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可以当作西方王国视角的精灵史扫盲
(授名者视角存在一定的认知偏差,如果你需要更为客观和细节的部分,请前往本书166页之后的内容)


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西方王国

西方王国是巴尔塞夫西北部一片广袤地区的名字。王国西北与海洋拜德韦尔(Bwydvir)相拥,东方矗立着大卡塔拉克特(Grand Cataract)的岩石峭壁。西方与南方的边界则由以废区(the Wastes)之名为人所知的荒凉之地标记。

在那些不宜居住的场所间,成千上万的授名者生活在彼此分离的王国,盖里斯(Gerryth)。这些盖里斯通常由一支单独的精灵贵族(一家雷涅尔(Ranelle))统治。理想情况下,雷涅尔收集当地资源,并以一种既能履行义务又能使王国受益的方式分配它们。一小部分总是作为税收支付给盖里斯的君主,另一部分可能提供给需要帮助的附庸盖里斯,其余的再投资于地方王国的基础设施。
大多数盖里斯规模不大,当地国王的影响力从一个贸易城镇向外延伸到少数几个农耕为业的小村庄。较小和影响力较弱的王国向更强大的邻国宣誓效忠,后者则发誓保护前者以换取资源和人力。此种忠诚体系的使用复盖到整片土地,形成了一个效忠与义务的复杂网络。这些统一的王国称自己为格维登罗(Gwydenro),在索洛尔语中意为“中心地带”。一个单独的盖里斯可以像一户领主统领一百名授名者的村庄那样小。最有影响力的盖里斯是尖塔之城瑟瑞萨(Sereatha),格维登罗的每一个王国最终都效忠于瑟瑞萨。

在巴尔塞夫的传说中,瑟瑞萨常被谈及为遥远西方一块完美丰饶的土地。虽然这可能曾是真的,但瑟瑞萨在天灾期间遭受了巨大的苦难。曾使这座城市闻名于世的尖塔多已倒塌,好在城市的人民免受荆棘仪式的永久伤疤而仍然幸存。城市内部,誓言与义务的网络变得越来越复杂。政治权力分散在领导城市的五名议员之间,他们各有自己的目标、盟友和欲求。议会从其成员之中选出一名担任最高理事,代表整个格维登罗发言。

只有西方王国雷涅尔家族的成员才能正式统治一个王国,一个人的出身往往决定了其人生轨迹。一个具备足够强大人格的人,或者一个足够虔诚的命轮追随者,可能会设法打破传统,攀登社会秩序。但这样的例外在精灵人口中十分罕见,而其他授名者几乎可以说是闻所未闻。

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The Western Kingdoms is the name of a large region northwest of Barsaive. The kingdoms hug the Bwydvir, a large sea to the northwest. To the east lie the rocky crags of the Grand Cataracts. The southern and western borders are marked by the desolation known as the Wastes.
Between these inhospitable locales, tens of thousands of Namegivers live out their lives in individual kingdoms known as gerryth. These gerryth are typically ruled by a single noble elf family (a ranelle). Ideally, the ranelle gathers the local resources and distributes them in a fashion that both meets obligations and benefits the kingdom. A small percentage is always paid as tax to the gerryth’s liege, some may be provided to vassal gerryth in need, and the rest is reinvested in the local kingdom’s infrastructure.
Most gerryth are modest in size, with the local king’s influence extending from a trading town out to a handful of tiny farming villages. Smaller and less influential kingdoms swear fealty to more powerful neighbors. The stronger kingdom vows to protect the smaller in exchange for resources and manpower. This system of fealty is used throughout the land creating a complex web of loyalties and obligation. These unified Kingdoms refer to themselves as the Gwydenro, or “the Heartland” in Throalic. A single gerryth could be as small as a village of one hundred Namegivers led from a manor-house. The most influential gerryth is Sereatha, the City of Spires. Every kingdom in the Gwydenro eventually owes their fealty to Sereatha.
Sereatha is frequently spoken of in the legends of Barsaive as a perfect and opulent land far to the west. While this may once have been true, Sereatha suffered greatly during the Scourge. Most of the spires for which the city is known have fallen but its people emerged without the permanent scars borne by those who underwent the Ritual of Thorns. Within the city, the web of oaths and obligations becomes increasingly complex. Political power is spread between the five consortis who lead the city and each consortis has their own goals, allies, and desires. The consortis choose one from among their number to act as a High Steward who is expected to speak for the Gwydenro as a whole.
Only a member of the ranelles of the Western Kingdoms may officially rule a kingdom and a person’s birth frequently determines the trajectory of their life. A strong enough personality, or a devout enough follower of the Wheel, may manage to buck tradition and climb the social order, but such exceptions are rare among the elven population and nearly unheard of with regards to other Namegivers.
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西方王国的历史

  正如瑟瑞萨的吟游诗人迈莱昂纳·特里斯洛拉(Maeliona Trisrora)所述


奠基的雷涅尔

格维登罗之民的历史和龙林的一样古老而复杂。尽管我们的历史常常相通,西方王国的人民仍在未曾知晓龙林之美丽优雅的情况下成长为他们自身。我们的起源要归功于三家奠基的雷涅尔,而不是由激情创造的橡心。

首先是埃斯卡兰纳家(Escalanas),他们自海与夕阳而来。他们携来命轮的启示,并被驱使着去发现更多奥秘。第二个是芬萨罗家(Fensalor),带来了军事知识与武装力量。最后是特里斯洛拉家(Trisrora),自黎明方向而来的陆路旅行者,他们从一路途经之所累积诸多社会见闻。龙林西北几百里处,三个家族相遇了。
当埃斯卡兰纳登上陆地,人们分散开来,去探寻驱使他们越过拜德韦尔,踏上泰因韦尔(Tyrnvir)湾海岸的真理。许多人迁往内陆,也有人留驻海边,留下的人开始建造一方永久的家园。平静没有持续太久,芬萨罗的一支军队踏来,向埃斯卡兰纳宣言挑战。芬萨罗的人声称海岸在他们保护之下,只有望海出生的人才有资格留下。埃斯卡兰纳的人拒绝离开,他们认为所有的智慧生命都应当一起工作,寻求世界的真理。芬萨罗依然不为所动。
正当芬萨罗人要把埃斯卡兰纳人推入大海,特里斯洛拉人来了。他们惊讶地发现拜德韦尔海岸的精灵相残,不得不介入调停。特里斯洛拉谈起他们在这片大地上发现的其他文化与授名者,谈到图-斯格朗人与矮人,谈到异国与遥远的东方。他们分享了他们的日志与传说,指出精灵之稀少可贵。有了亲缘纽带的证明,芬萨罗冷静下来,三个家族寻求和谐共存。
齐心协力,三个家族制定了一项计划:在泰因韦尔海滨,山丘之顶建造一座城市。特里斯洛拉家负责城市的基础设施建设,芬萨罗家负责城市的防御,埃斯卡兰纳家负责城市的文明与启蒙。这座城市将会成为日后的尖塔之城,瑟瑞萨。当它挣扎着立稳根基,家族也将他们的影响力传遍了这片土地。

他们与可怖的野蛮人战斗,创造了一个所有精灵都能在此繁荣发展的,安全的避风港。他们确立效职誓言的传统,并建立起盖里斯——缔结誓约相互扶持,自给自足的小国。在那古老的年代,战争日日侵袭。我们的人民不断成长,但他们的奋斗仅仅为了生存,精神世界仍然渴求着满足。他们四处追寻启迪,在他们危险的世界中寻找美。
最终,龙之林与它那超凡的女王,梅约拉(Melyora)的消息传到了瑟瑞萨,迷失的埃斯卡兰纳在龙林找到了目标。许多精灵离开尖塔之城,踏上觐见林中女王的朝圣之途。一路艰险之后,不少人选择留在女王温暖的臂弯。但不管旅行者们是留在了龙林,还是回归瑟瑞萨,大家一致认为女王是爱与美丽的存在。瑟瑞萨的每一个人都认可了她的统治,并向他们的新君主躬身行礼。

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The Founding Ranelles
The people of the Gwydenro have a history as ancient and complex as that of Wyrm Wood. While our histories are often shared, the people of the Western Kingdoms grew into their own without knowing of the Wyrm Wood’s beauty and grace. Instead of the Passion-created Oak Heart, we owe our origins to the three Founding Ranelles.
The first of these were the Escalanas. They approached from the sea and the setting sun. They brought the enlightenment of the Wheel and were driven to discover more. The second, the Fensalor, brought martial knowledge and force of arms. Finally, the Trisrora, overland travelers from the direction of the dawn who had learned much of society from those they had passed. Hundreds of miles northwest of Wyrm Wood, these three families met.
When the Escalanas made landfall, their family split to find the truths that had brought them across the Bwydvir to the shores of the bay Tyrnvir. While many moved inland, others stayed behind and began construction of a permanent home. Before long, an army of Fensalor arrived and challenged the Escalanas. The Fensalor claimed the coast was under their protection and only those born within sight of the sea could remain. The Escalanas refused to leave, arguing that all intelligent life should work together and seek the world’s greater truths. The Fensalor remained unmoved.
As the Fensalor prepared to push the Escalanas into the sea, the Trisrora made their appearance. The Trisrora were shocked to find elves on the shore of the Bwydvir and were compelled to intervene. The Trisrora spoke of the other cultures and Namegivers they had discovered throughout the land. They spoke of t’skrang and dwarves. They spoke of the exotic and distant east. They shared their journals and legends and pointed out the rarity of elves. With this evidence of kinship, the Fensalor were calmed, and the three families sought to work in harmony.
Together, the three developed a plan for a city to be built near the shore, high atop the hills. The Trisrora would see to the city’s infrastructure, the Fensalor would see to the city’s defense, and the Escalanas would see to the city’s enlightenment. This city would grow to become Sereatha, the City of Spires and,as it struggled to its feet,the families spread their influence across the land.
They battled fearsome barbarians and made a safe haven in which all elves could flourish. They established the tradition of Lew Teyrn and the founding of gerryth, small and self-sufficient kingdoms vowed to support one another. In these ancient times, each day brought its own battles. Our people were growing, but their struggle was only to survive, and their spirits were left unfulfilled. They cast about for enlightenment, looking for beauty in their dangerous world.
Eventually, news of Wyrm Wood and the transcendent Queen Melyora arrived in Sereatha. The lost Escalanas had found purpose in the Wood. Many elves left the City of Spires on a pilgrimage to meet with this queen of the forest. After the perilous journey, many chose to stay in the queen’s warm embrace. Whether the travelers stayed in the Wyrm Wood or returned to the austere construction of Sereatha, it was agreed that the queen was a being of beauty and love. All in Sereatha recognized her power and bowed to their new liege.


侍奉于龙林

为了更好地侍奉遥远的女王,西方的臣民们选择在她爱的旗帜下团结一致。各王国将联合起来,以女王的心腹之地,格维登罗为世人所知。诸雷涅尔无不向瑟瑞萨宣誓效忠,城市将其领导力量组织为宫廷,以此对梅约拉的努力表示崇高敬意。宫廷将由一位被任命的最高理事领导,他将代为女王之喉舌。
一位名叫哈尔温(Harwyn)的受宠仆从启程前往龙林,传达了这些计划与宣言。梅约拉女王光辉在上,立即任命哈尔温为第一任最高理事,并授予他尖塔之城的统治者之位。女王对忠心耿耿的臣民们所为一切是如此之满意,她慷慨赠与哈尔温诸多礼物。她为她新的左右手配备了一百名最好的士兵和一百名最好的工匠,士兵们与最高理事将成立赤塔骑士团,而工匠们将建立紫晶塔匠人会。两个组织皆从天灾中幸存,至今服务于瑟瑞萨。

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In Service to the Wood
To better serve their distant Queen, her subjects to the west chose to come together under the shared banner of her love. Combined, their kingdoms would be known as the Gwydenro, the Queen’s Heartland. The ranelles all swore fealty to Sereatha and the city organized its leadership into a court, in homage to Melyora’s efforts. This court would be led by an appointed High Steward who would be the mouthpiece of the Queen in her absence.
A favored servant named Harwyn underwent the journey to Wyrm Wood and delivered these plans and proclamations. Melyora, in her brilliance, immediately appointed Harwyn the first High Steward and granted him rulership of the City of Spires. The queen was so pleased by the actions of her faithful subjects that she showered Harwyn with gifts. She provided her new right hand with a hundred of her best soldiers and a hundred and one of her best artisans. The soldiers and the Steward would establish the Knights of the Crimson Spire. The artisans would come to be known as the Order of the Amethyst Spire. Both organizations have survived the Scourge, and still serve in Sereatha.


殒身之悲,爱之狂喜

几代人以来,我们的人民影响力广播。更多盖里斯拥抱了女王之爱,格维登罗成为一片即使出身最为低微的人也能成长繁荣的土地。呜呼!这爱与繁荣的时代却不能永续,一条龙想要毁灭我们的人民。阿拉迈斯,还有他如何杀死达莉娅女王的行径众人皆知。若不是索萨拉的异端邪说,我们敬爱的女王本可以逃过野兽的魔爪,但那是另一回事了。相反,我会履行我那悲伤的职责为你讲述,我们的人民如何为女王的不幸殒身流泪痛悼。
格维登罗的人们哀悼了一年零一天。最高理事没法任由他的人民承受更长久的苦痛了。他在全国范围内宣布举行一场比赛。爱之竞争,寻求激情青睐的竞争。竞争的胜利者将赢得激情的垂青与格维登罗的民心。这名英雄将前往龙林,代表整个精灵种族向巨树橡心祈求援助。
来自格维登罗各地的数百名精灵赶赴赛场,其中就有一名叫做法伊拉的少女,她的故国毁于战争。她失去了一切,人生饱尝苦难。但激情在她身上看到了一些东西。她赢得了竞争,成为安威尔(Annwyl),激情所爱者。不到一年,她便踏上前往龙林的朝圣之旅。她的恳求得到了回应,橡心为她降下祝福。当法伊拉登上蔷薇王座,整个西方王国为之欢呼雀跃。
行公正统治,法伊拉惩罚了索萨拉的罪过,保护她的人民安全。有人为此感到不满,但那是一段艰难的时期,需求一位严苛的女王。尽管做出了艰难的决定,她仍然确保周围的人不会滥用权力。女王创立议会,而瑟瑞萨的人们采纳了这一做法,选择了五名议员来领导当地宫廷。这五名议员内部自行选择并任命他们与女王交流的最高理事。每一家开国雷涅尔的一位代表都将这样履行职务,赤塔骑士的首领同样如此。最后一位议员将是今年的安威尔,爱之竞争的胜利者,代表广大平民百姓。

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The Tragedy of Loss, The Ecstasy of Love
For generations the reach of our people expanded. More gerryth embraced the love of our queen and the Gwydenro became a land where even those of lowest birth could grow and prosper. Alas, this time of love and prosperity could not last forever. A dragon sought to ruin our people. All know of Alamaise and how he slew Queen Dallia. Our beloved queen would have been beyond the beast’s reach had it not been for Shosara’s heresy, but that is a story for another day. Instead, it is my sad duty, to tell you how our people wept at the loss of their queen.
For a year and a day, the people of the Gwydenro mourned. The High Steward could not let his people suffer longer. He sent a proclamation across the land that there would be a contest. Cariad Castald, the Contest of Love, would seek the favor of the Passions. The winner of the contest would have the Passions’ grace with them as well as the hearts and minds of the Gwydenro. The hero would journey to Wyrm Wood and beseech Oak Heart for aid on behalf of the entire elven race.
Hundreds of elves from across the Gwydenro competed. One such elf was a maiden named Failla. Her original kingdom had been lost in war. She had lost everything and suffered terribly during her life, but the Passions saw something in her. She won the contest and became Annwyl, the Beloved. Before the year was out, she had made the pilgrimage to Wyrm Wood. Her plea for aid was answered and she received Oak Heart’s blessing. The Western Kingdoms cheered as Failla ascended to the Rose Throne.
Failla ruled justly. She punished Shosara for their transgressions and kept her people safe. There were those that were discontent, but it was a hard time and it called for a stern queen. While she made difficult decisions, she ensured that those around her would not seek to abuse their power. She created the consortis and the people of Sereatha adopted the practice, choosing five consortis to lead the local Court. These five would choose amongst themselves and appoint their High Steward to commune with the Queen. One representative from each of the Founding Ranelles would serve in this way, as would the head of the Knights of the Crimson Spire. The final consortis would be the year’s Annwyl, a champion of the Contest of Love, to represent the common folk.


阿拉基娅之兴衰

宫廷持续繁荣发展。一个又一个世纪过去,我们的人民不断壮大,只是受到了锡拉人与奥利哈钢战争的挑战。全世界范围的资源争夺致使奥利哈钢战争长久延续。这场持续的纷争使我们的人民陷入了一种自没有女王的时代以来从未有过的低迷。现任女王莉娅拉行铁腕统治,她是战场上备受尊敬的指挥官,但她无法带给每一个精灵他们内心所迫切需要的爱与美。
怀着无言的兴奋与无声的希冀,瑟瑞萨的人们举行一年一度的爱之竞争。阿拉基娅,一位来自遥远盖里斯的不知名女人,却震惊了在场所有人。她让每一个人潸然泪下,在民意高涨时成了他们的安威尔。当她被任命为议会的一员,她却含泪拒绝了人民希望授予她的荣誉。她向崇拜她的人群宣讲,告诉他们只要格维登罗的人们心中阴霾尚存,安威尔便不会存在。相反,她誓要前往龙林,现身于橡心和女王面前。她将在宫廷中代表西方精灵,直到绝望成为遥远的记忆方才休憩。
阿拉基娅果然言出必行,战争的压力也从格维登罗转移。当美丽回归他们的土地,阿拉基娅年复一年地归来参加爱之竞争。她总是赢得安威尔的职位,却总是拒绝扮演议员的角色,她声称她在龙林宫廷能为人民奉献更多。尽管当地安威尔的席位在官方层面上仍然空缺,议会所有人都寻求阿拉基娅的智慧。
最终,瑟瑞萨的安威尔追随了法伊拉的脚步。没有人能预见到莉娅拉的悲惨失踪,也少有人敢指望龙林宫廷会发现阿拉基娅作为法伊拉王朝古代继承人的真实血脉。阿拉基娅女王登上了蔷薇王座,给我们的人民带回希望。她公正地实施统治,在通往天灾的黑暗时期领导着我们的人民。

然而,一旦我们彼此孤立,阿拉基娅就陷入了腐朽。不管如何,我们的女王在背叛她的人民并献身荆棘仪式的那天死去了。
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阿拉基娅的血统

学习者协会(The Learners’ Guild)的史学家们难以相信阿拉基娅,一个来自不知名的盖里斯的小公民,可能与遥远的法伊拉女王存在联系。他们认为,法伊拉的任何一支血脉都会在西方王国的贵族中备受关注,拥有不凡的影响力。那么,她族谱中的一整个分支又怎么可能失落了几个世纪呢?
天灾来临以前,这些观点被当作阴谋论和激进主义摒弃。然而,自从荆棘仪式和女王明显的疯狂以来,这种说法取得了更多的信任。现任最高理事似乎对阿拉基娅不为人知的过去,以及她第一次获得青睐的爱之竞争产生了极大兴趣。到目前为止,鲜有从那时起的珍贵事实被人发现。

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The Rise and Fall of Alachia
The Court continued to flourish and expand. Century after century our people grew, only challenged by the coming of the Therans and the Orichalcum Wars. The Orichalcum Wars dragged on as the world battled for resources. This ongoing struggle pushed our people into a malaise not felt since their time without a queen. The sitting queen, Liara, ruled with an iron fist. She was a well-regarded commander on the battlefield, but she could not bring the beauty and love that every elf desperately needed to feel in their hearts.
It was with muted excitement and an unspoken hope that the people of Sereatha held the annual Cariad Castald. Alachia, an unknown woman from a distant gerryth, surprised everyone. She drove the people to tears and, in a swell of public opinion, became their Annwyl. When offered her position amongst the consortis, she tearfully rejected the honor her people wished to bestow upon her. She spoke to the adoring crowd and told them that, as long the people of the Gwydenro felt melancholy in their hearts, there could be no Annwyl. She vowed instead to travel to Wyrm Wood and present herself before Oak Heart and the Queen. She would represent the western elves at Court and would not rest until the hopelessness had faded into a distant memory.
 Alachia proved as good as her word and the strain of the war shifted away from the Gwydenro. As beauty returned to their land, Alachia would return year after year to compete in Cariad Castald. She continued to win the position of Annwyl but always turned down the role of consortis, claiming that she did far more for her people in the Court of Wyrm Wood. Though the local Annwyl’s seat remained officially empty, all amongst the consortis continued to seek out Alachia’s wisdom.
Eventually, Sereatha’s Annwyl followed in Failla’s footsteps. None could have foreseen Liara’s tragic disappearance, and few would have dared hope that the Court of Wyrm Wood would discover Alachia’s true lineage as the ancient heir to Failla’s dynasty. Queen Alachia took her place on the Rose Throne and returned hope to our people. She ruled justly and guided our people in the dark times that led to the Scourge.
Once we were all in our isolation, however, Alachia fell to corruption. In all the ways that matter, our queen died the day she betrayed her people and committed herself to the Ritual of Thorns.

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Alachia’s Lineage
There are historians amongst the Learners’ Guild who have trouble believing Alachia, a minor citizen from an unknown gerryth, could possibly be related to the distant Queen Failla. They contend that any of Failla’s lineage would have been granted attention and influence amongst the nobles of the Western Kingdoms. How then, could an entire spur of her family tree remain lost for centuries?
Such beliefs were dismissed as conspiracies and radicalism before the Scourge. Since the Ritual of Thorns and the Queen’s apparent madness, however, this claim has gained more credence. The current High Steward seems particularly interested in Alachia’s unknown past as well as the Cariad Castald in which she first gained favor. So far, precious few facts from this time have been uncovered.

格维登罗与天灾

随着天灾之兆临近,瑟瑞萨的人民面临了第一次信仰危机。锡拉人提供了保护通道仪式,但要价高昂。仪式被阿拉基娅女王宣布为非法,可还有什么能拿来代替它们呢?从龙林那里,我们只得到了几十年的沉默。许多盖里斯,诸如罗海灵森林(Roheline Wood)那些,离开女王加入了锡拉人一边,开始建造他们的地下卫城。他们已然破誓,只能走自己的路。

随着时间流逝,忠于女王的盖里斯数量逐渐减少。不知怎么的,一个不完整版本的保护通道仪式落入了议会手中。有了这份未经授权的拷贝,锡拉就无法提出过分的要求。议会将这份文件可能的用途传达给他们的女王。同样,回应的只有沉默。天灾步步逼近,许多格维登罗授名者选择将龙林的沉默视为默许,开始使用这份文件和建造他们自己的地下卫城与堡垒。

瑟瑞萨拒绝抛弃它的女王,拒绝使用可能非法的锡拉文件。他们的耐心等到了来自阿拉基娅的最终命令。她告诉她真正忠诚的臣民,她已经基于即将实施于龙林的东西为他们设计了一种保护。真实之地与真实之木的融合将允许瑟瑞萨的人们在地下生存。瑟瑞萨的精灵们赶在毁灭来临之前完成了这个工程。
工程完成了,却付出了巨大的代价。即使藏于地下,瑟瑞萨的人们也听得到环绕周围的灾殃之声。我生于那黑暗的时代,清晰记得那种持续不断的精神重压。我们内心深感我们的家园随时可能倒塌。事实上,许多人在地下彻底丧失了希望,结束自己的生命以摆脱煎熬。一批批的人们绝望而死,好在我们再度被一名安威尔所拯救。

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瑟瑞萨的封印

瑟瑞萨少有人质疑他们在天灾中存活的本质。然而,龙林的命运清晰地表明,给予他们的防御法术并未完成。瑟瑞萨地下庇护所的人所报告的风暴,地震,以及神秘的死亡事件,与该地区其他地下卫城的报告不相匹配。那些研究过天灾期间瑟瑞萨故事的人得出了一致结论:一定存在一个强大的惧魔直接以瑟瑞萨为目标。然而,不知为何,这个未知的实体没能破解有缺陷的保护,瑟瑞萨的人活了下来。也许是命运的眷顾,也许是惧魔在别处找到了更易得手的猎物。

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The Gwydenro and the Scourge
As the prospect of the Scourge approached, the people of Sereatha faced their first crisis of faith. The Therans offered the Rites of Protection and Passage, but at a terrible cost. The Theran rites were outlawed by Queen Alachia, but what could be done in their stead? From Wyrm Wood we heard only silence on the matter for decades. Many gerryth, such as those of Roheline Wood, turned away from their queen and chose to join the Therans, beginning construction on their kaers. Their oaths of fealty were broken and they were left to go their own way.
As the years wore on, the number of loyal gerryth dwindled. Somehow, an incomplete version of the Rites of Protection and Passage fell into the hands of the council. With this unauthorized copy in hand, Thera was unable to make its exorbitant demands. The council sent word of this document’s possible use to their queen. Again, the people heard nothing. As the Scourge drew ever nearer, many Namegivers of the Gwydenro chose to take Wyrm Wood’s silence as tacit approval to use the document and began work on their own kaers and citadels.
Sereatha refused to abandon its queen and use the potentially illegal Theran documents. For their patience, they were blessed with a final decree from Alachia. She informed her true and loyal subjects that she had devised a protection for them based on those she would use for Wyrm Wood. A mixture of True Earth and True Wood would allow for the people of Sereatha to survive underground. The elves of Sereatha rushed to complete the project before the coming ruin.
The project was finished, but at great cost. Even buried away the people of Sereatha heard calamitous sounds all around them. I was born during these dark times and remember the constant feeling of pressure. In our hearts, we felt that any moment our home could fall. Indeed, many lost all hope beneath the earth and took their own lives from the strain. We died of hopelessness in droves, but we were again to be saved by an Annwyl.

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The Sealing of Sereatha
Few in Sereatha question the nature of their survival during the Scourge. However, the fate of Wyrm Wood makes it clear the protective spells given to them were incomplete. The storms, quakes, and mysterious deaths reported by those who took shelter beneath Sereatha do not match the reports from other kaers in the region. Those who have studied tales of Sereatha during the Scourge have come to the same conclusion: a powerful Horror must have been targeting Sereatha directly. Yet, for some reason, this unknown entity failed to crack the flawed protections and the people of Sereatha survived. Perhaps it was luck that kept the people safe, or perhaps instead the Horror found easier prey elsewhere.


重建格维登罗

爱之竞争在我们与世隔绝的时代仍然继续。我们的元素钟已然静止,而地上的风暴依旧无情。没有人敢离开他们安全的地下家园,直到马尔德温(Maldwyn)赢得了安威尔的角色。他拒绝了议会的席位,提出要一艘航船,和二十四名船员:十二名在天灾之前航行过的老手,十二名积累在一个勇敢的新世界所需经验的学徒。马尔德温计划在拜德韦尔海上航行,确认海面是否已经真正安全。
我们都相信我们勇敢的安威尔会因此牺牲,但两百天后,他最终凯旋。二十四名船员中只余下四名坚强的同伴,船只摇摇欲坠到可以说仅靠剩船员彼此之间的感情来维系,但他们活了下来。人民高涨的崇敬使马尔德温一次又一次地当选安威尔,他也接受了议会之位。他所表现出的英勇与智慧促使议会任命他为最高理事,他此后将支配几十年的位置。身为最高理事,马尔德温的第一个行动就是开启通往地面的大门。我们的尖塔之城已是一片废墟,曾经矗立数百座尖塔的土地上如今只残余不到十几个闪光的塔尖。起伏的群山撕裂,万丈沟壑分隔了残存的城市与格维登罗的其他土地。四周大地全然崩溃,但笼罩庇护所的仪式依然坚固,我们幸存下来。

马尔德温带领人民度过了这些艰难的时刻,并专注于重新找到尽可能多的盖里斯。我们发现了废区的悲剧,为其所代表的生命殒落而哀痛。我们联系了索萨拉,马尔德温破例给予其暂时的宽恕,这样我们就可以一起联系遥远的龙林。
赤塔骑士每年都会派出一支最优秀的部队,试图与龙之林取得联系。在第二十次旅程中,唯一的幸存者带着血林与阿拉基娅女王堕落的可怕消息归来。
那时我还年轻,但我仍然记得那些日子的伤痛。一切又变得黯淡无味,宛如困于地底的岁月。在冲击中幸存下来的人都明白,格维登罗人不会重蹈他们女王的复辙。一千年来,格维登罗第一次必须找到自己的道路。

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Rebuilding the Gwydenro
The Cariad Castald continued in our time of isolation. Our elemental clocks had stopped, but the storms above remained unrelenting. None dared leave the safety of their underground home until Maldwyn won the role of Annwyl. Maldwyn refused the role of consortis and instead demanded a seafaring vessel and a crew of two dozen: one dozen old hands who had sailed before the Scourge and one dozen apprentices to gain the experience required in a brave new world. Maldwyn intended to sail the sea of Bwydvir and discover if the surface was truly safe.
We all believed our brave Annwyl would perish but, after two hundred days, he returned triumphant. His crew of twenty-four had been reduced to four stalwart companions and their vessel was held together with little more than loving words, but they were alive. A swell of adoration saw him chosen as Annwyl time and again and he accepted the role of consortis. His bravery and intellect caused the council to name him High Steward, where he reigned for decades. His first act as High Steward was to open the doors to the surface. Our City of Spires lay in ruins, less than a dozen gleaming peaks standing where once there had been hundreds. The rolling hills had been torn asunder and massive cliffs isolated what remained of our city from the rest of the Gwydenro. The very earth had failed around us, but the rites protecting our shelter had held firm and we had survived.
Maldwyn led our people through these trying times and focused on rediscovering as many gerryth as possible. Our people discovered the tragedy of the Wastes and wept at the loss of life it represented. We contacted the Shosarans and Maldwyn brokered a temporary forgiveness so that we might work together to contact distant Wyrm Wood.
Each year the Knights of the Crimson spire would send a unit of their best in an attempt to contact Wyrm Wood. On the twentieth of these journeys, a sole survivor returned with the terrible news of Blood Wood and of the fall of Queen Alachia.
I was still young, but I remember the hurt of those days. Everything grew dark and tasteless again, like the years underground. Those that survived this shock knew the Gwydenro could not follow the path of their queen. For the first time in a millennium, the Gwydenro would have to find its own way.


最后的希望

我们发觉锡拉人和他们的仪式在其回来奴役瓦斯戈西亚人时起了作用。没有了龙之林的力量来团结精灵人民,格维登罗越发担忧锡拉人会进一步扩张。阿拉基娅女王要求她失去的殖民地回归宫廷,而这一要求对西方王国未受污染的土地构成了明显的威胁。
马尔德温想同这些势力和平相处。他在重新改造的凯尔萨拉(Caelshara)堡垒中与锡拉人开启了贸易,这是自奥利哈钢战争以来被禁止的行为。他派出使者与血精灵女王和索萨拉至高亲王商讨对策。然而,他那甜言蜜语和寻求和平的演讲并没有打消人们日益增长的恐惧。
锡拉人展示了他们的力量,并烧毁了瓦斯戈西亚的森林。血林继续敦促格维登罗贵族加入血林的行列。索萨拉人诋毁传统,传播所谓分裂对他们大有裨益的消息。西方王国没法再对邻居苦苦恳求,他们将不得不采取强硬的立场来对抗这些外部势力。王国需求一名比马尔德温更为强硬的掌权者,因此,议会任命了新的最高理事,赤塔公爵伊奥林(Iolyn)。
在伊奥林被任命为最高理事的三年里,他致力于向人民强调他们拥有的古老历史。他赞扬奠基的雷涅尔,宣言追寻启蒙,看到一颗纯粹橡心的造物。
他发誓要找到迷失荒野之下的盖里斯,让他们重拾昔日的荣耀;他发誓要保护格维登罗的授名者,让他们免受外部势力的侵蚀。

我们无法信任血林的堕落者,更无法相信索萨拉的异端,我们信任的只有最高理事伊奥林。我们必须回到我们的根基,必须依靠自己来获得启迪。

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A Final Hope
We discovered the Therans and their Rites had worked when they returned to enslave the people of Vasgothia. Without the strength of Wyrm Wood unifying the elven people, the Gwydenro grew concerned the Therans would reach still further. Queen Alachia demanded her lost colonies return home to her Court. A demand that held within it a clear threat to the uncorrupted lands of the Western Kingdoms.
Maldwyn sought to play peacemaker with these powers. He opened up trade with the Therans in the repurposed fort of Caelshara, a practice outlawed since the Orichalcum Wars. He sent emissaries to discuss options with both the Queen of the Blood Elves and the High Prince of Shosara. Nevertheless, his honeyed words and peaceful speeches did little to dissuade the people’s growing fears.
The Therans made a demonstration of power and burned the forests of Vasgothia. Blood Wood continued to press for the nobility of the Gwydenro to transition into Blood Wood. The Shosarans denigrated tradition by spreading their belief that Separation had served them well. The Western Kingdoms could no longer supplicate their neighbors, they would have to take a strong stance against these foreign powers. Desiring a firmer hand than Maldwyn’s at the helm, the consortis appointed a new High Steward, Iolyn, Duke of the Crimson Spire.
In the three years since Iolyn was named High Steward, he has sought to remind his people of their ancient history. He praises the Founding Ranelles. He claims to pursue enlightenment and see the creation of a pure Oak Heart.
He vows to find the gerryth lost beneath the Wastes and restore them to their former glory. And he swears to keep the Namegivers of the Gwydenro free of foreign influence.
It is in High Steward Iolyn we place our trust. We do not have faith in the fallen of Blood Wood, and we certainly cannot trust the heretics of Shosara. We must return to our roots, and we must rely on ourselves for enlightenment.
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