:) The 'my pretties' remark reminds me of The Phoenix Guard. The language is very different, meant to remind you of Three Musketeers in D&D.
In order to inspire her outnumbered army, the Enchantress General once threw her Tiara of Honor to the enemy army. The enemy cheered, thinking it a sign of surrender. Instead, the Enchantress General calls to her army, "My loves, the enemy has seized a relic of the Empire. If you love me, you will retrieve it!" And because it was THAT KIND OF PLACE they won, of course.