"Beware Adamaro! In him all pain and anger is perfected."
—Isao, Enlightened Bushi

"The strain upon the veil between worlds began to show near the end of the Kami War. Strange happenings that neither side could control lashed out across Kamigawa."
—Observations of the Kami War

"What part of 'hayaku ikee!' did you not understand?"

"I lost my hounds in the war and thus found myself employing akki as servants. I found their training to be remarkably similar."
—Kensuke, houndmaster

"My finest creations are fashioned after the moths of Eiganjo. They fly higher, faster, and more gracefully than any of my own designs."
—Noboru, master kitemaker

The ashes of the dead mingle with the soil, and both become as one.

Before Shinka's walls were built, before the torii at Okina stood, she was there, tall and proud against the sky, and she will be there long after they have fallen into dust.

In an age of war, time is measured not by sand but by blood.

Even the most benevolent and life-giving of kami joined the war against the mortal world, but only with heavy and sorrowful hearts.

One thorn to warn, ten thorns to defend, a hundred thorns to destroy.

"Kills and cooks your food in one easy stroke."

All bow at its visitation—some in awe, some in honor, some in fear.

"Life is a series of choices between bad and worse."
—Toshiro Umezawa