Updated: October 23, 2023
Here’s a collection of quotes from the Korean drama, Arthdal Chronicles: The Sword of Aramun (2023):
Episode 1
- “In your insignificant life, the chance to kill Inaishingi has come.” – Eunseom / Inaishingi
- “In the names of the waterfall and the Agoha Forest! Under the names of Inaishingi!” – Ago Tribe
- “The life of the person who tried to kill you is yours.” – Queen Taealha
“He’s your first opponent that you’ll have to beat purely with your strength. You’ll be the general of the conquest.” – King Tagon
“Once you win this war, you’ll be qualified as my successor.” – King Tagon
“Eunseom is Inaishingi. Inaishingi is Eunseom. And I’ll go to war as the general of the troops.” – General/Lord Saya
“This is my blood. With this, your blood won’t be shed. With this, your army won’t scatter or collapse.” – Tanya Niruha
- “Come back alive, Saya.” – Tanya Niruha
- “What about Eunseom?” – General/Lord Saya
- “Don’t kill him. He’s your benetbeot.” – Tanya Niruha
Episode 2
“The war could have lasted for more than 10 years, but we’re going to end it today.” – General/Lord Saya
“Arthdal will be fine even if he dies. But without you, it’s the end of Ago.” – Ipsaeng
- “The general may be smart, but he learned wars from books.” – Queen Taealha
- “With the horse of the heaven, Inaishingi defeated Arthdal.” – Badoru
- “I cannot forgive him.” – General/Lord Saya
“What I trust isn’t my poor daughter. It’s iron!” – Father Yeolson
“Scientists can never kill another scientist who is ahead of them. If you can do that, you’re not from the Hae Tribe nor a scientist.” – Father Yeolson
“In the name of the god, I’ll say Prince Arok will be attacked by the countless lives his parents took. That evil will turn into wrath and that wrath will reach every people in Arthdal with children. So, every mother and father, if you wet the Arth Forest with the blood from Prince Arok’s eyes, your children will live.” – Tanya Niruha
- “If I say that, someone might stab Prince Arok’s eyes. It might be someone close to you.” – Tanya Niruha
- “What do you want to do? A catastrophe or Prince Arok’s divine power?” – Tanya Niruha
“This is Arthdal. If you don’t trample, you’ll get trampled on. I’m going to trample first.”- Father Yeolson
“If I really have a mission, I should meet him. Inaishingi isn’t my enemy. He’s Tagon’s. And he is my brother.” – General/Lord Saya
- “How would it feel like to be betrayed multiple times by someone who you’ve trusted?” – Tanya Niruha
- “Whether it’s a slave, a servant, a bachi, or a merchant, they’re all equal to me.” – Tanya Niruha
“Those who own a lot have as much fear as they own.” – Tanya Niruha
“He is your benetbeot. The general of the Arthdal army. Saya.” – Mubaek
“It is you. The person I saw in my dreams. That was you.” – General/Lord Saya
- “Join the Ago Union.” – Eunseom / Inaishingi
- “We can beat Tagon. At this rate, I don’t know about me, but you’ll lose.” – Eunseom / Inaishingi
- “You are a defeated general now.” – Eunseom / Inaishingi
Episode 3
“Are you trying to strike a deal with Queen Taealha using Mubaek’s death?” – Commander Yeonbal
“The world is fun. It must be some kind of an illness.” – Eunseom / Inaishingi
“Just who are you and why are you pretending to be Saya?” – Queen Taealha
Episode 4
“Your life depends on my words.” – Eunseom / Inaishingi
“I’m an ignorant man who’s never entered the palace before, but I roughly know how it works. This is about who becomes the heir.” – Eunseom / Inaishingi
“Being weak cannot become an excuse.” – Eunseom / Inaishingi
- “People’s minds are full of clamor of their ugly greed and desires.” – Tanya Niruha
- “She didn’t fail because of greed and desires. When you flip them, they become fervent wishes and hopes.” – Eunseom / Inaishingi
“The path to the right place is full of wrong things.” – Eunseom / Inaishingi
“I’m responsible for stopping the bloodshed.” – Tanya Niruha
“The world is full of right things. One right thing stops another right thing.” – Tanya Niruha
“Before Sword comes, break Bell and Mirror. Break Mirror first. The day when Mirror reflects Sword will be the end of your world.” – Asa Sakan
“Aramun Haesulla came as Igutu.” – Tanya Niruha
“Now that Aramun has reclaimed power and nature, Airuju has bestowed the purple blood of the most sacred Aramun as the proof of eternal blessings to the heirs of Arthdal.” – Tanya Niruha
Episode 5
“Aramun’s purple blood has been passed on to them. I announce that the Aramun dynasty, the first dynasty of Arthdal, has begun.” – Tanya Niruha
“This is the last oracle left by Aramun Haesulla: When the zelkova tree cracks and my sword is revealed, Aramun shall know their mission.” – Tanya Niruha
- “What do you think is the biggest tragedy of this land? It’s Inaishingi. And Aramun Haesulla. These two are the biggest tragedies.” – Tanya Niruha
- “Why did your mother call you Aramun? And why did you become Inaishingi? When I realized that, I finally saw a way. You will become Aramun Haesulla. That is the only way to save this land.” – Tanya Niruha
“How can Inaishingi, who has been Aramun’s enemy for 200 years, become Aramun Haesulla?” – Eunseom
“Even if you don’t believe in it, even if you abandon your mission, the mission will come to you.” – Tanya Niruha
- “I will come back as Inaishingi with countless warriors of the Ago Tribe.” – Eunseom
- “I hope you will save many lives of the Ago Tribe who will die in vain.” – Father Yeolson
“From now on, this is Aramun’s sword.” – Eunseom
“No matter how you see it, this sword is mine.” – Eunseom
“I, Eunseom of the Wahan Tribe, will become Inaishingi and Aramun Haesulla!” – Eunseom
Episode 6
- “Do not look at what is fake. I’m real. I’m Taealha.” – Taealha
- “No matter who gives you what, if you don’t grab it, it’s not yours in the end.” – Tanya Niruha
“What is so great about blood that some are sacred and some are not? Blood is just blood regardless of its color.” – Nunbyeol
- “How will they know when you’ll keep quiet?” – Tanya Niruha
- “Eunseom took my place. I don’t see why I can’t do the same.” – Saya
“Your majesty, even if you do not know the mission now, the mission knows you. The mission will come to you.” – Tanya Niruha
“The prophecy is trying to kill me and the heavens are trying to abandon me.” – King Tagon
“Inaishingi has people acting for him unconditionally.” – Saya
Episode 7
- “What does the Ago Tribe fight with? Willpower? Desperation? The divine power of Inaishingi?” – Saya
- “What about your life? Is your life so great? Is your life worth so many people’s lives?” – Saya
“I’ll call it the Sword of Seed. The seed of blood, death, and prosperity.” – King Tagon
“Everything in the world has its reasons. It’s my mission to shine the light upon them in the dark.” – Hae Kkadak
“When Eunseom comes to Arthdal, he will hold that sword and become Aramun.” – Tanya Niruha
- “Im going to marry Tanya. That is all I need.” – Saya
- “You’ll take revenge. And I will get Arthdal.” – Saya
- “We’ll kill Tagon, take down Taealha, and we, the three children of the prophecy, will take over this world.” – Saya
Episode 8
- “We became allies. For you who detests blood. Only for you, Tanya.” – Saya
- “High Priest Niruha. We benetbeot brothers will make this land peaceful with the least amount of blood for you.” – Saya
“He stays low when he knows the high place. He protects darkness when he knows brightness. He swallows humiliation when he knows honor. Meet Inaishingi, the reincarnation of the Great Ago.” – Mirusol
“Am I really crazy? Or am I pretending to be crazy?” – King Tagon
- “Can you really kill someone whom you’ve wished for for so long?” – Hae Tuak
- “He was someone I wished for in the past.” – Queen Taealha
“Even the strongest creature in the world bleeds when stabbed and dies when killed.” – Lady Chaeeun
“Tagon, I can give up my life for you, but I cannot be a part of you, no matter how hard I try.” – Queen Taealha
- “Thank you. You think about me, take care of me, and worry about me. Thank you for everything.” – Tanya Niruha
- “Let’s succeed. Open the gates and welcome Eunseom.” – Tanya Niruha
“I’m the strongest creature in the world.” – Nunbyeol
Episode 9
“In this game, whoever kills me, loses.” – Tanya Niruha
- “When I decided to be on your side, I was prepared to die.” – Yangcha
- “Your life is in the way of the fight I need to fight now.” – Tanya Niruha
“If you thought that was difficult for me, you really don’t know me.” – Saya
- “This is how we end.” – Saya
- “Back then, why did you bring me? You could’ve just walked away or killed me.” – Saya
“You’re fake. No, we are all fake. You, the reincarnation of Aramun, and I, who wanted to be your heir. We’re both fake.” – Saya
“It’s not a legend. The real one is coming. The real Aramun.” – Saya
“I might die here like this but you will die at my hands. Remember my face.” – Saya
- “The moment you kill me, you’re not Aramun. As long as you’re tied to that grand name of Aramun, you can’t do anything to me.” – Tanya Niruha
- “You cannot go out into the world anymore. Only I will deliver your thoughts, God’s thoughts, to the people.” – King Tagon
“Not receiving any favors, not helping anyone, not getting harmed, and not harming anyone. How can you live like that?” – Eunseom
“When a Saram lives among fellow Sarams, isn’t that all galma? Living itself is galma. So it can be painful, but you become happy, get comforted, and feel overwhelmed.” – Eunseom / Inaishingi
- “I want to follow her, be like her, and treasure her. I believe in the world she wants to create.” – Yangcha
- “In the name of the waterfall, victory to all!” – Eunseom / Inaishingi
Episode 10
- “Eunseom of the Wahan Tribe, Saya’s benetbeot, and Inaishingi. All of them were you?” – King Tagon
- “Also, I’ll become the reincarnation of Aramun Haesulla with Kanmoreau.” – Eunseom
“I, Gitoha, and everyone in the Third Corps are not following you because you’re Aramun.” – Gitoha
“Nunbyeol, to me, you’re more important than revenge. What about you? Is revenge more important than me?” – Chaeeun
- “You’re trying to become Aramun Haesulla?” – King Tagon
- “I’m not trying to. I will become it.” – Eunseom
“You want to become something but I want to do something. You do something to become Aramun but I want to become Aramun to do something.” – Eunseom
“A world where being weak isn’t a sin. The world where being powerless isn’t a sin.” – Eunseom
“What’s important is the direction. Your goal ends with your death. But the path I take will stretch endlessly beyond my death.” – Eunseom
“Wherever you are, wherever you go, come back to me, Helper.” – Eunseom
“On this battlefield, there are no superior or inferior lives.” – Eunseom
Episode 11
“I sent you to save you.” – Tanya Niruha
“Nature does not take revenge. It just circulates.” – Issruv
- “I’m not sure where to go or who to live as. Am I even the owner of this?” – Saya
- “Why didn’t Asa Hon, my mother, stop Tagon from taking me? Was she afraid? Or was Eunseom more precious?” – Saya
“Of course, you dont have to decide your past to be a painful one. The same goes for the future. Decide for yourself. Decide how you want to live, who you want to live as, and if you want to be its owner. Only with your intention and will.” – Rottip
“I want to make a world less strenuous where people fight less, kill less, steal less, and get robbed less.” – Tanya Niruha
“Chaos, confusion! That’s who I am!” – Saya
“I, Asa Tanya, the reincarnation of Asa Sin, wish to open the new sky of Arthdal. Let us begin.” – Tanya Niruha
“The freedom that divides high and low and can only be enjoyed by those in front while crushing the lives in the back?” – Rottip
- “Eunseom, from here, you look amazing.” – Tanya Niruha
- “Eunseom, God has God’s own path. Inaishingi should follow Inaishingi’s path.” – Tanya Niruha
“Your heart is still crying sadly. A child who is anxious about being abandoned by the world.” – Tanya Niruha
Episode 12
“I gave you everything. But I lost everything.” – Yeolson
- “Even when I made thousands of iron swords to protect Arthdal, I could not protect a single one of the poor Wahans.” – Yeolson
- “If I cannot protect my daughter, who is all I have, what have I done until now?” – Yeolson
“Even though it might get delayed, the best gyeokmul of the continent must be yours. This is my last gift to you and Arok.” – King Tagon
- “Promise me that you will take over Arthdal again with Arok.” – King Tagon
- “Our blue blood does not hunt with hatred.” – Issruv
“The laziest anger in the world is hatred. So it stretches out everywhere. In the end, it will turn towards you.” – Issruv
- “It’s not because of you. I’m just protecting my emotions.” – Yangcha
- “You are the symbol of righteousness. You would kill a child?” – King Tagon
“In this long battle, only you, Tanya have won. You saved Arthdal. Thank you, Tanya.” – King Tagon
“Tagon, you did your very best.” – Queen Taealha
“We destroyed everything we were afraid of. We hated everything we were afraid of. We looked down on everything we were afraid of. And we persecuted everything we were afraid of. We did so with Neanthals, Igutus, Saram of Iark, the Ago Tribe, and countless strangers. So for many years, tears made up a stream and blood flowed like a river.” – Tanya Niruha
“I am the son of Ragaz, a warrior of Neanthal, and the son of Georukmihon of the Asa Clan of Arthdal. I’m Eunseom of the Wahan Tribe of Iark. I’m Purple, an Igutu slave of Gitbatak, Doldambul. I’m the stranger who survived the judgment of the waterfall, Inaishingi.” – Eunseom
“I’m your dream. That was the name you gave me and that was the promise I made.” – Eunseom
- “We’ll meet the Father God now. He’ll ask what you want. What do you want?” – Eknad
- “Arthdal.” – Saya
- “What’s more important in making a country?” – Arok
- “A story. A country with a story.” – Taealha
“I’ll get it back. Arthdal.” – Taealha
Genre: Historical, Fantasy
Synopsis: Set eight years later, Tagon’s Kingdom of Arthdal and Eun-seom’s Ago Union will face an inevitable great war.
No of episodes: 12
Cast: Lee Joon-gi, Shin Se-kyung, Jang Dong-gun, Kim Ok-vin
Screenwriters: Kim Young-hyun, Park Sang-yeon
Director: Kim Kwang-sik
Network: tvN
Streaming platform: Disney+
Date: September 9, 2023
Subtitle translation / Images: Disney Plus
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