The Tzimisce are gone, but Vicissitude remains: plants, animals and things that once were people still carry its taint. Some of them retain the power to warp their flesh into monstrous shapes that reflect monstrous minds. The Discipline has changed into an innate power fueled by Willpower instead of Vitae. The Spawn of Tzimisce can be more human than Malkav's Chosen... but that isn't saying much.
—Vampire: The Masquerade - Gehenna
"Show me again, the power of the darkness, and I'll let nothing stand in our way. Show me, grandfather, and I will finish — what you started."
— Kylo Ren to the remains of Darth Vader, The Force Awakens
The lies that Melkor, the mighty and accursed, Morgoth Bauglir, the Power of Terror and of Hate, sowed in the hearts of Elves and Men are a seed that does not die and cannot be destroyed; and ever and anon it sprouts anew, and will bear dark fruit even unto the latest days.
Annabel Usher: When the trouble started, some of the staff made a break for the river - trained magi who could take care of themselves. But something was waiting for them: nothing... natural. It's still out there. Carter and I have had the same dream, and it's a doozy: the harvest at Henderson's farm, swollen and churning with larvae and disease. Like those dead traumatising time-lapse documentaries...
Hayden Montag: Ah, Archibald Henderson's murderous legacy. It is another weft in the fascinatingly grim weave of Solomon Island history.
Darth Bane: Do you know who I am?
Yoda: Yes. Darth Bane, the ancient Sith lord you are.
Darth Bane: And know why I am not forgotten?
Yoda: Created the Rule of Two, you did.
Darth Bane: The Sith killed each other, victims of their own greed. But from the ashes of destruction, I was the last survivor. I chose to pass my knowledge onto only one. I created a legacy so resilient, that now you come before me.
Yoda: Yes. Darth Bane, the ancient Sith lord you are.
Darth Bane: And know why I am not forgotten?
Yoda: Created the Rule of Two, you did.
Darth Bane: The Sith killed each other, victims of their own greed. But from the ashes of destruction, I was the last survivor. I chose to pass my knowledge onto only one. I created a legacy so resilient, that now you come before me.
