Bright Blades and Black Hearts

Information found at http://www-personal.umich.edu/~fazzari/Amber/Cons/AC03quotes.html

When the Queen Says, 'Go and Die...': Bright Blades and Black Hearts" by Christopher Kindred

"You are surrounded by beauty, by intrigue, by danger, what more can a man want?" - Aramis

Conspiracy. Romance. Brawls. Mistaken identities. Duels of honor. A man in black. A beautiful and dangerous woman. And the Cardinal's guards ever in pursuit.

When the Queen and Kingdom are threatened, it's "All for one-and one for all!"

Cast of Characters

J.P. Brannan: Alexis Vigaroux, Musketeer, Duke of Averoigne

Yi-Mei Chng: Sebastien Dupuy, rookie Musketeer

Michael Curry: Alvaro Lopez, Portuguese Musketeer

Kris Fazzari: Marcel Delmar, Musketeer, younger brother of Damien

Sol Foster: Patrick Ourceau, Musketeer

William Gulstad: Lupin le Fou, Musketeer

Jennifer Jackson: Coraline de la Vallière, lady-in-waiting to the Queen

Emma Sansone: Christophe de Grissac, musician and dance master

Murray Writtle: Damien Delmar, Musketeer, older brother of Marcel

Jeremy Zimmerman: Budimir Stranniy, Russian Strelet

Quotes

"You have an evil brother too?" -- Marcel to Christophe

"No, your brother is just insane." -- GM to Marcel

"Your (brother) has the power to cloud men's minds." -- GM

"No, mine has the power to cloud his own mind." -- Marcel

"Because in the Musketeers, the favorite pastime is guess the sex of your fellow Musketeers." -- GM to the group

"(Lupin's) big and strong, i.e. kind of fat, and he's willing to fight anyone, especially to the bottom of a tankard." -- William Gulstad to the group, describing his character

"(Christophe's) never been caught sleeping with one of his charges." -- Kris Fazzari

"But he did know the where the secret passage into the convent was." -- William Gulstad

"You should read Shakespeare in the original Portuguese." -- GM, speaking for Alvaro, to the group

"Besides, we're French, we're used to body odors." -- Lupin

"Since I came to Paris, it's very sad, I've had to bathe more often." -- Budimir

"By which he means he's bathed twice in the last year." -- Sol Foster

"So Patrick, what have you been doing since the GM last saw you?" -- GM

"'Studying.'" -- Patrick, making finger quotes

"You've invented the air quote?" -- GM

"Jeremy and I are going to run a spin-off game called 'When the Czar says, 'Go and Dance." -- GM to the group

"Are you bringing your best dress?" -- GM "Yes, just in case I have to do any undercover work disguised as myself." -- Marcel

"I'm Damien Delmar, I'm here to see the love of my life..." -- GM "...I've forgotten her name, but I'm sure she'll remember me!" -- Kris Fazzari

"You know, quiet like the Russian winter, in the middle of a storm." -- GM to Christophe, describing Budimir's quiet "subtlety"

"Dude you're my favorite Portuguese person." -- Patrick to Alvaro

"He's the only Portuguese person you know!" -- GM

"Where the Spaniard is Portuguese, the men are women and the sheep are scared." -- Jennifer Jackson, describing the game

"And the Queen says, 'Fetch me some cookies!'" -- GM

"To arms! To arms!" -- Marcel

"That's your rally cry? 'To arms. To arms?'" -- GM

"OK. 'All for one, and one for all.' Can we go now?" -- Alvaro, sounding bored

"I interpose my body to protect the Queen from any bullets." -- Marcel

"That's what the ladies-in-waiting are for." -- Sebastien

"You have so much to learn." -- Alexis

"What do I think of the (brigands') outfits?" -- Alexis

"They need tailors." -- GM

"I want a long sword." -- Marcel

"The man in black can help you with that. He even knows which end he wants to show you." -- GM

"I want to do damage to every single one of (the brigands) so that they know fear." -- Sebastien to GM

"When you say 'fashionably harm them,' does this mean you stain their cravats?" -- Alexis to Christophe

"You're going to fight a duel now? I've been insulting you for days!" -- Alvaro to Patrick

"I thought that was out of character!" -- Sol Foster

"The Musketeers are here. What are you going to do?" -- GM to Damien

"Flee the city." -- Kris Fazzari

"It's one thing for it to be illegal, it's another for it to be improper!" -- Christophe to the group

"I can't budge (Budimir). He's incredibly heavy." -- Kris Fazzari, speaking for Sebastien

"OK, maybe he isn't that heavy, but he's incredibly dense." -- J.P. Brannan

"So Sebastian is coming out of the closet, but he's bringing a lady with him?" -- Kris Fazzari to the group

"If the bar is not still standing when we leave, then we don't have to pay." -- Lupin to the group

"(The Man in Black) has a lovely French accent now." -- GM

"He does? I thought he was British." -- Patrick

"He got better." -- Kris Fazzari

"You're jumping from rooftop to rooftop like gazelles." -- GM

"Yeah, because gazelles often jump up on roofs." -- Sol Foster

"OK, reindeer!" -- GM

"It's not our fault, they stalked us first!" -- Coraline to GM, after trashing a bar

"Because really, you've accomplished all you can here at this establishment. You've drunk all the alcohol and destroyed all its furnishings, and driven away any possible future customers." -- GM to the group

"There's a finite number of pubs in this town." -- Alexis

"We can take them all if you'd like." -- Sebastien

"Lupin will reinforce the Queen's bodyguards." -- Lupin

"And by reinforce you mean...." -- GM

"Replace." -- Lupin

"What if we're being smarter than the plot is?" -- William Gulstad

"Oh, there's no chance of that." -- J.P. Brannan