Diadem Reforged

A Diadem Reforged is the title of a manual of strategy and statecraft, penned by Vol Juluii, the man who took reign of the Empire of the Trilui from the brink of destruction and built the Empire of Helsia in its ruins. It contains sections on a whole variety of topics, including, but not limited to war, diplomacy, espionage, domestic actions, kingly behavior, and even courtship. It is frequently quoted by other writers on military or political matters.
==Quotes==
"No one is given the mantle of rulership. Great men see that no one else is fit to rule, and they seize it."
"I never quite understood why peoples put so much stock in their past. That a land has no naval tradition does not prevent them from constructing a fleet; that its ancestors did not tame wild horses does not preclude them from fielding cavalry; that they have long been poor and downtrodden is no barrier to glory."
"Keep beautiful women in your court. Even the greatest men may fall prey to the charms of some lovely foreign serpent; better to have beauty without possibility of a blade."
"The first casualty of war is always your plan, the second, your patience, the third, your soldiers, and the fourth, your dreams."
"A victorious army is supple in skirmish but steel when struck."
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