Fear can be expelled with knowledge.
Whatever I discover about my enemies is written down.
Today is a day for warriors… a day to kill your enemies. A day we make the pagans wish they had never heard of Wessex. Today, we fight for Wessex!
To Uhtred, the true Lord of Bebbanburg. A man I have never understood, but without whom I would not die a king.
The heathen cares only for personal gain.
The crown of Wessex is all-important. Wessex and England are all-important. Matters of the heart are not.[to Edward]
The act of committing ink to parchment gives a deed permanence.
Sacrifice and penance are what separate us from the heathen.
I would rather be at the top of a hill than on the flat.
Good service past is no excuse for breaking the law of the land.
Fear is within all of us. As is strength.
Courage without the sword is the more difficult path. It must, in time, become the only path.
