"Be ever vigilant, as though the world is a battlefield."
Motto of Thors Military Academy
Jusis: 'Still, I suppose the fact that you were finally ready to talk about it... ...means that maybe you've found what you were looking for to move past that, right?'
Alisa: S-Stoooooop!
Jusis mocking one of Rean's heartfelt speeches, and Alisa, Cold Steel I
...Hey, now...what's with the long faces...? ...You're all going to be in for some... tough times ahead... I can't go any farther now... ...but you can...so keep going forward... Relentlessly, without looking back... Heheh... As long as you do...I'm sure...
—Crow Armbrust, his final words to the party in Cold Steel II
For everyone's sake, I can't afford to lose!
—Rean Schwarzer, sometimes after winning a tough battle in Cold Steel III
You occupied us, dragged us into your war with Calvard... Brought those horrible cannons into our country. And now our light... Our one last hope... Give it back! Give us our Crossbell back! The free city where anyone could dream! GIVE IT BAAAAAAAAACK!!!
Juna Crawford, raging to Rean over Erebonia's occupation of Crossbell
Rean: By the way, Elise. You said there was a struggle yesterday. Did those guys do anything to you?
Elise: O-Oh, no. It wasn't anything that bad. They just grabbed my arm and stroked my cheek a little...
Rean: Ah, okay then. The only suitable punishment for that is D E A T H. I'll handle this personally. I'm sure if tie them to Valimar and take them for a nice stroll in the clouds, they'll behave.
Elise: R-Rean?!
Juna: All right, STOP right there!
Altina: ...It was then that Instructor Rean quietly snapped.
— Rean, demonstrating his My Sister Is Off-Limits tendencies, Cold Steel III
Osborne: Now Rean. Let us begin. Together, we shall write the end to this wretched fairy tale. In ink, black as despair.
— The final lines right before the credits roll in Cold Steel III
Thus marks the beginning of the flame's end. Despair washes over the empire, the continent... the world. But don't lose hope. Even in this darkness, flashes of light remain. In every heart, every pair of joined hands, and in eyes firmly fixed on the future. Rest for now... then rise once more. To see this wretched fairy tale through to the end.
— The final lines after the credits in Cold Steel III
Lloyd: Aidios...
Estelle: I can't believe this! They sacrificed a girl to make some sword?! And then that Schwarzer guy killed a Holy Beast with it?!
Elie: And as a result, the Great Twilight began... And the Curse of the End spread throughout the Empire.
Joshua: A third survivor of Hamel? So he was alive, after all... How could we not have noticed? We left him behind...
Estelle: I can't believe this! They sacrificed a girl to make some sword?! And then that Schwarzer guy killed a Holy Beast with it?!
Elie: And as a result, the Great Twilight began... And the Curse of the End spread throughout the Empire.
Joshua: A third survivor of Hamel? So he was alive, after all... How could we not have noticed? We left him behind...
— The main Liberl and Crossbell heroes get an Internal Reveal of Cold Steel III's Downer Ending.
That's right... I am... the son of Baron Schwarzer, and a disciple of the Eight Leaves One Blade school. I graduated from Thors Military Academy and became an instructor at the branch campus. Together with my friends and students, I pledged to dispel the dark shadows hanging over Erebonia. I'm Rean Schwarzer of Class VII.
— Rean Schwarzer, as the rest of Class VII manages to bring him back to his senses.
