Chance for bonus damage; Extra damage for each different piece of Masterer gear owned; Extra damage for each different Troop owned; Chance to summon a Troop; Mathias' Attack and Defense increase by 25 for every 6 different Troops owned.
"A demon with purple eyes... His sword was like a god's razor, hacking us all limb from limb. I only lived because I hid under the bodies -- under one of the big heaps of dead he left scattered around the camp."-- The last surviving member of the Bleeding Tongue bandits, during his interrogation
"The human came into the village, not caring that more than a dozen arrows were drawn in an instant and trained on his heart. The women shrieked. He had the little girl in his arms. We'd all believed the orc slavers had taken her many miles beyond our reach, to inflict on her all the vileness of their trade. And yet here she was, happy and unharmed -- laughing in the stranger's grasp. He set her down and she ran to her weeping mother. As for the human, who had freed her with the strength of his arm and the skill of his blade, he refused all the gold and gems we pressed upon him. All he asked was that we teach him the way of the bow."-- Halcin of the Silver Arrows
"Kyddin looked upon the young man who stood before the fireplace, drying his sodden clothing. As aged as the great wizard was -- for his spell of years had been far longer than a man had any right to expect -- his mind and his arcane senses were still sharp. He felt the touch... nay, the curse... of the gods upon the visitor. But he saw no malice in his eyes. Only sadness. So Kyddin asked him why he'd braved the storm and made the arduous journey to our tower. The visitor simply said that he'd come to learn."-- Jolmid the Apprentice, 'Deeds of Master Kyddin'
"I said I'd never taken an apprentice into my forge before, nor did I intend to begin now. He sighed, and poured out his story -- declaring that he was an immortal cursed by the gods, doomed to wander the world until he'd mastered its arts. I told him to take his lying tongue away before I ran him through with a sword. He laughed, drew his own sword, and plunged it into his heart. When he lived, I knew that he'd spoken the truth. So I taught him what I could."-- Rogar
"We elves understand what it is to live with centuries upon our shoulders. But our minds, our ways of thought, allow us to cope with all that such longevity brings. For a human, one not born to such things -- with immortality thrust upon him against his will... Ah, the pain I saw in his eyes! I can only hope that his time among us, the lessons we taught him, will make his existence easier to bear." -- Athelaia of the Golden Garden
"Ah you didn't see him? He must have used sorcery to slip into my chamber unnoticed. It was Mathias and he looks no different now than he did when he marched with us. He said he had to see me once last time, and thank me for instructing him in the ways of tactics and strategy. My road will soon be at its end, but his... I fear his is far from over. I pray that he'll one day find rest too."-- The Red Prince, on his deathbed
He asked if I could cure his... condition. But what the gods have done in their wisdom, I cannot undo with my mere mortal folly. Such divine curses aren't to be healed like illness or disease. They can only be endured. Yet I did what I could for him. Though he'd lived far longer, I still knew much of healing and medicine that he did not."-- Machaon
"Find him! Find him and slay him! I don't care if he's immortal. If he can't die, bury him alive so he spends the rest of eternity wishing he was dead. He refuses to fight for me? He kills my men when they try to bring him here? Then let all his talents rot beneath the ground!"-- Carnus the Warwalker
"Ha! You're a master of the bow and blade, but you ride like the soft peoples of the towns and cities. To fight alongside the Caelians of the steppes, you must learn to ride as we do. This we will teach you."-- The Great Khan