The wardens keep watch over an endless sea of progress.

“As soon as it surfaced, we could all smell it. Its rancid breath reeked of half-digested carrion and its own rotting innards.”
—Dafri, Auriok champion

“They groaned, they stirred, they all uprose,
Nor spake, nor moved their eyes;
It had been strange, even in a dream,
To have seen those dead men rise.”
—Samuel Taylor Coleridge,
“The Rime of the Ancient Mariner”

Fortunately, hill giants have large blind spots in which a human can easily hide. Unfortunately, these blind spots are beneath the bottoms of their feet.

“We cannot forget that among all of Dominaria’s wonders, a system of life exists, with prey and predators that will never fight wars nor vie for ancient power.”
—Jolrael, empress of beasts

The Ogre philosopher Gnerdel believed the purpose of life was to live as high on the food chain as possible. She refused to eat vegetarians, preferring to live entirely on creatures that preyed on sentient beings.

“‘Do you know, I always thought Unicorns were fabulous monsters, too? I never saw one alive before!’ ‘Well, now that we have seen each other,’ said the Unicorn, ‘if you’ll believe in me, I’ll believe in you.’”
—Lewis Carroll,
Through the Looking-Glass

“‘I’ll show you how to handle the treefolk!’ the giant bragged, and he strode off into the forest. Two days later he returned, his face masked in sap and a nest behind his ear. None dared ask who won.”
—Azeworai, “The Treeling”

Unicorns don’t care if you believe in them any more than you care if they believe in you.

“Vodalian rank is displayed by the colors and patterns of their skin. Beware the color red; that is the badge of the empress’s favor.”
—Corbio, pearl diver

“How can you claim the gods are merciless when they robbed the snake of its limbs to give the other creatures a sporting chance?”
—Hakim, Loreweaver

“When traveling the Great Desert avoid wearing the scales of lizards, for the Viashino rule the sands and look poorly on the skinning of their cousins.”
—Zhalfirin Guide to the Desert

The dogs of war are nothing compared to the cats.

Knights are quick to pledge their loyalty and even quicker to charge into battle.

“That arm’s for bashin’. That one’s for smashin’. That one’s for scratchin’. And that one … I don’t know what that one’s for.”
—Orgg trainer

And would you strip the bark from a treefolk?
—Elvish expression meaning “Are you crazy?”

It does not wear a crown or sit on a throne of gold, but those who have witnessed its power hail it nonetheless.

After the battle, an eerie silence gripped the forest. The losers’ remains were lightly dusted with green.

“Training? Seeing my crops burnt to cinders was all the ‘training’ I needed.”

Some fishers like to eat eels, and some eels like to eat fishers.