->''"Wake me... when you need me."''
-->-- '''Master Chief''', ''VideoGame/Halo3''

->''Yet as the mighty Titan fell and dread engulfed the armies of Doom, the demon priests of the Blood Temples laid a trap to capture this scourge of Hell. [[OneManArmy Insatiable, even by the vanquishing of the Great One, the Hell Walker sought prey in the tombs of the Blood Keep]]. And blinded by his fervor, the lure drew him in. The priests brought down the temple upon the [[PlayerCharacter Doom Slayer]], and in his defeat entombed him in the cursed sarcophagus. The mark of the Doom Slayer was burned upon his crypt, a warning to all of Hell that the terror within must never be freed. [[TemptingFate There he lies still, and ever more, in silent suffering]].''
-->-- '''The Slayer's Testament VII''', ''VideoGame/Doom2016''

->''"Confined in a glass box for three score years and ten. A human lifetime. Time moves no faster for my kind than it does for humanity, and in prison, it crawled at a snail's pace... I was... I am... the Lord of this realm of Dream and Nightmare."''
-->-- '''Morpheus''', ''ComicBook/{{The Sandman|1989}}: Sleep of the Just''

->''But even [[ManInTheMachine flesh and steel]] cannot live forever. The long years of war began to take their toll and Bjorn took to spending [[SeniorSleepCycle longer periods in dormant slumber]] in the vaulted stasis chambers below the Halls of the Great Wolf. In honour of such a loyal and courageous warrior, the Chapter's Iron Priests allow him his rest, and lovingly maintain his adamantium shell. Once every thousand years, Bjorn awakes and speaks to the Rune Priests, [[TheStoryteller regaling them with sagas long forgotten]], testing them on their knowledge of the ancient legends to ensure that the ways of Russ are still being followed. Only in times of dire need would the Iron Priests even consider waking Bjorn...''
-->-- ''[[TabletopGame/Warhammer40000 Index Astartes: Warriors of Old]]''
----