"Every scar, every sleepless night, every memory that claws its way into my dreams—these are the things people don’t see when they look at...

“I built a nation out of loyalty and fear. The loyalty faded—but the fear? The fear stayed.”

“look upon your kingdom. Look upon your people. All that you have built, all that you have protected... reduced to nothing."

“A kingdom does not need a perfect king. It needs one who will not leave.”

“I do not fight for power. I fight so that when I am gone, my son will inherit more than ashes.”

"When they write of history, they will not speak of kings or rebels. They will speak of me."

“I don’t fight for thrones. I fight for the day no one needs to sit on one.”