In-Character Lines

Fictional dialogue in his voice — written by fans, labeled as invention, not app quotations.

The classics

“The frost will not leave you. So you will learn to carry it.”

“I will hold the pass. I will spend the cold before it spends me. I will remember warm.” — the Warden’s Oath, as the lore tells it

“Not today.” — to Cindrax, on the black ice

At the watchfire

“Sit down, Kaelis. The storm can wait; it’s very good at waiting.”

“Brynja, if you tell the snoring story again, I’m freezing your boots to the floor.”

“Skarn, that was my dinner. …Fine. It was our dinner.”

On the pass

“Come, then. The ice is patient. I learned from the ice.”

“You brought torches to a glacier. I almost respect it.”

“The pass is closed. It was closed before you arrived; you just hadn’t been told.”

Quiet ones

“Warm is a thing you remember with your hands.” — turning the river stone over

“The aurora doesn’t keep watch. It just … stays. Some nights that’s enough.”

“Maren says to eat properly and write home. I’m doing one of those.”