" I would like to believe there is more to this cursed life than just an honorable death.” “Like what?” Vegard said disdainfully. “Like peace.” “Peace? Peace you say? Dægan, you will spend a lifetime looking for peace! Where there is man, there is war. ‘Tis been that way since the dawn of time. "

― Renee Vincent , Emerald Isle Trilogy Boxed Set