“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

“Our own actions built the prisons that now hold us. Our hands reached too far and tried to hold too much.”
—Dosan the Falling Leaf

“General Takeno glared at us as if we were the enemy. ‘The day is not over yet,’ he shouted, ‘and unless you have a nezumi’s heart, you will stand and fight!’”
—Battle of Akagi River: A Survivor’s Tale

“Paint gold upon the wind, Shape the wind into a shield, And vanish behind the brightness.”
—Snow-Fur, kitsune poet

Deep within Eiganjo Castle lay the Palace of Infinite Halls, a seemingly endless network of corridors once guarded by a seemingly endless legion of samurai.

“Imagine a dove flying through smoke. Does the dove injure the smoke? Does the smoke impede the dove?”
—Teachings of Eight-and-a-Half-Tails

“There is a shining in the mortal heart that even the kami cannot reach.”
—Sensei Golden-Tail

“None of you are yet samurai. Defend your homes with honor, die for your cause, and perhaps then you will be worthy of the word.”
—General Takeno

“Many great warriors died in the first days of the war, as the spirits of their weaponry turned against them with terrifying rage.”
—Observations of the Kami War

“Duty and law are the foundation on which civilization stands. They must not fall, for when they do, they take everything with them.”
—Lord Konda

“Across the rift of battle, a bridge of gossamer. And for one moment, it holds.”
—Snow-Fur, kitsune poet

Those kitsune trained in the blade preferred to fight with a blade-catching jitte in the off hand, buying them just enough time to deliver the first deadly cut.

“He kept generations whole before the Kami War, and now he turns his century of wisdom to healing the latest casualties.”
—Eight-and-a-Half-Tails

She who once led prayers honoring the kami adapted to use her influence to stay them.

“Know your history. The lessons of the past will shield you in times of doubt.”

The wake of his passage shoved aside the influence of the kami.

“Snuffing the light of a lantern without saying a small prayer is bad luck. Though its flame can only singe, its soul can repeatedly visit misery on one’s house.”
—Teachings of Eight-and-a-Half-Tails