Player quotes

[Torvus]

"If there had been a better man on the Throne, I might have become an architect. As it is, I am an architect of war." Gaius Caesar, Emperor of the Constant Empire and Strategos Avernus (conqueror of Avernus).

[The Holy Pilgrim]

Stand firm my fellow warriors of Christ! We shall emerge victorious amongst these heretics!

-Prince Baldwin of the Pale Knights leading a defense against the XII Syrianna Expedition of the Reich

[Sanguinary Guardian]

Nice quote, Torvus!!

[Torvus]

thanks. I do try. Inspired by This Song.

[toluas]

"It is the will of Yamatai Yashima that we rule the world." Sun Lao Che

[Julianus Flavius]

"The Ly-Kan try to make themselves look fearsome, so the enemy will know what awaits them when they open fire. We make ourselves inconspicuous and unassuming, safe in the knowledge that what the enemy cannot see, he will soon learn to fear..."
Sun Lao Che on the comparison of Ly Kan crossbows and Lao Che Fu Fang (The rocket archers)

[Laser101]

"It deems me quite inappropriate that I have to talk to those filthy heathens."
Urraca el Valiente, before her father tried to send her on a diplomatic mission to Alderaan - sorry, wrong movie...- to the Hispanic tribes.

OT question; Are the Valiente and the Hispanics different peoples, or a single cultural group with different religions?

[Daraunon]

As I understand it(and it might include some speculation on my part),the Povos and the Valiente are all natives from Ibellica,so we could say they're all "hispanics". As to their cultural differences...this is what the Faction Description says:"For many centuries the lands of the Hispanic tribes were populated by people of many religions."

So good for the religion then,but there's no hint whatsoever about how the Ducado came to be. Were they separated form the start? Were the Valiente converted to Christiandom or did they embrace it of their own will,even before the "purges" ordered by the Inquisition?

ATM,they lack a well defined background,but they're described in a way similar to the Reich,so that would probably mean that they've been around for quite some time...

So,to give my personal interpretation,they may have once shared some kind of bond,but after centuries of isolation,wars,religious differences and technological advancement,they're to be considered completely different peoples. Much like the Faust and the Teutonic Order,who both share Germanic blood and are obviously very different from each other.

[toluas]

I'd agree with you; Daraunon. I'd say that they indeed share common roots, but I view the Valiente as "early modern Spaniards" - christian, explorative, using modern technology, while the Hispanics are more "primitive", pre-christian, pre-explorative peoples, more like native Spaniards or Iberocelts or Gallaecians from the Middle Ages.

[Massive_attack]

"Men of the constant empire ! Remember your heritage ! Remember your duty ! Remember your faith, but above all else remember: kill all of those blasted freaks !"
-Julianus Maximus the xenophobe, legate of the 13th legion whilst on "border patrol" along the dominion

[Sanguinary Guardian]

"The Romuli Empire is safeguarded by faith, duty and zeal. Through the Caesar's sacrifice, the Constant Empire endures. By the might of its Legions, by the will of its people, by the sacrifice of thousands, the Imperium endures."
Gaius Caesar, Emperor of the Romuli Empire

[Massive_attack]

Oh Sanguinary, dipping into the 40k again pool i see.

[Sanguinary Guardian]

Oh Sanguinary, dipping into the 40k again pool i see.

I think it fits the Romuli quite well!

[Torvus]

"We are the Constant Empire. Constantly at war." Torvirius Maximus, Tribune of the Thirteenth Bloodsoaked Legion.

[KnightOfPortugal]

And any man now abed in Avalon, shall think theirselves accursed they were not here, and hold their manhoods cheap, while others speak of those who fought with us on Saint Lancelot the Knight's day!!!!
-Sir Gawain of Glastonbury at the Battle of the Large Plains-

[Prof.Moriarty]

First they came for the Pagans,
and I didn’t speak up,
because I wasn’t a Pagan.
Then they came for the Muslims,
and I didn’t speak up,
because I wasn’t a Muslim.
Then they came for the scholars,
and I didn’t speak up,
because I was a noble.
Then they came for me,
and by that time there was no one
left to speak up for me.
Karl Faust-about the inquisitions in his country under the rule of the Otterbach-Anschluss

I did not write this at all. I changed 6 words in total. The author is Martin Niemoller.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_they_came...

[The Holy Pilgrim]

First they came for the Pagans,
and I didn’t speak up,
because I wasn’t a Pagan.
Then they came for the Muslims,
and I didn’t speak up,
because I wasn’t a Muslim.
Then they came for the scholars,
and I didn’t speak up,
because I was a noble.
Then they came for me,
and by that time there was no one
left to speak up for me.
Karl Faust-about the inquisitions in his country under the rule of the Otterbach-Anschluss

I did not write this at all. I changed 6 words in total. The author is Martin Niemoller.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_they_came...

hehe, I knew I heard this from somewhere

[Prof.Moriarty]

hehe, I knew I heard this from somewhere

I picked it up from the mudpit on one of my occasional visits and it kept floating through my head. But I still enjoy the 0.001 second where people even consider that I wrote that

[MrMikey]

"Every day, we advance deeper into enemy territory, everyday I see more and more atrocities perpetrated not by the Uruks but by our own hands, innocent men, women and children die by our swords in the name of "cleansing". The Centurions, the politicians and the slick-tongued propagandists tell me that we are conquering the beasts of the lands, ridding the world of monsters, I'm inclined to disagree for they are not the devils hordes, we are." - Letter recovered from the body of an unknown Legionnaire after the Battle of the Blood Red Ravine.

[The Holy Pilgrim]

Very nice quote and welcome to the forums MrMikey!

I'm not sure if this is correct, but I heard something like this from the "Kingdom of Heaven" or a movie like it.