Swords of Shadow Quotes

“Traitors are called heroes, and villains are put forward for veneration. The truth is made to stand on its head, and lies are spoken unashamedly as the truth. Does this sound familiar to you?”
― Robert Ryan, Swords of Shadow

“They have ruled since then with an iron fist. Tribe is set against tribe. That way they fight each other and don’t unite to overthrow the shamans. Poverty is rife. Superstition abounds. The sciences of building, medicine, farming and many others have regressed. The people are lied to about everything, and they know it, but fear to speak lest the nazram are sent to their homes. Traitors are called heroes, and villains are put forward for veneration. The truth is made to stand on its head, and lies are spoken unashamedly as the truth. Does this sound familiar to you? It should. It all happened in your time too, before Chen Fei rose to power.”
― Robert Ryan, Swords of Shadow

“Leadership was as much about giving an impression of surety as it was of making the right decisions.”
― Robert Ryan, Swords of Shadow

“When choice is taken away, a person will do what is left, no matter the risks.”
― Robert Ryan, Swords of Shadow

“death.”
― Robert Ryan, Swords of Shadow