History Quotes / DarkestDungeon

->''These nightmareish creatures'' can ''be felled! They'' can ''be beaten!''

-->-- '''The Ancestor'''

-->-- '''The Ancestor'''

->''"In time, you will know the tragic extent of my failings."

->''You will arrive along the old road. It winds with a troubling, serpent-like suggestion through the corrupted countryside. Leading only, I fear, to ever more tenebrous places. There is a sickness in the ancient pitted cobbles of the old road and on its writhing path you will face viciousness, violence, and perhaps other damnably transcendent terrors. So steel yourself and remember: there can be no bravery without madness. The old road will take you to hell, but in that gaping abyss we will find our redemption.''

-->-- '''The Ancestor'''

-> [[spoiler: ''Once again, the stars are right and the manor sits at the very epicenter of cosmic unrest. Cultists rally to their twisted idols and great gongs sound in anticipation of the coming sacrifices. Far below, life-laden shadows pulse to the unrelenting rhythm of a beating heart.'']]
-->-- '''The Ancestor''', upon the first foray into the Darkest Dungeon

-> [[spoiler:''Behold the heart of the world! Progenitor of life, father and mother, alpha and omega! Our creator... and our destroyer.'']]
-->-- '''The Ancestor'''

->''Victory.\\
[[spoiler:[[WasItReallyWorthIt A hollow and ridiculous notion.]]]]''

->''[[spoiler:[[WhamLine We are born of]] [[EldritchAbomination this thing]], made from it, and we will be returned to it in time.\\
The great family of Man.\\
[[HumansAreInsects A profusion of errant flesh.\\
Multiplying, swarming, living, dying.]]\\
[[WhenThePlanetsAlign Until the stars align in their inexorable formation]], and [[SealedEvilInACan what sleeps... is roused once more]].\\
To hatch from [[UsefulNotes/{{Earth}} this fragile shell of earth and rock]], and [[EarthShatteringKaboom bring our inescapable end]].]]''

->''[[spoiler:So, [[DrivenToSuicide seek solace in a manner befitting your lineage]].\\
And [[SenselessSacrifice take up your nugatory vigil]].\\
Haunted forever by [[ArcWords that sickening prose]] echoing through the infinite blackness of space and time:]]''

->''[[spoiler:"[[HereWeGoAgain Ruin... has come to our family.]]"]]''
-->--'''The Ancestor'''

->''Victory. A hollow and ridiculous notion. [[spoiler:We are born of this thing, made from it, and we will be returned to it in time.\\
\\
[[WhamLine The great family of man]]. A profusion of errant flesh. Multiplying. Swarming. Living. Dying. Until [[WhenThePlanetsAlign the stars align]] in their inexorable formation and what sleeps is aroused once more. To hatch from this fragile shell of earth and rock, and bring our inescapable end.\\
\\
So seek solace in [[DrivenToSuicide the manner befitting your lineage]], and take up your [[SenselessSacrifice nugatory vigil]], haunted forever by that [[ArcWords sickening prose]], echoing through the infinite blackness of space and time:\\
\\
"[[InYourNatureToDestroyYourselves Ruin has come to our family]]."'']]

->''You remember our venerable house, opulent and imperial; gazing proudly from its stoic perch above the moor.''
->''I lived all my years in that ancient, rumour-shadowed manor. Fattened by decadence and luxury...and yet, I began to tire of...conventional extravagance.''
->''Singular unsettling tales suggested the mansion was a gateway to some [[CosmicHorrorStory fabulous and unnameable power.]] With relic and ritual, I bent every effort to the excavation and recovery of those long buried secrets, expending what remained of our family fortune on swarthy workmen and sturdy shovels.''
->''At last, in the salt-soaked crags beneath the lowest foundations, we unearthed that [[HellGate damnable portal]] of [[SealedEvilInaCan antediluvian evil.]]''
->''Our every step unsettled the ancient earth...but we were in a realm of death and madness!''
->''In the end, I alone fled laughing and wailing through those blackened arcades of antiquity...until consciousness failed me.''
->''You remember our venerable house...[[IronicEcho opulent and imperial.]]''
->''It is a festering abomination!''
->''I beg you return home, claim your birthright, and deliver our family--''
->[[DramaticGunCock *click*]]
->''--from the ravenous clutching shadows...''
->[[DrivenToSuicide *BLAM*]]
->''...of the [[TitleDrop Darkest Dungeon.]]''

-> [[spoiler: Once again, the stars are right and the manor sits at the very epicenter of cosmic unrest. Cultists rally to their twisted idols and great gongs sound in anticipation of the coming sacrifices. Far below, life-laden shadows pulse to the unrelenting rhythm of a beating heart.]]

-> [[spoiler:"Behold the heart of the world! Progenitor of life, father and mother, alpha and omega! Our creator... and our destroyer."]]

-->-- '''Hutts''', effectively summarizing the game's backstory - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5Axda24LdQ Can't Do It - Darkest Dungeon Ep2]]

->[[spoiler:"Victory. A hollow and ridiculous notion. We are born of this thing, made from it, and we will be returned to it in time.\\

"[[WhamLine The great family of man]]. A profusion of errant flesh. Multiplying. Swarming. Living. Dying. Until [[WhenThePlanetsAlign the stars align]] in their inexorable formation and what sleeps is aroused once more. To hatch from this fragile shell of earth and rock, and bring our inescapable end.\\

"So seek solace in [[DrivenToSuicide the manner befitting your lineage]], and take up your [[SenselessSacrifice nugatory vigil]], haunted forever by that [[ArcWords sickening prose]], echoing through the infinite blackness of space and time:\\

''"[[KillAllHumans Ruin has come to our family]]."'']]

"[[WhamLine The great family of man.]] A profusion of errant flesh. Multiplying. Swarming. Living. Dying. Until the stars align in their inexorable formation and what sleeps is aroused once more. To hatch from this fragile shell of earth and rock, and bring our inescapable end.\\

''"Ruin has come to [[KillAllHumans our family."]]'']]

->[[spoiler:"Victory. A hollow and ridiculous notion. We are born of this thing, made from it, and we will be returned to it in time.]]

->[[spoiler:"[[WhamLine The great family of man.]] A profusion of errant flesh. Multiplying. Swarming. Living. Dying. Until the stars align in their inexorable formation and what sleeps is aroused once more. To hatch from this fragile shell of earth and rock, and bring our inescapable end.]]

-> [[spoiler:"So seek solace in [[DrivenToSuicide the manner befitting your lineage]], and take up your nugatory vigil, haunted forever by that sickening prose, echoing through the infinite blackness of space and time:]]

->[[spoiler:''[[ArcWords "Ruin]] [[BookEnds has come to]]'' ''[[KillAllHumans our family."]]'']]

-->'''The Ancestor'''

->''These nightmareish creatures'' can ''be felled! They'' can ''be beaten''

->[[spoiler:''"[[ArcWords Ruin]] [[BookEnds has come to]]'' ''[[KillAllHumans our family."]]'']]

->[[spoiler:''"[[BookEnds Ruin has come to]]'' ''[[KillAllHumans our family."]]'']]

-> [[spoiler:"So seek solace in [[DrivenToSuicide the manner befitting your lineage]], and take up your nugatory vigil, haunted forever by that sickening prose, echoing through the infinite blackness of space and time:

->''"[[BookEnds Ruin has come to]]'' ''[[KillAllHumans our family."]]'']]

->''At last, in the salt-soaked crags beneath the lowest foundations, we unearthed that [[HellGate damnable portal]] of [[SealedEvilInaCan antediluvian evil.]]"
->''Our every step unsettled the ancient earth…but we were in a realm of death and madness! In the end, I alone fled laughing and wailing through those blackened arcades of antiquity...until consciousness failed me.''

-->'''A review on Steam'''

-->'''[[WebVideo/{{Jimquisition}} Jim Sterling]]''', [[http://www.thejimquisition.com/darkest-dungeon-review/#more-3215 here]]

->''Ruin has come to our family."
->''You remember our venerable house, opulent and imperial; gazing proudly from its stoic perch above the moor. I lived all my years in that ancient, rumour-shadowed manor."
->
->''Fattened by decadence and luxury… and yet I began to tire of conventional extravagance. Singular unsettling tales suggested the mansion was a gateway to some [[CosmicHorrorStory fabulous and unnameable power.]] With relic and ritual, I bent every effort to the excavation and recovery of those long buried secrets, expending what remained of our family fortune on swarthy workmen and sturdy shovels. "
->

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->''Our every step unsettled the ancient earth…but we were in a realm of death and madness! In the end, I alone fled laughing and wailing through those blackened arcades of antiquity….until consciousness failed me."
->
->''You remember our venerable house…[[IronicEcho opulent and imperial.]] It is a festering abomination! I beg you return home, claim your birthright, and deliver our family-"

->''-from the ravenous clutching shadows…"

->''Of the [[TitleDrop Darkest Dungeon.]]"
-->'''The Ancestor'''

->''You will arrive along the old road. It winds with a troubling, serpent-like suggestion through the corrupted countryside. Leading only, I fear, to ever more tenebrous places. There is a sickness in the ancient pitted cobbles of the old road and on its writhing path you will face viciousness, violence, and perhaps other damnably transcendent terrors. So steel yourself and remember: there can be no bravery without madness. The old road will take you to hell, but in that gaping abyss we will find our redemption.''

-->'''Creator/DylanThomas''' (quote introducing the "Fiends & Frenzy" big update)

-->'''The Ancestor'''

-> [[spoiler:"Victory. A hollow and ridiculous notion. We are born of this thing, made from it, and we will be returned to it in time.]]

-> [[spoiler:[[WhamLine The great family of man.]] A profusion of errant flesh. Multiplying. Swarming. Living. Dying. Until the stars align in their inexorable formation and what sleeps is aroused once more. To hatch from this fragile shell of earth and rock, and bring our inescapable end.]]

-> [[spoiler:So seek solace in [[DrivenToSuicide the manner befitting your lineage]], and take up your nugatory vigil, haunted forever by that sickening prose, echoing through the infinite blackness of space and time: ''[[BookEnds Ruin has come to]]'' ''[[KillAllHumans our family."]]'']]