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81 " Sithaer's dark furies," Dakar swore. "Why do I stay with you?""For maudlin entertainment, no doubt. "
― Janny Wurts , Fugitive Prince (Wars of Light & Shadow, #4)
82 " What is any war but a massacre? "
― Janny Wurts , The Ships of Merior (Wars of Light & Shadow, #2-3)
83 " A bad king revels in his importance. A good one hates his office. He spends himself into infirmity quashing deadly little plots to make power the tool of the greedy. "
― Janny Wurts , The Curse of the Mistwraith (Wars of Light and Shadow, #1)
84 " Arithon; the word brought Asandir to sharp attention. Whoever had named this prince had known what they were about, for the Paravian root of meaning was ‘forger’, not of metals, but of destiny. "
85 " Descended of royal lines older than Dascen Elur’s archives, Arithon was the last living heir to the High Kingship of Rathain, a land divided in strife since the Mistwraith had drowned the sky. "
86 " Athera could ill afford the consequence if the Mistwraith that afflicted the world was ever to yield its hold on sunlight. "
87 " Light,’ said Asandir, ‘and shadow, granted intact upon conception. That’s enough to destroy the Mistwraith, but only if the half-brothers work jointly. "
88 " Lysaer managed a stumbling step. When his senses cleared from the explosion, his eyes beheld a vista of nightmare. "
89 " Lysaer’s knees buckled. Arithon caught him as he fell. Barriers abandoned, he locked both arms around his half-brother and threw himself at the bright, mercurial shimmer of the Gate. "
90 " The shadows’ geas bound the mind to madness: already Athera’s hope of renewed sunlight might be ruined. Sharp words prodded the Mad Prophet back to awareness. "
91 " When the first reedy snore escaped the Mad Prophet’s lips, Asandir’s forbidding manner softened. His fingers smoothed black hair from a profile all too familiar, and his smile widened with amusement. ’So, our Prophet thinks you a servant, does he? "
92 " How had a royal son of s’Ffalenn come by the abuse so cruelly marked into youthful flesh? The sight was an offence. Dascen Elur must have changed drastically in the years since the Fellowship sealed the Worldsend Gate for the cause of Athera’s drowned sunlight. "