- "One can no more win a battle than one can ‘win’ a hurricane or a house fire. It can, at best, be a disaster withstood better than some others also suffering it."
- ―Dread Empress Sanguinara, the Shrewd[1]
Sanguinara, also known as the Shrewd, was a former Dread Empress of Praes. During her reign she made any and all law-breaking a capital offense, as a way to solve Praesi overpopulation. She was overthrown within a year.[2]
Epigraphs[]
“One can no more win a battle than one can ‘win’ a hurricane or a house fire. It can, at best, be a disaster withstood better than some others also suffering it.”
– Dread Empress Sanguinara, the Shrewd[1]