"What is best in life?"

"To crush your enemies,
to see them driven before you,
and to hear the lamentations
of their women." 

"Fire and wind come from the sky,

from the gods of the sky.

But Crom is your god,

Crom and he lives in the earth...

...Once, giants lived in the Earth.

And in the darkness of chaos,

they fooled Crom,

and they took from him

the enigma of steel." 

"Crom was angered.

And the Earth shook.

Fire and wind struck down

these giants… 

 

…and they threw their bodies

into the waters,

but in their rage,

the gods forgot the secret of steel

and left it on the battlefield. "

 

"We who found it are just men.

Not gods. Not giants. Just men.

The secret of steel has always carried

with it a mystery...

 

...You must learn its riddle.

You must learn its discipline.

For no one - no one in this world

can you trust.

Not men, not women, not beasts."