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7->''From iron cometh strength! From strength cometh will! From will cometh faith! From faith cometh honour! From honour cometh iron! This is the Unbreakable Litany and may it be forever so.''
8-->--'''The Unbreakable Litany of the Iron Warriors''', ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}''
9
10Badass boasts involving tabletop games. TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}} has so many it has been given a folder of its own.
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13
14[[folder: Warhammer 40,000]]
15Everyone, everywhere in ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'' has at least one.
16
17!!'''The Imperium of Mankind'''
18
19* By or about the [[TheEmpire Imperium of Man]] generally
20
21-->''My will be done.''
22-->-'''The Immortal God-Emperor of Mankind'''
23
24-->''No world shall be beyond my rule. No enemy beyond my wrath.''
25-->-'''The Emperor'''
26
27-->''The universe has many horrors yet to throw at us. This is not the end of our struggle. This is just the beginning of our crusade to save Humanity. Be faithful! Be strong! Be vigilant!''
28-->-'''The Emperor'''
29
30-->''One cannot consider the fate of a single man, nor ten, nor a thousand. Billions will live or die by our actions here, and we have not the luxury to count the cost.''
31-->-'''Inquisitor Kryptmann'''
32
33-->-''The Imperium! How mighty its aspect! How far-reaching its boundaries! As one world dies ten more are brought into the fold. Fear us, for we count the lives of planets, not men!''
34-->-'''Cardinal Mortius Blate''', Ecclesiarch Primus
35
36-->''Do not presume to judge me or the methods I choose to employ, petty-minded fool. You cannot comprehend the magnitude of the tasks I have undertaken, nor the consequences of my failure.''
37-->-'''Inquisitor Lichtenstein''', declared Excommunicate Traitoris 998.M41
38
39-->''Some may be able to avoid the judiciaries of the Adeptus Arbites, fewer may be able to face off against the Imperial Guard and the Adeptus Astartes, but let it be known that none can stand against the Officio Assassinorum.''
40-->-'''unattributed'''
41
42-->''I have fought as a God fights. I am ''Imperius Dictatio''. Kneel before me and beg for you lives!''
43-->-'''Princeps Ervin Hekate''', commander of the [[HumongousMecha Warlord-class titan]] ''Imperius Dictatio''
44
45-->''I don't have time to die! I'm TOO BUSY!''
46-->-'''High Lord Goge Vandire'''
47
48-->''The tracks on the Land Raider crush the heretics,''
49-->''Crush the heretics, crush the heretics.''
50-->''The tracks on the Land Raider crush the heretics,''
51-->''All day long.''
52-->-'''Imperial Nursery-Rhyme'''
53
54-->''The Emperor Protects.''
55-->-'''Practically every character in the Imperium'''
56
57* By or about the SpaceMarine Legions:
58
59-->''Tell them ruin has come to their world, death, despair and red war. Tell them their hopes and pride have come to nothing. Tell them their empty whispers fall upon deaf ears - their gods are dead, human logic has killed them. Tell them the Angels of Death have come. Tell them that nothing can save them now.''
60-->-'''Perturabo, Primarch of the [[Literature/IronWarriors IV Legion]]'''
61
62-->''Fear our name, for it is vengeance''.
63-->-'''Rhetoricus of the Imperial Fists'''
64
65-->''Are we not the chosen of the Emperor, his loyal servants unto death?''
66-->-''Fergas Nils'', Chaplain
67
68-->''"They shall be my [[SuperSoldier finest warriors]], [[BadassArmy these men who give themselves to me]]. Like clay I shall mould them and in the furnace of war I shall forge them. They will be of [[{{Determinator}} iron will]] and steely muscle. In [[PoweredArmor great armour]] shall I clad them and with the [[{{BFG}} mightiest guns]] shall they be armed. They will be [[PerfectHealth untouched by plague or disease, no sickness will blight them]]. They will have [[BigBookOfWar tactics, strategies]] and [[TankGoodness machines]] such that no foe will best them in battle. They are my bulwark against [[EldritchAbomination the terror]]. They are the [[BadassArmy defenders of Humanity]]. They are my SpaceMarines... ...'' '''''[[BadassCreed and they shall know no fear]]'''''.
69-->-'''[[EmperorScientist The Immortal God-Emperor of Mankind]]'''
70
71-->''We are the Ultramarines, the Sons of Guilliman. Whilst we draw breath, we stand. Whilst we stand, we fight. Whilst we fight, we prevail. Nothing shall stay our wrath.''
72-->-'''Marneus Calgar''', Chapter Master of the Ultramarines
73
74-->''Do not ask me to approach the battle meekly, to creep through the shadows, or to quietly slip on my foes in the dark. I am Rogal Dorn, Imperial Fist, Space Marine, Emperor's Champion. Let my enemies cower at my advance and tremble at the sight of me.''
75-->-'''Rogal Dorn''', Primarch of the VII Legion
76
77-->''Lorgar of Colchis. You may consider the following. One: I entirely withdraw my previous offer of solemn ceasefire. It is cancelled, and will not be made again, to you or to any other of your motherless bastards. Two: you are no longer any brother of mine. I will find you, I will kill you, and I will hurl your toxic corpse into hell's mouth.''
78-->-'''Roboute Guilliman''', Primarch of the XII Legion, channeling [[Film/{{Taken}} Liam Neeson]]
79
80-->''Space Marines excel at warfare because they were designed to excel at everything.''
81-->-'''Guilliman''' again.
82
83-->''Let them hide in their fortress. My crew could use the target practice.''
84-->-'''Antaro Chronus''', the Spear of Macragge
85
86-->''No brother falls forgotten.''
87-->-'''Erikon Gaius'''
88
89-->''A foe without honour is a foe already beaten.''
90-->-'''Anciet Helveticus'''
91
92-->''A battle for supremacy against many foes is a battle of the best kind. There are few considerations, only those concerning where to place your next shot. It is war in its purest form.''
93-->-'''Cmdr Karziel'''
94
95-->''No, NO! You would have me leave the side of my sworn battle-brothers in their darkest hour? I refuse!...On my honour as a son of Macragge, I choose to defy it. Even if it means I will perish here, even if you colour me a rebel like Lorgar's turncoats, I defy it!''
96-->-'''Tylos Rubio''' (*after receiving an order to retreat from the second-in-command of the entire Imperium)
97
98-->''We are the slayers of kings, the destroyers of worlds, bringers of ruination and death in all its forms. These things we do in the name of the Emperor and in the defense of Mankind. Let none stay our wrath.''
99-->-'''Cato Sicarius'''
100
101-->''Our presence remakes the past.''
102-->-Inscribed on the Ultramarines' '''Chapter Banner'''
103
104-->''The Space Marines fear no evil, for we are fear incarnate.''
105-->- '''Konrad Curze''', Primarch of the [[Literature/NightLords VIII Legion]]
106
107-->''I am Nathaniel Garro, and I am a Legion of One.''
108-->-'''Battle-Captain Garro''' of the Dusk Raiders
109
110-->''I am the hammer! I am the hate!'' '''''I am the woes of daemonkind!'''''
111-->-Warcry of the '''Grey Knights''' Chapter.
112
113-->''The Chapter might lose us and the Imperium might never know we existed, but the Enemy - the Enemy will know. The Enemy will remember. We will hurt it so badly that it will never forget us until the stars burn out and the Emperor vanquishes it at the end of time. When Chaos is dying, its last thought will be of us. That is our memorial - carved into the heart of Chaos. We cannot lose, Grey Knights. We have already won.''
114-->-'''Justicar Alaric''' of the Grey Knights.
115
116-->''The uniforms of the Imperial Guard are camouflaged in order to protect their wearers by hiding them from sight. The principle is that what the enemy cannot see he cannot kill. This is not the way of the Adeptus Astartes. A Space Marine’s armour is bright with heraldry that proclaims his devotion to his Chapter and the beloved Emperor of Mankind. Our principle is that what the enemy can see, he will soon learn to fear…''
117-->-'''Aston''' of the Firehawks Chapter
118
119-->''I was on Prospero, brothers. I was there when we burned their heresy from the galaxy. I saw Leman Russ lay waste to their cherished places. I saw Traitors weep from corrupted eyes as we turned their pyramids of glass into barren wasteland. That will not happen here. They were made weak by the knowledge of their treachery. We are made strong by the knowledge of our fidelity. Where Tizca fell, the Aett will stand. Though it may cost the lives of us all, the Aett will stand.''
120-->-'''Bjorn the Fell-Handed''', Dreadnought of the Space Wolves, Eldest, Honored One, Trueclaw, Last of the Company of Russ
121
122-->''We may be few, and our enemies many. Yet so long as there remains one of us still fighting, one who still rages in the name of justice and truth, then by the Allfather, the galaxy shall yet know hope.''
123-->-'''Wolf Lord Ragnar''' of the Space Wolves
124
125-->''Listen closely Brothers, for my life's breath is all but spent. There shall come a time far from now when our chapter itself is dying, even as I am now dying. Then my children, I shall list'n for your call from whatever realms of death hold me, and come I shall no-matter what laws of life and death forbid. At the end I will be there. For the final battle. For the Wolftime.''
126-->-'''Leman Russ''', Primarch of the VI Legion
127
128-->''Wherever you are, tread lightly. We are closer than you think, and our blades are sharp.''
129-->-'''Third Captain Shrike''' of the Raven Guard
130
131-->''To take a town, send a legionary. To take a city, send a squad. To take a world, send a company. To take a culture, send a Chapter.''
132-->-'''Ultramarines proverb'''
133
134-->''Camouflage is the colour of fear... I have no need to hide from my foes... I have no fear of death. My colours I wear openly, they proclaim louder than any words, "I am proud to live - I am proud to die."''
135-->-'''Commander Culln'''
136
137-->''For eleven hundred years, I have fought and I have seen the darkness in our galaxy. I have seen the vileness of the alien and the heresy of the mutant. I have witnessed the sin of possession. I have seen all the evil that the galaxy harbours, and I have slain all whose presence defiles the Emperor. I have seen what you will see. I have fought what you must fight, and I have slain what you must slay... so fear not and be proud, for we are the sons of Sanguinius, the protectors of Mankind. Aye, we are indeed the Angels of Death.''
138-->-'''Cervan Dante''', Master of the Blood Angels
139
140-->''Surround yourself with the greatest warriors at your command, or cower in the deepest and darkest hole you can find. It matters not. I shall take your head for the Great Khan and for the Emperor.''
141-->-'''Kor'sarro Khan''' of the White Scars
142
143-->''This galaxy is the Emperor's, and anyone or anything that challenges that claim is an enemy that shall be destroyed.''
144-->-'''High Marshal Helbrecht''' of the Black Templars
145
146--> ''What is the terror of death?\
147That we die, our work incomplete.\
148What is the joy of life?\
149To die, knowing our task is done.''
150-->-'''Litany of the Black Templars'''
151
152-->''No fear, no remorse, no pity!''
153-->-'''Black Templars''' war-cry
154
155-->''My sword shall not waver, nor my heart weaken. I shall drown the xeno in his own blood. I shall smite glorious ruin upon the heretic. This I swear!''
156-->-'''Black Templar''' oath.
157
158-->''My name is Gerhart! I am of the sword brethren of Marshall Korneliusz's fighting company. Now tell me- who wants to be the first?''
159-->-'''Sword-Brother Gerhart''' of the Black Templars
160
161-->'''++TANKRED ENDURES++'''
162-->-'''Ancient Tankred'''
163
164-->''Repent! For tomorrow you die!''
165-->-'''Battle cry of the Dark Angels'''
166
167* By or about the [[RedshirtArmy Imperial]] [[BadassNormal Guard]]
168-->''To each of us falls a task. And all the Emperor requires of us Guardsmen is that we stand in line, and we die fighting. It is what we do best: we die standing.''
169-->-'''General Sturnn''', Cadian 412th
170
171-->''I have followed you too far to fail now Ghazghkull Thraka. I bear the gift of death. You cannot outrun me. There's no place in this universe where you can hide. I have waited a long time for vengeance. I'm tired but not so tired I cannot kill you. Maybe then I won't see the faces of the dead. Maybe then I'll be able to sleep.''
172-->'''Commissar Sebastian Yarrick'''
173
174-->''Heroes of Armageddon! You have withstood the evil savagery of the Orks, and they have nothing left for you to fear. So raise high the black banners of vengeance - for now is our time.''
175-->-more '''Yarrick'''
176
177-->''What is the strongest weapon of mankind? The god-machines of the Adeptus Mechanicus? No! The Astartes Legions? No! The tank? The lasgun? The fist? Not at all! Courage and courage alone stands above them all!''
178-->-'''Lord Solar Macharius''', Second Warmaster of the Imperium
179
180-->''The meaning of victory is not to merely defeat your enemy but to destroy him, to completely eradicate him from living memory, to leave no remnant of his endeavours, to crush his achievement and remove all record of his very existence. From that defeat there is no recovery.'' That ''is the meaning of victory.''
181-->-'''Macharius''' again.
182
183-->''Doing the Emperor's work is its own reward. But this is quite satisfying.''
184-->-'''Sgt. Alem Mahat''', Tallarn Desert Raiders, overseeing a mass executing of heretics.
185
186-->''I am a Commissar. I am empowered to deliver justice wherever I see it lacking. I am empowered to punish cowardice. I am granted the gift of total authority to judge, in the name of the Emperor, on the field of combat.''
187-->-'''Colonel-Commissar Ibram Gaunt''', 81st/1st Tanith-Belladon
188
189-->''I am known to be a fair man, until I am pushed. [[PreAsskickingOneLiner You have just pushed me.]]''
190-->-'''Gaunt''' again.
191
192-->''I hate last stands. There's never time to practice 'em.''
193-->'''Maj. Elim Rawne''', 81st/1st Tanith-Belladon
194
195-->''We hold them here or we fight them on the hallowed ground of Terra itself. I for one would rather see a million human lives lost here than allow a single Ork to set foot on Earth.''
196-->-'''General Pavlov''', Armageddon Steel Legion
197
198-->''We're the Death Korps of Krieg, son. Did you think that was just a pretty name? We never retreat. We fight and we die, that's the Krieg way.''
199-->-'''Lt. Konarski''', 933rd Death Korp
200
201-->''Your foe is well equipped, well-trained, battle-hardened. He believes his gods are on his side. Let him believe what he will. We have tanks on ours.''
202-->-'''Col. Pfieff''', Krieg 14th Armored
203
204-->''I have seen war in all its forms. I have seen feral world savages braining each other with stones, and I have monitored the death of a whole planet at the hands of a virus bomb. I have seen Space Marines drop to certain death, and win. I have seen Titans crush whole platoons underfoot. But there is no more stirring sight in war than the charge of massed cavalry.''
205-->-'''Tpr Ajjir''', 9th Tallarn Hussars
206
207-->''Enemies of the Imperium, hear me. You have come here to die. The Immortal Emperor is with us and we are invincible. His soldiers will strike you down. His war machines will crush you under their treads. His mighty guns will bring the very sky crashing down upon you. You cannot win. The Emperor has given us his greatest weapon to wield. So make yourselves ready. We are the First Kronus Regiment, and today is our Victory Day.''
208-->-'''Governor-Militant Lukas Alexander'''
209
210-->''Though our tanks and artillery are mighty, it is the vast ranks of Imperial Guardsmen that shall trample the enemy to dust - let them come.''
211-->-'''Ursakar Creed''', Tactical Genius
212
213-->''I left my homeworld the night it died, and I've been fighting for its memory ever since. We Tanith are a dying breed. There are only about twenty hundred of us left. Gaunt only got away with enough for one regiment. The Tanith First. The First-and-Only. That's what makes us 'Ghosts', you see. The last few unquiet souls of a dead world. And I suppose we'll keep going until we're all done.''
214-->-'''Tpr Dermon Caffran''', Tanith 1st
215
216-->''I could choke the Great Eye itself if I had enough bodies to march into it.''
217-->-'''Lord Militant Hector Dravere'''
218
219-->''I have at my command an entire battle group of the Imperial Guard. Fifty regiments, including specialized drop troops, stealthers, mechanized formations, armored companies, combat engineers and mobile artillery. Over half a million fighting men and thirty thousand tanks and artillery pieces are mine to command. Emperor show mercy to the fool that stands against me, for I shall not.''
220-->-'''Warmaster Demetrius'''
221
222-->''Let's see how those degenerate sophisticates handle a healthy dose of pure unreasoning violence.''
223-->-'''Veteran-Sergeant Jarran Kell''', on the Eldar
224
225-->''Whatever happens, we have got\
226The Emperor's blessing,\
227They have not.''
228-->-'''Imperial Guard Maxim'''
229
230-->''Where I fall ten more shall take my place! And one-hundred each of them! So strike me down! I am the harbinger!''
231-->-'''Ollanius Pius before being struck down by Horus'''
232
233-->''The planet broke before the Guard did!''
234-->-'''Battle cry of the Imperial Guard in the 42nd Millennium, referring to the Fall of Cadia'''
235
236!!'''The Xenos Threat'''
237
238* By or about the Craftworld [[SpaceElves Eldar]]
239
240--> ''The stars themselves once lived and died at our command, and yet you still oppose our will.''
241-->-'''Farseer Mirehn Biellann'''
242
243--> ''Feel the rush of the wind against your skin and hear her keening cry in your ears. Listen to her call well, for are we not the Wild Riders, the children of the storm?''
244-->-'''Nuadhu Fireheart'''
245
246-->''We bring only death, and leave only carrion. It is a message even a Human can understand.''
247-->-'''Requiel''', Fire Dragon
248
249* By or about the Tau Empire
250
251-->''I do not fear death. Death fears ME!''
252-->-'''Shas'O Sa'cea Dre'koran Ta'ar'''
253
254-->''A Broken Sword May Still Cut''
255-->-'''Generic Tau Commander''' in ''Dawn of War: Retribution''
256
257* By or about the Dark Eldar
258-->''We own this night, just as we own the fear that runs in your veins. You may think your numbers protect you, but we shall feast upon your souls before the dawn!''
259-->-'''Kilarq Tongueblade''', Kabal of the Lacerated Eye
260
261-->''You think to challenge me, pitiful human? I, the bane of empires, the father of pain? Let me educate you; I need a new pet...''
262-->-'''Archon K'shaic''', Kabal of the Black Lotus
263
264* By or about the Orks:
265--> ''I'm da hand of Gork and Mork, dey sent me to rouse up da boyz to crush and kill 'cos da boyz forgot what dere 'ere for. I woz one of da boyz till da godz smashed me in da 'ead an' I 'membered dat Orks is meant to conquer and make slaves of everyfing they don't kill. I'm da profit of da Waaagh an' whole worlds burn in my boot prints. On Armour-Geddem, I led da boyz through da fire deserts and smashed da humies' metal cities to scrap. I fought Yarik, old one-eye at Tarturus, an' he fought good but we smashed iz city too. I'm death to anyfing dat walks or crawls, where I go nothin' stands in my way. We crushed da stunties on Golgotha, an' we caught old one-eye when da speed freeks blew da humies' big tanks ta bits. I let 'im go 'cause good enemies iz 'ard to find, an' Orks need enemies ta fight like they need meat ta eat an' grog ta drink. I iz more cunnin' than a grot an' more killy than a dread, da boyz dat follow me can't be beat. On Pissenah we jumped da marine-boyz an' our bosspoles was covered in da helmets we took from da dead 'uns. We burned dere port an' killed dere bosses an' left nothin' but ruins behind. I'm Warlord Ghazghkull Mag Uruk Thraka an' I speak wiv da word of da gods. We iz gonna stomp da 'ooniverse flat an' kill anyfing that fights back. We iz gonna do this coz' we're Orks an' we was made ta fight an' win!''
266-->- '''Warlord Ghazghkull Mag Uruk Thraka''', Graffiti on Warlord Battle Titan wreckage
267
268* By or about the Necrons:
269--> ''Order. Unity. Obedience. We taught the galaxy these things long ago, and we will do so again.''
270-->- '''Imotekh the Stormlord''', Phaeron of the Sautekh Dynasty
271
272--> ''Let me tell you of my future. My hand will reach out into the stars, reshaping the galaxy into a place of order and unity. Under my reign, the kingdoms of old shall live again, reborn to an age of power and glory the like of which you can only imagine. I will rule every planet touched by the light of this star and, even in the darkness beyond, my name will be whispered with fear and respect. Your future, by contrast, is looking less than glorious -- you will not be reaching out your hand to anything ever again, I think. Embrace the pain and humiliation of its loss, so that you might better learn the lessons from your defeat. Learn them well enough, and you might even be reborn as an enemy worthy of my attention. A hand is a measly price for such a gift, is it not?''
273-->- Imotekh the Stormlord to Eldorath Starbane, in the wake of the Eldar's failed Siege of Somonor
274
275--> ''It is a source of constant consternation that my opponents cannot correlate their innate inferiority with their inevitable defeat. It would seem that stupidity is as eternal as war.''
276-->- '''Nemesor Zahndrekh''' of the Sautekh Dynasty, Necron Overlord of the Crownworld of Gidrim
277
278--> ''Only the deathless can truly comprehend the burden of unfailing loyalty.''
279-->- '''Vargard Obyron'''
280
281--> ''Time is a weapon like any other. If nothing else, I can simply wait for my foes to rot!''
282-->- '''Orikan the Diviner'''
283
284--> ''The secrets of the universe are within my grasp, you cannot stop me now.''
285-->- '''Illuminor Szeras'''
286
287--> ''Aza'gorod, the Nightbringer. The embodiment of death. A killer of stars, and of worlds. An eater of gods. The Old Ones themselves could not stand before this star-spawned creature. And yet, as shall be the fate of all things, the Nightbringer was broken beneath the heel of the Necron Empire, bound and humbled. If such a creature can be leashed to our will, then there is nothing that we cannot accomplish. Never again will we bow to any master. Never again shall we cede command of our destiny.''
288--->- '''Illuminor Szeras'''
289
290--> ''Cast off the shackles of your slumber! The galaxy shall be ours once again!''
291-->- '''Anrakyr The Traveler'''
292
293--> ''All life will tear itself apart by my command.''
294-->- '''Nahumekh''', Necron Lord of the Sautekh Dynasty
295
296--> ''There is a terrible darkness descending upon the galaxy, and we shall not see it ended in our lifetimes.''
297-->- '''Inquisitor Bronislaw Czevak''' at the Conclave of Har
298
299--> ''That man is beset at all quarters by traitors, mutants and fiends is self-evident. But in truth none of these evils shall be our undoing. When the end comes it will be not at the hand of any mortal being of this or any other realm: death will come at the hands of the ancients, those who determined our fate aeons before we stood erect upon the holy ground of Terra and gazed up into the starry night.''
300-->- '''Inquisitor Hoth'''
301
302!!'''Chaos, the Archenemy'''
303
304-->''Death to the False Emperor''
305-->-'''Jago "Sevatar" Sevatarion''', Prince of Crows
306
307-->''YoureInsane''
308-->''So I am often told.''
309-->-'''Sevatar'''
310
311-->''I'd rather not have to kill you. My spear is all the way over there.''
312-->'''Sevatar'''
313
314-->''I am the Arch-fiend, the Despoiler of Worlds, and by my hands shall the false Emperor fall.''
315-->-'''Abaddon the Despoiler'''
316
317-->''With the thirty-seven keys of Tzeentch, we open the way for our brothers. With the thousand whispers of Slaanesh, we call to them. With the twelve plagues of Nurgle, we fell their enemies. And with the mighty axe of Khorne, we cut open the world for them.''
318-->-'''Amphion & Zethus''', sorcerers of the Word Bearers
319
320-->''The day will not save them. And we own the night.''
321-->-'''Horus''', Warmaster of Chaos
322
323-->''Let the galaxy burn.''
324-->-'''Horus''' again.
325
326-->''Humanity will fall and rise by my hand. Else, it will fall and fall and fall forever.''
327-->-'''Horus Lupercal''' once more.
328
329-->''Understand, mortals, that every one of you, each of your so-called champions, is just a piece in the Great Game of our Masters.''
330-->-'''Daemon of Chaos'''
331
332-->''Slay without pity, triumph without remorse. You are the legions of Khorne, His fauvorite warriors. You shall bring defeat and death to His enemies. You shall crush their worlds under your heels. To battle! Let blood flow in His name!''
333-->-'''Rorath'rath the Skullweaver''', daemon of Khorne
334
335-->''Do not ask which creature screams in the night. Do not question who waits for you in the shadow. It is my cry that wakes you in the night, and my body that crouches in the shadow. I am [[TheChessmaster Tzeentch]] and you are the puppet that dances to my tune.''
336-->'''Karantzor the Vile''' of the Thousand Sons
337
338-->''Though my guards may sleep and ships may rest at anchor, our foes know full well that big guns never tire.''
339-->-'''Lugft Huron''', Tyrant of Badab, Pirate-King of the Maelstrom
340
341-->''Iron Within! Iron Without!'''
342-->-'''Iron Warriors''' battle-cry.
343
344-->''From Iron, cometh Strength. From Strength, cometh Will. From Will, cometh Faith. From Faith, cometh Honour. From Honour, cometh Iron. This is the Unbreakable Litany, and may it forever be so.''
345-->-Unbreakable Litany of the '''Iron Warriors'''
346
347-->''"Tell them ruin has come to their world, death, despair and red war... Tell them their hopes and pride have come to nothing. Tell them their empty whispers fall upon deaf ears - their gods are dead, human logic has killed them. Tell them the Angels of Death have come. Tell them that nothing can save them now."''
348-->'''Perturabo''', Primarch of the Iron Warriors
349
350-->''Though the gates that stand between the mortal world and the immortal Realm of Chaos are now closed to me, still I would rather die having glimpsed eternity than never to have stirred from the cold furrow of mortal life. I embrace death without regret as I have embraced life without fear.''
351-->-'''Kargos Bloodspitter''' of the World Eaters
352
353-->''I murdered thousands for the Emperor and he gave me nothing except his damning silence. Now his lapdogs yap for every life I take, while the gods promise me the galaxy.''
354-->-'''Svane Wulfbad''', renegade lord of the Space Wolves
355
356-->''In the embrace of the great Nurgle, I am no longer afraid, for with His pestilential favour I have become that which I once most feared: Death.''
357-->-'''Kulvain Hestarius''' of the Death Guard
358
359-->''Death is nothing compared to vindication.''
360-->-'''Night Haunter'''
361
362-->''Death stalks the darkness, and he knows your name.''
363-->-'''Night Haunter''' again.
364
365-->''The Dark Gods and their slaves have nothing to offer me now, but I have far more to offer them.''
366-->-'''Fabius Bile'''
367
368-->''Today, we kill a God!''
369-->-'''Chaos Space Marine''', facing an Avatar of Khaine
370
371-->''Brothers! Welcome to the feast! Tell me, which among you will be the first course?''
372-->-'''Lucius the Eternal''', Chosen of Slaanesh
373
374-->''It is the fate of the weak to die unknown, and the destiny of the strong to rule for eternity. Give me glory, or give me death!''
375-->-'''Gauwe Psgas'''
376
377-->''I am Talos of the Night Lords. And you are coming with me...''
378-->-'''Talos Valcoran'''
379
380-->''We have come for you!''
381-->-'''Literature/NightLords''' battle-cry
382
383-->''We fight the long war, not through vain notions of duty and honour, but through a far purer purpose: hatred. At the height of our glory we were betrayed and cast out by our kin. Guilliman, Dorn, Sanguinius - these are names I curse. Horus, Perturabo, Angron - these are names I revere, names I would follow to the very end. It is this hatred that has sustained me through the long millennia. I tend it with bitterness. I nurture it with the deaths of my former brothers. For I know that when the end is upon us and Horus is returned, then the false emperor shall be cast down from his sepulchral Golden Throne, and we shall take our rightful place at the side of Horus, the true Emperor of Mankind.''
384-->-'''Ferrous Ironclaw''', Warsmith of the Literature/IronWarriors 2nd Grand Company
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389* Anyone who's been roleplaying for long enough is bound to have one or two of these.
390* TabletopGame/{{Champions}} character Dr. Destroyer makes several in his book:
391-->"These men are even greater fools. It is time for [Destroyer] to rule, to guide these cattle to a better future... or to crush them under his heel."
392-->"Do you truly think one of your pitifully limited intellect can comprehend Destroyer, or discern the nature and intent of his plans? Destroyer is as far beyond your understanding as you are above a Neanderthal."
393-->"The seething mass of humanity is little better than a pack of dogs, slave to desire and instinct rather than intellect and willpower. A few, a very few, rise above the common muck to demonstrate what human beings are capable of. And above them, as far above them as the stars are above the Earth, is Destroyer."
394-->"Vanguard was a bold warrior of great power, but he was handicapped by one great, fatal flaw: the inability to understand that Destroyer was his better."
395-->"Mankind dates events as BC and AD, a meaningless distinction. The day will come when history is measured by a marker of true importance: Before Destroyer and After Destroyer."
396** His whole speech in 1988 counts, but the end is the best part:
397-->"Those who attempt to stop me, be they military forces or those costumed cretins who style themselves “superheroes,” will fail and be destroyed. I, Destroyer, am the master of destruction, and I trust that the world shall not doubt my word. Even those who have foolishly made themselves my enemies cannot deny my ultimate genius. I give you seventy-two hours to prepare for the end — seventy-two hours to pray, if you like, though if there are gods your foolishness would be intolerable to them. Destroyer has spoken. My words are stronger than steel. I have promised you destruction, and my promises are never broken."
398* Another ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' example, according to one of the creation myths regarding the [[OurOrcsAreDifferent orcish god Gruumsh]], it is said that after the gods finished creating the world, the patron gods of TheFiveRaces gathered together to draw lots for where their peoples would live. The drawing was rigged, however, as they didn't have enough lots for them all and Gruumsh was excluded from the drawing. The other gods mocked that the orcs would have no place in the world, Gruumsh lifted his spear and struck it down upon the landscape, turning portions of the world harsh and barren, and declared;
399--> ''"There! There is where the orcs shall dwell! There they will survive, and multiply, and grow stronger, and a day will come when they shall cover the world, and they will slay all of your collective peoples! Orcs shall inherit the world you sought to cheat me of!"''
400* In the ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' 2e supplement ''I, Tyrant'', beholders are said to enjoy telling each other stories, usually about the creatures they have killed. Such stories usually begin with a lengthy recitation of the many victories and kills attributed to the creature, ending with, "And then it met me."
401* ''TabletopGame/IronKingdoms'':
402--> Countless victories are behind us, yet we are not half done. We fight to restore a legacy once denied to us. Our enemies tremble before our invincible armies, and all will kneel or perish. The Khadric Empire is gone but the Khadoran Empire is born! - Empress Ayn Vanar.
403** The quotes on the top of every unit's entry in his/her/it's relevant book are usually this or a comment made to similar effect but a few in particular stand out.
404-->Lich Lord Venethrax: "Even the weakest [[EldritchAbomination dragon]] walks this earth clad in impenetrable flesh. But all flesh [[HollywoodAcid burns]] and so all will be consumed"
405--> Speaking of dragons, Everblight has a good one: "Men die. Empires crumble. Only the power of [[EldritchAbomination dragons]] is eternal."
406* ''TabletopGame/LegendOfTheFiveRings'': When the Dragon of Water appeared in front of Mantis Clan Champion Yoritomo while the Mantis were recovering from a lost war with the Phoenix to request the aid of the Mantis's twenty strongest men to fight the Battle of Oblivion's Gate, Yoritomo responded that he was his twenty strongest men. His adoptive son, Yoritomo Aramasu, stood by his side and proclaimed "And I am twenty-one."
407* The average character in ''TabletopGame/MageTheAwakening'' can significantly reshape local reality on a whim, so they tend to be good at making these. In fact, making a BadassBoast is actually a ritualised part of the Duel Arcane, one of the most common ways of settling disputes between mages.
408** "For I walk in the Mists now and see the time that is yet to be. I will see the shadow of your coming before you have even decided your intent, and I will thwart you before you even put your pawns into motion. I will be watching from the Mists, and you will not sense it. If you move against me again, not even the Abyss and the Hidden Lords you worship will keep my hands from your neck." -- Morvan, Walker in Mists
409** "You resist me? I, who have walked through fire without being burned? I see through your wards and unravel them with a word. Do not dare defy me." -- Glorianna, Free Council Obrimos
410* ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'':
411** Many Legendary Creatures have flavor text with either the creature's badass boast, or another person making the boast for them.
412** In ''Literature/AlaraUnbroken'', Nicol Bolas boasts, "I've survived more apocalypses than you've had ''chest colds.''"
413** When planeswalkers were godlike beings he had an even better one, it goes a good page an a half but the highlights are "I have devoured stars, and shattered worlds, I have bathed in the blood of gods, and used their bones to build my nest. I am the Mind Ripper, the deathbringer, the winged dark that terrifies your dreams. I am Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker, Elder Dragon, The oldest and most powerful being that has ever, or shall ever exist!."
414** The [[https://scryfall.com/search?q=intervention+set%3Athb&unique=cards&as=grid&order=name Intervention cycle]] from ''Theros Beyond Death'' gives one to each of the gods.
415** The [[https://scryfall.com/search?q=e%3Akhm+o%3Aboast&unique=cards&as=grid&order=name Boast keyword]] in ''Kaldheim'' invokes this. Most cards with boast abilities have flavor text detailing their boasts in-universe.
416* TabletopGame/SentinelsOfTheMultiverse has a few in the flavor text:
417-->'''Grand Warlord Voss''': "What I cannot have, I will destroy".
418-->'''Omnitron-X''': "End-Times? I have seen many times. These are merely your end-times."
419-->'''Tachyon''': 10 seconds ago, I was in a different time zone. Guess how many times I'm going to hit you in the next 10 seconds.
420
421* It is, of course, present in ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}}'' as well.
422-->''I'm gonna stomp 'em to dust. I'm gonna grind their bones. I'm gonna burn down dere towns and cities. I'm gonna pile 'em up inna big fire and roast 'em. I'm gonna bash 'eads, break faces, and stomp on da bits dat are left. An' den I'm gonna get really mean.''
423-->-[[BloodKnight Grimgor Ironhide]], Black Orc Warboss
424
425-->''"There are no problems that cannot be solved with cannons."''
426-->-[[TheEngineer Chief Engineer]] Boris Krauss of Nuln
427
428-->''"There are countless worlds beyond the void of chaos, endless kingdoms to conquer, cities to sack, forests to burn, warriors to slay in their millions. But by Khorne, I have chosen this world to conquer, and conquer it I shall, even if it takes a thousand millennia."''
429-->-Khastarax, Daemon Prince of Khorne
430
431-->''"Fear me mortals, for I am the Anointed, the Favoured Son of Chaos and Scourge of this world. The armies of the Gods rally behind me, and it is by my will and by my sword that your weakling nations shall fall."''
432-->-Archaon the Everchosen of chaos
433
434-->''"One hundred years ago, a man like me killed a monster like you. It can be done again."''
435-->-'''Volkmar the Grim''', Grand Theogonist. This one is noteworthy. It was given by a man who was TooSpicyForYogSothoth, who was [[AndIMustScream chained by daemonic chains to an enemy standard]], who escaped, [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge slaughtered the men who had done it to him]], and killed the man who had taken his old job. He said this to Mannfred von Carstein, a vampire lord and MagnificentBastard whose had been planning his campaign for decades. He said this to him, before battle started. And it made one of the most evil, cunning and powerful beings in the Warhammer world ''back down.''
436
437-->''"SETTRA DOES NOT SERVE, SETTRA RULES!"''
438-->-Settra the Imperishable
439
440-->''"I CAME NOT TO CLAIM NEHEKHARA, BUT [[GodhoodSeeker GODHOOD]]!"''
441-->--'''Nagash, the Great Necromancer'''
442
443-->''"We are the chosen of Asuryan, beloved of the gods and heirs to the world. Our armies are the finest in creation; swift where our foes are lumbering, cultured where they are barbaric. Give no thought to failure, nor defeat – we are the Children of Ulthuan and we shall prevail."''
444-->--'''Phoenix King Aenarion the Defender'''
445
446* ''TabletopGame/WarhammerAgeOfSigmar'' keeps the tradition:
447
448-->''"We are salvation. [[HopeBringer We are the end of pain and the beggining of hope]]. While one of us draws breath, you will never be hunted again. [[TheArmiesOfHeaven We are the warriors of Sigmar]], and this is the dawn of his Age"''
449-->-Vandus Hammerhand, Lord-Celestant of the Hammers of Sigmar
450
451** The comic strip, despite it's general silly tone, still gets a good one. It's subverted, but it was good while it lasted:
452-->'''Lord Celestant''': Who have the courage to drive back Chaos?
453-->'''Hallowed Knights''': ONLY THE FAITHFUL!
454-->'''Lord Celestant''': Who has the will to turn back the chaos?
455-->'''Hallowed Knights: ONLY THE FAITHFUL!!!'''
456
457* In ''TabletopGame/WerewolfTheForsaken'', when a werewolf increases in Renown, they use a ritual to summon a Lune (moon spirits which serve the patron spirit of the werewolves) to brand the werewolf with a record of the deed which got them their new Renown level in glowing letters. Renown is gained by monumental achievements in Cunning (stealth, manipulation, cleverness, diplomacy), Glory (bravery, tradition, valour, daring), Honour (justice, truth, fairness), Purity (self-restraint, zeal, morality), and Wisdom (logic, intelligence, memory, intuition). This means that almost every werewolf has their BadassBoast ''burned into their skin'' for all spiritual enemies to see.
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