国器/王朝武器（Dynasty Weapon）

传奇之剑——天使联盟，自从长老战争的黑暗岁月起，就是米迦勒的佩剑。这把设计用于空战的剑上，沾满了无面者的鲜血。此剑充满了天堂最纯洁的光芒，因此也是治疗和复活的工具。

这把不可思议的武器是三位伟大的天使铁匠的成果。三人曾经有过激烈的竞争，每一位都试图铸造比其他两人更完美的作品。当无面者摧毁了阿拉瑞斯的天使之城，并屠杀了上千的天使之后，三位铁匠决定放下过去的竞争，结合三人的高超技巧，铸造一把亚山世界上最强大的宝剑，一把同阳光般闪耀，斩断世上一切黑暗的传奇之刃。他们的任务最终成功了，他们将其命名为天使联盟，并将其赠给那位能够领导他们的军队的传奇人物。

The legendary sword known as the Angelic Alliance has been Michael`s treasured possession since the dark days of the Elder Wars. This great rapier, designed for aerial battles, has spilt many a Faceless` blood. Imbued with the purest light from the heavens, it`s also a tool of healing and resurrection.

This incredible weapon was the fruit of the labor of three great Angel blacksmiths. A fierce rivalry stoked them, and each competed to create finer artifacts than the other two. When the Faceless destroyed the Angelic city of Aurarius, killing thousands of Angels, the three blacksmiths decided the time for petty rivalry was past. They united their tremendous skills to forge the most wonderful sword ever seen on the surface of Ashan, a blade that would be radiant like a ray of the sun, piercing and destroying any darkness in its path. They named it the Angelic Alliance and entrusted it to the one who would lead their armies to battle.

著名的亡灵巫师阿吉雷醉心于神秘的娜姆塔茹蜘蛛多年。在确定了一个位于纳-伊士昆城附近的容纳了许多娜姆塔茹蜘蛛的巨大巢穴后，他开始静静的观察这种蛛形生物的筑巢过程。很快，他认识到之前他认为是巨大蛛网的东西实际上是一些更加复杂和吸引人的东西。娜姆塔茹们实际上在铸造一个类似于日晷一样的东西，其长长的指针是由几丁质和月丝做成的，不过，日晷的时间并不是由太阳照射指针来形成刻度，而是由娜姆塔茹自身产生的黑暗能量形成的。虽然阿吉雷并不知道这种有机的钟表到底用来做什么，但是他开始怀疑娜姆塔茹实际上是一种拥有集体智慧的生物，也就是说，在某处应该有所谓的“女王”一样的存在。这是他一生中第一次知晓神秘的娜姆塔茹主母的存在。

不幸的是，一些法师发现了这个娜姆塔茹的巢穴，并带领一队法师之刃剿灭了娜姆塔茹并摧毁了日晷。阿吉雷最终只抢救出了日晷的指针，日后则被亡灵巫师们当做武器。

The famous Necromancer Aguirre had been interested in the mysterious Namtarus for a long time. After locating a dozen of them in a large cavern near the city of Nar-Ishkun, he observed as the silent, spider-like creatures started building their nest. He soon realized that what he had believed to be a mere giant web was in fact something infinitely more complex and fascinating. The Namtarus were actually building some sort of sundial complete with a long style made of chitin and moonsilk.

Except, of course, it was not the sun that was casting the shadows on the dial, but the dark energy produced by the Namtarus themselves. What this organic clock was measuring was unknown to Aguirre, but he started to suspect the Namtarus were a sort of hive-mind – which meant there was probably a “queen” somewhere. This was the first event that began his life-long obsession with the mythical Mother Namtaru.

Unfortunately, the sundial was eventually destroyed when a rival wizard found the cave of the Namtarus and led a troop of mageswords to exterminate the abominations. The only thing Aguirre could salvage was the style, which later became used as a sword by the Necromancers.

七龙纪528年，至高精灵王艾尔尼尔宣告自己是唯一的世袭君主，并收回了所有地方国王的特权。图德哈娜女王拒绝了这一要求。抓住了这一机会，神圣猎鹰帝国的人类趁机入侵图德哈娜的土地，图德哈娜向至高王求援，但是艾尔尼尔拒绝了。为了保护自己的子民，绝望之下，图德哈娜求助于马拉萨和无面者。无面者们愿意帮助图德哈娜，如果图德哈娜的子民宣誓归顺于黑暗之龙的话。

七龙纪548年，新春和平（人类和黑暗精灵之间签订的合约）标志着黑暗精灵王国的独立。刺客之刃就是当时无面者赐予的大量珍宝中的一件。他们牺牲了两位同胞，将其精华同这把剑绑在一起，从而铸造了这把剑。

两个灵魂组成了这把剑的力量，一面为了学习，一面为了杀戮。作为禁卫知识的大师，无面者们创造了一把名副其实的有生命的武器，用以守护关于每场战斗、每位牺牲者和剑与剑之间每次致命交锋的记忆。这把剑的特性使得图德哈娜放心的将这把剑经常性的在其手下不同刺客之间相互传递，以丰富这把剑的知识。刺客中最优秀者们之间相互传递，年复一年，使得这把剑成为一件神器。

In 528 YSD, Arniel the High Elven King proclaimed himself the unique hereditary monarch and withdrew all prerogatives from local kings. Queen Thuidana chose to secede instead. Taking advantage of the situation, the humans of the Holy Falcon Empire invaded the lands of Thuidana who sought aid from the self-proclaimed High King. Arniel refused. In order to save her own, Thuidana turned towards the Faceless and Malassa in desperation. They were willing to help under the condition that her people vow allegiance to the Dragon of Darkness.

In 548 YSD, the Peace of the New Spring marks the independence of the Kingdom of Dark Elves. The Assassin’s Blade is among the most precious gifts offered by the Faceless. They sacrificed two amongst themselves to bind their essence into the blade and give birth to this sword.

The two souls form the power of the sword: a blade for learning and a blade for killing. Master of Forbidden Lore, the Faceless gave birth to a veritable living sword that keeps a memory of each combat, each victim and each deathly exchange of steel. The nature of the sword itself convinced Thuidana to loan the sword regularly to her assassins so that they might enrich its knowledge constantly. The best amongst them passed the sword between them, year after year, in order to increase its knowledge and transform it into a superior artifact.

当莎拉降临谢尔戈时，她以神话时代的战争中出现的强力化身的样子接近鄂加斯。

被一阵恶意所驱使，混乱之龙用爪子深深地击穿了她的心脏，但是随后却被纯粹的秩序和牺牲的魔力所击倒。莎拉被混乱魔法所腐蚀，变成了一个既不是天使也不是恶魔的生物。她的翅膀变成了灰烬，她的身体开始燃烧，就像是将要熄灭的余烬一样。

时间的法则出现了混乱，被预言的月蚀一直没有发生，直到几年后突然出现。

当第一批恶魔大军穿越通往亚山世界的大门时，莎拉在谢尔戈各地旅行，以找到一个可以将鄂加斯掉落的爪子铸造成武器的地方。这把臭名昭著的驾驭之剑由此被铸造出，并且可以让其使用者控制恶魔的思想。

When Sarah descended into Sheogh, she approached Urgash, in the form of a powerful Avatar that was lamed during the Mythic Age wars.

Animated by a spasm of malevolence, the Dragon of Chaos clawed her deeply through the heart, but was suddenly overwhelmed by the pure magic of order and sacrifice. Sarah was consumed by chaotic magic and was transformed into something neither Angel nor Demon. Her wings turned ashen and her body started glowing like embers. The laws of time were transcended and the eclipse that was predicted not to occur for several years, suddenly appeared.

As the first hordes of demons began to teleport through gates into the lands of Ashan, Sarah traveled around Sheogh to find a place where she could forge a sword with the claw of Urgash that had fallen from his body. Thus the infamous Blade of Binding was created, that would allow its wielder to control the minds of demons.

七龙纪104年，龙骑士团成为了一个秘密教团，并开始建立隐秘之家。为了保存第七之龙的教诲，每一个要塞都是教团的一个分会的家，并由一个拥有可以转变为龙的能力的指挥官守护。

理论上，每一个隐秘之家都有自己的仪式之剑。但是有一把比其他任何一把都要强大，是由萨-巴顿自己亲自持有。当第一个隐秘之家建立的时候，这把剑便成为了龙骑士团的两个教条的化身：掌握化身为龙的崇高责任，以及遵循权威。

两个世纪之后，到了七龙纪330年，塞莲诺接任了萨-巴顿所在的隐秘之家的指挥官的职务。像其他大多数龙骑士一样，她在第一次月蚀之战中，为了支援盟军对恶魔入侵的战斗，放弃了撤退回教团。塞莲诺战死以后，这把剑便遗失了。之后，凡人发现了这把剑，这把剑开始在一个又一个亚山世界知名的不同种族的战士之间流传。这把圣剑随后获得了一个新的名字——龙炎火舌，并一直流传至今。

In 104 YSD, the Dragon Knights became a secret order and founded the Hidden Houses. Dedicated to the preservation of the teaching of the Seventh Dragon, each of these fortresses is home to a chapter of the order, under the guidance of a unique Commander that consecrates those who are capable of transforming themselves into a dragon.

Each Hidden House disposes, in theory, of its own Sword of Consecration. But there is one, more powerful than all the others, that Sar Badon himself wielded. Since the foundation of the first Hidden House, the sword incarnates two principles that form the precepts of the Dragon Knights: the ultimate duty to master the transformation into a dragon and the submission to authority.

Two centuries later, in 330 YSD, Salienor was the Commander of the Hidden House founded by Sar Badon. Like most of the Dragon Knights, she abandoned her retreat in order to come to the aid of the Alliance against the demonic invasion of the First Eclipse.

Salienor died in combat and the sword was lost. Later found by common men, the sword passed from end to end and was wielded by the greatest warriors of the various races populating Ashan. The sacred sword became known as the Dragon Flame Tongue, a nickname she still bears to this day.

这把剑的故事和一个叫做诡诈的托拜厄斯的人类盗贼的一生息息相关。托拜厄斯的母亲死于难产，而托拜厄斯出生时只有一只眼睛可以看见。目击了婴儿出生的一位艾尔拉思的牧师称这个孩子是不洁的，这种畸形是鄂加斯的印记。被挚爱之死的痛苦和男孩怪物般的外表所打击而疯掉的父亲，将男孩带到附近森林的黑暗角落打算杀掉他。正当他动手的时候，一支箭射中了他的背部，并杀掉了他。这支箭是一个偷猎者射出的，当时他实际上是射向一只鹿的，真是幸运的孩子。

故事并没有完结，偷猎者将这个男孩当做自己的孩子养大，托拜厄斯成为了一个技巧高超的盗贼。尽管他驼背，而且眼睛有残疾，但是托拜厄斯从未被抓住过。时间推移，他变得越来越肆无忌惮。他开始崇拜混乱之龙，因为他相信他的好运是鄂加斯的馈赠。

当他年老死后，他转生为谢尔戈的一个夜魔。当他遇到鄂加斯的战士，高阶恶魔内比罗斯的那天，他的运气就此用尽。内比罗斯肢解了托拜厄斯，只留下他的一只眼睛，将这只鲜活并且鲜血直流的眼睛放进一把剑中。这把“混沌之锋”可以赐予其使用者好运。

The story of this blade is linked to the life of a Human thief known as Tobias the Trickster. Tobias`s mother died in labour, and Tobias was born a hunchback with only one working eye. The priest of Elrath who witnessed the birth called the child unholy, saying these deformities could only be the mark of Urgash. Mad from the pain caused by the death of his beloved and scared by the boy`s monstrous appearance, his father took the child to the darkestPart of the nearby forest to kill him. As he was about to strike with his knife, an arrow pierced his back, killing him cold. The arrow had been shot by a poacher which had been hunting a stag. What a stroke of luck!

And it didn`t end there. The poacher raised him as his son, and Tobias became a skilled thief. Despite his stooped, crooked demeanour drawing the eye, somehow Tobias never got caught. As time went by, he became more and more reckless. He started worshipping the Dragon of Chaos, believing his luck was a gift from Urgash himself.

After his death from old age, he was reborn in Sheogh as an Incubus. His luck ran dry the day he disputed the title of Champion of Urgash with the Arch-Demon Nebiros. Nebiros dismembered Tobias, keeping only his eye, still alive and bleeding, to put on a sword. This “edge of chaos” would make its bearer lucky indeed.

在生性自由的狮鹫公爵伊斯特凡死前不久，他开始变得越发的反抗天使们。当他们给他一把宝剑——启示之刃，或者又被叫做狮鹫之剑，他将其挂在战利品墙上，并拒绝再次触碰这把剑。取而代之，他命其领内最优秀的铁匠铸造一把新剑。精铁之羽就是狮鹫公国二元性的最佳代表。这把剑的剑刃在天空之龙伊拉斯的圣地铸造而成，但其剑柄却以光明之龙艾尔拉思之名制作。其结果就是一把造型巨大却无比轻盈的宝剑。在宝剑铸成后不久，伊斯特凡就被谋杀了，他也因此没有机会在战场上挥舞这把宝剑。由于其继承者更加遵循帝国的权威，他们更偏好使用狮鹫之剑，精铁之羽则被赐给家族的次子。尽管这把剑兢兢业业服侍帝国长达数个世纪，但是其仍然被看作是狮鹫家族叛逆的标志。

Shortly before his death, the free-spirited Duke Ishtvan of Griffin became increasingly defiant towards the Angels.

When they offered him a sword – the Blade of Revelation, more commonly known as the Sword of the Griffin – he hung it on his trophy wall and refused to touch it again. Instead, he asked the best blacksmiths of the Duchy to fashion him a new sword. The Iron Feather is the very symbol of the duality of the Griffin Duchy. The blade itself was forged in a shrine dedicated to Ylath, the Dragon-God of Air, while the hilt was crafted in the name of Elrath, the Dragon of Light. The result is an incredibly light sword despite its impressive size. Ishtvan never wielded the sword in battle as he was murdered shortly after it was completed. Since his heirs were more respectful of imperial authority and preferred to use the Sword of the Griffin, Iron Feather was given instead to the cadet children of the family. Even if the blade has served the Empire without fault through the centuries, it remains a symbol of Griffin defiance.

七龙纪330年，为了应对恶魔的入侵，兽人被制造出来。之后，尽管他们提供了诸多帮助，兽人仍然是法师们的奴隶。到了七龙纪467年，兽人们决定反抗。在萨希布迪亚，伟大的酋长玛剌刹开始了起义。玛剌刹宣布从此以后，兽人与龙神们脱离关系，他们不会崇拜任何龙神，也不会服侍任何龙神。

玛剌刹领导了一队反抗军深入巫师研究所，在里面发现了关在监狱中的生物，一些在兽人实验中失败的残次品，被法师们用于更加残酷的实验。被这个发现所激怒，玛剌刹释放了他的“兄弟们”，并带领他们冲进城市，将起义推向一个新的高潮。这个恐怖的夜晚至今仍然萦绕在法师们的心头，萨希布迪亚也因此得到了一个昵称——“魔法不眠之城”。

到天亮的时候，法师师们和他们精锐的法师之刃最终重新夺回了城市的控制权，并镇压了起义。玛剌刹也战死了，死前手中仍然紧紧握着自己沾满鲜血的大砍刀。但是他的死并没有白费，许多兽人逃向荒野，随后起义传遍七城。数年以后，玛剌刹之子——库恩雅克继承了其父夺取自由的战斗。

The Orcs were created in 330 YSD to fight the demon invasion. Yet, despite their help, they were enslaved by the Wizards. In 467 YSD, the Orcs decided they had had enough. In Shahibdiya, the great chieftain Malathua started the revolt.

Malathua declared that henceforth, the orcs would have nothing to do with the dragons. They would neither worship nor serve.

Malathua led a group of rebels inside the Wizards` laboratories, and found cells containing aberrations – failed specimens still being used for cruel experiments by the Wizards. Enraged by the discovery, Malathua freed his “brothers” and unleashed them in the city, adding a whole new degree of horror to the revolt. This terrible night still haunts the Wizards, earning Shahibdiya her nickname – “the city where magic never sleeps”.

By dawn, The Wizards and their elite Mageswords had regained control of the city and exterminated the insurgents. Malathua himself died, still grasping his bloody cleaver in his hand. But his death wasn`t in vain – many Orcs escaped to the wilderness, and soon the revolt would spread to the rest of the Seven Cities. Years later, Malathua`s son, Kunyak, would continue the fight for freedom.

在神话时代结束之时，水之龙莎拉萨和她的兄弟姐妹们一起，离开了亚山的物质世界。为了抛弃她的物理形态，莎拉萨利用神圣之水重组了自己的身体，从而转化为元素形态。莎拉萨的元素之水渗透进亚山世界被毁灭的地表，形成了一个神圣的湖泊，直至今日，其两岸仍然生长着茂密的树木和盛开的鲜花。这一事件，被称作“伟大的流出”，并由此诞生出了娜迦们的一个延续至今的传统习俗。

这个池塘一直被守护着，并被作为娜迦们的圣地，来自各个群岛的工匠们汇聚到这里以荣耀莎拉萨最后的神迹。许多无价的珍宝被献祭到这神圣的湖水之中。但是，仍有一件预订要奉献给莎拉萨的珍宝一直没有被奉献，并因此成就了许多传说。在湖岸边被铸造，传奇的太刀需要六代武器大师将其知识和技巧结合起来，才能诞生出值得献给莎拉萨的宝刀。

到了七龙纪130年，完美太刀最终由大师泰石完成。被欲望和骄傲所驱使，这位大师不愿将宝刀沉寂于深邃的湖水之中，于是他带着这一杰作逃走了。超过四百年来，神圣之湖的守护者们仍然在寻找这把宝刀，而莎拉萨也一直在等待着。

At the end of the Mythic Age, Shalassa, Dragon of Water, left the material realm of Ashan as did her brothers and sisters. In abandoning her physical form, Shalassa performed an elemental mutation and shed the sacred water that made up her body. The Elemental Water of Shalassa cut into the devastated lands of Ashan and created a sacred lake whose shores sprouted full-grown trees and blossoming flowers on the dawn of the following day. This event, known under the name of the Great Shedding, gave birth to a traditional ritual still performed today by the Nagas.

The pond has been protected and consecrated by the Naga as a sacred place of retreat where the greatest artisans of their archipelago come to honour the last work of Shalassa. Objects of priceless value have been deposited in the sacred waters as sacrifices. But there was an object destined to Shalassa that was never offered as it should have been, and has become the subject of many a tale. Forged on the banks of the lake, the legendary Silksword required the craftsmanship of six generations of Weapons Masters who pooled all their knowledge and skill to give birth to a blade worthy of Shalassa.

In YSD 130, the Perfect Silksword was finished by the Master Taishi. Eaten by desire and pride, the master could not bring himself to deliver it up to the forgetful depths of the lake and fled with the masterwork. More than four hundred years later, the guardians of the sacred lake are still searching for it, and Shalassa still waits for her sacrifice.

星野部族得名于其传奇般的缔造者，星野大名。当他的儿子出生的第三天后，婴儿染上了重病。男孩的情况越来越糟，莎拉萨的女祭司告诉大名，他的儿子活不过当晚了。只剩下一个希望，就是在清晨到来之前，将孩子带往涧灵们的岛屿。而实现这一目标的唯一方法，就是驾驭帝国最迅捷的生灵，传奇般的麒麟。

大名知道自己将要付出的代价：所有驾驭麒麟之人都将死亡。但是大名没有任何犹豫。将孩子抱在怀中，大名接受了这个挑战。随后，麒麟带着大名横跨阻碍他与涧灵之岛之间的大海。

当日出的第一缕阳光洒向海面时，大名将其孩子呈现到涧灵之前。在涧灵高超的技艺之下，孩子被从死亡的深渊中救回。之后，当大名最后的日子即将过去的时候，他将自己的孩子抱在胸口，以记住他们在一起的最后的时刻。当太阳落下海面，大名走向麒麟，并随后溶解于水中。只有他的宝刀流传下来，以纪念其英勇无私的举动。使用这把刀会带来无比的荣耀，只有在危难来临的时候，人们才会拿起这把宝刀。

The Hoshino clan is named after its legendary founder, Daimyo Hoshino. On the third day after the birth of his son, the newborn grew ill. As the boy`s condition grew worse, the Priestesses of Shalassa told the Daimyo his son would not survive the night. Only one hope remained: to take the child to the island of the Spring Spirits before dawn broke. The only way this would be possible was if the fabled Kirin, the fastest creature in the Empire, was called upon.

The Daimyo knew the price: whoever rode the Kirin had to die. Still, the Daimyo didn`t hesitate. With the newborn strapped to his chest, Hoshino accepted the deal. In a matter of hours, the creature crossed the seas that separated the Daimyo from the Island of Spring.

As the first of the sun`s rays grazed the seas, Hoshino laid his son before the Spring Spirits. With great skill the Spirits brought the Daimyo`s son back from the cusp of death. Afterwards, as the Daimyo`s last day passed, he held the child against his heart in order to savor their last moments together. When the sun finally dipped beneath the waves, the Daimyo presented himself to the Kirin, and was instantly dissolved into water. Only his silksword remained, tempered by this great act of courage and selflessness. It is considered a great honor to use the blade, though it is called upon only in times of great trouble.

在亚山世界的历史上，有许多被称作饮魂者的武器，它们所有的都是死亡和毁灭的黑暗预兆。在一个不断转世重生的世界里，可以永远将一个灵魂困在冰冷的金属中的武器就是一个恶毒的诅咒。这把混乱本质的武器，由一位在战斗中被杀的大恶魔的镰刀铸造而成，当这位恐怖的鄂加斯的勇士带着军队回归的时候，这把武器再度出现。

这把武器拥有困住任何灵魂的能力，甚至是恶魔的灵魂。它随后成为了雄心勃勃的恶魔领主们的奖励，或者说，他们的末日，因为总有人用它来杀死之前的主人。幸运的是，在谢尔戈这个地方，没有什么是永恒的，一切都不可以预测。不过，尽管被束缚的灵魂最终会得到释放，但是其主人会转身成为最低级的小魔怪。之后，就连恶魔们自己也觉得这把武器太过危险。只有侍奉于痛苦魔王的受虐狂恶魔们仍然使用这把双面的武器。

There have been several blades to bear the name Souldrinker during the history of Ashan – all of them are considered dark omens of death and destruction. In a world where reincarnation is a reality, the promise of a soul trapped forever in the cold steel of a blade is a terrible curse indeed.

This particular blade, chaotic in nature, was created from the scythe of an Arch Demon killed in battle, back when these terrible champions of Urgash led his armies. The blade has the power to capture any soul, even a demon`s. It became a prize for ambitious demon lords, and more often than not, their doom, as someone would always find a way to use the power of the blade against its wielder. Fortunately its effect wasn`t permanent in Sheogh, where nothing is predictable. Eventually the soul would be released – reborn as a lowly imp. After a while, the demons themselves became scared of the blade and found it far too dangerous. Only the masochistic demons serving the Overlord of Pain continue to use this double-edged sword.

在远古时代末期，艾尔拉思的天使们遇到了危急的困境：由于其低下的出生率和常年同恶魔之间勇敢却损失惨重的战争，他们的数量多年来持续下降。他们面临着自己种族的末日，同样也是他们的父亲——艾尔拉思的信仰的终结。

天使长莎拉在亚山世界不断寻找的过程中，得知漫步在大地上的人类部落一直在等待他们的主神——天空之龙伊拉斯的启示。由于萨-艾朗升华成第七之龙，人类的信仰受到极大的冲击使得他们逐渐丧失信仰。在这些分崩离析、理想破灭的人当中，莎拉发现了年幼的布莱恩，居住在猎鹰林地的部落的继承者。这些部落文明开化却极度缺乏规矩，充满了勇气和个性。天使们帮助布莱恩将人类统一为一个崇拜艾尔拉思的国家。莎拉之后要求天使们最优秀的武器大师铸造一系列华美的宝剑，每一个都代表着艾尔拉思的一项美德，这些剑被赐予新王国的领袖们：皇帝和其手下的六位大公。启示之刃被赐予充满自由精神的狮鹫部落，以使他们以崇高的无畏和勇气响应帝国的号召。

At the end of the Ancient Age, the Angels of Elrath were in a dire predicament: their numbers had been declining for centuries because of their courageous but often deadly exploits during the wars with the demons and their low rate of reproduction. They were facing the end of their race, and consequently, an end to the worship of their Father, Elrath.

The Archangel Sarah searched the broken peoples of Ashan and learned of Human clans that roamed the land waiting for a sign from their patron, Ylath the Dragon-God of Air. Lost in the religious upheaval that had followed Sar-Elam`s ascension to Dragonhood, it was among these scattered and disillusioned peoples that Sarah found the young boy Brian, heir to a clan dwelling in the woodlands of Falcon. These clans were civilized but extremely unruly, full of character and courage. The Angels helped Brian unite them into a single nation dedicated to Elrath. Sarah then asked the Angel`s greatest Weapon Smiths to forge a set of beautiful swords. Each of the seven swords would represent a virtue of Elrath, and be offered to the leaders of the new nation: the Emperor himself and his six Dukes. The Blade of Revelation was given to the free spirited clan of Griffins in an effort to channel their audacity and courage to a higher calling.

在远古时代末期，艾尔拉思的天使们遇到了危急的困境：由于其低下的出生率和常年同恶魔之间勇敢却损失惨重的战争，他们的数量多年来持续下降。他们面临着自己种族的末日，同样也是他们的父亲——艾尔拉思的信仰的终结。

大天使莎拉在亚山世界不断寻找的过程中，得知漫步在大地上的人类部落一直在等待他们的主神——天空之龙伊拉斯的启示。由于萨-艾朗升华成第七之龙，人类的信仰受到极大的冲击使得他们逐渐丧失信仰。在这些分崩离析、理想破灭的人当中，莎拉发现了年幼的布莱恩，居住在猎鹰林地的部落的继承者。这些部落文明开化却极度缺乏规矩，充满了勇气和个性。天使们帮助布莱恩将人类统一为一个崇拜艾尔拉思的国家。莎拉之后要求天使们最优秀的武器大师铸造一系列华美的宝剑，每一个都代表着艾尔拉思的一项美德，这些剑被赐予新王国的领袖们：皇帝和其手下的六位大公。几百年来，正义之刃一直被恶狼公国的大公挥舞。莎拉将恶狼公国长久以来所崇拜的守护动物所具有的群体狩猎精神转变为艾尔拉思的正义精神。从此以后，冷酷的恶狼们既是赏金猎人，也是帝国正义的执行者。

At the end of the Ancient Age, the Angels of Elrath were in a dire predicament: their numbers had been declining for centuries because of their courageous but often deadly exploits during the wars with the demons and their low rate of reproduction. They were facing the end of their race, and consequently, an end to the worship of their Father, Elrath.

The Archangel Sarah searched the broken peoples of Ashan and learned of Human clans that roamed the land waiting for a sign from their patron, Ylath the Dragon-God of Air. Lost in the religious upheaval that had followed Sar-Elam`s ascension to Dragonhood, it was among these scattered and disillusioned peoples that Sarah found the young boy Brian, heir to a clan dwelling in the woodlands of Falcon. These clans were civilized but extremely unruly, full of character and courage. The Angels helped Brian unite them into a single nation dedicated to Elrath. Sarah then asked the Angel`s greatest Weapon Smiths to forge a set of beautiful swords. Each of the seven swords would represent a virtue of Elrath, and be offered to the leaders of the new nation: the Emperor himself and his six Dukes. The Blade of Justice has been wielded by the Dukes of the Wolf Duchy for hundreds of years. Sarah was able to transform the pack and hunting values originally associated with their totem animal and elevate them to the Elrathian value of Justice. The ruthless Wolf are both bounty-hunters and executioners of the Emperor`s justice.

在野蛮的帕欧岛上，有着许多危险的生物。其中最危险的莫过于闪电飞龙，北方草原上的双足飞龙的近亲。虽然它们看不见，但是却危险而狡诈，这些残暴的闪电飞龙造成的恐惧甚至大于危险的兽人部落。在七龙纪641年，岛上的闪电飞龙数量多到对沿岸的自由都市造成了极大的威胁。此时，来自风暴崖的韦斯特伯一家来到岛上开始狩猎这些危险的生物。尽管韦斯特伯家四代人不断的努力，这些生物仍然是一个巨大的威胁。

随后，由于在钓鱼时出现的一场不幸的事故，哈迪-韦斯特伯成为了家族中最后一位成员。但当其逐渐年老，岛上的闪电飞龙仍然多的要死，于是哈迪决定挑选那些刚来到这个岛上的年青兽人，教会他们狩猎的技巧。结果大大出乎他的意料，岛上的闪电飞龙几近绝种，残存着不是逃亡遥远的岛屿，就是干脆飞向北方。帕欧岛上的最后一只闪电飞龙是由韦斯特伯亲自杀掉的，但是在那场战斗中，他也受到了致命的伤害。

帕欧岛上所有的兽人和战士们一起为他举办了一场隆重的葬礼。那些他所训练的兽人，日后被称作韦斯特伯部落，他们继承了其导师无畏的猎杀怪兽的技巧，并将其所杀的最后一只闪电飞龙的颌骨做成了这把武器。

Many dangerous creatures can be found in the savage Pao Islands. Arguably the most dangerous is the monstrous Pao Kai, a cousin to the Wyvern of the northern steppes. Blind but displaying a fierce and vicious cunning, the merciless Pao Kai is feared by even the toughest Orc tribes. In 461 YSD, the population of Pao Kais in the islands was becoming a real threat for the coastal Free Cities. That`s when the Whistlebone family arrived from Stormcliff and proposed to hunt and exterminate the creatures. But the monsters remained a threat, despite the efforts of four generations of Whistlebones.

When Hardy Whistlebone, the last of the Whistlebone line due to an unfortunate fishing accident involving his tackle, was growing old and the Pao Kais were still too numerous, he had the idea of selecting young Orcs, newly arrived in the islands, and training them in the art of the hunt. The results wildly exceeded his expectations. At last the Pao Kais were nearly extinct, the surviving ones either hiding in remote islands or fleeing to the north. The last Pao Kai seen in the Pao Islands was slain by Whistlebone himself, who received a fatal wound during the battle.

A great ceremony was held in his honor by the Orcs and warriors from all over the Pao Islands. The Orcs he had trained became known as the Whistlebone tribe, and carried the legacy of their mentor by fearlessly hunting monsters, wielding the sword created with the jaw of the last Pao Kai he killed.

由于一直被看做是失败的试验品，地精们通常被认为是次等、弱化的生物。实际上，他们被如此的轻视，以至于当他们被创造出来后，那个实验室的法师们决定就地毁灭他们。其中一个古老的法师萨利姆-席度，由于有残疾而一直被人欺负，出于同情便允许一些地精逃走。这些最初的地精的逃亡之旅，就成为其自身神话的开端，被后来的地精称作“席度的朝圣之旅”。

巴图就是那趟传奇旅行的少数幸存者之一。巴图之于地精的意义，就相当于库恩雅克之于兽人一样。在其死后，巴图变成了岛屿地精的守护精灵，一些圣物被他的信徒们雕刻成他的样子。这件物品即使希望的标志，也时刻提醒着地精和兽人们随时守护着由他们的鲜血换来的自由。

Failed experiments or an aberration, Goblins have always been considered as lesser, degenerate creatures destined for obscurity. In fact, they were viewed with such disdain that they were destroyed by the Wizards who ran the labs within which they were created. One ancient mage named Salim-Sedul, who had a soft spot for the crippled and the underdogs in life, allowed a handful of them to escape. The journey of this first group of goblins is a fundamental part of their own mythology, and is known to the Goblins as “Sedul`s Pilgrimage”.

Batu was actually one of the few surviving Goblins that were part of this legendary odyssey. What Kunyak is to the Orcs, Batu is to the Goblins. After his death, Batu became a protector spirit for the Goblins of the islands, and a short staff was carved in his crude image by his most gifted disciples. It is both a powerful symbol of hope and a reminder that the Goblins and the Orcs are always ready to fight to keep the freedom they so dearly paid for.

在远古时期，天使对无面者发动了被称作长老战争的无情圣战。这场战争毁坏了亚山世界的地表。一位天使，赛菲尔以参与了无数的战斗而闻名。他杰出的声音远远超出一般水平，他的歌曲激励战士的心，抚慰死去的灵魂。像许多天使一样，赛菲尔逐渐沉醉于杀戮带来的快感。开始的时候，他的声音还是治疗的工具，但是随后，他的声音越发的低沉，充满了破坏的共鸣。城墙和盔甲在其歌声中破碎。最终，赛菲尔的歌声击碎了他自己的心脏，将其带向死亡。

他的声音在他死后并未消散，变化成了徘徊在远古战斗之处的灵魂。这悦耳的灵魂最终在数个世纪后吸引了一些来到此处的寂静姐妹会的注意，只有她们有能力理解并安抚这悲伤地灵魂，将其同现在被称作悲伤之歌的法杖连接在一起。

During the Ancient Age, the Elder Wars saw the Angels launch a merciless crusade against the Faceless. The war devastated the surface of Ashan. One Angel, Sephiel, glorified his name over the course of numerous battles. His exceptional voice carried far beyond the horizon. His songs galvanized the hearts of warriors and soothed the souls of the dying. Like many of the Angels, Sephiel grew addicted to the murderous euphoria of the crusades. At the start, his voice was an instrument of healing. As the years went by, it became lower, and its resonance an awesome instrument of destruction. Walls and armor shattered at the sound of his voice. Sephiel died during a battle when his voice pulverized his own heart.

His voice survived his death and journeyed, for a while, in the form of a wandering spirit that haunted the sites of ancient battles.

The melodious spirit attracted the attention of the Silent Sisters centuries later. Only they were able to approach and appease it, binding it to the staff now known as the Heartrending Song.

世人畏惧的夺魂者之杖一直被看做是亡灵巫师们最美的作品。杖身是由影铁铸造的，杖头则由传说中能够跨越物质界和灵界的黑色雄鹿的鹿角雕刻而成。根据传说，这把杖是由最初的吸血鬼制作的。他曾经爱上了一个女人，并在她死后多年仍然不能忘怀。甚至数南塔茹之毒也不能使他忘却逝去的爱恋。每一晚，她的灵魂都萦绕在他的心头，但是他又不能放逐或是控制这灵魂，因为这一切都源自他的内心。

为了能够再见她一面，吸血鬼铸造了这把法杖，用此回到她死之前的过去。他不能触碰她，只能默默地看着，世间没有苦难可以与此相比，但是这对他来说已经足够了。随着时间的流逝，吸血鬼在过去呆的时间越来越长，以至于他忘记了吸血，娜姆塔茹的毒液开始腐蚀他的身体。虽然他的身体消亡了，但是其灵魂注入了法杖之中，直至今日，依然在哀悼往昔的时光。

Feared by most, the Soulreaver staff is considered an object of extreme beauty by the Necromancers. The pole is made of Shadowsteel, while the head is carved in the antlers of an elusive Onyx Stag, a creature believed to live both in the material and the spirit world. According to legend, the creator of this staff was one of the first Vampires. He once loved a woman so much that he was unable to forget her long after she`d died. Not even the Namtaru venom could make him forget his lost love.

Every night her ghost would haunt him, but it was not a ghost he could banish or hope to control, for she existed only in his mind.

Desperate to see her again, the Vampire created the staff to travel back in time to before her death. He could not touch her, but he could see her, and as painful as it was, it was enough for him. As time went by, the Vampire spent more and more time lost in the past, and since he had stopped drinking blood, the Namtaru venom started to dissolve him from the inside. As his body was destroyed, the soul of the Vampire was drawn into the staff, where it remains to this day, mourning days long gone.

这件远古的法杖早于亚山世界的大多数文明，据说是由一个在天使和无面者之间的残酷圣战——长老战争之时被毁灭的文明衫提瑞所铸造。

许多巫师和学者都试图理解这把法杖所代表的意义，当然，通常是在他们没有不断争斗以抢夺这把法杖的时候。大多数人都同意杖头的六条蛇代表六位元素之龙，但是关于他们最终所衔的四枚水晶的意义，则仍然争论不断。流行的理论认为杖尾的两条蛇代表亚莎和鄂加斯，但是他们之间的水晶仍然是个谜。有些人认为这代表着亚山世界自身的平衡，即秩序无法脱离混乱而单独存在。

This ancient Staff predates most of the civilizations of Ashan – it is believed to have been created by the Shantiri, whose culture was destroyed duyring the Elder Wars, collateral victim of the destructive powers unleashed by the Angels and the Faceless in their merciless war.

When not fighting to acquire it for its magic-empowering capabilities, many wizards and scholars try to understand what this Staff represents. Most of them agree the six snakes on top obviously represent the six Dragon-Gods. As for the four crystals they hold in their mouths, the debate still rages. A popular theory claims each crystal is for a season. The two snakes located on the lowerPart of the staff could be Asha and Urgash. The crystal they hold together is a mystery – some have argued it represents the balance of Ashan itself, and that Order cannot exist without Chaos.

神话时代末期，亚莎被其兄弟鄂加斯的梦魇所伤，需要她的孩子帮助治疗。唯一能够安抚她的，只有黑暗之龙马拉萨。这之间的经过仍然是个秘密，仅为人知的，是这一切发生在娜迦群岛的一个荒芜的岛屿的深处。当莎拉萨带来神圣之水以清洁净化亚莎的躯体时，马拉萨将梦魇从其母亲的身体中吸出。这些梦魇，作为亚莎痛苦的倒影，形成了单独的个体——娜姆塔茹蛛母。

处于对黑暗的污浊的警觉，水之龙莎拉萨创造了一个石棺来容纳这变异体。这石棺后来成为了娜迦的神殿，以防止这些生物继续生长。莎拉萨点化了一把法杖以净化这从石窟中渗透出来的梦魇的影响，这把杖就是净化之杖。

At the end of the Mythic Age, Asha, wounded and cursed with nightmares by her brother Urgash, needed help from her children in order to heal. The only one among them able to soothe her was Malassa, the Dragon of Darkness. The encounter was kept secret, and took place deep within a deserted island amongst the Naga archipelago. While Shalassa brought her sacred waters forth to cleanse and purify Asha, Malassa drained the nightmares from her mother. These nightmares, a reflection of Asha`s agony, became a separate entity, the Mother of the Namtarus.

Alerted by the darkness of this stain, Shalassa, the Dragon of Water, created a sarcophagus in order to contain its blight. This sarcophagus became a Naga temple where, in order to keep the creature from growing, Shalassa inspired the creation of a staff that would regularly purify the nightmarish aura that seeps from the grotto: the Staff of Cleansing.

这把法杖是由著名的尸巫桑德罗在蜘蛛教派成立之初所造。桑德罗不仅仅是一个高超的施法者，同时也是天才的工匠和炼金术士。所有这些技能结合起来，成就了这把亡灵巫师中最令人恐惧的武器。这把法杖增强了山德鲁自身无比强大的亡灵巫术，使其成为世间最强大的亡灵巫师。

尽管作为贝尔克斯最初的追随者，桑德罗仍然有自身的野心，并打算造成教派的分裂。当桑德罗的秘密计划被拆穿的时候，为了避免对新生教派的稳定造成威胁，贝尔克斯决定将其从自身的阶层中驱除出去，但是他们未能剥夺他的法杖。

山德鲁的法杖如今仍然被亡灵巫师们使用，虽然他们当中没有人可以像其创造者一样有效地发挥法杖的能力。至于山德鲁自身，在被放逐之后，便从世间消失，直至今日仍未出现。

This staff was created by the famous Lich, Sandro, during the first years of the Spider Cult. Sandro was not only a skilled spellcaster but also a talented craftsman and alchemist. All these skills were put to good use to create his own staff, one of the most terrible weapons at the Necromancer`s disposal. This staff was meant to increase Sandro`s already considerable necromantic abilities, making him effectively the most powerful Necromancer in existence.

Despite having been one of the first followers of Belketh, Sandro had his own ambitions, and created a separate current of thought in the Cult. When it became clear that Sandro`s scheming was endangering the stability of the newly-founded religion, Belketh decided to expel the Lich from their ranks, but not before stripping him of his staff.

Sandro`s creation is still used by the Necromancers to this day, but none of them have managed to exploit its powers as efficiently as its creator once did. As for Sandro himself, following his banishment, he departed for parts unknown, and has not reappeared... yet.

萨-艾格瑞斯是萨-艾朗的七位信徒之一。与其他信徒一起，萨-艾格瑞斯创建了七城联盟，并在其余生一直作为这最初的魔法学院的环首。作为一个谨慎的人，萨-艾格瑞斯也是一个强大的法师，虽然他可能没有萨-伊苏斯或萨-沙扎出名，但是他仍然被人看作是一位严厉的好老师。

萨-艾格瑞斯的法杖由独角兽的角雕刻而成，并点缀有焰金的纹饰。这把法杖被看作是古老而强大的神器。法杖上雕刻着他的印记——睿智之眼，之后则成为了学院的标志，被亚山世界的法师们所采用。这个点缀于代表着永恒生命的十字架上的眼形标记，即代表寻求知识，也代表法师们应当追寻萨-艾朗的足迹，升腾成为更高阶的存在。

Sar-Aggreth was one of the seven Disciples of Sar-Elam. Along with the other disciples, Sar-Aggreth founded the first of the Seven Cities, and for the rest of his long life he became the Headmaster of the very first Academy of Magic. A discreet man, Sar-Aggreth was nonetheless a powerful Wizard. Though he may not not be as famous as Sar-Issus or Sar-Shazzar, he is remembered as a good, if somewhat strict, teacher.

Carved in Unicorn ivory and decorated with refined flamegold motifs, Sar-Aggreth`s staff is assuredly an old and powerful artifact. It sports the wizard`s sigil, the Eye of Sapience. This symbol was later associated with the Academy itself, and is now used by Wizards all over Ashan. The seeking eye enclosed in the cross of eternal life is both a symbol of the search for knowledge and the drive of wizards to follow in Sar-Elam`s footsteps to ascend to a higher state of being.

同亚莎一样，所有的龙神都有不同的形态，莎拉萨也不例外，她既是慈祥的大海，生命之源，也是带来毁灭的巨浪。莎拉萨的第二种形态——毁舟者，是娜迦帝国的异端，禁止被崇拜的信仰。

但是，仍然会有一些珍珠巫女听从来自深海的毁舟者的呼唤，并成为其仆从。当这些异端被发现，这些背教的巫女们会被流放出娜迦的土地。她们随后被称作美杜莎，生活在遥远岛屿的沉没废墟上的危险生物。

虽然美杜莎大多喜欢隐居，但是仍然有一些加入了海盗团伙，或是组成小型的毁舟者教派。她们可以将力量结合起来，召唤巨大的海啸和暴风摧毁商船甚至是小的岸边村庄。潮汐之杖曾经属于一位教派的首席女祭司。著名的赏金猎人滨户曾受命寻找并摧毁这个教派，并处决了美杜莎的领袖，而这柄法杖就和她的头颅一起，作为这次事件的纪念品。

As Asha herself, all the Dragon-Gods have several aspects. Shalassa is no exception: she can be the benevolent sea, the source of life… but she can also be the furious waves of destruction. This second aspect of Shalassa, the Wrecker, is considered to be a heresy in the Naga Empire and its worship is thereby forbidden.

However, it happens that some Pearl Priestesses hear the dark call of the Wrecker coming from the depths of the ocean and are tempted to become its servant. When their heresy is discovered, those renegade Pearl Priestesses are banished from the Naga lands. They become known as Medusae, dangerous creatures living in remote islands and sunken ruins.

While Medusae are known to be solitary, they occasionally join pirate crews, or unite to form small sects dedicated to the Wrecker.

They can then join their powers to summon tsunamis and tempests to destroy merchant ships and even small coastal villages. The Staff of the Tides once belonged to the headmistress of such a cult. The famous bounty-hunter Hamato was hired to find and destroy the cult and beheaded the Medusa leader, claiming the staff as a trophy along with her head.

七龙纪62年，萨-艾朗的弟子萨-安拓建立了盲眼兄弟会，一个由守密者、先知和预言师组成的教派。一个半世纪以后，盲眼兄弟会的一个教团展开了一场前往太息的朝圣之旅，那里据传是神话时代的黎明到来之时，亚莎用其神秘的龙息修补大陆的地方。这些人为了同一个目的，寻找并守护亚莎之泪，他们因此而团结起来，并创造了一柄强大的法杖，其名为遗忘。这件神器，仿照沙漏的造型，可以将其朝圣之旅隐藏起来，不让敌人发现。

不幸的是，这件神器有一个瑕疵，一群来自七城联邦的贪婪法师听闻了他们朝圣之旅的信息，并发现了他们的踪迹。被获取强大的亚莎之泪的欲望所驱使，这些法师折磨并杀死了朝圣者，以试图获取关于无价之宝的线索，只有一位朝圣者幸存下来。作为这件不完美的物品的守护者，他将沙漏中的沙子换成了他死去兄弟们的骨灰，从而将其变得更加强大。殉道者的骨灰赋予其使用者“忘却”的力量，可以影响时间和记忆。呈有“遗忘者”精华的沙漏可以生成一个看不见得护盾，使其持有者免受一切外敌的入侵，一切预言和占卜都无法穿透这个护盾。

The Blind Brothers, an order of lorekeepers, seers and augurs, were founded by Sar-Antor, disciple of Sar-Elam in 62 YSD. A century and a half later, a congregation of Blind Brothers led a pilgrimage along the path of Sighing, the expanse where Asha replenished the land with her magical breath at the dawn of the Mythic Age. United by the same hope of finding and protecting the Tears of Asha, scattered along the path, the congregation created a powerful staff called Oblivion. This artifact, resembling an hourglass, was capable of masking their pilgrimage from the eyes of their enemies.

Sadly, the artifact had a flaw, and greedy wizards from the Seven Cities got wind of their pilgrimage and found their tracks. Blinded by the desire to acquire the powerful Tears of Asha, the mages tortured and killed the devout pilgrims in their thirst for clues to the precious treasures. Only one of the pilgrims survived. Final guardian of the imperfect magic item, he replaced the sand in the hourglass with ashes from a funeral pyre of his massacred brothers, making it much more powerful. The aura cast through the martyred cinders gives the holder the power of “Forget”, affecting both time and memory. The hourglass that contains the ashes canalizes the essence of “those forgotten” and emanates an invisible barrier around the holder that prevents all intrusions.

Divinations and auguries slide harmlessly off of the surface of this invisible shield.

帕欧岛上的兽人们一直诉说着一个强大的精魂，他们称它为雷鸟，天父的化身。据他们所说，雷鸟只在永远被风暴所环绕的孤崖上筑巢。

作为其使命的一部分，女萨满瓦提里曾经寻找这传奇般的鸟儿的巢穴。她手无寸铁、撑着小船冲进无尽的风暴之中，并发现了传说中的孤崖。花了三天的时间，她最终登上顶峰，并发现威严的雷鸟就在那里。被陌生人的出现所激怒的雷鸟挥舞着巨大的翅膀，召唤强大的闪电风暴。瓦提里将手中的船桨竖在地上，闭上眼睛，开始向地母祈祷。

雷鸟尖叫着、怒吼着、咆哮着，但是它释放的所有闪电都被船桨所吸收。最终雷鸟试图用巨喙将兽人撕成碎片，但是它的攻击都被船桨所承受。当瓦提里再度睁开双眼，却发现自己已经什么也看不见了。这就是地母所要求的驯服雷鸟的代价。

Orcs of the Pao Islands speak of a powerful spirit they call the Thunderbird, an avatar of Father Sky. According to them, the Thunderbird dwells only on lonely stone peaks, eternally surrounded by stormclouds.

As part of her vision quest, the Shamaness Whaitiri once sought the nest of the legendary bird. Armed only with a paddle to navigate her small boat, she ventured into the neverending storm. She found the lonely rock peak and started to climb. After three days she reached the top. The Thunderbird was there, majestic, yet furious to have been disturbed. It flapped its great wings and the thunderstorm became twice as violent. Whaitiri planted her paddle in the rock, closed her eyes, and chanted a prayer to Mother Earth.

The bird shrieked, ranted and raved, but every bolt of lightning fell on the paddle, sparing the Shamaness. At last the Thunderbird plunged on the young Orc, intending to shred her to pieces with his mighty beak. He never managed to land a single blow, his pecks and slashes absorbed by the paddle. When Whaitiri opened her eyes, she discovered she could no longer see. Such was the price requested by Mother Earth for taming the Thunderbird.

七龙纪330年，正值第一次月蚀之时，恶魔将其传送门直接开在艾罗兰森林的中心。谢尔戈的恶魔领主们从这里入侵精灵的土地，烧毁了所有的树木和植被。血月之战带来的毁灭始终没有消失，于是精灵们向他们的邻居，格林汉姆的矮人们求援。但是即使是阿卡斯最强大的符文牧师也不能驯服这混沌之火。

亚山世界的人民，在兽人被及时地制造出来这一帮助下，赢得了胜利。之后，精灵们开始尝试治愈这片森林。但是，有一处荒地即使是茜莱纳的祝福也没有效果。周围的森林都已经重生，只有这里，一个完美的圆形，仍然在枯萎和燃烧，昭示着混乱之龙——鄂加斯的意志。德鲁伊们只能尽全力阻止腐败的扩散。直到一个德鲁伊最终理解了怎样才能将这片土地从这腐败中解放。

这位德鲁伊取来了万树之母伯莱世嘉的一支枝条，将其插在荒地的中央。之后，就像是毒液被从伤口中吸出，鄂加斯的腐蚀力量开始被这根枝条所吸收，枝条的外表出现了水泡，形状也逐渐扭曲。当德鲁伊的仪式最终完成的时候，荒地已经重新恢复了生机，但是这根枝条成了象征鄂加斯力量的法杖，一个咬着自己尾巴的龙的形状。之后，德鲁伊带着这根法杖离开森林，以保证其永远不会危害到艾罗兰，永远不会被发现。

In 330 YSD, during the First Eclipse, demon portals opened in the heart of the forests of Irollan. The Lords of Sheogh invaded the lands of the Elves, burning every tree, plant, and blade of grass. The devastation of the War of the Blood Moon was sickening. The Elves called their neighbours, the Dwarves of Grimheim, for help. But even the powerful Runepriests of Arkath couldn`t tame the chaotic fire.

After the people of Ashan claimed victory, thanks to the timely creation of the Orcs, the Elves tried to heal the forest. But there was one clearing where the blessings of Sylanna would have no effect. As the forest was reborn around it, this perfect circle remained scorched and burned, marked by the will of Urgash, the Dragon of Chaos. Only the efforts of the druids prevented this corruption from expanding further. One druid finally understood what to do to free the land from this taint.

The druid brought a single branch from Brythigga, the Mother of All Trees, and planted it in the middle of the clearing. Then like venom sucked out of a wound, the nefarious influence of Urgash started to retreat into the staff, blistering its wood and twisting its shape. When the druid`s ritual was over, the clearing was green again, while the staff had become a symbol of Urgash, the dragon eating its own tongue. The druid then took the staff and departed the forest to make sure its powers would not threaten Irollan, never to be seen again.

有句谚语说的好，“哪里有水，哪里就有娜迦，和海盗”。他们是无情的强盗，抢劫犯。有些人会争辩说蛮荒之海的海盗们建立了一种新的社会形式，那里所有的海盗都是平等的。海盗船员选举出自己的船长，让他们坐上海盗理事会的位置，利用投票表决各种决定。理事会由一个被推选出来的王来领导，这个人同时也是战时海盗舰队的最高指挥官。作为其职责的象征，海盗王被授予了一把剑，一把最初由落锤镇的血铁匠铸造的宝剑。当这把剑的上一任主人，船长拉玛，在和娜迦的战斗中被杀害之后，这把剑就遗失了，直到最近才重新出现。

A proverb says "Where there is water, there are Nagas, and pirates". While they are merciless brigands, guilty of pillaging, looting and plundering, some argue the pirates of the Savage Sea managed to create a new form of society, where all pirates are equals. Pirate crews elect their captains, who in turn sit at the Pirate Council, taking decisions through a vote. The Council is presided by an elected "King", who also acts as the supreme commander of the pirate fleets in times of war. As a proof of his function, the Pirate King inherits a sword, originally forged by the Bloodsmiths of Hammer Fall. The Sword of the Pirate King was thought lost when its last bearer, Captain Rahmah, was slain in battle by the Nagas, but it recently (and quite literally) resurfaced.

在萨·艾郎成为了第七之龙后，许多他的追随者都试图跟随着他的脚步，经历同样危险的旅程，穿越灵界，达到升华。但是没人成功。那些挺过这一磨难的，包括他的七位门徒，都从这一灵界之旅中获得了伟大的知识和智慧。但是，一位名叫泰巴的人，却在这场旅途中遭遇了暴毙。这位蛮干的学者认为成功的关键在于从虚空之中寻找捷径，以完全绕过灵界。但是，当他的灵魂试图穿过虚空的时候，被一阵寂静的哀号所扭曲，冻结于时空之外。同时，现实世界里，在他周围的见证人的注视之下，他的身体瞬间就被分解了。泰巴所剩下的部分只有他的头颅。没人记得是谁的主意，将这个头骨镶嵌到法杖之上，从而创造出被称为虚空法杖的神器，一把被认为是受到诅咒的法杖。据说从头骨的眼睛里能够看到虚空本身。

After Sar-Elam became the Seventh Dragon, many of his followers tried to follow in his footsteps and undergo the same perilous journey through the Spirit World, to achieve the same transcendence. None succeeded. Those who survived the ordeal, including his 7 disciples, however acquired great knowledge and wisdom during their spiritual quest. One initiate named Taybah, though, met a gruesome demise on the path of elevation. The foolhardy scholar believed the key to success was to skirt around the Spirit World altogether, taking a shortcut through the Void itself. But as his spirit crossed into the Void, Taybah`s spirit was twisted in a silent scream as it became frozen out of time and space. Simultaneously, in the physical world, his body decomposed in a matter of seconds, to the horror of the witnesses present around him. All that remained of Taybah was his skull. Nobody remembers who had the idea to mount the skull on a staff, creating the artifact now known as the Staff of the Netherworld, but it has always been thought to be cursed. It is said that looking in the skull`s eyes is like staring into the Void.

七龙纪330年，艾罗兰的森林正在遭受精灵和恶魔之间的多场战争的威胁。森林的很大一部分都被烧毁了，恶魔们在它们所路过的所有地方播洒混沌和毁灭。当血月之蚀达到顶点的时候，现代历史上最大规模的恶魔军队包围了精灵的秋都，至高殿·洛斯兰。为了将精灵们从要塞中赶出来，恶魔们放了一把大火，将周围的森林全部烧成灰烬。

当火势熄灭以后，恶魔们惶恐地发现至高殿·洛斯兰丝毫无损。在西莱纳的祝福之下，精灵们坚持了足够长的时间，等到援军的到来。其它部族的精灵们还带来了法师们最新的造物——兽人，一个只为消灭恶魔而创造的狂野生物。在一片厚厚的灰烬之雾中，联军击垮了恶魔的军队。传言说这些灰烬似乎有了生命，迷惑了恶魔的双眼并让它们窒息，就好像森林自身在报仇一样。在恶魔们重组部队之前，泰贾尔，至高殿·洛斯兰之王领军出击，冲向恶魔领袖。泰贾尔呼唤森林之灵指引他的宝剑，并一举击败了恶魔的毁灭亲王。

在这场战斗之后，泰贾尔不敢在挥舞他的宝剑，因为这把剑变得嗜血且急于复仇。他只在两个世纪以后的第二次月蚀期间再次挥动这把剑。这一次，这把剑又带来了对恶魔战斗的胜利，但是代价是泰贾尔本人的性命，因为他的宝剑对报仇的渴望击败了他出名的睿智。在月蚀之后，这把剑便失踪了，在之后数年里，这把剑数度易手，每一次都出现在那些关于愚蠢复仇的悲剧故事之中。

In 330 YSD, the forest of Irollan were the theater of many battles opposing the Elves to the Demons. Large parts of the forest were burnt down as the Demons of Destruction laid chaos and devastation on their path. When the Bloodmoon Eclipse was at its full, the largest Demon army ever seen in modern history besieged Syris Lothran, the Elven Capitol of Autumn. In order to force the Elves to abandon their fortifications, the demons started a gigantic fire that consumed the forets and reduced it to ashes.

When the fire died down, the Demons discovered with bewildered eyes that Syris Lothran had been untouched by the flames. Protected by Sylanna`s blessing, the Elves were able to resist the assault long enough for the reinforcements from the other Elven clans to arrive, bringing with them the new creations of the Wizards: Orcs, brutal creatures whose sole purpose is to kill Demons. In a glorious battle in the midst of a fog of thick ashes, the allied army crushed the Demon army. It is said the ashes were animated by a life of their own, blinding the Demons and suffocating them, as if the trees themselves were demanding vengeance. Before the Demons could regroup, Tygal, King of Syris Lothran, led a sortie, charging the Demon leaders. Called upon the spirits of the forest to guide his sword, Tygal struck down the Demon Prince of Destruction.

After this battle, Tygal became wary of drawing his sword, as the blade had become bloodthirsty and vengeful. He would only raise it again two centuries later, during the Second Eclipse. Again, the sword brought victory against the Demons, but at the cost of Tygal抯 life. The desire for vengeance of his sword had won over his reputed wisdom. The sword was lost in the aftermath of the Eclipse, reappearing in various hands in the following years, always at the heart of tragic tales of revenge and folly.

力量与魔法，剑与巫术，这就是巫术之刃，一个掌握了武术与奥术能量的战士。巫术之刃是那些能够将自己的咒语通过他所选择的武器所使用，并且能够利用魔法强化自己攻击敌人的技能的战斗法师。

近年来最著名的一个巫术之刃叫做德拉斯·班，他独自完成了许多英雄般的事迹，并成为了一个伟大的导师，教导出来整整一代新的英雄。他出生于艾·贝缇丽，永恒学派的首府，也就是亡灵法师们的故乡。但是他并没有选择成为蜘蛛教派的信徒，而是加入了化生学派的猩红法师们。在那里，他被兽化人的力量所吸引，特别是牛头人和罗刹。他认为兽化人具有成为强大的巫术之刃的潜力，虽然他的巫师同胞们不这么认为。

德拉斯·班毕生所追求的一件事，就是铸造一把完美的属于巫术之刃的宝剑，一把专门设计并制作的，用于更好地连接魔法的宝剑。平衡之刃是他无数次实验的结果，尽管这是一把各种意义上都完美的武器，但是这把剑并不适合他。

德拉斯·班随后将这把剑当作礼物送给了一个有天赋的牛头人学徒，以作为回报和鼓励。

Might and Magic. Sword and Sorcery. This is the Mageblade, a warrior mastering both martial and arcane powers. The Mageblade is a warrior Wizard who channels his spells through his chosen weapon and uses his magic to enhance his ability to strike at his enemies.

One of the most famous Mageblades of recent history was Deras Ban, who after accomplishing many heroic deeds of his own, went on to become a great teacher and mentor for a new generation of Heroes. Born in Al-Betyl, the headquarters of House Eterna, commonly known as the Necromancers, Deras Ban was not a disciple of the Spider himself. Indeed, he was a member of House Chimera, the Crimson Wizards, and entertained a fascination for the martial prowess of the Beastmen, especially the Minotaurs and Rakshasas. He felt the Beastmen had the potential to make great Mageblades, although his fellow Wizards often did not share this point of view.

One of Deras Ban`s lifelong obsession was the creation of a perfect Mageblade sword, a blade designed and crafted specifically to allow better channeling of magic. The Edge of Balance was one of his numerous experiments, but despite being a wonderful weapon by all accounts, ultimately the sword did not satisfy him.

Deras Ban would later offer the sword as a gift to a talented Minotaur student, as a reward and encouragement.

强大魔法宝物出现的地方，总是发生过悲剧，水晶玫瑰之杖也不例外。七龙纪48年，当皇帝罗南决定转而崇拜光之龙艾尔拉思的时候，帝国的几个公爵拒绝背弃对天空之龙伊拉斯的信仰。这之中就有灵缇公国的公爵特斯林（土耳其语：雄鹰），他宣布了将从帝国分裂出去的意图。这一消息让皇帝和他的天使议会十分不满。就在皇帝打算派大军前往白岩城，以将特斯林的下场做给那些叛乱公爵看的时候，特斯林的儿子利安卓，恳求皇帝能够给他最后一个机会劝说自己的父亲改变主意，从而避免被血洗的下场。

利安卓骑了七天七夜，终于来到白岩城的大门下。但是特斯林不愿意同自己的儿子对话，也不愿意放他进城。一气之下，利安卓带了一支大军压境，打算推翻自己的父亲并成为公爵。他相信这是唯一能够从皇帝的愤怒中拯救公国人民的方法。利安卓给了他父亲最后一个晚上考虑。到了清晨，大军将攻占白岩城。

到了纯白少女之月第八天的早上，攻城战即将开始的时候，利安卓的妹妹，爱丽丝出现在通往城门的桥上。她让自己的哥哥带军队离开，不要打扰他们的父亲。利安卓摇了摇头，说看在他的子民的份上，他毫无选择。之后的故事有两个版本。其中一个说爱丽丝抢过利安卓的剑自杀了；另一个则说是利安卓自己刺向他的妹妹。

特斯林最终认识到自己儿子的决心，于是投降将公爵之位让给自己的儿子。新任公爵利安卓宣布忠于艾尔拉思和皇帝。

以后每年，在纯雪少女之月的第八天，一朵孤独的水晶玫瑰都会在当年爱丽丝洒下鲜血的地方出现。这个奇迹会持续一整天，像世界表明利安卓的决心，以及这在和平之名下的牺牲。

Tragic events are often the place where powerful magical objects appear, and the Staff of the Crystal Roses is no exception. In 48 YSD, when Emperor Ronan decided to convert to Elrath, the Dragon of Light, several Dukes of the Empire refused to abandon their allegiance to Ylath, the Dragon of Air. Among them was Tercelin, Duke of Greyhound, who declared his intent to secede from the Empire. The news was not well received by the Emperor and his Angel councilors. As the imperial throne was about to send his armies to Whitecliff to make an example of the rebellious Duke, Tercelin`s son, Leandre, begged for one last chance to convert his father and avoid a bloodbath.

Leandre rode for seven days and seven nights and arrived before the gates of Whitecliff. But Tercelin would not talk to his son nor let him enter the castle. Enraged by his fathe`s stubbornness, Leandre returned with an army, to depose his father and take his place as the Duke. This was the only way, he believed, to save the people of the Duchy from the Empero`s wrath. Leandre offered his father one last night of reflexion. At dawn, the army would storm Whitecliff.

In the morning of the 8th Day of the Month of the White Maiden, as the siege was about to begin, Leandre`s sister, Aelis, appeared on the bridge leading to the castle gate. She asked her brother to turn back and leave their father alone. Leandre shook his head and said he had no choice, for the sake of their people. There are two versions of the story about what happened next. In one version, Aelis stole Leandre`s sword and killed herself. In another, it is Leandre himself who struck his sister.

Tercelin, finally realizing just how far his son was ready to go, surrendered the castle and the Ducal crown without battle. Now the Duke, Leandre swore fealty to Elrath and the Emperor.

Every year, on the 8th Day of the Month of the White Maiden, a lonely bush of crystal roses appear where the blood of Aelis was spilled. This miracle only lasts for one day, reminding the world of Leandre`s resolve and the sacrifices that had to be made in the name of peace.

“我们有很多人，约根只是我们中的一个。”

无面者的这一传统问候方式同时也在提醒着一件事，就是当他们与外族做交易时，永远不会使用真名。这样做的原因无人知晓。有的理论认为知晓一个无面者的真名可以控制他，另一些学者则认为这种方式只在恶魔身上会出现。

或许无面者保持匿名的原因出自他们的龙神，守秘者马拉萨。据说只有马拉萨知晓所有无面者的真名。而知晓这些名字是属于女神的特权。当然，如果你去问一个无面者，他们不会告诉你任何答案，于是，神秘依旧。

这把影钢铸就的法杖上刻有远古的符文，据说这是一个无面者的名字。没人知道这把法杖是怎样出现的，但是看起来有一个无面者，或许就是那个名字被刻在法杖上的无面者，他的本质束缚在这把法杖之上，从而赐予其黑暗的力量。

由于无面者的符文至今无人能懂，于是这把法杖也就得到了无名之杖这样一个绰号。

"We are many, and Jorgen is one of us".

This traditional Faceless greeting is a way of acknowledging the fact that the Faceless never use their real name when dealing with the other races. The reason for this custom is unknown. Some have theorized that knowing a Faceless` true name might be a way to controlling him, but other scholars have retorted that this only applies to Demons.

Maybe the reason for the anonymity of the Faceless is actually linked to their Dragon Goddess, Malassa, the Keeper of Secrets. It is said only Malassa knows the secret name of each Faceless. Knowing these names would therefore be the Goddess` divine prerogative. Of course, when asked, the Faceless never give a straight answer, so the mystery remains.

This shadowsteel staff is engraved with ancient runes believed to be the name of a Faceless. Nobody knows how this staff came to existence, but it seems the essence of a Faceless, maybe the very one whose name is engraved on the surface, has been bound to the staff, giving it its Dark powers.

Since Faceless runes are undecipherable anyway, the staff was jokingly nicknamed the Nameless Staff.

即使是次等龙族也依然是强大的魔法生物，同时也是恐怖的敌人。于是乎并不稀奇，蜘蛛教派的亡灵法师们从一开始就试图找到唤起死亡龙族并将其作为亡灵仆人的方法。一切归于亚莎，即使是她自己的孩子们。

不幸的是，数十年来，他们的努力都没有成功。直到贝尔科斯，蜘蛛教派的创始人和大执政官，发现了他们失败的原因。他认识到，龙族同时存在于物质界和精神界，要想从死亡之中唤起这种生物，亡灵法师必须先锁定并控制龙族的精神形态。幽灵一般的阴魂龙就是贝尔克斯实验的结果，同时也是他军队的骄傲。贝尔克斯甚至赋予了这只生物自己的声音和记忆，以将其作为自己的延伸...直到它被山德鲁所毁坏。

尽管其具有强大的力量，贝尔克斯仍然无法再次唤起这只生物。但是死亡天使仍然可以用剩下的骨头制作一个法杖。龙骨之杖仍然具备一些龙类的本质，从而让其成为召唤幽魂龙的完美工具，虽然这些龙远远比不上原来的阴魂龙。

Even lesser Dragons remain powerful magical creatures, and terrifying foes. It`s no surprise, then, that from the very first days of the Spider Cult, the Necromancers have tried to find a way to resurrect fallen Dragons as their Undead servants. Asha uses all, after all, even her own children!

Unfortunately, their efforts remained unsuccessful for decades, until Belketh, the founder and Great Archon of the Cult, understood the reason for their collective failure. Dragons exist both in the material and spirit worlds, he realized, so to raise such a creature from the dead a Necromancer must first locate and dominate the Dragon`s spirit form. The ghostly Dragonwraith was the result of Belketh`s experiments and the pride of his armies. Belketh even imbued the creature with his own voice and memories, thinking of it as an extension of himsel... until it was destroyed by Sandro.

Despite his great powers, Belketh could not manage to resurrect the creature again, but the Angel of Death was still able to salvage some of the creature`s bones in order to make a Staff out of them. The Dragonbone Staff still retains some of its draconic essence, making it the perfect tool to summon Spectral Dragons ?although they are less powerful than the original Dragonwraith had been.