Multiple Prayers for Safe Passage
Herger the Joyous:
We shall make prayers for your safe passage!
Ahmed Ibn Fahdlan:
Prayers to who?
Herger the Joyous:
In your land, one God is perhaps enough, but we have need of many! I will pray to all of them for you! Do not be offended!
Ahmed Ibn Fahdlan:
I will be in your debt!
Herger the Joyous:
Good bye, Arab!
Ahmed Ibn Fahdlan:
Good bye, Northman.
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Courage and Luck in Battle
Wigliff - Kings Son: [Speaking of Buliwyf]
This gentleman has the look of a great warrior; no doubt he's very brave. But to face the Wendo, he'll need some amazing luck.
Buliwyf:
Luck often enough, will save a man, if his courage hold.
Wigliff (King's son):
That maybe, but wait for the Wendo one night's time, and then talk to us of courage.
Buliwyf:
I thank the lord for his advice, though I don't recall hearing any exploits of his apart from killing his brothers.
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Visions of Ancestry and Kinship
Buliwyf:
Lo, there do I see my father. Lo, there do I see--
Herger the Joyous:
--my mother, and my sisters...
Buliwyf:
and my brothers.
Herger the Joyous:
Lo, there do I see the line--
Edgtho the Silent:
--of my people, back to the beginning.
Weath the Musician:
Lo, they do call to me.
Ahmed Ibn Fahdlan:
They bid me take my place among them.
Buliwyf:
In the halls of Valhalla...
Ahmed Ibn Fahdlan:
Where the brave...
Herger the Joyous:
May live...
Ahmed Ibn Fahdlan:
...forever.
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The Value of Legacy and Memory
Buliwyf:
I have only these hands. I will die a pauper.
King Hrothgar:
You will be buried as a king.
Buliwyf:
A man might be thought wealthy if someone were to... draw the story of his deeds. That they may be remembered.
Ahmed Ibn Fahdlan:
Such a man might be thought wealthy indeed.
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A Conversation About Emotions and Expressions
Buliwyf: [weakened by poison]
You're wearing that long face for me?
Ahmed Ibn Fahdlan: [small smile]
I cannot help it.
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Distance Determined by Following or Not
Herger the Joyous:
The way we'll know is: if they don't follow us it's too far to swim!
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Struggling to Escape a Difficult Situation
Buliwyf: [observing more Wendol warriors arriving]
A hard fight to get clear of here...
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A Plan for Confrontation and Combat
Ahmed Ibn Fahdlan:
Have we anything resembling a plan?
Herger the Joyous:
Mm-hm. Ride till we find them... and kill them all.
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The Discovery of Honey's Unique Flavor
Ahmed Ibn Fahdlan: [Herger laughs]
I cannot...taste neither the fermentation of grape nor of wheat. What? Why do you laugh?
Herger the Joyous: [still laughing]
Honey... It's made from honey!
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Taking a Stand in Uncertainty
Ahmed Ibn Fahdlan:
What do I do with this?!
Buliwyf:
Put your foot on it...and stand!
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The Strategy of Deception in Combat
Ahmed Ibn Fahdlan:
You! You could have killed him at will!
Herger the Joyous:
Yes?
Ahmed Ibn Fahdlan:
Well, why the deception?
Herger the Joyous:
Deception is the point! Any fool can calculate strength. That one has been doing it since we arrived. Now he has to calculate what he can't see.
Ahmed Ibn Fahdlan: [Herger makes a head-smacking gesture]
And fear... what he doesn't know.
Buliwyf:
As you say, foolish. And expensive. We will miss Angus tonight; we will miss his sword.
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A Moment of Banter Between Characters
Ahmed Ibn Fahdlan: [Olga inspects his wound]
Ow!
Olga:
That's a woman's sound.
Ahmed Ibn Fahdlan:
Do that again and you'll make it.
Olga:
You'll live.
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A Request for a Daughter's Inheritance
Weath the Musician:
Give an Arab a sword, he makes a knife!
Ahmed Ibn Fadlan: [chops a stake with a single stroke]
It works.
Weath the Musician: [Not even blinking]
When you die, can I give that to me daughter?
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Expressions of Pain and Complaint
Ahmed Ibn Fahdlan: [Olga is cleaning his wound]
Ow!
Olga:
You complain much.
Ahmed Ibn Fahdlan:
(more quietly) Ow.
Ahmed Ibn Fahdlan:
What is that?
Olga:
Cow urine.
Ahmed Ibn Fahdlan:
Cow urine?
Olga:
Boiled down.
Ahmed Ibn Fahdlan:
No, no. Don't put that filth on me. Water, clean water.
Olga: [Ahmed relents and lets her put it on]
As you wish. Tomorrow the pus will run, and you'll have a fever.
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Strength Through Challenge
Ahmed Ibn Fahdlan: [Ahmed is given a Viking sword]
I cannot lift this.
Herger the Joyous:
Grow stronger!
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Understanding Sounds and Faith
Buliwyf:
You can draw sounds?
Ahmed Ibn Fahdlan: [realizing]
Draw sounds"? Yes, I can draw sounds... and I can speak them back.
Buliwyf:
Show me.
Ahmed Ibn Fahdlan: [writing in the dirt]
There is only one God, and Mohammad is his prophet".
Buliwyf: [writes in the sand]
Arab! Speak what I draw!
Ahmed Ibn Fahdlan: [corrects Buliwyf's writing]
There is only one God, and Mohammad is his prophet.
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Cultural Identity and Language Understanding
Skeld the Superstitious: [points to Ahmed; laughter]
Blowhards, the both of you. She probably was some smoke-colored camp girl. Looked like that one's mother.
Ahmed Ibn Fahdlan: [calmly]
My mother ... was a pure woman, from a noble family. And I, at least, know who my father is, you... pig-eating son of a whore.
Herger the Joyous:
How? How did you learn our language?
Ahmed Ibn Fahdlan:
I listened!
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Reassurance in the Face of Loss
Herger the Joyous: [Ahmed has killed a 'beast']
It's all right, little brother... there are more!
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A Tribute to a Fallen Comrade
Herger the Joyous: [gives the Prince money after killing his henchman, Angus]
See to your friend. He was a brave man.
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Fate Is Unchangeable and Fear Is Useless
Herger the Joyous:
The All-Father wove the skein of your life a long time ago. Go and hide in a hole if you wish, but you won't live one instant longer. Your fate is fixed. Fear profits a man nothing.
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Call to Valhalla and Family Legacy
Mechisidek:
(watching the Viking funeral, as Herger translates into Greek) Lo there do I see my father; Lo there do I see my mother and my sisters and my brothers; Lo there do I see the line of my people, back to the beginning. Lo, they do call to me, they bid me take my place among them, in the halls of Valhalla, where the brave may live forever.
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Journey of Faith and Brotherhood
Ahmed Ibn Fadhlan:
Across seas of monsters and forests of demons we traveled. Praise be to Allah, the Merciful and Compassionate. May His blessing be upon pagan men who loved other Gods, who shared their food, and shed their blood. That His servant, Ahmed Ibn Fahdlan, might become a man, and a useful servant of God.
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Confusion Over Communication
Ahmed Ibn Fadhlan: [after learning he will be the 13th warrior]
What the hell are you saying?
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A Character's Fear of Heights
Ahmed Ibn Fadhlan:
I do not enjoy heights!
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A Plea for Forgiveness and Awareness
Ahmed Ibn Fadhlan:
Merciful Father, I have squandered my days with plans of many things. This was not among them. But at this moment, I beg only to live the next few minutes well. For all we ought to have thought, and have not thought; all we ought to have said, and have not said; all we ought to have done, and have not done; I pray thee God for forgiveness.
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