His is the fury of the wildfire, the boiling blood of the volcano. He fights you not because you’ve wronged him, but because you’re there.

“We thought it was a fallen tree trunk. Then it ate Snod.”
—Sneed, goblin barkwright

Blood, bone, and sinew are magnified, as is the rage that drives them. The brain, however, remains unchanged—a little bean, swinging by a strand in a cavernous, raving head.

Tales of the outlaw’s cruelty and might grew more embellished with each crime.

“The more our numbers grow, the more I gain hope that Volrath and his cursed stronghold will one day fall.”
—Eladamri, Lord of Leaves

“My visions don’t show me home. They show me where home is yet to be found.”

Gjornersen entertained his followers by taking bets on which would move first—the drowsing land wurm or the frozen goblins.

“To those who can hear it, Gaea’s battle song brings power as swift as sunlight and as enduring as the deep roots of the forest.”
—Gamelen, Citanul elder

“Belief matters more than truth. Every moment, belief in imaginary things alters lives while truth sits unnoticed and waits.”
—Hakim, Loreweaver

The earth’s memory is long, its retribution brief.

“Life’s greatest lessons don’t come from focus or concentration. They come from breathing and simply noticing.”
—Seton, centaur druid

The elves of Llanowar don’t trust in alchemy. They rely instead on pure herbs harvested from the forest’s sacred heart.

His abode was clean and bare, not a morsel in sight. I asked him what he ate, fearing the answer. He smiled and said his faith alone sustained him.

Crovax sensed that Mirri wasn’t ready for the curse taking hold of her. Weeping in his heart, he fled.

Rath’s new evincar eliminated the brutish moggs and took a new slave race, one more reminiscent of her own feline grace.

“The sun rises, but the world still feels dark. Pray for the arrival of the malachim—they’ll bring Dawn to the world and to our hearts.”
—Sister Betje, Miracles of the Saints

“Those who seek to upset the balance must be taxed for such ambitions.”
—Verithain, mesa high priest