"Magic is the path to the heavens. Only by focusing on the arcane can one achieve immortality." - Archmage Grimaine of the Azure Skies "Compared to young and beautiful maidens, magic is rubbish!" - Count Chabrol of Argent Halls. "People living in this earthly world need sustenance, experience love, hatred and intrigue - everything saps their energy. Wanting to focus on the mystic arts is difficult." - Sophia Omicia, Sorceress of the Grand Moon. "Power is the most exquisite ambrosia in this world, magic merely a gem upon the diadem of dominion." - Duke Stendarr of the Galecrest. "I have seen all the splendors in this realm, and tasted all earthly pleasures, but what I desire most lies on that irresistible farther shore." - Utarod the Gilded Divine. "Ah...I have finally reached the eternal farther shore." - Rosen the Enlightened.