Shamura – Character Quotes

He waits by the rocks of the darkened sea, at the foot of the long, sudden drop. Within the maw of pointed-teeth beasts, the stutter of the heart, then stopped... He was the fifth. The fifth Bishop of the Old Faith. Our brother, The One Who Waits. Back then he was known by the name Narinder. But as millennia wore on, he grew discontent with his role. He began to question. He was gluttonous in his ambition. And in my imprudence I loved him. For it, I lost my mind. For it, he lost his freedom. Can you fathom such betrayal, Lamb? Of your own turned against you? Would you like to find out? He was the fifth. The fifth Bishop of the Old Faith. Our brother, The One Who Waits. Back then he was known by the name Narinder.

— Five points to a pentagram, five portents of doom, five siblings stood abreast, five gods and one tomb...

— Shamura! We did not wish to bother you, but-

— Shamura, the Red Crown grows stronger by the day. Already it has succeeded where he has failed before. Leshy has been slain!

— Five becomes four becomes three becomes two becomes one becomes nothing.

— ... Shamura, rest. We will deal with this. Won't we, Kallamar?

— Yes, sister! Of course, sister!

— You there, vessel of the Red Crown! Bow to me, or you will regret it!

— Before us stands the last of its kind. All others we have hunted down and put to the blade.

— With this final sacrifice the prophecy will be impossible to fulfill.

— The heretic who lies bound below will be condemned to eternal captivity.

— ...and the old faith shall be preserved.