2. “A new world. A better world. A kingdom of conscience, of peace instead of war, love instead of hate. That is what lies in the end of a crusade. A kingdom of heaven.” – Godfrey of Ibelin
3. “And if God does not love you, how could you have done the things you have done?” – Imad ad-Din al-Isfahani
4. “How could you be in hell, when you are in my heart.” – Balian of Ibelin
5. “God has made us man. We must suffer all. I also have lost.” – Godfrey of Ibelin
6. “And what you decide to do every day, you will be a good man—or not.” – Balian of Ibelin
7. “The whole world is in chess. Any move can be the death of you. Do anything except remain where you started, and you can’t be sure of your end. Were you sure of your end once?” – King Baldwin IV
8. “You are not what you were born, but what you have it in yourself to be.” – Godfrey of Ibelin
9. “One may stare into the light until one becomes the light. I’ve done it many times.” – Hospitaler
10. “The blade isn’t the only part of the sword.” – Godfrey of Ibelin
11. “The heart will mend. Your duty is to the people of the city. I go to pray.” – Hospitaler
12. “I felt in that moment that I should live to be 100, now I know I shall not see thirty. None of us know our end really, or what hand will guide us there.” – King Baldwin IV
13. “Be without fear in the face of your enemies. Be brave and upright, that God may love thee. Speak the truth always, even if it leads to your death. Safeguard the helpless and do no wrong; that is your oath.” – Godfrey of Ibelin
14. “All death is certain. I shall tell your father what I’ve seen you become.” – Hospitaler
15. “What man is a man who does not make the world better?” – Balian of Ibelin
16. Balian of Ibelin: “What is Jerusalem worth to you?”
Saladin: “Nothing. Everything.”
17. “If this is the Kingdom of Heaven, let God do with it as he will.” – Balian of Ibelin
18. “What could a king ask of a man like me?” – Balian of Ibelin
19. “You sail now for Jerusalem as your father wished. I’ll follow within the week. Now the voyage is perilous. If God has a purpose for you there, he’ll keep you safe in his hands—if not, God bless.” – Hospitaler
20. “I am Godfrey, the Baron of Ibelin. I have 100 men at arms in Jerusalem. If you come with me, you will have a living—and—you will have my thanks. There it is.” – Godfrey of Ibelin
21. “A king does not kill a king. Were you not close enough to a great king to learn by his example?” – Saladin
22. “If the ribs are broken, the marrow will enter the blood and you will develop fever and die or a cyst will form and you will live.” – Hospitaler
23. “A princess never walks. Yet you walk.” – Balian of Ibelin
24. “Who do you think you are? Will you alter the World? Does making a man a knight make him a better fighter?” – Bishop, Patriarch of Jerusalem
25. “I have seen too much religion in the eyes of too many murderers. Holiness is in right action, and courage on behalf of those who cannot defend themselves, and goodness.” – Hospitaler
26. “Jerusalem is easy to find, go to where the men speak Italian, then continue until they speak something else.” – Godfrey of Ibelin
27. “Is it true that in Jerusalem I can erase my sins—and those of my wife? Is it true?” – Balian of Ibelin
28. “If we do not burn these bodies, we will all be dead of disease in three days. God will understand, my lord. And if he doesn’t, then he is not God and we need not worry.” – Balian of Ibelin
29. “If you think that way, you shall not be king for long.” – Imam
30. “For the strength to endure what is to come.” – Hospitaler
31. “I put no stock in religion. By the word religion, I have seen the lunacy of fanatics of every denomination be called the will of God.” – Hospitaler
32. “It is weaker, Rashid has seen it. This will be our door into Jerusalem.” – Imad
33. “If you’ve come to kill me—even these days, it is not easy.” – Godfrey of Ibelin
34. “Remember that howsoever you are played or by whom, your soul is in your keeping alone, even though those who presume to play you be kings or men of power. When you stand before God, you cannot say, ‘But I was told by others to do thus,’ or that virtue was not convenient at the time. This will not suffice.” – King Baldwin IV
35. “A king may move a man, a father may claim a son, but that man can also move, and only then does that man truly begin his own game.” – King Baldwin IV
36. “I once fought two days with an arrow through my testicle.” – Godfrey of Ibelin
37. “What made it your place is now dead. You will never see me again. If you want anything of me, take it now.” – Godfrey of Ibelin
38. Sybilla: “What becomes of us?”
Balian of Ibelin: “The world will decide. The world always decides.”
39. “We defend this city, not to protect these stones, but the people living within these walls.” – Balian of Ibelin
40. “Your quality will be known among your enemies before ever you meet them.” – Imad ad-Din al-Isfahani
41. “I am not here because I am bored, or wicked. I am here because in the East, between two people, there is only Light.” – Sibylla
42. “If you continue like this, I shall have to find some use for you. If God can spare you, that is.” – King Baldwin IV
43. “I am what I am. Someone has to be.” – Reynald
44. “Your brother’s kingdom is here and here, and that kingdom can never be surrendered.” – Balian of Ibelin
45. “Is this why you came to the Holy Land? Come on!” – Balian of Ibelin
46. “It does. My son, you are all that survives me. Do not disappoint me.” – Godfrey of Ibelin
47. “If the war’s to be now or later, I would have it now.” – Reynald
48. “Come forward. I am glad to meet Godfrey’s son. He was one of my greatest teachers. He was there when my arm was cut.” – King Baldwin IV
49. “The reckoning is to come for what was done 100 years before. The Muslims will never forget. Nor should they.” – Hospitaler
50. “Whoever you are, my lord—my place is here.” – Balian of Ibelin
51. “He says you are a great liar, and he will fight you because you are a liar.” – Imad ad-Din al-Isfahani
52. “When this wall comes down, there will be no quarter. If you throw down your arms, your families will die. We can break this army here! So I say let them come! Let them come!” – Balian of Ibelin
53. “When I’m not king, I quake for Islam.” – Saladin
54. “It has fallen to us to defend Jerusalem, and we have made our preparations as well as they can be made. None of us took this city from Muslims. No Muslim of the great army now coming against us was born when this city was lost. We fight over an offense we did not give, against those who were not alive to be offended. What is Jerusalem? Your holy palaces lie over the Jewish temple that the Romans pulled down. The Muslim places of worship lie over yours. Which is more holy?” – Balian of Ibelin
55. “Because he was desperate. As a proof of love.” – Sybilla
56. “A woman in my place has two faces, one for the world and one which she wears in private. With you, I’ll be only Sybilla.” – Sybilla
57. “You’re your father’s son. He was my friend. I’m yours.” – Tiberias
58. “How long before he wears a mask? Will you have one made for him? How did my boy deserve it?” – Sybilla
59. “I am sorry for your troubles. God protect you.” – Godfrey of Ibelin
60. “There’s a better game now; one God against another. The pay is proportionate.” – Odo
61. “May God be with you, he’s no longer with me.” – Tiberias
62. “That does not mean that there is no God. Do you love her?” – Hospitaler
63. “At any rate, it seems I have lost my religion.” – Balian of Ibelin
64. “There’s your religion. One spark, a creosote bush. There’s your Moses. I did not hear it speak.” – Balian of Ibelin
65. “Sounds like our prayers.” – Balian of Ibelin
66. “And they are allowed their prayers?” – Balian of Ibelin
67. “God does not speak to me. Not even on the hill where Christ died. I am outside God’s grace.” – Balian of Ibelin
68. “If they pay the tax. Subhana-rabbi al adhim. Praise be to God. It is proper to praise Him.” – English Sergeant
69. “That sort of Christianity has its uses, I suppose.” – Guy de Lusignan
70. “The Saracens say that this disease is God’s vengeance against the vanity of our kingdom. As wretched as I am, these Arabs believe that the chastisement that awaits me in hell is far more severe and lasting. If that’s true, I call it unfair.” – King Baldwin IV
71. “You have taught me a lot about religion, your eminence.” – Balian of Ibelin
72. “The law can go too far—I ask myself, would Jesus do it thusly? There is so much done in Christendom of which Christ would be incapable.” – Bishop, Patriarch of Jerusalem
73. “The wall? The Mosque? The Sepulchre? Who has claim? No one has claim.” – Balian of Ibelin
74. “The King is in heaven?” – Reynald
75. “That I would rather live among men than kill them, is certainly why you are still alive.” – Tiberias
76. “You had the Templars kill Balian?” – Reynald
77. “Whoever dies here today, you will certainly be among them.” – Godfrey of Ibelin
78. “My beautiful sister. I’ve missed you. I’m sorry if I’ve caused you any pain. Remember me as I was.” – King Baldwin IV
79. “Jerusalem is dead, Tiberias. No kingdom is worth my son alive in hell. I shall go to hell instead.” – Sybilla
80. “Let’s work on your skills. Take a high guard, like this. The Italians call it ‘la posta del Falcone’—the guard of the hawk. Strike from high. Like this.” – Godfrey of Ibelin
81. “We come by this road to find Balian, who was the defender of Jerusalem.” – Richard Coeur de Lion
82. “Whatever your position, you are of my house, and that means you will serve the King of Jerusalem.” – Godfrey of Ibelin
83. “Before I lose it, I will burn it to the ground. Your holy places—ours. Every last thing in Jerusalem that drives men mad.” – Balian of Ibelin
84. “On your knees—lower. I am Jerusalem. And you, Reynald, will give me the kiss of peace.” – King Baldwin IV
85. “I pray you’ll pull back your cavalry and leave this matter to me.” – Saladin
86. “This army will be destroyed, and the city left defenseless.” – Balian of Ibelin
87. “The results of battles are determined by God—but also by preparation, numbers, the absence of disease, and the availability of water. One cannot maintain a siege with the enemy behind. How many battles did God win for the Muslims before I came? That is, before God determined I should come.” – Saladin
88. “When I wish a blacksmith to advise me in war, I will tell him.” – Guy de Lusignan
89. “I pray you retire unharmed to Damascus. Reynald of Châtillon will be punished, I swear it. Withdraw or we will all die here. Do we have terms?” – King Baldwin IV
90. “Saladin wants you to come out. He is waiting for you to make that mistake.” – Balian of Ibelin
91. “Why did you retire? Why? God did not favor him. God alone determines the results of battles.” – Imam
92. “My lord, how are we to defend Jerusalem without knights? We have no knights!” – Bishop, Patriarch of Jerusalem
93. “Is he? You were born a servant? Kneel. Every man at arms, or capable of bearing them—kneel! On your knees!” – Balian of Ibelin
94. “Few enough. That’s because we were sinful.” – Imam
95. “Are you sorry for your sins?” – Hospitaler
96. “I have to find forgiveness. That’s all I know.” – Balian of Ibelin
97. “When a body is burnt, it cannot be resurrected until Judgment Day.” – Bishop, Patriarch of Jerusalem
98. “When we took the Holy Land, we took the Saracen trading ports. The Italian ships carry silks and spices—and pilgrims if they have money. And Italy becomes rich, as the Savior intended.” – English Sergeant
99. “Then you must give him the horse!” – Imad ad-Din al-Isfahani
100. “If I had fought you when you were still capable of making bastards.” – Guy de Lusignan
101. “There is a rumor. We must condemn it immediately.” – Tiberias
102. “Call it treason. And kill those who whisper it.” – Sibylla
103. “I knew your mother. To be courteous, I should say that it was against her objections. But I was the lord’s brother and she had no choice. But I did not force her.” – Godfrey of Ibelin
104. “We have terms. I will send you my physicians.” – Saladin
105. “I knew your mother when she was making hers. Fortunately, you’re too old to be one of mine.” – Godfrey of Ibelin
106. “Convert to Islam today and beg Gods forgiveness tomorrow.” – Bishop, Patriarch of Jerusalem
107. “I know you are a princess. And I am no lord.” – Balian of Ibelin
108. “You there, he says that is his horse.” – Imad ad-Din al-Isfahani
109. “We can find out together.” – Godfrey of Ibelin
110. “You go to certain death.” – Balian of Ibelin
111. “Neither earned nor proved.” – Balian of Ibelin
112. “Give me a war.” – Guy de Lusignan
113. “Fight me fairly!” – Balian of Ibelin
114. “Why? Why should he? He is a Knight.” – Imad ad-Din al-Isfahani
115. “I took this horse from the sea.” – Balian of Ibelin
116. “I have no desire to fight.” – Balian of Ibelin
117. “I want nothing.” – Balian of Ibelin
118. “For all but one.” – Godfrey of Ibelin
119. “I am the new one.” – Balian of Ibelin
