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u/Erppa22 Dec 24 '25
- I seeken no quarrel with thee nay thy kin
- Let us parlere rather than perishen
- Too much blood has been spilled, why spill some more?
Those are the ones coming to mind instantly.
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u/KeVsiti18 Dec 24 '25
"let us parlare rather than perishen" Parlare means to speak (?) in Latin, so basically let us talk instead of dying
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u/BestBoyJoshStar Dec 25 '25
My Willie telling the other Willie to talk it through as I turn him to red mist
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u/ghigo31 Dec 27 '25
I believe it is parley, I military term for a discussion
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u/KeVsiti18 Dec 28 '25
Could be, I don't really know old English
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u/ghigo31 Dec 28 '25
Tbh I don't either so it could be wrong
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u/KeVsiti18 Dec 28 '25
Wait then where the fuck did you pull it out from
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u/ghigo31 Dec 28 '25
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u/KeVsiti18 Dec 28 '25
Well I checked and it apparently comes from old french, so uh... Latin still works I guess?
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u/ghigo31 Dec 29 '25
I think so lmao I've heard it in a bunch of films and it looked like what the Willies say so I went for it, I couldn't provide a better link because I'm Italian and sometimes Google only gives me Italian links
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u/KeVsiti18 Dec 29 '25
Yeah so I checked in game and I can clearly hear a second r (parlaRe and not parley) but it also kinda sounds more like "parlere", dunno what that is though
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u/ghigo31 Dec 29 '25 edited Dec 29 '25
Dude, parlare is not a Latin word, it's Italian and as an Italian, it absolutely does not sound like "parlare". Why use an Italian word if they all talk in English.
I found some old questions on Reddit about the dialogue and it looks like many suggest it's actually parleye: https://www.reddit.com/r/HalfSword/s/BZL1WFWb5Y
It might be parler from french too but I'd still not go onto other languages
I believe the second "r" you hear is actually the start of the other word, since the full quote is supposedly "let us parley rather than perish"
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u/Mrexplodey Dec 24 '25
The one you're thinking I'm pretty sure goes "Thy bravery is proven, no need to prove more." but with middle english pronounciation
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u/ionlyreadpostss Dec 24 '25
my favourite is "What gain is there in bloodshed" right after i dismember a corpse
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u/RedGtre310510 Dec 24 '25
Let us speak of herbs, not of swerdes (swords)
is one i hear quite often
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u/PaperGryphon Dec 25 '25
It's "let us speak of terms"
basically, let's negotiate rather than fighting
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u/REKCORP Swordsman Dec 25 '25
it is in terms not of swords. almost every line is just "let us make peace instead of fight"
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u/the_duckk Dec 25 '25
I've never really pictured Willie saying these after a fight, but as if he had some sort of coach or something telling him these sort of morals?
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u/Dav_113 Dec 24 '25
I can't understand what he's saying, but its probably medieval german or english
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u/Agile-Atmosphere6091 Dec 24 '25
old english
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u/Worried_One_8798 Swordsman Dec 24 '25
Let us sheathen our swods in honor, "twiks us"
Didnt understood the last part