Misc. Quotes and Book references

The following are from the Dungeons and Dragons 5e Monster Manual. Each one is given a page were it can be found

## Quotes

"Give me a hundred Azer
slaves, and I can forge an empire that would make the gods tremble." -Arakses Al-Saqar, Efreeti Pasha (pg 22)

"I've already eaten three
giant bats, six troglodytes, and a mind flayer today, but that's
okay. Plenty of room in my belly for you and your friends" Lludd
the Behir, confronting adventurers in the Lost Caverns of Tsojcath
(pg 25)

"A cluster of tiny lights descended from a dark crevice in the ceilings. These motes cast an
eerie glow on the great, alien skull that hung beneath them" –
From the journal of Jastus Hollowquill, Explorer of Undermountain (pg

"They crawl from their mothers' wombs to spread corruption throughout the multiverse. What's not to love?" -Baba Yaga (pg 36)

"I hear centaurs make
excellent mounts!" -Batley Summerfoot, a halfling adventurer who
never read *Hooves of Fury*, by Irvil Grayborn of Sundown (pg

"Makes you wonder what can be
done with all those other murderer parts, doesn't it?"
-Evangeliza Lavain, Necromancer (pg 44)

"Remind me again why we're on this quest?" Ethelrede the Fighter, after his first Darkmantle
encounter (pg 46)

"I, Acererak the Eternal, beckon you to your doom. Come, foolish ones, plunder my treasures if
you dare! Others have tried, all have failed! From your skin,
tapestries shall be woven, and your bones will carpet my tomb. Only I
am beyond death's reach. Only I know the secret to true immortality!"
Epitaph of a Demilich (pg 48)

"They have no pity for this
damnable wrech. Bloody thing could grow up to be a demon lord one
day" -Emirikol the Chaotic (pg 60)

"The temple was strewn with
body parts. We concluded that the cultists had summoned a powerful demon and not lived to regret it. Not wanting to get hacked to pieces
ourselves, we cut short out expedition and returned to the village of
Hommlet with our tails between our legs. Rufus and Burne had a good
laugh at our expense, let me tell you." -Nelume, a young
half elf wizard, chronicling her one and only visit to the temple of
Elemental Evil (pg 61)

"Your war-torn kingdom is rife with corruption, its people dying from
starvation and strife. They cry out for new leadership – someone with the charisma and the courage to put an end to the turmoil and
suffering. You could be that someone!" - Herobaal the Pit Fiend
(pg 77)

"Fly, my
pretties, fly! FLY!" -Fierna, archduchess of Phlegethos,
commanding her spined devil legions (pg 78)

"I see an
ancient elf king, his majesty long since faded, slumped and half
asleep in his throne. A green draon whispers in the king's ear,
corrupting and twisting the king's dreams. This dragon's name is Cyan
Bloodbane, and he meanas the destruction of us all." -Pelios of
Ergoth, Silvanesti seer (pg 96)

"I failed
the Spider Queen once. Never again" -Pellanistra the Drider (pg

"Such
depravity. Such terrifying cruelty. They are the vile poison that
plauges all elvenkind" -Nelar Autumnwell, Elf cleric of Corellon
Larethian

"Welcome to the Great Dismal Delve, gem of the Inner Planes. You are now
slaves of the mighty and merciful Khatun Zafara Al'Yil Jin Zarain,
Queen of the Mantled Depths, Pontiff of the Diamond Cathedral,
Protector of the Malachite Scepter, and so on and so forth"
-Gargoyle Seneschal's Standard Greeting (pg 143)

"The armies of the Grand Sultan are bolstered by legions of devils, his
palace warded by the spells of a thousand archmagi, his treasures
guarded by Red Dragons and fire elementals. No one has plundered the
efreeti's fabled vaults and lived to tell the tale. By the grace of a
thousand winds, you could be the first." - A Djinni enticing
adventurers to free her caliph from a magic lamp in the Charcoal
Palace of the City of Brass (pg 145)

"The marid poured out of the flask like water and said, 'Your wish is my
command.' The halfling, overjoyed, wished for immortality, so the
marid polymorphed him into a fish that flopped around humorously
until, finally, it expired. It's a cautionary tale that has survived
through the ages, so I suppose the halfling got his wish." -
Kesto Brighteyes, gnome proprietor of the Parted Veil, a bookshop in
Sigil (pg 146)

"Boulders assailed our walls and cast them down, leavin' gaps through which the
giants strode, weapons in hand." - Captain Dwern Addlestone's
partial account of the Siege of Sterngate (pg 149)
"And here
is where Angerroth the Barbarian fell against the giant horde. His
bones under that boulder over there" – Elder Zelane of
Istivin, recounting the Giant Wars (pg 151)

"The
Githyanki and Githzerai were so profoundly scarred by their
enslavement to the mind flayers that they forgot they were one race,
united. Having won their freedom, they wage war against each other
with a hatred none can fully comprehend" – Aristul the Yellow,
Master of Planar Lore (pg 159)

"If you want soldiers or thugs, hire hobgoblins. If you want someone clubbed
to death in there sleep, hire bigbears. If you want mean little fools, hire goblins." - Stalman Klim, Slave Lords (pg 165)

"Beyond the unopenable doors lay a grand hall ending before a towering stone
throne, upon which sat an iron statue taller and wider than two men. In one hand it clutched an iron sword, in the other, a feather whip.
We should have turned back." - Mordenkainen the archmage,
chronicling his party's harrowing exploits in the dungeons below
Maure Castle (pg 167)

"Two of my
gravediggers were caught and hanged yesterday. The other two are
understandably reluctant to meet a similar fate, but I shan't let
their concerns stall my progress. I need fresh corpses, and if those
bumpkins can't get them for me, I'll use theirs instead." - From
the Diary of Evangeliza Lavain, Necromancer (pg 169)

"They break before our shields, they fall beneath our blades, their home is our to conquer, their children our slaves. Archeron! Archeron! Victory is ours!" - Translation from a Hobgoblin War Chant (pg 186)

"Don't cry. We have no intention of eating your brain. In fact, your brain is going on a wonderful journey!" - Qorik El-Slurrk, Mind Flayer (pg 191)

"If you hear a baby crying in an
alley, walk the other way. That's my advice to you" – Endroth
Knag, city watch corporal in Waterdeep (pg 194)

"They invent their own gods...the very definition of insanity" – Sabal Mizzrym of Menzoberranzan (pg 199)

"In all my dealings with the Lizardfolk, I was never able to tell what they were
thinking. Their reptilian eyes belied no hint of their intentions. I gave them supplies. They gave me the willies" – A merchant's account of his experience with the Lizardfolk tribes of the Lizard Marsh (pg 205)

"The Company of the Black Moon – They used to be adventurers loyal to the realm. Now they roam the woods as a pack of werewolves. The king has promised estates, titles, and gold to anyone who can undo the curse
afflicting them. I, for one, have no interest in such rewards." - Thornstaff, Elf Druid (pg 211)

"Manticores love the taste of human flesh. That's why, on trips through the mountains, I always travel with human guards." - Marthok Uldarr, Dwarf copper merchant (pg 213)

"Every 289 years, the entire multiverse goes mad. Like clockwork" – Kwint Stormbellow, Rock Gnome adventurer (pg 225)

"If you destroy me, I will return, and everyone you care about will suffer for it" – Explictica Defilus Spirit Naga (pg 234)

"Worst. Dancers. Ever" Riddlediffle the Sayter, on Ogres (pg 238)

"Lock the Door, blow out the light;

The hungry Oni haunts the night. Hide and tremble, little one;

See its shadow cross the floor. The sun won't rise for quite a white; Till then, beware the Oni's smile." - Children's Rhyme (pg 239)

"The
dungeon's floor were spotless. That should have been our first clue."
- From the journal of Jaster Hollowquill, on his first exploration of Undermountain (pg 242)

"He worked his serrated long knife sagely, tearing out the king's thoat to the
howls of approval from his legions. The ferocious orc didn't stop
there, digging and ripping the blade back and forth unrelentingly
until he took the head off the dwarf king's shoulders" – An
account of War Chief Hartusk's brutality in the aftermath of the
Battle of Cold Vale (pg 245)

"The only good thing about owlbears is that the wizard who created them is probably dead" – Xarshel Ravenshadow, Gnome Professor of Transumation science at Morgrave University (pg 249)

"Behold, the pegasus. It can outrace a dragon in the open sky, and only the best among us can ever hope to ride one. A fitting emblem for our great house, don't you think?" - Tyllenvane d'Oren dragonmarked scion arguing to change the symbol of House Orien from the Unicorn to the Pegasus (pg 250)

"Petal gowns and acorn caps are so last summer!" - Rivergleam, Pixie fashionista (pg 253

"Slay me once, shame on you. Slay me twice, shame on me." - Rakshasa Maxim (pg 257)

"Destroyed me hammer and me axe, it did. Put me faith to the test that day, it did." - Brawn Thunderstones, Dwarf Paladin of Dumathoin (pg 262)

"The village was empty, the seagulls were strangely quiet, and all we could hear was the surge of the sea." - An account of the aftermath of a sahuagin raid (pg 263)

"Twixt day and night the spirits goad me; They pine for ages past when hearts were pure; Against all reason now they seem unsure; they laugh and scream between mine ears anon; Now fill my cup not once, not twice, but thrice; With flagon's brim upon my lips I dance; let unseen pixies toss their gowns askance; (theres a lot more) " -Sonnet of a naughty satyr (pg 267)

"Embedded in a slaad's brain is a magic gem. Aquire it, and the Slaad is yours to
command" (pg 277)

"Round she is, yet flat as a board; Alter of the Lupine Lords; Jewel on black velvet, pearl in the sea; Unchanged but e'erchanging, eternally" – Riddle of the Gynosphinx of White Plume Mountain (pg 280)

"The tree had a wee village nestled in its boughs, I swear. Next thing I knew, I was lyin' face-down in the dirt. My head was full of stars, an' when I stood up an' looked around, both the tree an' the wee village were gone" – Tale of a Half-Orc Ranger (pg 283)

"Smells like an orc's loincloth in here!" - Last words of Arlax Hammermantle, Dwarf Spelunker (pg 290)

"The wall caved in. That's the last thing I remember" – A survivor's account of an umber hulk attack (pg 292)

"I am the ancient, I am the land. My beginnings are lost in the darkness of the
past. I was the warrior, I was good and just. I thundered across the land like the wraith of a just god, but the war years and the killing years wore down my soul as the wind wears down stone into sand" – Count Strahd von Zarovich (pg 295)

"On your guard! That's not the wind howling!" - Kelesta Hawke of the Emerald Enclave (pg 305)

"Power. We all crave it, but only a select few of us deserve it" Shemeshka the Marauder, Arcanaloth in Sigil (pg 312)

"After Beek died, we cast an Animate Dead spell on his corpse. It was fun for a while, but the zombie started to smell real bad, se we doused it in oil and set it on fire. Beek would've found that hilarious" Fonkin Hoddypeak, on friendship (pg 316)

## Book References

"Could it be that aboleths are
older than the gods...that before the divine ones came to be, such
horrors shaped the multiverse? Now there's a chilling thought" -Vaquir Zekh'r, githzerai philosopher and author of *The Far Realm: Realm yet Unreal* (pg 14)

"Demons are painfully difficult
to summon and control. It is not a burden for the weak of heart or
the weak of spirit" -From the *DEMONOMICON OF IGGWILV* (pg

"They lived by the sword and kill by the sword. Their beauty is nothing compared to their wrath" –
from *The Book of Vile Darkness* (pg

"The more
rigid the physical form, the less likely the golem is to lose its sense of purpose. The clay ones can be a bit twitchy" – Words of warning in the *Manual of Clay Golems* (pg 168)

"Our intrepid
rogue climbed up the shaft to secure a rope. There was a gasp, and
the rope fell. We never saw her again." - An adventurer's
account of a grell attack in Khyber, published in *The Korranberg*
Chronicle *(pg 172)*

"A kraken dreams of casting its
tentacles into the heavens and strangling that which birthed it, and
when it's dream exceeds its reach, it settles for the occasional
passing ship" – From *Night of the Kraken Cult* by
Malferore Serrang, Pirate-Mage of Tethyr (pg 197)

"The
Yuan-ti cast off their humanity long ago, and with it, their sanity" – From the *Masters of the Forbidden City* by Codo Vidak ([g 308)