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神光晶體戰爭

The Aetherium Wars

神光晶體戰爭

by Taron Dreth

塔隆德萊瑟著

Dedicated toKatria,

至卡特莉亞

my Friend andColleague

我永遠的摯友兼戰友

The end, whenit came, was swift. In the span of three

很難想象，戰爭的結束來得如此之快。在短短三年之中，那些天際省中的矮人

short years,the great dwarven cities of Skyrim, from

城市，從馬卡斯到瓦洛西山脈，一個個隨着至高國王軍隊的到來而淪陷。那些一

Markarth tothe Velothi Mountains, fell before the armies of the High King. Cities that hadheld fast against the

直排斥外族而近百年來不斷抵制諾德人的城市突然被摧毀，連警告都無法傳遞給

Nords for overa hundred years crumbled abruptly and

其它人。

withoutwarning.

For centuries,scholars have marveled at the sudden

數個世紀以來，學者們一直爲史書中記載的矮人城邦的突然消亡而嘖嘖稱奇。即

collapse ofthe Dwemer city-states. Even the Nords seem to

使是諾德人，在短時間內連續拿下數座城池時也面帶驚喜，雖然他們的史官很快

have beentaken by surprise, though their chroniclers were

反應過來並將他們的勝利歸功於格里爾國王的英明指導和索爾的庇佑。

quick toascribe their success to King Gellir's inspired tactics and the blessings ofShor.

My researchsuggests a much different cause, however. In

然而，我的研究和調查卻展現了另一個鮮爲人知的原因。在那些天際的矮人都市

the decadespreceding their fall, the dwarven cities of

湮滅之前的幾十年裏，它們就因爲內部無止盡的爭論與內戰而削弱了不少實力，

Skyrim hadbeen decimated by internal disputes and

而這些內亂的原因令人驚訝：神光晶體。

infightingover a most surprising cause: Aetherium.

Modernscholars know Aetherium as a rare, luminescent blue

近代及現代的學者把神光晶體看作一種能在某些矮人遺址中發現的稀有，

crystal foundin some Dwemer ruins. Most consider it little

發冷光的藍色水晶。他們其中的一大部分人不僅將它當成一種裝飾品，因爲它已

more than acuriosity, as it has proven all but impossible

經被證明出一些不可思議的特點：它的四周包裹有一層魔法的磁場，且任何藥劑

to work with:while it has a strong magical aura, it is

或草藥都無法與其反應，現已知的任何工具都無法將它變形，熔化，塑形，壓縮

alchemicallyinert, and no known process can enchant, smelt,

或摧毀。

mold, bind, orbreak it.

To thedwarves, of course, such problems were merely a

當然，對於矮人族來說，這些問題只不過是一種挑戰。在哈拉德國王統治年間，

challenge. Inthe years following King Harald's reign, the

矮人們在最深的礦井處發現了一個重要的神光晶體來源。爲了能夠監督採集礦物，

Dwemerdiscovered a considerable source of Aetherium in

their deepestdelvings. An alliance of four cities, led by

加工及研究的整個過程，著名的研究者中心在馬卡斯南部，由四個城市聯盟建立，

Arkngthamz,the great research center in the southern Reach,

was formed tooversee its extraction, processing, and study,

同時，聯盟還建造了一座“神光熔爐”來安全穩定地熔鍊礦物。

and a new'Aetherium Forge' constructed to smelt it under precisely controlledconditions.

If theinscriptions I discovered are to be believed, the

如果我發現的那些銘文碑刻確實可信的話，那麼矮人研究的結果不亞於一個奇蹟：

results werenothing short of spectacular: the items produced by the Forge were artifacts ofimmense power,

熔爐中生產出的這種物質就像是強大力量濃縮而成，在將其灌注進器物的同時便

imbued fromthe moment of their creation with powerful

賦予其無與倫比的魔力。毫無疑問，矮人的聯盟瞬間支離破碎，四座城市以及知

dwarven alliance shattered almost

情的其他競爭者都爭先恐後地嘗試着獨吞那座共同建造起來的熔爐。

immediately,as the four city-states and their rivals attempted to claim the Forge.

We can onlyspeculate that none were successful. Decades

我們只能推測最後沒有一方真正成功。數十年的內戰使他們對外徹底虛弱，使得

of conflictmerely weakened them all, allowing for King

格里爾國王的軍隊有了可乘之機。雖然矮人族在一個世紀之後收回了失去的領土，

Gellir'ssubsequent conquests. And though the Dwemer reclaimed most of their lands acentury later, there is no

沒有證據表明他們之後重新開始了關於神光晶體的研究。大概是因爲這股神力所

evidence thatthey ever resumed their research on Aetherium.

帶來的代價實在太過巨大了吧。

Perhaps thecosts had just been too great.

But nothinglike the Aetherium Forge described in the

但就現在在天際省發現的銘文記錄來看，並沒有什麼類似於神光熔爐之類的

inscriptionshas ever been found within the borders of

東西存在。它可能在很久很久以前就被諾德侵略者或矮人自己摧毀了。或許，就

Skyrim. It mayhave been destroyed long ago, by the Nord invaders or the Dwemer themselves. Orperhaps it, like the

像神光晶體的祕密一般，仍然藏在不知名的某處，等待再一次的重見天日。

secrets ofAetherium itself, still remains to be discovered.

Locations：

Arcanaeum,in the southeastern part of the room, resting on a table.

冬堡，祕藏室，在房間的東南角一張桌子上。

BardsCollege, after the right turn from the entrance, on a small bookcase.

吟遊詩人學院，從入口進入後向右拐，在一個小書架上。

DarklightTower, before the hagraven, in the room with the lever, on a cupboard's shelf.

暗光塔樓，烏鴉鬼婆之前，在有拉桿的房間裏，一個櫥櫃的架子上。

DayspringCanyon, on topof a barrel in a tent of the camp outside Fort Dawnguard (only if the campexists).

拂曉峽谷，在黎明守衛要塞附近的營地帳篷裏的桶上(如果有營地的話)

DeadDrop Mine, on a shelf under a wooden platform.

亡落礦坑，在一個木平臺下面的架子上