"We have struggled through pain and grief; we have faced our torments with unbowed heads; we have lived as men. And in the end, what counts is not the years in our lives, but the unyielding life in our years."

- Inscription from a stone in the Remembering

"War is within our hearts. It is a raging beast which we must harness lest it consume us"

- "Teachings of Valla."

"The Matari spirit is an indomitable fire. Be sure when fanning those flames that you do not burn this world of ours down. Seeds cannot grow in a soil of ash."

- "The Elder's Tome", Matari Chronicles


There were once men who stood strong against the Amarrians no matter what they threw at them. They never knelt before them, they never called them masters. These men were called the Defiants. We carry their name into the heart of Amarr and make them tremble at the sound of it. We stand victorious, or we die with our hands around their throats!