartran, Charian cognoscenti
I believe our adolescent nation can survive the laughable ineffectiveness of Helinand. But I'm not sure if we can weather the whirling demon that sits at the head of the Exterminators.Location
Isleprimoton -
1201 PE
Lauj Fau, Tinsian cognoscenti
The Charians have the men, the weapons, and the supplies. But the Nocterns have the Dawn Reaver. I rather like the Nocterns' odds.Location
Isleprimoton -
1202 PE
Dawn Reaver, Noctern praetor
Everyone believes that they're ready for war - until their precious little boys stop coming home.Location
Isleprimoton -
1203 PE
Kieron Burgess, Charian root trader
I can't remember the last time I saw a Noctern, or even spoke to anyone who had. And now... we're supposed to be at war with them??Location
Isleprimoton -
1203 PE
Dyclan Harmison, Exterminator conscript
I no longer have any desire to see heaven. For I fear that, when my times comes, Bellion will force me to march there.Location
Isleprimoton -
1203 PE
Elisza Hauberger, Thignian noble
The Dawn Reaver has effectively turned Bellion's military campaign into a ragtag scavenger hunt.Location
Isleprimoton -
1204 PE
Helle Bierre, Noctern priest
I don't want to hear about your tactics and your skirmishes. I have refugees on my doorstep. Lost. Hungry. And desolate. And I won't be the one to turn them away.Location
Isleprimoton -
1205 PE
Spenzor Warson, Exterminator conscript
I had two choices. I could stay at home and starve in the village. Or I could join the Exterminators and take what I needed to survive from the people who were starving in the villages.Location
Isleprimoton -
1205 PE
Boros Arpad, member of the Exterminators
There was a rumbling the likes of which I'd never felt. The canopeias shook. The soil danced. The river frothed. And before any of us understood what was happening, several hundred parricans had rampaged right down the middle of our camp, through our supplies, and over the pulverized skeletons of some of our dear colleagues.Location
Isleprimoton -
1205 PE
Berrion Bellion, Charian general
They're everywhere. And nowhere. And I fear it's starting to drive some of my men insane.Location
Isleprimoton -
1206 PE
Kenwyn Barwyn, member of the Exterminators
If I catch wind of another one of those Naught Brigade losers riding on our coattails, I swear I'll walk right past every Noctern in Charia just so I can slit the pretender's slimy little throat.Location
Isleprimoton -
1206 PE
Dawn Reaver, Noctern praetor
They think we fight alone. But our allies are the arbyrs, the rivers, and the very soil beneath their feet.Location
Isleprimoton -
1206 PE
Berrion Bellion, Charian general
This is fucking ridiculous. How can I attack an enemy I cannot see? How can I defeat a foe who refuses to face me?Location
Isleprimoton -
1207 PE
The last journal entry of C'est Groibble, member of the Exterminators
I guess I should be happy. The treaty's signed. The war is over. And I'll be home with my family soon. But something just felt... off, about the manner in which the Nocterns left the treaty signing today.Location
Isleprimoton -
1208 PE
Lautin Minzler, Charian chamberlain
He saw himself as a military genius, a national hero, a savior to the people, a friend to his troops, and a cultured scion of society. The truth was far simpler. He was just the biggest, baddest man in the room.Location
Isleprimoton -
1212 PE
Hannia Kavania, Noctern elder
The oplanders speak of wars and battles, combat and defense, glory and riches. The Nokkmeun speak only of life. And death.Location
Isleprimoton -
1218 PE
Cronwyll Barontop, Charian scavenger
There are bigger things to worry about right now, but occasionally, I still see them. A Noctern traipsing through the dying arbyrr in the twilight of another hellish day. And I want to kill them. Every goddamn one of them. But Bellion is gone. The Exterminators are gone. Helinand is gone. And if things continue on their current trajectory, I believe it won't be long before Charia itself is gone.Location
Isleprimoton -
1220 PE
Dawn Reaver, Noctern praetor
The "rules" of war were written by those who have never had to fight in a war.Location
Isleprimoton -
1220 PE
Tesha Ghaffarov, Queen of Oneia
When I awoke yesterday morning, I was the proud ruler of a sovereign nation. When I awoke this morning, there was no nation to speak of, and no one left to be ruled.Location
Islegantuan -
1221 PE
Sien Wendels, Ephian writer and poet
A clearly-defined monster is a wonder of its era. A vaguely-defined monster is a wonder of all eras.Location
Islegantuan -
1223 PE
Pernille Kruse, Thignian diplomat
We can wait until the Nocterns become an active threat under our own soil. Or we can fight them. Right now. Across the Charian landscape. And we can destabilize two critical enemies with a single action.Location
Isleprimoton -
1225 PE
Heleine Broeder, Noctern elder
And if you wipe us out, what next? Will you then turn your ire to the trees? To the rivers? To any creature that deigns to set foot on sacred Charian soil?Location
Isleprimoton -
1225 PE
Inna Kursk, Noctern educator
The Pax Calamitas was a shimmering fever dream. It could never survive once the tortuous heat of Syrus finally subsided.Location
Isleprimoton -
1227 PE
Ishwar Ishnon, Noctern soldier
The marriage was already consummated. They long ago wed themselves to a tradition of genocide. And it's been a resilient union.Location
Isleprimoton -
1227 PE
Heleine Broeder, Noctern elder
Peace is within our reach. Nemes requires nothing more than for us to deliver the Dawn Reaver, a Watcher, a half dozen dancing sceramanths, and the secret to dividing by zero.Location
Isleprimoton -
1232 PE
Lars Razis, Noctern ranger
He was a titan. And I understand why he was a legend to your people. But having been there that night, I can confirm that his skull was just as soft as all the other troops'.Location
Isleprimoton -
1294 PE
Din Mau, Golian escort
They have their share of faults. No denying that. But I've watched the Reapers defend travellers from tyrans. I've seen them strike down their own for endangering children. They turn down deplorable gigs that would make them rich. And the Scarlets...? They'd sell their mother into a whorehouse if it'd put a shiny coin in their pocket.Location
Excilior -
1376 PE
Anmar Anakar, Asjarian chamberlain
Their most audacious accomplishment is having created an entire culture based solely on the principle that they have no culture.Location
Isleprimoton -
1444 PE
Arcaina Ahmun, Collian high priestess
We don't concern ourselves with the whimsical fairy tales of withering civilizations.Location
Islegantuan -
1452 PE
Darvyn Pok, Diasporan webber
Any desire one has to redeem the Lumidari is completely undercut by their shameful embrace of the Agnoscio.Location
Isleprimoton -
1454 PE
Avir Batyrnev, Maversian cognoscenti
The Asjarians are spinning tales of a machine, fallen from the sky, that can talk to the heavens. If I ever decide to resume my drug habit, I'm moving to Asjaria.Location
Sontsu Peninsula -
1479 PE
Leandro Payim Tivaris, Sceraisian warden
We can put a price on his head and hope that someone drags him in over the next year. Or we can go find us an Unknown - and they'll drag him in within the next ten days.Location
Sontsu Peninsula -
1480 PE
Mikalis Kourou, Nilaslian Reaper
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1485 PE
Jayli Suricha, Lokkan scout
At what other time has man ever been able to claim a literal correspondence with God?Location
Sontsu Peninsula -
1498 PE
Morgan Edne, Goddite fisherman
The sentinels were here before humans invaded these forests, and they'll be here long after the humans have retreated.Location
Sentinel Bay -
1588 PE
Baidir Sontjen, Torholmaan constable
Their women prance about like they own the place. Quite frankly, it's embarrassing.Location
Islemanoton -
1589 PE
Naurinho Senke, Namgongian innkeeper
I can't claim to speak Qoanesh with any real proficiency. But I'm a master in its written form: Squiggle, squiggle, double-squiggle, triple-squiggle, and... squiggle.Location
Islegantuan -
1691 PE
Panko Kristov, Prielian Reaper Syndicate
Everyone keeps reassuring me that they're herbivores. But I can't help but notice that the pods constantly cracking between their beaks are basically the same size as a human head.Location
Boundless Plain -
1705 PE
Nim Sudham, Lahjian ferry operator
It's not just that they bathe in the river. They wallow in it like carokins. If they had any self respect, the first thing they'd do after leaving that river... is take a bath.Location
Excilior -
1733 PE
Chea Travary, Golian cognoscenti
The popular narrative has always been that the sinking of the Khyron cost Thigny an arm and a leg. But the evidence recently uncovered makes it clear that it actually cost him his soul.Location
Isleprimoton -
1735 PE
Omollo Odero, Tinsian Wander
You want Chopharnos to protect you. To provide for you. To heal you and sustain you. So what are you going to offer her? A rotting fish? A shoddy basket? A handful of wilting blooms? You can do as you wish. But I will offer her the beating heart of our youth. And Chopharnos will hear my prayers.Location
Excilior -
1747 PE
Marna Froehn, Masalian diplomat
The festival was a rhythmic soup of arms and drums and legs and drums and somersaults followed by ever more drums. When the vintage overtook me and my senses could process no more, I stumbled off to a quiet corner where I could rest and doze off for a few. I awoke, several hours later, and they were still dancing. With no visible signs of stopping any time soon.Location
Islegantuan -
1771 PE
Moira Stutzmin, Torholmaan saltfoot
If the gods smile upon me, I'll never return to that land again. They eat bugs for breakfast. They eat bugs for lunch. They believe there's no better garnish for a bug than... another bug.Location
Islegantuan -
1781 PE
Jocelin Rambert, Charian cognoscenti
They have become as the trees and the winds and the moss beneath our feet. They are always here. They have always been here. We have just ceased to see them.Location
Isleprimoton -
1817 PE
Laventis Geroulis, caretaker of Joretray's Sylvan Hall
I write to alert you of what may be the gravest threat our order has ever faced. I just sat for hours, with a terrified and disconsolate mother, who witnessed all three of her sons sacrificed to the Maenar's river gods. And she was led to this nightmarish fate... by craven souls claiming to be the Sylvan Guard. -
1840 PE
Leilanie Champasak, Collian fish herder
I leave you what little I can. And I regret having to end things this way. For it is in me to face the horror of this dread disease, but I cannot bear the thought of being butchered alive by the flayers.Location
Islegantuan -
1853 PE
Nairita Suraveti, Kalan clerk
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1878 PE
Arkaidos Kaidis, Taisinian quartermaster
I spoke to the cosmoglot. And the answer I received was: "You are being scammed."Location
Sontsu Peninsula -
1919 PE
Tomi Rantanen, Lokkan merchant marine
Ferrying passengers is rarely ever a profitable endeavor nowadays. No sooner have I quoted a price to a prospective client, than he has been pulled aside by some Ontorlands huckster offering to guide him to his destination, underground, for half the price. I've given up explaining to them that they'll be dead in less than a week.Location
Ontorlands -
1919 PE
Patryc Stypich, Torholmaan cognoscenti
Every morning they materialize outside our gate. More newborn males. No parents to claim them. And we haven't the slightest clue how to proceed.Location
Isleprimoton -
1940 PE
Song Yejun, Gongian leecher
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1951 PE
Ingrit Reis, Pozian cognoscenti
It is the judgment of this council that you have betrayed the sacred tenets of our profession. You are to leave the klyster at once, never to return. You are never to represent yourself again as cognoscenti. You are to remember every day, for the rest of your days, that you have failed all who gave of themselves to train and support you. -
1959 PE
Dimnah Morlette, Poglian thief
I don't really have time for all your credentials and your backstories and your personal philosophies. Just tell me what you think of Thigny.Location
Isleprimoton -
1989 PE
The Sylvan Chronicles
And the darkness of that day seemed like an omen of our demise, for a hail of bolts loosed upon us so numerous that they shrouded Syrus's rays. But all was not lost! For the Great Sylvan Baraqiel was perched in the arbyr above. And he shot every missile from the sky before any could deign to harm us.Location
Excilior -
1990 PE
Vordant Orshish, Tollian tyran
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2002 PE
Madya Ivany, Maversian hunter
Had I encountered the sentinel in dark or twilight hours, I might have run, screaming in terror, from the site. The living tree did not have one trunk - but four. Each approximated a twisted, broken "leg" anchored uncomfortably to the forest floor. A bulbous head-like appendage rose from the center of its "back" and the penetrating rays of Syrus illuminated a gnarled grimace strewn across an angry "face".Location
Sentinel Bay -
2020 PE
Niek Lorgen, Ucaranian cognoscenti
In the Jongshzen langage, the word "hongyang" means "cognoscenti from the countryside". Coincidentally, it is also the word for "clown".Location
Islegantuan -
2043 PE
Mayva Oyver, Lancian cognoscenti
Kadir possesses the most curious ability to paint someone as a complete asshole - without them even realizing they've been insulted.Location
Isleprimoton -
2051 PE
Baldergash Sparcsylver, Testament of Baldergash
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2055 PE
Amzi Sprongar, Poglian Agnoscio
It's a special brand of cognoscenti ignorance to believe you can cure casterway diseases without ever having peered inside a casterway. -
2056 PE
Jeynne de Sysel, Lancian cognoscenti
Our colleague Kadir has created quite the charming little fairy tale. It's a bit crass, and it won't be leaving any lasting mark on the world. But if you're in need of a good chuckle, I highly recommend it.Location
Isleprimoton -
2061 PE
Bretnon Brinon, Priori of Syrus elder
Let the cognoscenti spin their fanciful yarns. No one's listening. And it's of no concern to Our Lord Syrus.Location
Isleprimoton -
2080 PE
Marn Rae, Gongian merchant
I'd heard of the dangers, but I didn't think much of it. We had a large caravan and two experienced Sylvans by our side. But then the lead cart sunk into the bog, and one of the "Sylvans" started whistling to some unseen colleagues behind the emberstools. And that's when I knew that most of us would never make it home. -
2082 PE
Solmon Hailmuth, Cheian merchant
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2099 PE
Severa Garveno, Boucieian high priestess
We appoint queens and lords over our lands. But it takes a fool not to realize that the true ruler of this continent is the bottonfly.Location
Islegantuan -
2118 PE
Kaido Taim, Chevian ranger
The Toterians honor their natural wonder by sprinkling all manner of refuse round its base. By digging makeshift latrines under its shelter. By erecting tent hovels amongst its roots. And by selling crappy novelty trinkets to all who come to witness her.Location
Boundless Plain -
2122 PE
Quintus Vindex, Guilian diplomat
If ever you are tempted to trust the Sontsu again, remind yourself that they are an entire people descended from runaways, kidnappers, and rapists.Location
Sontsu Peninsula -
2123 PE
Pora Igo, Quitan Diasporan
To lose one's identity is equivalent to death. Yet dying to preserve one's identity still results in... death.Location
Islegantuan -
2162 PE
Marten Robaine, King of Chevia
There is no force of nature more terrifying than an Inqoan woman. There is no accident of nature more useless than an Inqoan man.Location
Islegantuan -
2186 PE
Var Jondah, Phonaecian scaler
Ayntip was quite a legend in these parts for awhile. Had all the local folk thinkin he was some kinda savant. Then me made the mistake of playin Nits & Naughts in fronta them. And they quickly realized he had the mental chops of a lubeworm.Location
Excilior -
2202 PE
Vorpal Dharka, Chuitian Scarlet
That crazy bitch wants to sell bottonflies and build corporate offices. We'll all be in chains - or dead - in ten years.Location
Excilior -
2205 PE
Censu Tarchett, Prielia brigadier
I know it's improper, but every time the commandant comes round I grow mad with passion. Her skin is dark as the Ontorlands. Her shoulders are broad as a parrican. She's as tall as a bloodwood. She could crush me with her bare hands - and oh what a joyous experience that would be!Location
Islegantuan -
2206 PE
Vintcius Munatius Arrianus, Guilian king
There will be no peace in this land so long as there is even one filthy, stinking, degenerate Sontsu slithering over that peninsula.Location
Sontsu Peninsula -
2207 PE
Vatsa Madhokar, Noctern youth
The oplanders want nothing to do with me because I reek of Nokkmeun. The Nokkmeun want nothing to do with me because I reek of them.Location
Ontorlands -
2221 PE
Anolina Anolinia, Morvatian translator
So long as it is clear that you are trying not to offend the Noctern, it is pretty much impossible to offend the Noctern.Location
Ontorlands -
2222 PE
Pawla Stanoita, Hetmaan hunter
Bazyl loosed an arrow today at a parrican. It did not harm the beast in the slightest, but it sufficiently startled the herd to spark a stampede. The stampede, in turn, leveled the new klyster, which has been under construction for the better part of three years. It was universally agreed that Bazyl will never again be allowed to join the hunting party.Location
Isleprimoton -
2232 PE
Ormin Dynholm, Lahjian Sylvan Guard
It's a special type of vermin that would don the skin of the righteous to propagate its evil.Location
Excilior -
2240 PE
Ainan Ayman, Blepian saltfoot
Claims ese Elladoran. Ese got fancy tales of 'is so-called ancestors. But he can't fool me. Ese got the stink of Diasporan about 'im.Location
Islegantuan -
2244 PE
Nolanga Mahola, Quillian saltfoot
I have never felt more closely monitored than the month I spent stranded, alone, in the desolate forests of the Watcher Peninsula.Location
Watcher Peninsula -
2247 PE
Inchenko Domir Maximovik, Ucaranian troubadour
I used to contend that Qoanesh is nothing but a bunch of animal sounds, suitable only for vermin and wild beasts. Then I heard a Diasporan speaking it, and I knew that I was correct.Location
Islegantuan -
2263 PE
Lei Zyuhan, Hetmaan alchemist
A more appropriate moniker has never been crafted. Where are they? Unknown. What do they do? Unknown. Do they even exist? Unknown.Location
Sontsu Peninsula -
2286 PE
Jayvan Bhartiya, Galmonian saltfoot
They have wasted centuries trying to accomplish with the needle what we could solve in a few generations with their women.Location
Isleprimoton -
2291 PE
Berton Gorardi Hetmaan Sylvan Guard
We're not in league with the devil. That, I could handle. We're in league with bloodthirsty savages who drag innocents to their unholy altars under our banner.Location
Excilior -
2292 PE
Aarinae Godhania, Hineian Scarlet
Mark my words. And take them back to all of your snivelling thugs. The wyndle trade is ours. And if we ever catch one of your kind in our territory again, we'll paint the Gotten Road with your entrails.Location
Excilior -
2293 PE
Elo Elondrian, Charian ranger
Nocternal treaties are quite useful - when I'm alone, squatting in the forest, and there are no leaves nearby.Location
Isleprimoton -
2303 PE
Amaresh Taye, Llanpiq priestess
The idea that anyone should ever be called upon to "prove" the existence of God is laughable. The Plague of Men shows us, every day, and in the womb of every hopeful mother, that God is absolutely real. And our God is an angry, spiteful soul intent on punishing us for all our myriad transgressions.Location
Islegantuan -
2331 PE
Luiz Eynmann, Collian woodworker
There is perhaps no more appropriate feature of the dropship than the fact that, within a short period of time, it will simply disintegrate. Like a turd.Location
Dropship Seia -
2333 PE
Baiya Viraga, Golian priestess
It pains me to report that I know why we haven't heard from Sister Pauchner in some time. I made the trek to her muddwood cottage today. And when I entered the abode there was naught left of her but a pile of shredded skin and muscle, all ripped apart by her own fingers.Location
Islegantuan -
2398 PE
Adelar Encke, Goddite bailiff
Taint nothin that turns the learned folk into blathering idiots quite like askin'em to splain where Watchers come from.Location
Watcher Peninsula -
2402 PE
Trayjon Noxon, Kalan smuggler
I would say that they are a dying culture, but even a corpse changes over time.Location
Islemanoton -
2409 PE
Derwin Nevitt, Mouberian ambassador
The delegates from all of the Elladoran nations made quite a spectacle of themselves. They wouldn't sit with us. They wouldn't drink from our pitchers. Nor eat from our banquet. And I don't believe they would have spoken to us if they hadn't felt the need to inform us of the overall inferiority of the accommodations.Location
Islegantuan -
2442 PE
Sophus Rask, Gorganian monk
Does no one else see the irony in the fact that we're worshiping a deity who openly ridiculed the act of worship??Location
Islemanoton -
2444 PE
Portitia Cyprian, Kalan priestess
The towering arbyrs do not intimidate me. In fact, they bring me great solace. But the emberstools stand as an abomination - an artifact of god's handiwork run amok.Location
Islegantuan -
2465 PE
Bernal Cordain, Taisinian cognoscenti
The Inqoan have no need to speak in secret codes or to manufacture elaborate cyphers. They have Qoanesh.Location
Islegantuan -
2517 PE
Karpo Khamchan, Rinenmaan cognoscenti
There is no grain of sand on the beach, nor any single leaf of the canopeia, for which the Tallonai have not tried to take credit.Location
Islemanoton -
2549 PE
Monar Rashidar, Pishingian brewer
But of course the sceramanths would only make themselves known to a child! Anyone else woulda slain'em, stuffed'em, mounted'em over the hearth, and spent the rest of their life bragging to all their buddies about the greatest fishing trip they'd ever had.Location
Leung Peninsula -
2558 PE
Lenuo Thao, Quitan torturer
The prisoner kept screaming that his contact was unknown. After I removed his third knuckle, I realized he was trying to tell me that his contact was an Unknown.Location
Sontsu Peninsula -
2560 PE
Junius Jor, Klasisian saltfoot
You can have your so-called protectors. I've seen what they do, with my own eyes. They drag the unsuspecting to the headwaters - and they sacrifice those poor souls to their river/demon/god thing.Location
Excilior -
2575 PE
Nikhil Sobjian, Namgongian merchant
I'm pretty certain that "parrican heaven" consists of an endless expanse of structures and screaming people - all of which can be eternally trampled.Location
Isleprimoton -
2585 PE
Elhainen Shwart, Poglian barkeep
It's wot the domdest ting. Ol' Othnal stood out thur and gave that ol' razer whut fer. And you know wot? The razer backed down!Location
Hinterlands -
2593 PE
Ramzi Bratan, Enoerian locksmith
If Tallon is so concerned with its so-called "children", maybe they could come down and visit some time.Location
Islegantuan -
2646 PE
Arphonse Barzac, Cheian fish herder
-
2658 PE
Harjarit Lang, Phonaecian scullion
We could finish the project a little sooner if we brought a few Diasporans onboard. But I have no more room in the pens.Location
Islegantuan -
2666 PE
Agarthi Somina, Kalan Agnoscio
-
2670 PE
Marnio Carno Fraga, Sceraisian Agnoscio
I never wish to speak ill of a colleague, but I've just returned from a visit with Brother de Sourta. And I must say that what he's currently working on - with dogged persistence - is, well... it's disturbing.Location
Excilior -
2679 PE
Nilton de Sourta, Sceraisian Agnoscio
What price is the heartbeat of a few stray travelers when the prize to be grasped is eternal life?Location
Excilior -
2689 PE
Kristian Brahn Cabrio, Sceraisian captain
When we first arrived at Lord Mederon's estate, I foolishly believed we had come to sue for peace. But when we were greeted by our captured colleagues - all of them, transformed into some unnatural monstrosity of their former selves... It was then that I realized that our mission was not negotiation. It was surrender. -
2712 PE
Epic of Wyen Hai
No more piercing words have ever been heard than the words that went unspoken that day between Wyen Hai and the sceramanths.Location
Leung Peninsula -
2719 PE
Kiana Kwadera, Shamonian tailor
-
2747 PE
Atinaze Botaniate, Presian minstrel
At's no tree. Tis a mountain. A living, breathing, juggernaut soaring from the Boundless Plain where there shoont be naught but bleedblade and angry sky.Location
Boundless Plain -
2752 PE
Anaiah Kropp, Cheian cognoscenti
She spent seven years in those primordial forests. Utterly alone. I have no doubt she saw Watchers. And faeries. And flying unicorns that shot rainbows from their arseholes.Location
Watcher Peninsula -
2789 PE
Samiyat Yedilov, Maversian messenger
I've never questioned my sanity as when I visited Norkey. At certain points in those caves, I swear I heard every word being spoken by every other soul. At the exact same time.Location
Hinterlands -
2804 PE
Lawson Myner, Guilian constable
-
2845 PE
Tynesia Seargent, Varian scale inspector
Savages, vagabonds, and trinket mongers. If I never see another one of them it would be perfectly fine with me.Location
Islegantuan -
2892 PE
Brioc Trebilock, Oneian hunter
Once the obnoxion had finally passed, I ventured into the Arlinwold to search for Crengor, and I was not entirely unsuccessful. I found his longboots. And his staff. But any remaining bits I recovered do not bear mentioning here.Location
Islegantuan -
2918 PE
Heera Inania, Phonaecian Scarlet Bottonfly Company
-
2919 PE
Zina Bartíková, Chevian explorer
I rounded a sharp curve and spilled suddenly into a huge chamber - and I was immediately overcome with awe and emotion. Here, upon thousands of meters of cave walls, polished specifically for this purpose, were thousands of Nokmeni letters, each glowing faintly in the dark with hues of amber, magenta, and emerald. And though my Nokmeni is rough, to say the least, it was immediately evident that these were no "cave drawings". No "pictograms" or "hieroglyphs". This was literature. An epic saga spilled across these regal walls for no greater purpose than to stir the soul.Location
Ontorlands -
2929 PE
Eline Erland, Bishop of the Priori of Syrus
The mere fact that people are actually worshiping that fairy tale is the greatest miracle that Baldergash has ever created. -
3004 PE
Gopaj Vreshnu, Noctern elder
Do not squander anger on the viper, for the viper was always going to strike. Instead, channel that anger within yourself.Location
Ontorlands -
3006 PE
Noora bon Fad, Lahjian spinster
-
3019 PE
Takeya Nakasane, Rinenmaan healer
Throughout history, no single accident has been more responsible for the death of thousands, or the generational hatred of millions, than the fact that Funita's damn fishing net was somehow strong enough to snag that godforsaken cosmoglot.Location
Sontsu Peninsula -
3022 PE
Sueno Wotaka, Ahjan socialite
They said the demon was coming fast upon us, and I replied that I could already feel the low rumble of its thunder in my bones. But they just laughed and explained that it was the Bells of Norkey rattling my teeth in their sockets.Location
Hinterlands -
3054 PE
Jinette Lazaron, Ochebian spinster
That Ricoh boy was all fulla da Big Tok. Said he'd seen plenty'ah daeman in "his time". But when Putrit got ta shakin and spittin and fightin his jinn, well, I'm pretty shore Ricoh filt his longboots before ee bolted out da room. Don't think we stopt laughin bout dat for two days. -
3066 PE
Saymina Koystuk Dalain, Vilmian grocer
-
3082 PE
Mynfred Panziger, Goddite merchant
With trades like those I can confidently tell you that the sceramanths didn't go extinct. They just went out of business.Location
Leung Peninsula -
3083 PE
Danye Kyatovy, Cervan empress
They implored me to maintain hope. They were confident that I'd see my daughter again. But when I heard they'd turned their search to the Ontorlands, I realized their folly. My precious daughter is more likely to escape the grave than she is to escape the Nevyrback. And indeed, I believe she will escape neither.Location
Ontorlands -
3094 PE
Eka Nakani, Gorganian netminder
Tallonari is not a language. It is a heritage. It is the soul of a people, breathed upon the land.Location
Islemanoton -
3097 PE
Rodrico Benvidia, Faleian trencher
-
3100 PE
Iriziya Cihanova Mapit warden
I tolerated the hellion's presence for many months. I dare say I had almost grown accustomed to his wretched "company". But when he began "talking" to me: Gesturing. Mouthing unspoken words. Motioning as though I should hear his "voice". Well... it was then that I could take no more. I drove my blade through what remained of his grotesque "head", fled that place forevermore, and I have never felt more righteous in my actions. -
3101 PE
Boaventura Merdal, Nganian sawyer
The Ocampo lad had designs on the throne. But the Ascension Rite made quick work of 'im. -
3111 PE
Sophocles Panayi, Thignian moss farmer
I'm not much of a poet. But to my ear, "cognoscenti" and "condescending" are a perfect rhyme.Location
Isleprimoton -
3117 PE
Beatrize Burguette, Boucieian merchant
-
3136 PE
Jost Maulhaupt, Tollian ranger
-
3144 PE
Anelia Alberro, Argosian merchant
When it was time for the main course they wheeled a procession of barrels into the banquet hall, each containing a portion of seawater with a teeming slurry of live fish and crustaceans. With murderous abandon, every Inqoan spent the better part of the next hour reaching into the barrels, extracting a squirming creature, and tearing into the live flesh with their dagger-like teeth. The air was thick with slurping, cracking, and other sounds of active oral butchery. I thought Holoran was going to faint. Abelin completely lost his appetite. And I could bring myself to do nothing but stare at the carnage, speechless, with mouth agape.Location
Islegantuan -
3152 PE
Aailyn Rosewohl, Charian bookbinder
-
3228 PE
Owena Evin, Presian bounty hunter
You keep insisting that the sentinel is nothing more than a tree. But I've noticed that over the course of the last week, you haven't gone anywhere near the thing.Location
Sentinel Bay -
3232 PE
Machidar Tetsu, Collian translator
There is no greater indictment of the Pontificous Rite than the so-called "evil" that they have branded upon Stan.Location
Islegantuan -
3232 PE
Alanna Champasack, Enoerian cobbler
They tell me that I'll be quite comfortable in the colony. They assure me that I'll be provided the best medical care, and that all my needs will be attended to. I realize, of course, that these are all lies.Location
Islegantuan -
3250 PE
Niklus Fotomanenta, Namgongian trader
Old Laslie won't shut up about her supposedly-genius pomeranth. Every time she snaps her fingers he eats. And he shits. I haven't got the heart to tell her that all pomeranths do this. All the time. Whether you snap your fingers or not. -
3252 PE
Mara Matteo, Great Mother of the Faith of the Mother
Our god sits cross-legged and meditates. Their god rides rainbows and head-butts the faithful. So you tell me: Just how in the hell are we supposed to compete with that?? -
3261 PE
Shao Tien, Hetmaan messenger
Young Sheng has travelled to Valolaa to pay our taxes. I fear he will be Old Sheng when next we see him.Location
Sontsu Peninsula -
3284 PE
Gaia Shuntz, Tollian negotiator
If you're not going to be reasonable, we can just get nekkid and scream at each other, like those arse-sticks waiting for the storm on the beach.Location
Hinterlands -
3313 PE
Waira Arona, Ignian dracon tamer
I can't even take a proper shit without being accosted by some kind of Scarlet Bottonfly product.Location
Excilior -
3325 PE
Mae Noi Wattan, Tumpian reeve
-
3330 PE
Bartran Vilikis, Boissain Regional Steward of the Pontificous Rite
Those who see but have no eyes can only claim one of two possible origins. They are the blessed messengers of our Lord Baldergash himself. Or they are the most wretched of demons, cursed to walk this land in eternal purgatory. -
3390 PE
Hymme Moulder, Tseunian jeweler
Explain to me again what you think about our "silly sceramanth fables" and I'll explain how I can better rearrange your crooked teeth.Location
Leung Peninsula -
3405 PE
Suav Naj Kia, Llanpiq porter
We never really had any money in those days. But when we were lucky, one of us'd nab a spot of cancenium out of an enubis clam and pawn it off on some unsuspecting rube as a genuine koruna.Location
Islegantuan -
3415 PE
Sim Son-Yun, Gongian Witness
In Thigny, you could scarcely find a more perfect embodiment of white culture. That single man exemplified everything that is ingenious, ambitious, underhanded, and rotten about the Lumidari people.Location
Isleprimoton -
3423 PE
Talbor Sihnra, Phonaecian master
Do not flail at your opponent like a drunken oaf. Flow through him like water. Envelope him like air. Consume him like fire.Location
Islegantuan -
3473 PE
Vajha Jalaga, Gorganian ferry operator
I have no sympathy for their plight. They bring this all upon themselves. What with their warpaints and their piercings and those ridiculous headpieces that are like walking billboards of savagery. They may find that fortunes would turn in their favor if they'd just show a little self-respect.Location
Islegantuan -
3515 PE
Alain Ratata, Namgongian locksmith
During my time living amongst the Sontsu, I never did quite figure out how to actually pay for anything. But I'm pretty sure it involves a secret handshake, a code word, and a midnight ritual that can only be completed during a full solar eclipse.Location
Sontsu Peninsula -
3522 PE
Marin Rollan Icorevicz, Ucaranian Reaper
They're so proud of their so-called secrecy. But I can spot one of those fuckin Agnoscio from a mile away. All I gotta do is follow the polyspores.Location
Excilior -
3538 PE
Jaspinder Urpal, Chuitian bower
For the Sontsu people, being "blown away" is not merely a figure of speech. It is a mortal danger.Location
Sontsu Peninsula -
3545 PE
Xob Savedra, Nganian wagoner
That fancy spire wasn't built from refuse and table scraps. Hidden somewhere in that city, there's more where that came from.Location
Islegantuan -
3583 PE
Perikleen Scafelis, Nilaslian pilgrim
For some time we struggled to even find a place to live in this humid land. But then the Squalling occurred. And within a few days, there were plenty of abandoned homes to choose from.Location
Hinterlands -
3594 PE
Amaya Tome, Ahjan rebel
We were waiting for some kind of sign from the resistance. Some clue that it was time to strike. Then Koganne marched his procession through the village market with three grotesque daeman in tow. Nishida, Ishihara, and Matsumota - the guiding lights of our so-called rebellion. Transformed into slavering, mindless fiends, lumbering aimlessly behind the prefect. And we all understood - instantly - that the resistance was dead.Location
Excilior -
3636 PE
Velo Alfania, Vetrian cognoscenti
My vocation is that of a cognoscenti apprentice. I have always been a cognoscenti apprentice. I will always be a cognoscenti apprentice.Location
Islemanoton -
3656 PE
Tang Zexian, Kwongian drill instructor
Your task is not to spend this semester trying to learn the tactics of the Dawn Reaver. Your task is to spend the rest of your military career trying to become the Dawn Reaver.Location
Isleprimoton -
3668 PE
Ozmar Pedroyso Maia, Sceraisian thief
There's notten that old hag Luciella loves aff as much as a florenth. From wot I eer, she sleeps on'em. Bathes in'em. She'd sprinkle'em on her muffins if she could figger how to pass'em.Location
Isleprimoton -
3670 PE
Fadia Clotinian, Golian cognoscenti
The emberstool is the targeted wrath of Excilior herself. A poison pill aimed squarely at humankind.Location
Islegantuan -
3671 PE
Isonote Katsu, Asjarian monk
The Inqoan travelers were quite pleasant and it would have been nice to sit down and share some tales with them. But alas, my toddler was not available to translate.Location
Islegantuan -
3681 PE
Neteniah Plornk, Poglian courier
Don't talk tuh may bout yer fancy swill that "smells good" and "tastes good". We aim fer stronger fare up ere.Location
Hinterlands -
3685 PE
Luon Cao Nyep, Kwongian explorer
They have looked upon this land and recognized it for what it truly is: an unredeemable cesspool of vengeance and filth.Location
Leung Peninsula -
3686 PE
Taisinia Darney, Gorganian cognoscenti
-
3694 PE
Iriniya Amyrxan, Mapit troubadour
Even the most enchanting poem hits the ear as vulgar drivel when it is vomited from the mouth of a Lumidari speaking Komon.Location
Isleprimoton -
3700 PE
Marth Hoek, Pozian sailor
You can have your eternity with Baldergash. I'd just like to empty a few mugs with Stan.Location
Islegantuan -
3700 PE
Cassio Pim Fraga, Sceraisian Sylvan Guard
If Le Cong's old maan'd been a bit quicker bout his wits, we might all know if barbecued sceramanth is a tasty treat.Location
Leung Peninsula -
3732 PE
Bartikan Karacha, Shamonian roofer
Scoff if you will. But I've pored over Le Cong's mundane accounts and I ask you: Where's the lie?Location
Leung Peninsula -
3750 PE
Sanari Niwazi, Quillian war counsel
We must strike now and destroy them while they're still at sea. For if we allow them to make landfall, the Elladorans will cut through our men like a hot iron through grease.Location
Islegantuan -
3752 PE
Barzyn Rathmore Toterian engraver
I was truly praying that we could somehow avoid any mention of the hideous creature sitting, lifeless, in the corner, throughout my entire stay. But when I found that the fatback had gone rancid and I meant to toss it in the waste heap, Tozan stayed my hand, motioned to the silent ghoul, and said it'd be just fine for him to munch on later. -
3754 PE
Kalina Slynova, Quillian elder
We were here before Aequin had any knowledge of the casterways and we'll be here when Aequin has lost all memory of the casterways.Location
Islegantuan -
3818 PE
Narcis Bartan, Kwongian lieutenant
-
3832 PE
Thorda Win, Torholmaan ambassador
The Inqoans insist on calling this city Carca. Near as I can tell, it's the Sovereign Metropolis of the Scarlet Bottonfly Company.Location
Excilior -
3850 PE
Spurinna Ashia, Noctern cognoscenti
He led our people to a string of glorious military victories. And the only price was two thousand years of relentless oplander bigotry.Location
Isleprimoton -
3878 PE
Sabya Tarkani, Nganian historian
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