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“I’ve found that the best way to win at shatranj is usually to turn into a giant snake and tear my opponent’s throat out.”
– Dread Empress Vindictive III”
― So You Want to Be a Villain?
– Dread Empress Vindictive III”
― So You Want to Be a Villain?
“Power is mostly a matter of making the right corpses at the right time.”
– Dread Empress Malicia the First”
― So You Want to Be a Villain?
– Dread Empress Malicia the First”
― So You Want to Be a Villain?
“How many Praesi does it take to change a lantern’s wick?
A legion to conquer all the candlemakers, a High Lord to sell the wicks down south and then we’re taxed for being in the dark.”
– Overheard in a Laure tavern”
― So You Want to Be a Villain?
A legion to conquer all the candlemakers, a High Lord to sell the wicks down south and then we’re taxed for being in the dark.”
– Overheard in a Laure tavern”
― So You Want to Be a Villain?
“Diplomacy is the art of selling a deal you don’t want to people you don’t trust for reasons you won’t admit to.”
-Prokopia Lekapene, first and only Hierarch of the League of Free Cities”
― So You Want to Be a Villain?
-Prokopia Lekapene, first and only Hierarch of the League of Free Cities”
― So You Want to Be a Villain?
“Before embarking on a journey of revenge, dig two graves. One for the fool and one for all those pesky relatives.”
– Dread Emperor Vindictive the First”
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– Dread Emperor Vindictive the First”
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