Some dreams don’t go away when you wake up. That’s what these things are for.

The great bird smashed into his shield, and then vanished into the clouds. But the battle was far from over.

Rain can be seeds, or tears, or Narthsong.

'Attacking the Vashp'
- Naroom expression meaning 'courting disaster'
'Befriending the Vashp'
- Arderial expression meaning 'courting disaster'

"Poor child. The Epiks are devouring his sweet dreams, and all he's left with are nightmares."
- Jaela, Arderial Regis

With sticks of sizzling light it beats on the drums of thunder.

"Ever try to drown a cloud? A little secret -- it usually doesn't work."
-Orlon, Friend of Wellisks

"They ruled the clouds before our fathers' fathers."
- Jaela, Arderial Regis

It scatters your thoughts to the wind.

"Take deep breaths. The air is alive, and it will give of its life to restore you."
- Jaela, to Tony

"Send me hyren bringing rain,
Cleansing wounds and easing pain.
But if with lightning storms they play,
Keep them very far away."

When the echoes faded, the Vashp and its victim were nowhere to be seen.

They never travel alone.

"Four lightning bolts today. The clouds must really be out to get me."
- Wence, Adventurer

"But of course it isn't getting shocked, it's a thundercloud."
- Zet, to Korg

To Arderians, the clouds are the seed bed and the lightning is the harvest.

“She’s gone, but I can still hear her screaming.”
- Zet, Core Warrior

Regis of the sky realm, she watches over her people in their isolation.

"If I'm not around to learn from my mistakes, someone else will be."

"All we got right now is a little energy."
"Oh, okay, I'll take that."

"My Vellup is bigger than yours!"

"They feel my pain."

"It doesn't matter now. Just let them come."

“The wind and his children answer to the one wearing me.”
-Crown inscription

Cool air will rush into places the heat leaves behind;
That is the law of the winds and the law of the mind.

"In the eye of the storm, all is still... usually."
- Stradus, Arderial Warrior

"This way, they can't see the look on your face when you find out what's REALLY on their minds."
-Abwyn's Journal

"My shield is the wind and my arrows the hail, My sword is the lightning - with these I prevail."
-Arderial battlehymn

. "Big deal. If I want darkness at midday, I'll go back home."
- Ulk, Underwarden

"No place to hide? I'll fix that."
- Shimmer, Arderial Adept

The clouds sow their seeds, and the blinding trees grow tall and strong.

"Wind, in my hands, can crack an Ormagon's carapace or reduce a Carillion to splinters."
- Stradus, Arderial Magi

"Falling stars are blessings from the sky."
"Really? I thought they were rocks from outer space, heated by atmospheric friction."

This is a take off of the conversation in Disney's "The Lion King" between Pumba and Timon about what stars are made of.

When the clouds cleared, the Colossus had crumpled to the ground, unable to support its own weight.

"Where'd he go?"
- Zet, to Korg

"The sun’s fire makes a garden grow,
And forge fires temper steel.
Why then are you surprised to find
A fire that can heal?"
-“The Arbolit,” verse 3

see The Arbolit

It mocks you as it fades away.

"What army? To the Drakans, they're just kindling."
- Barak, Cald Warlord

"She's gonna blow!"

"You be the ammunition this time!"

Korg was pleasantly surprised when the Hyren
disintegrated after only a single blow of his sword.
But his shout of trumph died when he saw
the other Cald minions suddenly burning brighter.

Don't make it angry. You won't like it when it's angry.

Possible from Star Wars??

"Feed me."

Audry II from "The Little Shop of Horrors"

Before the firestorm swept over him, Wence thought he saw a burning image of the creature that fueled it.

"Arbolits heal when they burn out.
It's just a day's work to 'em.
But Lava Arbolls' stronger flames
Can easily outdo 'em."
- "The Arbollit," verse 5

see The Arbolit

"Now that line down there looks like a lava stream, but it's really a charging pack of those Lava Balamants."
-Stradus, Arderial Warrior

The magma takes wing. The foe takes flight.

Nothing can keep it from you.

Since it spits fire as it speaks, its bark is no different from its bite.

"Raxis' nest"
- Cald expression meaning 'one big mess'

Putting up the shield will hurt your Vaal a little. Attacking without the shield could hurt your Vaal a lot.

"I’m addicted to stress. That’s the way I get things done.”

] This from the song "Stress" by Jim's Big Ego.

"Listen up, Core scum. You know what I see in your future? A big, hot, red-orange fireball.”

"Feel better now? Good! Next…"

"She's Gorgle's granddaughter. Just as powerful, and just as unpredictable."
- Valkan, Cald Pyromancer

"With the right fuel, any spark of life can be rekindled."

He who controls the flame, controls the universe.

From the famous quote from Dune: "He who controls the spice, controls the universe."

"Aaagh! Fire!! FIRE!!!!!! There's FIRE everywhere!! Noo! Oh, the humanity! The sorrow!! It's spreading!! We'll all be burnt to a cinder! Our flesh will be seared to the very bone! HOT HOT HOT!!"

The ring saved old Gorgle's life many times. Then his luck ran out.

Fire and forget.

For some reason, creatures striking the wearer feel no heat.

"Feeble fires burn out on their own, including the fire of life."
- Magam, Cald Ringsmith

"I consume."
- Scroll footnote

"These creatures pay the final price
To heal those of the Crater.
You too might need to sacrifice
For those whose needs are greater."
-"The Arbolit," verse 10

see The Arbolit

"Have some flame!"
- Barak, Cald Warlord

"One for you, fifteen for me."

Writhe and expire,
In the rage of the fire.
After the rain,
Only ashes remain.

"I had to choose between healing the wounded Quor and dreaming a lesser Creature to defend it."
-Gar, Cald Healer

"Okay, you can be fancy and steal their energy. I'm just going to burn them down the traditional way."
-Grega, Cald Pyromancer

"It's bright and pretty and burns things. I never grow tired of it."
- Grega, Cald Pyromancer

“Instant energy right there, brother. Individually wrapped for convenience. Oh yeah.”
- Yaki, Naroom Tracker

You can try to hide your trail.

Balamants protect their young, and vice versa.

It tears through Undermonsters like tree roots tear through soil -- only much faster.

“Throwing Weebos in front of a charging Carillion is like trying to cut down a tree with a pocket knife.”
-Pruitt, Naroom Ringsmith

"How many lives DO these pests have?"
- Zet, Core Warrior

"Fine, you can pet it. But don't blame me if it rolls over on you."
- Wence, Adventurer

"When a tree falls in the forest, it sometimes falls on the one that hears it."
- Poad, Naroom Innkeeper

"The dead leaves nourish the seedlings. It is the Cycle of Life."
- Orwin, Naroom Elder

They bear the news from all over the forest to the ancient Loremaster.

Good for clearing the weak off the battlefield.

Catch it if you can.

"It has served and protected Naroom for generations. Whatever its price, I pay it gladly."
- Orwin, Naroom Elder

One, two, Twee, more.

The Core Magi's eyes widened in fear as the thing grew from sprout to trellis in seconds.

"Don't eat wild forest mushrooms. . . unless they're wild orange forest mushrooms with feet."
- Wence, Adventurer

"Give me enough time, and enough jellybeans, and I'll have the answer."

"He knows a lot about our history. He's been there, after all."
-Tryn, Daughter of Runes

"I could've sworn the food he cooked gave me superhuman strength!"
-Eidon, Keeper

After working with Animite for so long, she can send anchoring energy to her creatures in her sleep.

"It never hurts to be her friend."
-Poad, Naroom Innkeeper

"Kid, I've been from one side of the Moonlands to the other. I've seen a lot of strange stuff…"

From Star Wars: Han Solo

"This is my Hyren. He doesn't like you."

From Star Wars: Scene in the Cantina

"Everything you'll ever need to know is in here, but it will take a lifetime to read."
- Tryn, Daughter of Runes

"I am a Force of Nature."
- Band inscription

"The problem with this is that you can't see yourself either, so you have to guess where your feet are going."
- Wence, Adventurer

The future is always in motion, but that doesn't stop people from trying to jump on it and pin it down.

"It's more than a fashion statement, of course, but don't I look good in vines?"
- Tryn, to Tony

"Sometimes nature can be a little too generous."
- Eidon, Keeper

"Let's see how far the ivy spreads this time!"
- Tryn, Daughter of Runes

Through the forests, through the deep,
Through the mountains hyren creep.
Caverns echo hyrens' cries,
Streaking shadows split the skies.

"When will then be now?"
"Soon!"

This is a direct quote from the movie Space Balls between Coernal Sanders and Dark Helmet.

"You got any Weebos?"
"NO! WE'RE ALL OUT OF WEEBOS!"
"Well, in that case, what do you have?"

Ah, Weird Al. This is a take off of his song Albuquerque from the album Running With Scissors.

"I'm the gardener. These are my plants. And you, brother, are the fertilizer. Dig it."
-Yaki, Naroom Tracker

In order to tell its stories, the wind uses the leaves as its tongues.

It will haunt you. If you are weak, it will become you.

“So, harpoon the blasted shrimplobsterfish! What’s the worst that could happen?”
- Korg, to Zet

Because of its size, strength, and ability to feed off its Magi's spells, this hyren fears nothing short of a Cawh.

"Finish him."

When it doesn't like the tides, it turns them.

"Look, it's a Paralit with barnacles on its back! No, wait, we're still several leagues away... oh... Mother of..."
-Wence, Adventurer

"These scurvy knaves know the real thing from a Relic Mirror reflection. Good thing they're easily intimidated."
- Blu, Vault Guardian

I will take you to your grim and watery nightmare.

"Defending against an Orathan with a handful of Eebits is like trying to empty a lake with a teaspoon."
- Pruitt, Naroom Ringsmith

"Four relic mirrors. Four Orpuses. Try and loot the Vault now. I dare ye."
- Blu, Vault Guardian

"Must… have… energy!"

"Bitten by a Platheus"
- Orothe expression meaning 'lazy'

"Poor thing. I'd hate to carry so much knowledge around without being able to access it."
- Orthea

It never goes hungry during a war.

"A wake-up call for the special kind of sleep that makes dream creatures."
- O'Qua, Summoner

"It can draw energy out of its surroundings to defend itself. But sometimes it draws too much and explodes."
- O'Qua, Summoner

"Tony, I been guardin' that vault since I was old enough ta hold a trident. Me daddy was a guard afore I was, and his daddy afore him. Nobody ever told any of us about the outside world."

"Kbish! K-BISH! Boy, I was just going crazy! Blu never spoke to me again after that."

"My hour will come. That is why I have been preparing someone to rule Orothe in my place."

"We have powerful friends. You're going to regret this."

"Be careful. Animite causes severe head swelling."
"It does?!"
"Sure!"
- Orlon, to Tony

"That hurt. I hope you're happy, because it's your turn."

"Have you ever had a dream with an ending you never dreamed possible? I can put one in your little head tonight."

Unpredictable as the weather.

"Tharik-shell points bounce off dream auras, but they go through Magi just fine."
-Blu, Vault Guardian

"A drop, a drizzle, a torrent."
- Belt inscription

"Boulders, pebbles, sand."
- Inscription on left-hand glove

"What ye see doesn't have to be what ye get."
- Blu, Vault Guardian

"Abracadableeeerrrgh!"

What is the sound of one mind emptying?

Taken from the saying, "What is the sound of one hand clapping."

"Ask any Orathan who's been stranded on a beach by the tide. Water feels good."
- O'Qua, Summoner

"Oh, better that her shattered hulk
Should sink beneath the wave;
Her thunder shook the mighty deep,
And there should be her grave."
- Oliver Wendell Holmes, "Old Ironsides"

The wind and the sea rise. Everything else goes down.

"Controlling the current is the easy part of the spell. The hard part is forcing the critter into the water in the first place."
- Orlon, Friend of Wellisks

"Out here you are at the mercy of the tides."
- Mobis, to Zet

"To protect its spores, the Great Mushroom of Knowledge gives them wings."
-Motash, Underlord

"Shh. Listen. Do you hear that scratching?"

"When I find out who put that Brub in my Korrit pen, I'll . . ."
-Ulk, Underwarden

Blu drew up some plans for making Hyren-plate armor. Then he remembered that, like all dream creatures, they disappeared when they were defeated.

Don't take on a Rudwot in its home, unless you like getting hurt.

The Cave Rudwot turned to face him, and Wence took a step back. The lizard's eyes were taking on the glow of the fallen Arboll.

"That's a big mushroom, all right."

"Going Parmalag"
- Underneath expression meaning 'on the defensive'

"Tough choice, I know."
- Fossik, Underkeeper

When hunting Gum-Gums, make sure you're ready for whatever they choose to hide behind."
- Fossik, Underkeeper

"Oh look, they want to play too."

"It can undream its allies, giving its master extra power in a pinch."
- Strag, Underwatcher

"Now THAT is a BIG mushroom."
- Wence, Adventurer

"Arbolits sacrifice themselves,
Throughout our land of flame.
Down in the darkened Underneath,
The Korrits do the same."
-"The Arbolit," verse 12

see The Arbolit

Protected in their rock-hard shells, they attack by rolling at high speed toward their targets.

"The ground's stopped shaking already, but it still feels like my brain's jiggling around in my skull… don't laugh at me!"
- Zet, to Korg

"Knowledge or power. Your choice."

"The walls tremble at my mighty... aww, look, a baby Bisiwog."

"Sure, she's an incredible Mushroom Farmer, but I can only stand them for dinner so often."
- Wence, Naroom Adventurer

"That's not the last you'll see of him."

"My eyes are everywhere. Hey, you almost sat on one!"

"Okay, I'm finished. But you and all your friends are, too."

"Is this the first time mushrooms have had YOU for lunch?"

Motash watched as the Grag bore down on her crippled hyren. She clasped the amulet with a silent prayer…

Zet snorted. "You and what army?"
That's when he noticed the rumbling under his feet.

"Dreaming can hurt a bit when using these. But the results are worth the discomfort."
- Motash, Underlord

"Undreaming is a sloppy process, but I think I've managed to clean it up a bit."
- Motash, Underlord

"The spotted pink mushrooms answer to the one that holds me."
- Staff inscription

"Aieeeeeee!"

There isn't much they can do to hurt you if they have to get through three meters of rock and soil first.

“Looks like a good place to have lunch.”
- Korg, to Zet

“Stop rocking the cave… hey, come back here!”
-Korg, to Zet

"It's packed with nine essential nutrients and a full day's supply of energy! Got Soil?"

Take from the Got Milk? Ad campaign for "The Dairy Farmers of America"

"If I can't make them shake with fear, I can at least make them shake."
- Strag, Underwatcher

"Oh no it wasn't! It was shaking worse under MY feet!"
- Zet, to Korg

"You can fight a war with cloaks and daggers. But you don't have to."
- Jaela, Arderial Regis

"Play something else. That makes me homesick."
-Tony, to Tryn

"IT'S GOOD FOR YOU!!!"

Weird Al, from his song Albuquerque from the album Running With Scissors.

"The more knowledge you gain, the better prepared you are."
- Evu, Naroom Loremaster

"To the Core with knowledge. I need power NOW!"
- Fossik, Underkeeper

"Ye know what it's made of? Arrrrtificially sweetened dreams. Ye can put it in yer mouth now, but ye won't taste it until ye go to sleep."
- Blu, Vault Guardian

"I don't care too much for jewelry, but wow..."
- Tryn, Daughter of Runes

"Only fools attack a reflection. But fools are everywhere."
- Blu, Vault Guardian

Pitter-patter-pitter-patter WHAM WHAM WHAM!

"Me mates and I guard the Vault of Science, and the Vault returns the favor."
- Blu, Vault Guardian

"Ye can hear the voices of all the wizards who've worn it before. Ye get to draw on their leftover power, but I tell ye, matey, it gets creepy."
- Blu, Vault Guardian

"The hyren rule the land. But I rule the hyren."
- Staff inscription

"If there were some way to make use of the energy it drains away, then it would be powerful indeed."
- Nimbulo, Arderial Sage

"You can tell a true fighter by the way he walks."
- Barak, Cald Warlord

"The power is ancient, but the water doesn't taste that way."
-Poad, Naroom Innkeeper