"When I was little, my father was famous. He was the greatest Samurai in the empire, and he was the Shogun’s decapitator. He cut off the heads of 131 lords, for the Shogun."
— Daigoro, Lone Wolf and Cub
"When I raise this sword, so I wish that this poor sinner will receive eternal life."
— Inscription on a German executioner's sword, circa 1600s
"I lived for my job. Once you've killed a man who was begging for his life, and everyone congratulates you on a job well done, nothing can compare."
— Hermes Haight, The Suffering
Spawn: Enslaving souls is mighty low.
Shang Tsung: A Hellspawn cannot judge me.
Spawn: Judge you? I'm your executioner.
Shang Tsung: A Hellspawn cannot judge me.
Spawn: Judge you? I'm your executioner.
