Niers Astoragon/Quotes

Quotes

Quotes[edit | edit source]

Volume 2[edit | edit source]

(To his students) “Try not to agonize over the woman too much, would you? Magnolia Reinhart’s mind would put most [Strategists] and [Generals] to shame and we have a battle to win.”
(To himself) “Come back soon, will you? It grows terribly lonely without you.”

Volume 4[edit | edit source]

(To Foliana) “Marian. Get a bow and shoot that damn bird. It’s a hazard if there are any Fraerlings about.”
(To Foliana) “I am not cursed. That’s a myth, and the company’s official stance is that it’s just gossip. I am not cursed—”
(To himself) "Damn the lace. Damn insipid Human fashions!”
(To Magical Rats) “Hello. They call me the Titan.”
(To Marian) “Have someone remove the flesh, but save the bones. I have a mind to turn it into a drinking cup.”
(To Stitchmistress) “Fashion? I’m a former Named Adventurer and the second-in-command to one of the Great Companies of Baleros. They can have their fashion. I’ll have my dignity.”

Volume 5[edit | edit source]

(To Foliana) “I wouldn’t place all my coin on them just yet, Foliana. They’re putting up a good fight, but the adventurers around this…inn are tiring. They’re—wait, it’s that Human girl.”
(To Foliana) “I’m six inches tall. Of course I don’t like ponds! Now will you tell me what you think about the game?”
(To himself) “Am I dreaming? Who is she? It has to be her! Who is she?”

Volume 6[edit | edit source]

(To Fraerlings) “Keep moving, for dead god’s sake! It’s not as if this tunnel isn’t big enough for all of us. Let the tall folk bump into each other.”
(To himself) “After years of searching, of wondering. At last. The world changes. Let there be light.”
(To Perorn) “Ah, Wistram’s delegation. We might as well or they’ll kick up a fuss. Before that, who was cheering? I couldn’t see; your hair’s in the way.”
(To Perorn) “Tell a story, Perorn. History is a story. And stories win hearts, more than any speech.”
(To his students) “This is a disaster! Wistram just announced Reim went to war when it didn’t? How could those idiots let that happen?”
(To Wil) “Childish? Wil, I had the same dream in that Fraerling village. I wanted to be a hero too. Why do you think I was an adventurer all those years? It’s not childish. It’s a dream.”
(To Foliana) “Don’t play games, Foliana. Or I’ll have Selentierre roast one of your ancestors and eat it in front of you!”
(To Foliana) “Do you have to bother my class too? Give back Kissilt’s lunch. And Feshi’s grapes, and in the name of reason, stop stealing my student’s inkpots!”

Volume 7[edit | edit source]

(To Foliana) “Foliana, put that butter somewhere else. There’s enough there to stop my heart five times over.”
(To Foliana) “That’s my tea, you overgrown tree rat!”
(To himself) “Poor kids. If they run into each other and assume it’s my trick, that works. If they all work against each other, that works. But bring me that [Doctor]. And her company.”
(To Ratici) “It—it’s a match. It’s good. And you’re sure that this—this—room belongs to her?”
(To Foliana) “Foliana, you don’t tell people it’s a trap. You’ve ruined the moment. Just—just go.”
(To his students) “Students? This is what we would call a ‘messy battle.’”
(To his students) “Information networks. We’ll move it up on your curriculum. It’s a [Mercenary]’s best tactic, asking for multiple sides to pay for the same thing. I would have been tempted to copy the House of Minos—if I had a damn armada.”
(To The Cherinion Swords) “My sword will slay the skies! The tall fall harder! Tallguard of the Fraer!”
(To The Cherinion Swords) “I’m not old yet! Let’s see if you can slay the Titan, you little insects! Come on!”
(To a Razorbeak) “Put me down! Put me down you damn bird! I’ll kill you! First them—then you! Put me d—”

Volume 8[edit | edit source]

(To Mrsha) “If I can, I promise you, I’ll do something. Everything’s fallen apart. Can I ask you to help me put it back together?”
(To Adventurers) “I’ve met Dragons and bested Djinni! I’ve broken the Labyrinth of Souls and seen the words of the architects! I have beheld Elves and broken armies by the greatest [Kings] and [Warlords] of my era!”
(Thoughts) Skill tells me there are two damn attacks incoming on this rough position. I don’t give a single one of Foliana’s nuts for that. What the hell is making me nervous?
(For Halrac) “I see your death. I see you die. It all rests on you. So make your stand. Not yet. Not today.”
(To Mrsha) “Cats and spiders! That’s hot! A Goblin made that? You want to put it…hm. That’s just cruel.”
(To himself) “So much to ask and not a second more to waste. Damn. This is torture.”
(To Belavierr) “Get back here! You coward! I’ll hunt you down! Do you think you can just run away? Do you know who I am?”
(Thoughts) Maybe that’s the trick. If a Wyvern thinks you can eat rocks…that’s almost stupid enough to work. I have to test it when I get back.
(At Hoseev) “You just said three more miles. You idiot! What military school did you graduate from, the school of kittens and puppies and hugs?”
(To Hoseev and everyone) “Showing you Zephyr Salamanders how it’s done! Keep up if you want, [Captain]! You heard me, you slow-as-slug bastards! I said, run!”
(To Zephyr Salamanders) “You call that running? You call that training? I’ve seen one-legged Dullahans run faster! Run, you worms! You worthless rats! Run!”
To everyone:
- “I don’t want to see a single person slowing down. Don’t waste breath telling me you’re at your limits. Your limits? You’ve never pushed your limits in your life. When you drop dead, you can complain you hit them! Did you come here to just ride along? Or did you come to fight and die for a reason? Weren’t you prepared to sacrifice everything to save someone’s life?”
- “Run, you worthless worms! I want to see you—run! Break your limits and throw the worthless things into the void! Ignore the pain! This day, this moment, you are levelling up! Every second you cough blood, every step you take, you are pushing past the worthless selves you’re leaving behind. Anyone who falls behind has no place in war! Nor glory!”
- “I know your lungs are bleeding, that you cannot think! But run, run even if your legs break! Run even if you tear every muscle from your bones! Run, because in this moment, you are the greatest legend you have ever known. To yourself. There has never been a you that ran this hard, that fought so hard! Run! Have you ever dreamed of being better than you were? RUN.”
- “Live louder. Breathe deeper. Fight, for every second, to be better than anyone has ever been before. Listen to those myths of old. Learn the legends. But tell yourself you will write one greater. Or you never will be.”
(To Fierre) “So what? She’ll level up. And you…you just beat your friend. Because she cannot keep up with you. Whatever you are, you have the endurance a Selphid would turn green at. Keep them away from your body, incidentally.”
(To Bird) “Bird, am I getting old? Old people have no taste in music.”
To fellowship:
- “Madness? We’re all mad. Standing by while someone’s killing someone else? That’s madness. Risking your life for someone you don’t know? For gold? Madness. There’s no one sane in the world.”
- “That is what makes you different. That is what separates you from the rest. Madness. Righteousness. I knew I liked you all from the start. You have only your convictions, you stupid little children.”
(To Ulvama) “I boss everyone. Poke me, go ahead. You get ten tries.”
(To Gothica) “I’m being honest. People assume honesty is me being mean. Believe me, when I’m mean, I’ll do more than hurt someone’s feelings. And people assume rudeness is being straightforward.”
(To himself) “What? I’ve been ambushed? Me?”
(To Venaz) “No, it is not. I’ve taught Minotaurs before, and you are the most egotistically stubborn one yet. You had the brilliance to actually take me off-guard, and the stupidity to try and fist-fight the most veteran Antinium Soldier in existence. We are facing an inter-species war across Izril, my company is under attack, and there is a sapient bee who smokes Dreamleaf over there, and you’re focused on Goblins.”
(To Peki) “I lied, Peki. I lie about things for fun and because it amuses me.”
(To Venaz) “And you think I’m not? Venaz, you pig-headed idiot, I knew the Goblin King! I spoke with him! Who regrets Velan the Kind more? Me or you?”
(To Apista) “Alright, alright. Let’s both go kick some heads in.”

Volume 9[edit | edit source]

(To Foliana) “I’m sure Erin got it confused. She probably thought that since you’re technically my superior—Foliana, don’t you dare. It was addressed to—Foliana!”
(To Foliana) “Foliana, you are a dead woman! Three-Color Stalker loses an eye today! I did it to the Witch of Webs. I’ll do it to you!”
(To Tallguards) “…I can’t protect or save or liberate. But war? I can do war. Welcome to the Forgotten Wing Company.”
(To Saliss) “Huh. Those are not the nuts I’m used to. And I do hang around with Foliana.”