Content:
[这份剑湾地图绘制了从泰瑟尔的幽深密林到严寒的世界之脊之间的一切。它用的是古老的墨水，而且已经在人间无数次易手，因此其中的地形样貌已磨损不清。]

[This map of the Sword Coast sprawls from the deep forest of Tethir to the frigid Spine of the World, its topography worn by ancient ink and the constant trade between mortal hands.]

Content:
[这本老旧凋零的书本上满是细碎的尘埃。在白色的粉末下，是无数以小字写成的讣告。]

格罗比安·提波，伊尔梅特 - 溺死。
伊维安·阿肯森，欧格马 - 内部腐烂。
德文·斯托特，塞伦涅 - 发烧。

[Fine dust coats the pages of this weathered book. Beneath the bone-white powder, hundreds of short obituaries are recorded in tiny script.]

Grobian Tipple, Ilmater - Drowning.
Ivain Arkenson, Oghma - Internal Rot.
Devryn Stoutt, Selûne - Fever.

Content:
[这本远古典籍中记满了陨落诸神的名字 - 大多令人陌生，甚至无法用语言念出。而最后一页的几条记录都被划除，最后三条更是完全无法阅读了。]

[The names of dead gods - most of them unfamiliar and unpronounceable - fill the pages of this ancient tome. Several entries on the last page have been stricken through, the final three thoroughly enough to be completely illegible.]

Content:
[密密麻麻的潦草字迹。几行能看清的部分似乎写着几个人的名字与临终话语。]

"来看呐！它动-"
-马吉·宾纳，实验室爆炸

"嗯？"
-荷斯·克雷斯，无冬城小巷伏击

"你挡住我的光了。"
-达娜·瑞，深水城羽肺病

[Dense rows of scrawled text. The few legible entries seem to detail the names and final words of numerous individuals.]

'Come see this! It's mov-'
-Maj Pinner, laboratory explosion

'Hm?'
-Hroth Kress, waylaid in a Neverwinter alley

'You're blocking my light.'
-Dhana Ree, Waterdhavian featherlung

Content:
[这绘本中的每一页都解释了一张塔利斯牌的意义。扉页上写着一行字：]

我最亲爱的奎拉娜，

你睡着的时候我又进行了一次塔利斯牌占卜。我本以为会抽出愚者，因为我认为你的冒险确实有勇无谋。但是，我却抽到了这张：

波涛十 - 代表着圣眷，极乐或幻象
流星 - 代表寻得宝藏，或愿望得尝
死神 - 代表新的开始

波涛牌组代表爱，我知道我们之间的感情还很脆弱，但... 请理解我在看到这幅牌时的心惊肉跳。我已经盯着它们看了一个小时，必须离开了（毕竟那些杯子可不会自己变干净），我知道当我今晚回家时，你一定已经离开。

但等你回来，请告诉我你是否也有同感，还是这一切只是个极乐的幻象？

爱你的，
艾丽斯


[Each page in this illustrated book describes the meaning of a different Talis card. A message has been penned down on the title page:]

My dearest Quelenna,

While you were sleeping, I did another Talis reading. I half expected to draw the fool, because that is what I feel like, and what is your venture if not reckless? Instead, I drew these:

The Ten of Waves - meaning divine love, bliss, or illusions
The Comet - meaning riches found, or fulfilled wishes
Death - meaning new beginnings

The suit of Waves resembles love, and I know what we have is still frail, but... can you blame my heart for beating faster when I saw these cards? I've been staring at them for an hour, and I need to go (the cups aren't going to clean themselves), but I know that when I come back home tonight, you will be gone.

But when you return, will you tell me if you feel the same, or if this was all just a blissful illusion?

I love you,
Alys

Content:
[虽然霉菌已经吃掉了这卷轴里大部分的墨水，其开头部分依然可以辨识。]

*封印仪式*

我们的神明不在意华丽的仪式。重要的只有封印仪式，而我们必须极其严格地虔诚执行。在封印进行当天，需奉献骸骨与灰烬的混合物。我们将念诵死者名字，泼洒祭品，用吾神的死亡精髓浸透墨水...

[Though a bloom of mould has leached the ink from most of this scroll, its beginning is still legible.]

*The Sealing Ritual*

Our God cares not for petty ritual. There is only the Sealing, and it is vital that we observe it with exacting reverence. On the day of the Sealing, a mixture of bone and ash is consecrated. Upon the names of the dead we spread the offering, imbuing the ink with the essense of death, of our God...

Content:
[这本书的封面被染成了蓝色，装饰着由七枚月石碎片包围着的一双银眼。里面记叙了这个供奉月之女神塞伦涅的小礼拜堂的平凡历史。而最后几页显然是由不同人记录的。]

神殿已亡，遭受亵渎。我们拯救了女祭司，但不得不撤离。成功从屠杀中逃离的幸存者将暂且在此休息。

女祭司的墓已经安排妥当 —— 她也做好了回归塞伦涅怀抱的准备。我们不会允许暗夜法官玷污她的长眠之所。

我封死了大门。现在我们将在这地下静静等待。守卫者将注视着我们。塞伦涅的光辉无法触及到这里的我们，但我们很快就能看到它。

[The cover of this book is dyed blue, and decorated with seven fragments of moonstone surrounding a pair of silver eyes. It tells the uneventful history of a small chapel dedicated to the moon goddess Selûne. The final pages are written in a different hand to the rest.]

The temple is lost. Desecrated. We saved the high priestess, but had to flee. We will rest here now, those of us who survived the onslaught.

The high priestess' tomb is prepared - she has already returned to Selûne's embrace. We will not allow the Dark Justiciars to defile her resting place.

I have sealed the doors. Now we wait, here, below. The wardens will watch us. Selûne's light cannot reach us here, but we will see it soon.

Content:
赛，

我爱你。
好了。我说出来了。如果你明天愿意见我，我会再说一遍。一遍又一遍。一直说到我们两鬓斑白，年老体衰。
所以我们行动吧。去博德之门。我知道有风险，但留在这里也是一样。过去几个月很艰难，但是有你在的时候总会稍微好过一些。
离开你的小船，到能够俯瞰旧桥的山上来找我。把所有能带的东西都带上。就算没有其他的，我们也能凑合。
别迟到。

爱你的，
- 安娜

Sy,

I love you.
There. I said it. And if you meet me tomorrow, I'll say it again. And again. And keep on saying it till we're old and grey.
So let's do it. Let's go to Baldur's Gate. I know it's risky, but so's staying here. The last few months have been hard, but they're always a little easier when you're there.
Leave your boat and meet me at the hill overlooking the old bridge. Bring whatever you can carry. We'll make do without the rest.
Don't be late.

Love,
- Anna

Content:
[一堆由一个月与竖琴印章捆缚的破烂报告。里面频繁提及了当地塞伦涅信徒的渎神举动。]

[A tattered collection of reports held together with a moon-and-harp seal. There is frequent mention of sacrilegious activity among a local Selûnite sect.]

Content:
[这张肮脏破烂的地图已经转手过无数次。 一个小竖琴标记出了一个被称为月出之塔的地区，旁边的森林上则标记着一个小小的新月。新月下面新近被标记了一个词："隐藏点"。]

[This stained, ragged map has passed through countless hands. A little harp marks an area called Moonrise Towers, with a small inky crescent sketched in the nearby forest. Below the crescent is a more recent scrawl: 'CACHE'.]

Content:
[一张加盖了奢华印章的磨损招贴，上面的声明十分大胆：]

招募冒险者
进行危险而报酬丰厚的任务

洛若坎大师 - 阿斯卡特拉的奥术师，拉玛吉斯高塔的隐者 - 寻找勇敢、有进取心的个人去探查危险的神殿，取回传说中的遗物 - 暗夜之歌 - 留作博德之门保存。

只接受意志坚定、才思敏捷者的申请。名望、荣誉以及难以置信的财富都将归你所有。

[A scuffed handbill stamped with an extravagant seal boldly proclaims:]

ADVENTURERS WANTED
for perilous and profitable quest

Master Lorroakan - the Arcanist of Athkatla, the Recluse of Ramazith's Tower - seeks brave and enterprising individuals to delve treacherous temple and recover storied artefact THE NIGHTSONG for preservation in Baldur's Gate.

Only stout of heart and keen of mind need apply. Fame, glory, and incredible fortune assured.

Content:
[你快速翻阅着配有精致插图的书页，上面列出了各种植物、它们的用途以及如何才能最好地收获。这本书整洁无暇，显然受到了精心维护，但你发现其中一页的条目空白处有一个匆忙写下的笔记。]

凯兰沃之吻
一种生长在阴影谷最幽暗森林中的荆棘。它的尖刺能分泌出一种毒素，可以让人在几小时内死亡。 强壮的受害者最多可以坚持两天。
尽管很致命，还是有些人刻意使用这种毒素，因为它能造成无痛的死亡。
若想治疗，煮一锅糖浆，往其中加入一捆西凡那斯祝福过的艾蒿。即刻饮用，然后祈祷能得到他的怜悯。

[You flick through meticulously illustrated pages, listing plants, their uses, and how best to harvest them. The book is in immaculate condition, obviously well-cared for, but on one page you find a hastily scribbled note in the margins of an entry.]

Kelemvor's Kiss
A briar that grows in the darkest forests of Shadowdale. Its thorn secretes a poison that can kill in hours. Strong victims have lasted up to two days.
Although deadly, this poison is shunned by some, as its effects are painless.
To treat, boil bundle of mugwort in cauldron of theriac, blessed by Silvanus. Consume at once. Hope for his mercy.

Content:
我亲爱的内蒂，

我把开启图书馆的饰环交托给你。不要取下。
如果你需要进入地下室，那就去跟拉斯说。符文在他手上，但他不会交给任何人，所以你一定要有充分的理由再去找他开口。
我不在的时候务必要保护好我的研究，还要记得照顾动物。不要给塔菲特喂鱼，她越来越懒了。

哈尔辛大师

My Dear Nettie,

I entrust you with the circlet to open the library. Wear it always.
If you need to enter the vault, talk to Rath. He has the rune, but won't give it to anyone, so be sure you have good reason to ask.
Protect my research while I'm gone and take care of the animals. Don't give fish to Tuffet, she's getting lazy.

Master Halsin

Content:
发生了一些很离奇的事情。我跟内蒂在森林冥想的时候被一群地精伏击了，领导者是一个卓尔。我们别无选择，只能自卫。
但这还不算最离奇 —— 或者应该说是最令人不安的部分。卓尔死后，一个寄生生物从尸体里爬了出来，打算逃跑。我成功将它捕获，还把宿主的尸体带回了自己的书房。我没有把自己的担忧告诉任何人。内蒂有些起疑，但她知道不问会比较好。
在通知其他人之前，我会做进一步的调查。卡哈会要求我给出我还不知道的答案。我最好将所有进一步的发现单独记录成册，亲自带在身上，以免窥探者过早地做出错误的结论。

Extraordinary happenings. While meditating in the forest, Nettie and I were ambushed by a pack of goblins, led by a drow. We had no choice but to defend ourselves.
But that is not the extraordinary - or rather disturbing - part. On the drow's death, a parasitic creature emerged from the corpse and attempted to escape. I managed to capture it, and have the host's cadaver here in my study. I've told no one of my fears. Nettie suspects, but knows better than to ask.
I will investigate further before informing the others. Kagha will demand answers I don't yet have. I had better record any further findings in a separate volume and keep them upon my person, lest prying eyes jump to the wrong conclusions.

Content:
[上面绘着一个卓尔和一只灵吸怪蝌蚪的解剖示意图，以及仓促写下的笔记。]
... 寄生虫深植于脑部... 毫无疑问，是灵吸怪。但宿主活着的时候似乎没有意识到？
... 尸体无任何可见蜕变迹象。非常奇怪。

[笔记的最后是划了下划线的一句话。]

被改变了？？

[Anatomical sketches of both a drow and a illithid tadpole are accompanied by notes written in an urgent scribble.]
... the parasite was nestled deep in the brain matter... illithid, undoubtedly. Yet the host seemed unaware while alive?
... no visible signs of ceremorphosis on the cadaver. Most strange.

[The final note is a single, underlined word.]

Altered???

Content:
就算我求，翠绿闲庭也不会伸出援手。这片大地已经受伤，脓疮深入，无处不在。

我心焦地等待着援助的到来，不过，我或许不需要独自面对黑暗。

The Emerald Enclave won't send help, even if I asked. This land is wounded, and the rot is deep, but it's deep everywhere.

I can't wait for help to come, but perhaps I need not face the darkness alone.

Content:
长老结社法令
三大信条：

1. 自然秩序无论以何种形式存在，都必须得到维护。

2. 所有破坏自然秩序的力量都必须被摧毁。

3. 翠绿闲庭必须对疲惫和受伤的生物伸出援手。

The Elder Circle Doth Decree
The Greatest Tenets Number Three:

1. The Natural Order must be preserved no matter its form.

2. Forces that would disrupt the Natural Order must be destroyed.

3. The Emerald Enclave must offer aid to the weary and injured.

Content:
[一只焦虑的手写下了一则潦草的信息。]
从内蒂的小鸟西里斯那里收到了鬼婆的消息。我们十天前已经埋葬了西里斯。不确定鬼婆是怎么找到它的。

信息是则威胁，同时也是邀请。她想见一面。

还没回复。再次埋葬了西里斯，压在了一块更重的石头下面。

[A message scratched in a worried hand.]
Received message from hag via Sirith, one of Nettie's birds. We buried Sirith a tenday ago. Not sure how hag found him.

Message itself was threat, but also invitation. She wants to meet.

Haven't replied. Buried Sirith again, beneath a heavier stone.

Content:
在凯瑟里克身上，我们亲眼见证了自己的失败发酵膨胀。他不是失足堕落 —— 是被推下去的。他的悲伤被阴影所扭曲，但我们却一直没有行动，直到他的光亮已几乎完全熄灭。

In Ketheric, I see our failures made manifest. He did not fall - he was pushed. His grief was twisted by shadow, and still we did not act until his light was all but snuffed.

Content:
[一列在此区域目击枭熊的记录，按日期分隔。最后一条写于十日前，上书"幼崽！"，下面还反复画了好几条下划线。]

[A long list of owlbear sightings in the region, separated by date. The latest entry (written a tenday ago), says 'cub!' The word is underlined several times.]

Content:
[一篇日志 —— 最初几则写的非常潦草。]
衰败之月，第14日
虽然被他们的城市所抛弃，但这些艾尔托瑞尔人大多已经从灾难中恢复。起码肉体上来说是如此。我百般请求他再等等，赛夫洛仍坚持前往博德之门。虽然林地依旧平和，但周遭的森林已经愈发黑暗。

落叶之月，第2天
来我们林地的人越来越多了。是一群在附近遗迹搜索神器的冒险者。如果他们所言非虚，也许真的有办法能击退黑暗，让道路再次安全。他们会需要向导的...

[字迹从此处开始变得娟秀清楚]

谷地开垦历1492，三船起航之年，腐叶之月。
大德鲁伊哈尔辛大师没有与那些佣兵一起回来 - 他们在附近发现了大群地精出没。大德鲁伊迪诺女士也在西边的暗影之地中下落不明。自从西凡那斯的林地建立以来，这是第一次失去了德鲁伊的指引。在他们中有人回来之前，我将担起记录的责任。
仆从欧兰

[A daily record - the initial entries rendered in tight scribbles.]
The Fading, 14th Day
The Elturians - for of Elturel they are, even if that city rejects them - have largely recovered from their ordeal. The physical aspects, at least. Zevlor is still set on Baldur's Gate, though I plead with him to wait. The grove remains undisturbed, but the forest around has grown dark.

Leaffall, 2nd Day
Our grove grows. Adventurers in search of an artefact in the nearby ruin. I should steer them away, but if it's what they suspect... perhaps there is a way to push the darkness back, and make the roads safe once more. They'll need a guide...

[Here a neater hand takes over, the chalk still fresh.]

Uktar, Year of Three Ships Sailing, 1492 Dale Reckoning.
Master Halsin, First of this Circle, has not returned with the mercenaries - they report a significant goblin presence in the area. Mistress Kagha, Second of this Circle, has turned the grove archives over to me.
The first event to be noted - her ascension to the position of First Druid. Silvanus send that we are both but stewards, awaiting Master Halsin's rightful return.
Servant Orran

Content:
[书页的一侧印着交缠的祈祷者以及符文蛇。其他书页中记录了举行荆棘仪式的说明。祷告完成之时，尖刺和荆棘将从地面升起，保护吟唱者不受任何伤害。]

[Interwoven prayers and incantations snake across one side of the page. Written on the other are instructions for performing the Rite of Thorns. When the prayer is complete, thorns and bramble rise from the earth, protecting from harm all who chanted it.]

Content:
[这书本里的脆弱书页在时光的冲刷下早已无法阅读，只剩下了几个红墨圈出的名字。在书本封面后插着一页更新更结实的纸，上面写道：]

在南边河边的建筑里找到的。没能给我们更多的情报，只是进一步确认了这地方的古老。其他皆为猜测。

[The brittle pages of this book have been rendered illegible with age, save for the occasional name written in crimson ink. A newer, sturdier page has been inserted behind the front cover. It reads:]

Found in the riverside structure to the south. Sheds no light on the purpose of that grim place, but confirms what we already know - it is very old. All else is speculation.

Content:
[一张大地图的一部分，用芳香的树汁黏在了书页上。有人在上面写下了"被诅咒污染" —— 就在东边的群山之后，前往博德之门的必经之路上。]

[A scrap of a larger map, fasted to the page with fragrant sap. Someone has written 'TAINTED BY CURSE' above the lands to east - beyond the mountains, on the road to Baldur's Gate.]

Content:
[有人在这页纸上方和下面的几处注释中写着"幽影诅咒"。]

- 树木受到感染但依然存活。
- 它们是潜伏此地的魔法的邪恶表现，会抵抗移除，并试图感染施法者。
- 根据诅咒的范围和严重程度来看很有可能涉及神力。其暗影特性以及靠近莎尔神殿的地点意味着这很可能与女神本人有关。

[Someone has written 'SHADOW CURSE' at the top of this page and a number of notes below.]

- Trees infected but still alive.
- Malicious component to underlying magic. Resists removal, attempts to infect caster.
- Range and severity of curse suggests divine origin. Umbral characteristics and vicinity to Shar's temple suggests goddess herself is responsible.

Content:
[上面的爪印可能是一只动物留下的。字迹污浊不堪，只能辨识出几个词来。]

派出了动物斥候... 东边城镇... 村民可能还活... 暴力...

[Paw prints suggest an animal walked across this entry, smudging everything except a few words.]

Animal scouts sent... ... eastern town... villagers possibly still aliv... violen...

Content:
[这是一本古老的手册，墨迹已经褪色，页面也开始碎裂。虽然不太容易，但有些词还是能够辨认出来的。]

凯瑟里克完蛋了，但我们付出了领地的代价。黑暗降临，腐败无处不在。
[... ]
... 我的同伴们被暗影追逐，逐一干掉，看上去那些人是德鲁伊，或者竖琴手。
[... ]
... 我们的伤员还很安全，我回来了，搜寻着幸存者..
[... ]
... 我迷路了，但我找到了他的踪迹...
[... ]
... 我干掉了它，拿走了他的阔剑...
[... ]
... 剑刃被阴影笼罩。我把它锁起来，提醒大家，胜利是多么来之不易。

[This is an ancient notebook, whose ink is faded and pages are starting to crumble. It's not easy, but some words can still be made out.]

Ketheric is finished, but it cost us the land. Darkness has fallen, corruption is everywhere.
[...]
...chased by shadows, picking us off, druids and Harpers alike.
[...]
...our wounded were safe, I returned, searching for survivors...
[...]
...lost, but I found his shade. I put it to rest and took his glaive...
[...]
...blade infused with shadow. I have locked it away, to serve as a reminder that even victory can taste bitter.

Content:
[这个用粗大炭粉线条绘制在兽皮上的、儿童涂鸦似的图画描绘了三个火柴人：一个手里冒火花的地精，一个方形的人型生物，还有一个看上去是精灵。每个头上都画着简单的皇冠。]

[Drawn in thick charcoal lines upon an animal skin, this childlike portrait depicts three stick figures: a goblin with sparks in its hands; a square, humanoid figure; and what seems to be an elf. Each of them is wearing a simple crown.]

Content:
[整张纸上到处污秽不堪，但依然能辨识出少量文字。]
"教导是 -- - 不可信任月光不在之处，" 至少门 --- 罗姆是这么跟我说的。但如果我们不将她的光明引向他们，白银圣 -- 散黑暗？如果我们恐惧踏 - --- 要如何 -- 服她的黑暗姊妹？

神殿必须扩张 - 不仅要往外，更要 ---- 下。

[Smudges, inkblots, and crusted stains obscure entire pages, but some hasty scribbles can be made out.]
'There is naug-- -o be tried and trusted outside of the moon's glow', or so Init---e Rhom tells me. And yet how might the Lady of Silv-- --uch the shadows if we do not guide her light to them? How might we c--quer her Dark Sister if we fear to tread wher- --- dwells?

The Temple must grow - not just outward, but do----rd.

Content:
很久很久以前，有一个坐在山毛榉上的男孩。他看见一个鸟妖巢穴。男孩是个非常棒的攀登者，于是想爬到顶端偷走鸟妖巢穴里的东西。但鸟妖是一种十分吝啬的生物。她唱起一首歌谣，结果男孩忘了自己要做什么。后来，一个冒险者从这里路过。这位冒险者十分强大，只用一击就杀死了鸟妖，成功救出了男孩。男孩身体冰冷，被吓得不轻。他之前一直站在水里，所以正冻得瑟瑟发抖。但是冒险者救了他！男孩觉得冒险者非常厉害，他也想变得像冒险者一样。男孩想变得强大起来，保护他人，再也不会担惊受怕。就像那个冒险者一样。

完

Once, there was a boy on a beech. He saw there was a harpie nest. He was a very good climer. he wantet to clime to the top and steel from the harpie nest. But the harpie was very mean. She sang a song and the boy forgot wat he was doing. But then an adventurer passsed by. The adventurer was very strong and killed the harpie in one blow and safed the boy. The boy was very cold and scared. He was standing in the water so he was very cold. But the adventurer had saved him! The boy thaught the adventurer was ammazeing. The boy wanted to be like the adventurer. He wanted to be strong and safe peopple and never be scared egain. Just like the adventurer.

THE END

Content:
[这幅海报色彩鲜艳，十分显眼。]
安苏精锐：博德之门有史以来最勇敢，最无畏的佣兵！
你胆子够大吗？
马上报名吧！

[This poster is both striking and brightly coloured.]
Ansur's Finest: the boldest and bravest mercenaries Baldur's Gate has ever seen!
Have you got what it takes?
Sign up now!

Content:
[这封信上盖着安苏精锐这个博德之门冒险公会的明亮印章。]

市民蕾米拉，
我们收到了您的申请，也注意到了您的现场经验及职业热情。但是，您在信中反复提及的"薪酬"与"赏金"让我们怀疑您的热忱可能有悖于安苏精锐的理念。
我们相信您会是其他冒险公会的宝贵财富，并祝您找到更加合适您职业规划的团队。
安苏精锐招聘主管
瑟文·巴斯克
敬上

[A letter stamped with the bright seal of Ansur's Finest, an adventuring guild based in Baldur's Gate.]

Citizen Remira,
We received your application with interest, and noted your experience in the field with great enthusiasm. However, your letter's repeated reference to 'pay' and 'bounty' indicate motivations perhaps at odds with those of the Finest.
We are sure you would make a fine addition to any adventuring guild, and wish you luck in finding one more compatible with your own particular priorities.
Regards, etc.,
Sevrin Bask
Recruitment Officer for Ansur's Finest

Content:
找到那个德鲁伊，掘地三尺也得给我挖出来，然后回来向我汇报。

记住，你只是个探子。不要打草惊蛇。不要杀人。

观察，然后回来。由我来决定下一步行动。

- M.

Track the druid, find whatever burrow he runs to, and report back to me.

Remember, you are only a scout. Do not engage. Do not kill anyone.

Simply observe and return. I shall decide what we do next.

- M.

Content:
离塔菲特远点。
她已经够懒的了。

KEEP AWAY FROM TUFFET.
She's lazy enough as is.

Content:
[典籍中记载了许多德鲁伊派系的魔法遗物。其中一页页角被折了记号。]

西凡那斯神像

使用受橡树之父祝福的橡木与树脂制成的仪式遗物。对其无声祈祷来获取西凡那斯的祝福并与自然沟通。

[在印刷字体段落下手写着一行字。]

不止如此。更多祈祷，更多力量。荆棘仪式。

[The tablet catalogues various magical artefacts of druidic nature. One particular entry has been outlined.]

Idol of Silvanus

A ritual relic formed from the wood and resin of an oak touched by the Forest Father himself. Pray to it quietly to reap Silvanus' blessing and commune with nature.

[Below the entry, a chalked note snakes across the stone.]

So much more. More prayer, more power. RITE OF THORNS.

Content:
[一段仓促写下的，到了博德之门要做的事项列表]

在外城区找个住的地方。

加入焰拳。

忍住别掐死罗兰。

[A hastily written to-do list for Baldur's Gate]

Hit up Outer City for room and board.

Join the Flaming Fist.

Try not to strangle Rolan.

Content:
幸运眷顾了你，罗兰。很少有人能引起我的注意，但我在你的信中看到了你的潜力。
但先警告你 - 你必须愿意做任何必要之事。
力量是有代价的。而我的学生中不可有弱者。
洛若坎

You are most fortunate, Rolan. Few catch my interest, but your letters demonstrate potential. I am willing to give you a chance.
However, a warning - you must be willing to do whatever is necessary.
Power is not cheap. And I'll not suffer weakness in my own student.
Lorroakan

Content:
[虽然这本书显然尚未完成，但已经详细记录着费伦全境的各种音乐风格和乐谱。在排列整齐的音符和墨线之间，其中有一页鹤立鸡群。它充满了色彩和散漫的弧线。底下写道：]

蕈人歌

欧格玛在上，我听见了，我看见了，我明白了，我感受了。但我真的有办法将它记录下来吗？

[The book is a clear work in progress though already extensive, chronicling various musical styles and notation from across Faerûn. Amid the orderly symbols and blackened ink, one page stands out. It is awash in colour and meandering arcs. The script below reads:]

Myconid Song

By Oghma, I hear it AND I see it AND I know it AND I feel it. But I can't write it. Or can I?

Content:
亲爱的阿尔马拉，
这也许很蠢，但我实在没有别人可以倾诉。我讨厌自己的无能和懦弱。我真希望你还在我身边逗我开心。调笑我脾气坏。让我感觉自己无所不能。
你为什么要留下我孤零零一个人？我不能让同样的事情再次发生。再次发生在其他人身上。我必须保护他们。而这次我不会让他们失望了。
对你至死不渝的，
潘蒂娜

Dear Almara,
I feel stupid doing this, but I don't have anyone else. I hate how useless and scared I feel. I hate that you're not here to make me laugh. To tease me for being a grump. To make me feel strong.
Why did you have to die? I can't let it happen - not again. Not to the others. It's on me to protect them. And I won't fail them. Not like I failed you.
Love until the end,
Pandirna

Content:
树叶属于他，树木既是他。养护林木是我们的圣职。忽视林木就是忽视我们的圣父。

青草属于他，幼芽既是他。绿茵抚慰着我们。触碰绿茵就是了解他。

火焰属于他，烈焰既是他。畏惧焰火就是了解他的伟力。火上浇油就是在无视他的教诲。

西凡那斯，请赐予我们和平。西凡那斯，请授予我们力量。西凡那斯，请铲除我们的恶意。

The leaves are His, and the trees are Him. To nurture them is our duty. To neglect them is to neglect our very Father.

The grass is His, and the blades are Him. It soothes our senses and softens our falls. To touch it is to know Him

The fire is His, and the flames are Him. To fear them is to know His might. To stoke them in spite is to shun His word.

Silvanus, grant us peace. Silvanus, grant us might. Silvanus, quell our malice.

Content:
[一本关于舞台魔法的详细教学书籍，名为《塔贝尔的干扰指南》。其中"用魔法赚钱"的章节因为被反复翻阅已经有些褶皱。]
聪明的魔术师明白永远都不要免费表演。太多人说我们的技术低俗平庸，说那些大法师才配得上被称为奥术大师。是啊，那就等那些高人什么时候从他们的高塔上下来看戏法，再让他们对我们这些表演者指点一番吧。
聪明的魔术师会点头微笑，提醒那些口头大法师们真正的魔法并非来自法杖、魔典或是法师尖帽，而是对魔法的辛勤钻研。
这番讲话将引起观众们的骚动，给予你的助手足够的时间来从他们鼓鼓囊囊的口袋里翻出该翻的东西。聪明的魔术师就是用如此精明的手段分散了注意力，而大法师们也将学到谦逊这宝贵的一课。


[A comprehensive and practical guide to the craft of stage magic called Tarbell's Guide to Distractions. Creased pages indicate a much-read excerpt entitled 'Making Money with Magic'.]
The wise magician knows never to perform for free. Too many already rush to call our craft cheap or second-rate, and point to archwizards as true masters of the arcane. Indeed, should any of those fine personages ever descend from their lofty towers to catch a show, they too think to lecture humble practitioners on matters of the Art.
The wise magician nods, smiles, and gently reminds such luminaries that true magic does not derive from staffs, grimoires, or very fine hats, but from hard work and persistence to the craft.
This ought to inspire a response of such animated and gesticulated proportion that your assistant will have ample time to rifle through overburdened pockets. Thus the wise magician demonstrates the importance of a good distraction, and the archwizard learns a valuable lesson in humility.

Content:
卡哈：

欧洛丹给我汇报了你的进度；荆棘仪式已经开始，我很满意。我将很快从斗篷森林启程前往博德之门。如果你需要我的结社的进一步帮助，最好现在开口。

封印完成之后，翠绿林地将成为暗影德鲁伊的领域，而你将成为首席德鲁伊。

纪念法多，
大德鲁伊艾丽丝

Kagha:

Olodan has sent word of your progress; I am pleased that the Rite of Thorns has begun. I depart soon from Cloakwood to Baldur's Gate. Should you need further aid from my circle, now is the time to ask.

Once cloistered, the Emerald Grove will be the Shadow Druids' domain, and you its First Druid.

In Faldorn's memory,
Archdruid Aelis

Content:
[书页上交错的标记似乎不是写上去的，而是刻上去的。]

卡哈。

沼泽码头。树。来见我。一个人。

欧罗丹。

[The marks crisscrossing the page don't look scribed so much as slashed.]

Kagha.

Swamp-docks. Tree. Meet me. Alone.

Olodan.

Content:
[这本书的书脊因为经常使用已经软塌。书中其中一页是内折的。]

平衡是为虚构。但凡部落踩踏的地方，自然都会为之负累。

团结是为谎言。凡人只想驯化野兽，烧毁植被。

吾等是为雷霆，吾等是为风暴。吾等将消灭人类，为新的生命腾出空间。

[The book's spine is limber from overuse. The corner of one page is folded inwards.]

Balance is a myth. Where any clan treads, nature struggles.

Unity is a fiction. Men of mere flesh seek only to tame beast and raze flora.

We are the thunder, and we are the rain. We shatter mankind, and grow new life in its place.

Content:
[一份寻找卡扎多尔·扎尔下落的通缉令。]

[A wanted poster seeking the whereabouts of Cazador Szarr.]

Content:
["补给日志"的封面内页满是潦草的字迹和下划线。随后沾着尘泥的书页记录着库存，以及食物和医疗物资的使用。按照末尾的一系列连续记录来看，这里的库存已经基本告罄。]

['SUPPLY LOG' is scrawled and underlined on the inside cover. The dirt-stained pages that follow track the storage and use of food and medical supplies. A flurry of entries near the end suggest that the reserves are nearly depleted.]

Content:
找到我的藏货点了？厉害。但愚蠢。
警告你 —— 再敢偷我的东西，就走着瞧。
- 摩尔

Got into my stash, huh? Impressive. Stupid, but impressive.
That earns you a warning - steal from me again, and it'll earn you something else.
-Mol

Content:
哈尔辛，

这话我是从一群安姆商人那里的听到的，他们认为进行一次穿越暗影之地的短途旅行会是规避埃尔图迦德赋税的一种巧妙手段。我非常、非常动心，很想把他们留给卓尔。

不论如何 —— 一旦他们听说闲庭的存在，肯定会以为这是一个美妙的奖励 —— 就像我们雇佣兵，活着就是为了那些小玩意。
希望你能把它变成有用的东西 —— 就像一把利剑。外面的情况实在是越来越糟糕了。

- D

Halsin,

Got this from a group of Amnian merchants that thought a jaunt through the shadowlands was a smart way to circumvent Elturian taxes. I was very, very tempted to leave them to the drow.

Regardless - once they heard of the Enclave, they thought this a brilliant reward - as if we're mercenaries working for trinkets.
May you can turn it into something useful - like a blade. Things are only getting worse out here.

- D

Content:
无论好坏，多样性已经流淌在这座城市的血脉之中。敬神者能在这里找到祭拜之所，工匠能在这投入工作，还有，所有要来博德之门的人都应该知道 —— 这里的犯罪集团就和其他行业一样兴盛。

Variety is the blood of the city itself, for better or worse. The devoted will find a place to worship; the dedicated will find work to be done; and, let it be fully understood by any who wish to visit - the criminal enterprises in Baldur's Gate thrive as heartily as the rest.

Content:
... 事实上，我生命中最高的享受并非表演，而是交融。当你选择一个要扮演的角色，你并不仅仅是戴上一个面具 —— 而是提取角色的一部分灵魂融入自身。 无论内心深处的你到底是谁，你的自身将随之改变，连细微之处也变得不同。

...in fact, the greatest joy of my life hasn't been acting, but becoming. When you choose a character to play, you don't just wear a mask - you take a little of their soul for your own. Whoever you are in your heart of hearts changes, if only by the faintest mote.

Content:
[一份埃尔图迦德以及周边区域的古老地图。博德之门和艾尔托瑞尔都有标注，但是两者之间的荒野被笔记、符号和密码覆盖了。新鲜的墨迹标出了地精和豺狼人的象形字，显示出它们正在附近森林和山地聚集。]

[An ageing map of Elturgard and its surroundings. The cities of Baldur's Gate and Elturel are both marked, but it's the wilderness in between that's covered in notes, symbols, and ciphers. The freshest ink marks pictographs of goblins and gnolls, shown gathering in the forests and hills nearby.]

Content:
[这本书由不修边幅的潦草字迹手写而成。编辑的红色墨水大笔挥洒，砍掉了其中大部分内容。封面内页分别写着两个人的字迹：]

V -

绝对不行。

E

---

最亲爱的伊尔明斯特，

虽然你缺乏想象力，可我向你保证，水妖精绝非如此。 等待着这本书的广大群众也绝非如此。我可以暂且压下这本书的出版，但仅是为了进行更加详尽的调查。

你的多年好友，

瓦罗谭普·哲达
作家
研究者
善谈者
等。

[The book is handwritten in a swinging scrawl. The red ink of an eager editor slashes through most of its contents. Two inscriptions, each in a different hand, are scribbled inside the cover:]

V -

Absolutely not.

E

---

Dearest Elminster,

While you may lack imagination, nymphs, I assure you, do not. Nor does the public that eagerly awaits this work. I will refrain from publishing this piece for now, but only that I may conduct a more extensive bout of research.

Your friend these many years,

Volothamp Geddarm
Author
Researcher
Raconteur
etc.

Content:
致我最忠诚，最热忱的支持者，

我，这个奇妙世界中一位谦逊的学者，愿在此黑暗之时将你称为我的朋友与伙伴。
愿我的智慧带领你穿越前方的苦难

你永远的，优雅的，

瓦罗
智者，
牧羊人，
慷慨者
等。


[这本书由不修边幅的潦草字迹手写而成。一位热心编辑的红色墨水大笔挥洒，砍掉了其中大部分内容。封面内页分别写着两个人的字迹：]

V -

绝对不行。

E

---

最亲爱的伊尔明斯特，

虽然你缺乏想象力，可我向你保证，水妖精绝非如此。 等待着这本书的广大群众也绝非如此。我可以暂且压下这本书的出版，但仅是为了进行更加详尽的调查。

你的多年好友，

瓦罗谭普·哲达
作家
研究者
善谈者
等。

To my most dedicated and ardent supporter,

I, your humble scholar of this wondrous world, am delighted to call you my friend and companion in these trying times.
May my acumen guide you in the tribulations ahead!

Forever, graciously yours,

Volo
The Wise
The Shepherd
The Generous
etc.


[The book is handwritten in a swinging scrawl. The red ink of an eager editor slashes through most of its contents. Two inscriptions, each in a different hand, are scribbled inside the cover:]

V -

Absolutely not.

E

---

Dearest Elminster,

While you may lack imagination, nymphs, I assure you, do not. Nor does the public that eagerly awaits this work. I will refrain from publishing this piece for now, but only that I may conduct a more extensive bout of research.

Your friend these many years,

Volothamp Geddarm
Author
Researcher
Raconteur
etc.

Content:
[绘着一张涂鸦般的城市地图，下面的注释却潇洒华丽：]

而后是对剑湾明珠 - 博德之门这座城市和居民极其准确而详尽的介绍。

---

[编辑用红墨水写道：]

V -

此册之准确令人惊叹，除了关于黑龙之门的胡话。不论有多少痴民愚妇声称目击，它都绝对不是活的。

还有，花钱找别人来画地图。

E

[A poorly drawn map of a city is captioned in flamboyant script:]

What follows is the most thorough and accurate account of the city and people of Baldur's Gate, the sordid gem of the Sword Coast.

---

[An editor's note in crimson ink follows:]

V -

This volume is startlingly accurate, save for the nonsense about the Black Dragon Gate. It is NOT alive, no matter how many vagrant hags claim otherwise.

Commission someone else to draw the map.

E

Content:
献给我爱冒险的女神 -

我们命运交织，我的学识宽广，
诚挚希望这份亲密关系能够长久！

献上最深刻的喜爱之情，

瓦罗谭普·哲达
诗人
艺术家
学者
等。



[绘着一张涂鸦般的城市地图，下面的注释却潇洒华丽：]

而后是对剑湾明珠 - 博德之门这座城市和居民极其准确而详尽的介绍。

---

[编辑用红墨水写到：]

V -

此册之准确令人惊叹，除了关于黑龙之门的胡话。不论有多少痴民愚妇声称目击，它都绝对不是活的。

还有，去花钱请别人来画地图。



For my adventuresome muse -

Our fates are bound, my wisdom vast,
I dearly hope our kinship lasts!

Deepest affections,

Volothamp Geddarm
Poet
Artist
Savant
etc.



[A poorly drawn map of a city is captioned in flamboyant script:]

What follows is the most thorough and accurate account of the city and people of Baldur's Gate, the sordid gem of the Sword Coast.

---

[An editor's note in crimson ink follows:]

V -

This volume is startlingly accurate, save for the nonsense about the Black Dragon Gate. It is NOT alive, no matter how many vagrant hags claim otherwise.

Commission someone else to draw the map.

E

Content:
[似乎是一段还未写成的，几乎不可辨识的笔记。]

- 幽魂
- 女妖
- 吵闹鬼
- 鬼怪? （???）

1杯冰
1/2杯蒸馏土豆烈酒
3小杯橙汁
用薄荷装饰



[This appears to be the barely-legible notes of a work heavily in progress.]

- Ghost
- Banshee
- Poltergeist
- Spooky? (???)

1 mugful ice
1/2 mugful distilled potato spirits
3 thimbles citrus juice
garnish with mint

Content:
给我的至亲，

呼吸。
微笑。
去爱。
重复。

永远属于你的，
瓦罗谭普·哲达
吟游诗人
书记员
贤者
等。



[似乎是一段还未写成的，几乎不可辨识的笔记。]

- 幽魂
- 女妖
- 吵闹鬼
- 鬼怪? （???）

1大杯冰
1/2杯蒸馏土豆烈酒
3小杯柑橘汁
用薄荷装饰



To my dearest intimate,

Breathe.
Smile.
Love.
Repeat.

Yours eternally,
Volothamp Geddarm
Bard
Scribe
Sage
etc.



[This appears to be the barely-legible notes of a work heavily in progress.]

- Ghost
- Banshee
- Poltergeist
- Spooky? (???)

1 mugful ice
1/2 mugful distilled potato spirits
3 thimbles citrus juice
garnish with mint

Content:
[这原是一本由鲜血写成的关于罗丝的冗长书籍。其中的血字有几处被抹去，由另一种笔迹写着：]

想起我在地表的生活真让我后悔莫及。我居然花了几十年时间行走于罪恶的泥潭之中，对我女皇在黑暗中的等待视而不见。就连我的名字，'埃列特'，念出时也只让我感到恶心。

...

一个被罗丝本人封圣的高精灵 —— 那些捕获我的卓尔无法理解。但我已经在蜘蛛女皇本人赐下的预言中看到了他们家族的陨落。当那天到来，当一个来自无关紧要家族的无名之辈割开了主母的喉咙，我将会逃生。我将隐居起来，为罗丝奉献我的一切。

[Though originally a screed on Lolth penned in blood, this book's crimson script has been smeared away in several places, a different hand writing atop it:]

I recall my life upon the surface with more than regret. I weep for the decades spent treading the murky waters of profanity while my true Queen waited in the shadows. Even my name, 'Eliette', feels foreign and foul upon my tongue.

...

A high elf exalted by Lolth herself - my drow captors cannot fathom it. But I see their house's downfall in visions granted by the Spider Queen herself. When that day comes, when some unnamed whelp from an insignificant house cuts the matron mother's throat, I will escape. I will find solitude, and I will worship Lolth with my very soul.

Content:
[一本被大量仓促绘制的蜘蛛图解和各种符文填满的日志。上面的注解文字大多也都以密文写成，除了最后几页中有几段潦草的通用语。]

他们能感知到我的奉献。这吸引着它们。我能听到他们在阴影中的响动，黑暗之母的低语。

...

我醒来时发现了一个裹在蛛网中的礼物：一双从异教徒尸体上扒下来的靴子。罗丝派来她的女儿奖赏我的忠诚，让我知道我正行走在正确的道路。

...

又一个礼物：一个卓尔的尸体，脸上遍布焦痕。一个操蛛师 —— 能够化为蜘蛛的形态。这是信息，这是召唤。 匕首上我的鲜血已然干涸，她的圣姿深深刻入了我的皮肤。

[A journal filled with hastily sketched diagrams of spiders and various spell runes. The captions are largely written in code, save for a few passages near the end that are penned in shaky Common.]

They can sense my devotion. It draws them. I hear them in the shadows, whispers from the dark mother.

...

I woke to a gift wrapped in spider's silk: a pair of boots, taken from a heretic's corpse. Lolth sends her daughters to reward my faith, to let me know I am on the right path.

...

Another gift: the corpse of a drow, sigils scarred upon his face. An arachnomancer - one with the power to inhabit the spider's form. It is a message, a calling. My blood already dries upon the dagger, her blessed image carved into my skin.

Content:
[书中绝大多数的书页都已被仔细烧毁。残余的部分只留下了一句话，话语中透露着激荡不安的焦虑。]

我从她的形体中寻得了欢愉。这法术还不够。

[Most of this book's pages have been carefully burned away. Those that remain contain a single sentence, rewritten in varying states of agitation.]

In Her form I find ecstasy. The spell is not enough.

Content:
[书页之间完全被浓厚的蛛网填满，试图撕开只让文字变得模糊不清。只有最后一则记载得以幸存。]

时候到了。我将会从这亵渎的躯体中升华，以女皇的形象重塑自身。我不会再被困于这低贱的凡躯，这骨与肉组成的劣等形态。就连那些魔索布莱城的操蛛师们也会跪拜与我的面前，他们的法术将苍白无力。

今天，我将找到罗丝之家，而我将成为祂的主母。

[This book's leaves are stuck together with thick webbing that leeches ink when pulled from the page. Only the final entry remains remotely legible.]

It is time. I will forever transcend this blasphemous flesh and refashion myself in the Queen's image. No longer will I be bound to this lowly form, this base shape of organ and bone. Even the arachnomancers of Menzoberranzan shall weep at my feet, their little spells so feeble and fleeting.

Today, I found the house of Lolth, and I shall be its Matriarch.

Content:
[这张羊皮纸上绘着精美的图表，描绘了某种仪式。底部绘有两个形象 - 一只蜘蛛和一个精灵 - 位于重叠的圆环中间。下方写着一个词： "超越"。]

[An ornate diagram is drawn upon this parchment, depicting a ritual of some kind. At the bottom, two figures - a spider and an elf - are sketched within overlapping circles. A single word is penned beneath them: 'Transcendence'.]

Content:
[这本书饱受摧残 - 烟熏墨染，斧砍刀切 - 但其上文字依然清晰可辨。

标题写着"赛尔死灵法术典籍"，书籍的内容都是摇曳的符文。
你看的越久，就感觉身边的阴影越是沉重。]

[The book's pages are damaged - covered in soot, spilled ink, and the scars of a blade - but the words still shine through.

The cover reads 'The Necromancy of Thay'. The rest of the book is filled with gently shifting glyphs.
The longer you stare at the pages, the deeper the shadows around you feel.]

Content:
九指，
你的狗腿子四下嗅探，我是不会回城里去的。如果你想让我还账，就信我一次，自己去取。去墓地寻找"M·科温"的墓。挖开之后你能找到足够让我们摒弃前嫌的陪葬品。

别来找我。我安全的时候自会知道。
S.

Nine-Fingers,
I won't come back to the city, not while you have your thugs looking for me. If you want the debt paid, you'll have to trust me and collect it yourself. Go to the graveyard and look for where a 'M Kurwin' is buried. Get digging and you'll find enough valuables to settle matters between us.

Don't go looking for me. I'll know when I'm safe.
S

Content:
戴文，

是个男孩！很健康，很完美；我以他父亲的名字为他命名。你有机会了就赶紧回来看看我们娘俩。

爱你的，
芙洛拉（与戴文二世）

Daven,

It's a boy! He's healthy and perfect; I've named him after his father. Come back and see us as soon as you can get leave.

Love,
Flora (and Daven Junior)

Content:
格穆维克，

回博德之门的时候千万小心。近期我收到旅行者遇袭的报告越来越多了。我可不想让我最好的信使死在路边的阴沟里。

自己保重 —— 宁迟勿缺。
邮局局长丹左

Gomwick,

Be doubly careful on the way back to Baldur's Gate. I've received more reports of attacks on travellers throughout the region. I can't have my best messenger winding up face down in a ditch somewhere.

Watch yourself - better late than never.
Postmaster General Danzo

Content:
谷地开垦历，1371年，腐叶之月，3日

我在此写下，好叫众人得知，我离开家乡是因为受到了主人的约束，并非自己所选。 若非曾经立下誓言，我会留在家乡为祖基尔服务，而不是在这荒郊野岭处理猪瘟。不过，誓言就是誓言，我将尽职尽责地为他服务，直到被释放的那天。

[早期的日志写得很仔细，越是往后翻，字迹就越加潦草随意。最后一则写得十分仓促。]

他们成功了！暗夜法官抢在祖基尔之前干掉了那个老杂种！现在他即将流血身亡，等他一死，我也能从誓言中解脱。我可以回去了。
我会把他偷走的死灵法术典籍归还回去。那时他们会原谅我的。他们会知道我的忠诚。
钥匙宝石安全地藏在隧道里面。我一拿到手就会溜进地窖，带上所有能拿走的一切，然后 —— 回家。

3 Uktar, 1371 DR

Let it be known that I left my homeland because I was bound to my master, and not because I chose to. Were it not for the oath I swore, I would still be home, serving the zulkirs, and not tending to hog pox in this crude hamlet. However, an oath is an oath, and I will serve him, as is my duty, until I am released.

[The early journal entries are written in a delicate, intricate script that gets rougher and wilder the more pages you turn. It ends with one hastily scrawled entry.]

They did it! The Dark Justiciars got the old bastard before the zulks could. Now he's bleeding out and once he's gone, I'll be free of this oath. I can go back.
I'll return the tome of necromancy he stole. They'll forgive me then. They'll know I'm loyal.
The keygem's secure in the tunnels. Once I have it, I'll slip into the cellar, take what I can carry, and then - home.

Content:
患者 - 桑普森
职业 - 铁匠
伤病 - 痛风
注释 - 桑普森在收下新学徒后生活安逸了起来。我给他开了一剂秋水仙，让他少吃红肉少喝酒。

患者 - 布兰里
职业 - 桶匠
伤病 - 手上扎了一根大木刺
注释 - 木刺已移除。伤口已清理，涂以凤仙花并缠上绷带。

患者 - 提米克
职业 - 无 （儿童）
伤病 - 吞下一枚酒瓶塞
注释 - 腹部无硬块或梗阻。酒瓶塞应该会正常排泄而出。给了这小子一个严厉的警告。

患者 - 迪达
职业 - 铁匠学徒
伤病 - 脸部和手部轻微烫伤
注释 - 桑普森的这个少女学徒又把自己烫伤了。进行了和往常一样的治疗，但我劝她放慢进度，免得弄出不可挽回的重伤。

Patient - Sampson
Occupation - Blacksmith
Malady - gout
Comments - Sampson's become accustomed to the good life since he acquired that new apprentice. I gave him a tincture of autumn crocus and told him to avoid red meat and ale.

Patient - Branley
Occupation - Cooper
Malady - large wood splinter in hand
Comments - Splinter removed. Wound cleaned, doused in balsam ointment and bandaged.

Patient - Timmick
Occupation - none (child)
Malady - swallowed bottle cork.
Comments - No hardness or blockage in stomach. The cork should pass without causing harm. I gave the lad a stern warning.

Patient - Dida
Occupation - Apprentice Blacksmith
Malady - minor burns to the face and hands
Comments - Another burn for Sampson's eager young apprentice. The usual treatment was applied, but I urged her to slow her pace at work before she inflicts real harm on herself.

Content:
[这古老的书页上记录着一所学校的考勤记录。越往后翻，越多学生的名字便消失无踪。书页边缘有人用潦草的字体写下：得有人去调查那些失踪的孩子和他们的家人究竟发生了什么。]

[A school's attendance log fills the ancient pages. As the pages and days progress, more and more pupils' names vanish from the entries. In urgent script, a note in the margin states that someone has to investigate what's become of the missing children and their families.]

Content:
亲爱的芙洛拉。

生日快乐！我知道，我终于画完了。还不是一般的画 - 看起来眼熟吗？

我可以给你一个提示。涉及到我单膝跪下，而你让我成为这个世界上最快乐的女人。

我得走了，隔壁教室安静了下来，这从来都不是个好迹象。

生日快乐，我的爱人。

阿曼达。

Dear Flora.

Happy Birthday! I know, I finally finished a painting. And not just any painting - does it look familiar?

I'll give you a hint. It involved me getting down on one knee, and you making me the happiest woman alive.

I'd best go, I hear silence in the classroom next door and that is never a good sign.

Happy Birthday, my love.

Amanda

Content:
青出于蓝而胜于蓝！

我的武器杰作即将完成 —— 只剩下一味材料了。桑普森说我的设计是个失败品。脑满肠肥到连自己屌都看不见的家伙，他知道个屁？

我已经把原型和图纸藏了起来。你就等着瞧吧桑普森。你的名气已经日薄西山 —— 一颗崛起的新星将取而代之。

The pupil surpasses the teacher!

My master weapons are almost complete - there's just one component left. Sampson says the designs are a failure. But what's he know? He can barely see past his own belly.

I stashed the prototypes and blueprints for now. But just you wait, Sampson. Your legend is fading - and a new one will rise in its place.

Content:
[精巧的弧线和整洁的线条组成了三种武器的图纸：一把巨剑、一把镰刀和一把匕首。每个长度和角度都标注了精确的尺寸，锻造说明小心地印在页面底部，上面着重强调了一种罕见的原料：轻语树皮。这种轻语树皮只能用于普通、未经改造过的兵刃。]

[Precise arcs and neatly drawn lines form the blueprints of three weapons: a greatsword, a sickle, and a dagger. Each length and angle is marked with exact measurements, and forging instructions are printed carefully along the bottom of the page, emphasising an unusual ingredient: sussur bark. The sussur bark can only be applied to an ordinary, unmodified blade.]

Content:
[书页上满是身体极度扭曲的图样，图间写满了手写笔记。]
当心自己肉体凡躯的限制。虽然让痛苦的狂喜把你席卷而去是很诱人的，尤其是一场美妙的自我鞭笞，但骨折会妨碍我们对痛苦女神的崇拜。相反，当身体承受不住时，可以选择笞刑或者拔除指甲（推荐使用钳子或者利刃）来确保劳薇塔能够永远纵情于你的痛苦之中 —— 这是她的权利。

[Diagrams of bodies twisted into impossible shapes cover the pages while handwritten notes fill the margins.]
Be wary of your mortal limitations. While it is tempting to allow pain's ecstasies to sweep you away, particularly during a delicious bout of self-flagellation, broken bones hinder worship of Our Maiden of Pain. Instead, when the body is spent, focus on a whipping or perhaps nail removal (pliers or blade is recommended) to ensure Loviatar may forever revel in your agony - as is her right.

Content:
《开明朗普的凯旋与旅途》

第一天： 现在的我得知了真相，忘却了从前。一开始，我以为是人类纤薄的肉体给与了他们这种天赋，之后我才发现，是因为她带的那个戒指。咬到的时候还硌了我的牙。

第四天： 地精首领德罗尔·拉格兹林为我提供了一个诱人的提议：不能吃身上有他新神祇印记的人，剩下的随便我吃。他还提出给我很大一笔钱作为回报。

The Triumphs and Travels of Lump the Enlightened

Day 1: Now that I see truth, I can scarcely remember a time before. At first, I thought it the human's thin flesh that bestowed this gift, but I've come to believe it was the circlet she wore. There was crunch in that chew.

Day 4: The goblin boss Dror Ragzlin made a tantalising proposal: spare any prey bearing his new god's brand, and feast on the rest. He offered considerable coin in return.

Content:
[一部远古典籍，详细描述了塞伦涅跟她的姐妹 - 莎尔是如何伴生而来的。代表银色、光芒四射的塞伦涅，以及代表黑暗，诱惑人心的莎尔，她们互为补充，为宇宙中光明与黑暗之间带来了井然有序的区别。]


[An ancient tome detailing how Selûne came into being along with her sister, Shar. The silver, radiant Selûne and the dark, alluring Shar complemented each other and brought an orderly distinction between light and dark in the universe.]

Content:
[一本灰尘扑扑的册子，里面提到了塞伦涅点燃太阳、为宇宙带去能够维系生命的光明与温暖之后，双生女神塞伦涅与莎尔之间的冲突。]

[A dusty volume that speaks of the conflict between the sibling goddesses Selûne and Shar, after Selûne ignited the sun and brought life-sustaining light and warmth to the universe.]

Content:
[一首献给塞伦涅的祷词，恳求月之少女的祝福，分享她的馈赠。]

[A prayer dedicated to Selûne, imploring all to accept the Moonmaiden's blessings and share in her bounty.]

Content:
[手账里写满了一系列草药的培育方法。其中一条被加上了下划线："把特别要求过的植物移入地下室。远离窥探魔眼。"]

[The ledger is filled with cultivation instructions for a range of medicinal plants. One entry is underlined: 'Deliver specially requested plants to the cellar. Keep away from prying eyes.']

Content:
[这本书里写满了一页页的观察记录，追踪村庄里的旅行者和居民。你翻到最后几页。]

艳阳之月，26日。奥利弗·辛格 - 商人- 抵达月亮庇所。第二天离开。卡林珊人。
衰败之月，7日。陌生人 - 名字未知 - 路过。不是塞尔人。（莱瑟曼人？）
落叶之月，14日。三个穿着黑色盔甲的男人路过。不是塞尔人。
腐叶之月，2日。 哈克特 - 短工 - 路过。不是塞尔人。
腐叶之月，30日。遇袭！穿黑色盔甲的士兵。有些损伤。不是塞尔人，但是很危险。
岁末之月，14日。这本书的钥匙宝石不见了。老熟人让我去看看学徒。
岁末之月，14日。辛格路过。没有停下来。
岁末之月，15日。老熟人报告说学徒在水井附近失踪。继续观察。
岁末之月，18日。遇袭。跟之前一样的士兵。村民被带走。
岁末之月，20日。地平线上升起黑烟。是袭击吗？

[The book is filled with pages and pages of observations, tracking travellers and people in the village. You turn to the final pages.]

26 Eleasis. Oliver Synge - merchant - arrives in Moonhaven. Departs next day. Calishite.
7 Elient. Stranger - name unknown - passes through. Not Thayan. (Rashemi?)
14 Marpenoth. Three men in black armour pass through. Not Thayan.
2 Uktar. Hackett - journeyman - passes through. Not Thayan.
30 Uktar. Raid! Black armoured soldiers. Some damage. Not Thayan, but dangerous.
14 Nightal. The book's key gem has gone missing. Familiar ordered to watch my apprentice.
14 Nightal. Synge passes through. Doesn't stop.
15 Nightal. Familiar reports apprentice disappeared near well. Will observe.
18 Nightal. Raid. Same soldiers as before. Townsfolk taken.
20 Nightal. Smoke on horizon. Raid?

Content:
[你翻动书页，上面满是奇怪的炼金术草图和公式。有些写的很明白，有些符文和手稿让你难以辨认。

上面记录了金属变形指引以及战争武器的锻造方法。不过最重要的是，这本书是关于复活死者的。]

[You turn page after page filled with strange alchemical sketches and formulae. Some are written plainly, some in runes and scripts you barely recognise.

There are guides to transmutating metals and recipes for weapons of war, but more than anything else, the book is concerned with reanimating dead flesh.]

Content:
死者复活
失败 - 去世太久。尸体已腐烂。

复活术
失败- 变成食尸鬼归来。必须再次杀死。

死者交谈
失败 - 答案无用。

克隆
失败 - 需要活体组织。

复活术 + 克隆？
失败 - 必须杀死两个食尸鬼。

复生术
失败 - 为什么？！魔法诅咒？

完全复生术
我已经达到了能力和资源的极限。这本书可以提供帮助。我有胆量接受吗？

Raise Dead
Failed - Gone too long. Body decomposed.

Reanimation
Failed - Came back as ghoul. Had to kill again.

Speak with Dead
Failed - Answers Unhelpful.

Clone
Failed - Needs living tissue.

Reanimation + Clone?
Failed - Had to kill both ghouls.

Resurrection
Failed - Why?! Magical curse?

True Resurrection
I have reached the limit of my skills and resources. The book offers help. Dare I accept?

Content:
谷地开垦纪元1371年，岁末之月，6日

我不为神祇服务，但不知是哪位的恩赐，这个村子居然相信了我和我的学徒只是一般的医师而已。我藏起纹身，锁住红袍，实验室也做好了防护。自从来到这里之后，我就再也没有听见"赛尔"这个词，只有我的学徒知道我伊林·托斯的身份。
这里虽然不是进行研究的理想地点，但我再也不能回到故乡了 —— 不能像我逃出来那样回去。我会被处死，后面等待我的是更加恐怖的境遇。

这里的工作很简单，能让我在夜晚继续研究，不过进展十分缓慢。复生看似容易，但是恢复生命？ 那是我难以触及的奖励。这本典籍中包含了我需要的魔法，但每一步都在与我作对。我的学徒也是如此。至少我那位熟人能帮我轻松弄来尸体，还不会招致任何怀疑。

这一切都需要时间。祖基尔会在我复活她之前找到这里来吗？我也说不好，不过如果他们真的来找我，那么一定会面对我唤醒的守卫们。

6 Nightal, 1371 DR

I pay no service to the gods, but by some blessing, this village believes me and my apprentice to be simple healers. My tattoos are hidden, my red robes locked away, and my lab secured. I have not heard the word 'Thay' since we arrived and only my apprentice knows me as Ilyn Toth.
This place is not ideal for my research, but I can never return home - not the way I escaped. I'd be put to death, with worse to follow.

The work here is simple and allows me to continue my research at night, but progress is slow. Reanimation seems easy, but restoring life? That prize eludes me. The tome contains the magic I need, but it fights me at every step. As does my apprentice. At least my familiar has made it easy to secure bodies without raising suspicion.

This will take time. Will the zulkirs find me before I can bring her back? I cannot say, but if they do come for me, they'll have to face the guardians I've raised.

Content:
可能地点：

- 精灵之歌酒馆
- 脸红的美人鱼
- 月亮庇所废墟
- 幽暗地域

乌尔布伦 - 可能被强行带走。
探访已知和未知。

我一定会找到他。

亲爱的____（乌尔布伦的母亲 - 她叫什么来着？），

我写信来是想问 -
我写信来是想告知 -
我写信来是为了 -

火焰
两道火焰 -

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Locations of Interest:

- Elfsong Tavern
- Blushing Mermaid
- Moonhaven Ruins
- Underdark

Wulbren - likely taken by force.
Interview unsavoury elements known and unknown.

I WILL find him.

Dear ____ (Wulbren's mother - her name?),

I write to enquire -
I write to inform -
I write in relation to -

Flames
Two flames in the -

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[书页顶部绘着翼蛇图案。]

和往常一样，拿走你需要的东西，但记得之后回来补齐！这是给大家的。

[The black silhouette of a winged serpent marks the top of this page.]

As always, take what you need but stock it up after! This is for everyone.

Content:
经过一个多世纪的辛苦工作、虚假的线索、缥缈的希望，拯救月出之塔的方法也许刚刚走进林地，亲身展露在了我面前。由于幽影诅咒的效果，通往城堡的道路一如往常、无法通行，但是也许还存在着其他的道路。一队由某位艾拉丁领导的冒险者出现了，他们希望我能帮忙潜入一个大型地精巢穴，就隐藏在昔日塞伦涅神殿的废墟中。他确信那里存在一个由莎尔信徒的通道以及隐藏在神殿地下的秘密据点构成的庞大网络，而一个名为暗夜之歌的稀有遗物就隐匿在那些建筑之中。

这些新来的客人看起来跟雇佣兵差不多，不过如果他们的描述是真实的，那样就能解释很多事情 —— 比如凯瑟里克·索姆是如何在完全隐蔽的情况下组建起暗夜法官那种拥有强大力量的势力，以及索姆为何能在对月出施放幽影诅咒之后似乎就销声匿迹了。

很明显，塞伦涅神殿一定存在一条迂回穿越幽暗地域、直通月出之塔的秘密路径。我必须亲眼看看 —— 那就意味着我必须加入艾拉丁的这次小探险。 他其中的一个队员 - 一个名叫布里安的矮人 - 有些书面资料，应该能让我们找到塞伦涅神殿中的隐藏入口 —— 但是寻找道路并不是我们最担心的事情。那里的地精似乎崇拜着一位名叫"至上真神"的神祇，正好跟攻击内蒂和我的那群一样 —— 与感染了灵吸怪寄生虫的卓尔联盟也是同一群。

更糟糕的是，我的鸟儿回报说甚至还有更多邪教徒在往月出之塔聚集，而且能够完全不顾诅咒效果地自由行动。在我为清除一种瘟疫而做出努力的同时，我也许还偶尔发现了另外一种 ——不论这些邪教徒背后有什么目的，被篡改过的灵吸怪衍体似乎已经在月出中筑了巢，而且正好就处在幽影诅咒最强的地方。

我们很快就会动身。我只能希望这次潜入行动一切顺利，希望我们能避开那些至上真神教徒 —— 至少要等到我抵达月出之塔，清除幽影诅咒之后。在那之后，也许我能阻止灵吸怪在那片废墟开展的阴谋，重新修复大自然的平衡。

愿西凡那斯为我指引道路，借给我他全部的力量，来应对接下来即将发生的一切。


After more than a century of hard work, false leads, and dashed hopes, the means of saving Moonrise Towers may have just walked into the grove and presented itself to me. Thanks to the effects of the shadow curse, the roads leading to the citadel remain as impassable as ever, but there may be another way. An adventurer band led by a certain Aradin appeared, seeking my help with infiltrating a large goblin nest found in the ruins of the old temple of Selûne. He believes there is a vast network of Sharran passages and strongholds hidden deep under the temple, and that somewhere within these structures there is a rare artefact called the Nightsong.

These newcomers seem like little more than mercenaries, but what they described rings true, and could explain so much - like how Ketheric Thorm managed to raise such a force of Dark Justiciars in utter secrecy, and how they seemed to vanish just as Thorm unleashed the shadow curse upon Moonrise.

It's clear that there is a secret route from the temple of Selûne that weaves through the Underdark, all the way to Moonrise Towers. I have to see for myself - and that means I must join Aradin on his little expedition. One of his lot, a dwarf named Brian, has something in writing that's supposed to guide us to the hidden entrance in Selûne's temple - but finding the way is the least of our worries. The goblins there seem to worship the very same 'Absolute' as the ones who attacked Nettie and me - the same ones who also were in league with a drow infected with an altered illithid parasite.

Worse still, my birds report that even more of these cultists are converging at Moonrise Towers, moving freely with little care for the effects of the curse. In my efforts to vanquish one plague, I may have stumbled upon another - whatever is behind these cultists and the tampered illithid spawn seems to have made its lair in Moonrise, right where the shadow curse is at its strongest.

We will depart soon. I can only hope that our infiltration goes smoothly and we manage to elude these Absolutists - at least until I get to Moonrise Towers and lift the shadow curse. Then perhaps I can stop whatever illithid conspiracy is unfolding in those ruins, and the balance of nature will be restored once again.

May Silvanus guide my path, and lend me all His strength for what is to come.

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那个四处游荡的德鲁伊并非旨在盗墓的冒险者。他称自己为哈尔辛 —— 他不仅人长得丑，名字也不好听。在鞭舞者把他抓走扔进狼圈之前，我曾经与他有过简短地交谈。他说我们的身体里藏着邪恶之物。我身体里也有。他说他有办法能破除邪恶。但从没实践过。现在至上真神眷顾着我们，他就更不会实践了。
要我说，用不了多久他的身体里也会有东西腐烂的。狼圈里有很多腐烂的肉。等我们切开他的时候，我会保证让他活得足够长，直到他身上长蛆为止。

That slobberchops druid who was nosing around ain't just some tomb-robbin' adventurer type. Calls hisself Halsin - ugly name for an ugly bastard. I had a little word or two with him before the lashers put his hairy arse in the pens. Said he thinks there's somethin' rotten inside us. Inside me. Reckons he can help get rid of the rot. I told him we don't need any help from nobody. Never did. And especially not now the Absolute's taken a shine to us.
I says there'll be somethin' rotten inside him soon enough. There's a lot of rancid meat down in the pens and when we cut him open, I'll make sure he stays alive long enough for the maggots to make a nest of him.

Content:
[这封皱巴巴的信上装饰着一个涂鸦：一个地精拿着一捆真菌花束献给一个卓尔。]

最最亲爱的阁下，最最美丽的门徒明萨拉，

你也许并不记得我。毕竟我不是什么重要人物。暂时还不是。

当你来拜访拉格兹林老大的时候，我正跟小伙子们在一起玩追鸡游戏。当你直直地看向我，告诉他说：如果他们屠杀人类也能像给家禽拔毛一样厉害的话，兴许还是有点价值的。那句话瞬间击中了我，让我感觉能被那样认可是很特别的。

下一次突袭来临的时候，我手中沾染的鲜血一定会多到连至上真神也不得不对我侧目。然后我会来到月出，而你也会注意到我。我是长着一双粗腿而且还瞎了一只眼睛的那个。

克拉加



[A childish doodle of a goblin presenting a fungal bouquet to a drow adorns this crumpled letter.]

Dearest yer excellency and most prettiest Minthara,

You might not remember me. I ain't nobody important after all. Not yet.

I was chasing chickens with the lads when you came to visit boss Ragzlin. You looked right at me when you told him that if we was as good at killin' humans as we was at pluckin' poultry we might be worth a damn. Made me feel proper special to be recognised like that.

Next raid, I'll spill so much blood the Absolute'll have to notice me. Then I'll come to Moonrise and you'll notice me too. I'm the one with the stumpy leg and the gammy eye.

Klagga

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[这张纸上一股子座狼尿的骚味。信上大多数的字都被划掉了。]

亲爱的门徒明萨拉，

我从没去过幽暗地域。格利卡说下面的怪物能让食人魔看起来跟侏儒婴儿一样，但我觉得要是你这样像小蘑菇一样可爱的小家伙是在那儿长大的，那肯定是个好地方。

[下文的字体更大，作者已经划掉了自己的作品："卓尔喜欢被拿来和蘑菇做对比吗？应该吧。"]

[This scrap of paper smells like worg piss. Most of the words are struck-through.]

Lovely Minthara,

I ain't never been to the Underdark. Grikka says there's beasties down there that make an ogre look like a baby gnome, but I says if anythin' as lovely as you grows among all the tasty mushrooms down there it's the best place there ever was.

[In larger text, the writer has scribbled across his own work: 'Do drow like being compared to mushrooms? Probably.']

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[一些碎纸片，里面的内容似乎是在考虑怎么写一封情书。]

什么月亮啊、星星啊或者那之类的狗屁都没法跟她比，因为她生活在地下... 她没长疥疮或者疖子，所以也不能恭维最棒的那些... 也许她会觉得我太矮小，不过我可以跟她说我会去买个脚凳，这样打啵就没问题了... 下次见到她的时候，我要往头发里放几只死蜘蛛... 要不干脆把我干死的那些人切点下来送她好了...

[A scrap of paper containing what appear to be ideas for a love letter.]

Can't compare her to the moon or the stars or any of that rubbish because she lives underground... she ain't got any scabs or boils so can't compliment the best ones... might think i'm too small, tell her I'll buy a footstool for when we're kissin'... put some dead spiders in my hair next time i see her... probably just send her some bits of people wot I killed...

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[这本日志被标记为神殿档案馆的参考材料，里面包含了神殿送往下方深渊的魔法信件的文字记录。这上面记录的似乎是一次争论，可以追溯至临近神殿奠基的时期。]

加鲁斯 —— 你真是愚蠢至极。一座新神殿，里面还有需要指引的移居者，结果你宁愿去下面那个黑不隆冬的地方到处扒拉？我们是塞伦涅的牧师 —— 注意要行如其名。
- M

摩娜 —— 女士会为我照亮道路。幽暗地域难道不正是她的光芒尚未触及的一条道路吗？来吧：我们可以在新礼拜堂里展开神学辩论。
- J

新礼拜堂！？那些材料本来是为神殿准备的，而不是你在下面的游乐场。我又该怎么跟月之神殿说呢？
- M

让他们开始收拾行装！下面这里有很多洞穴，连大教堂内殿也会相形见绌。施工人员就快完工了，之后我们会更加深入。
- J

够了，学徒！幽暗地域不是玩乐的地方。跟你一起的都是新手，不是银星。快回来。马上。
- M

学徒，不要无视我。我知道你带的东西很宽裕，发信是没有问题的。快回应。
- M

加鲁斯 —— 快回应。
- M

M —— 我们已经尽全力增强防御了，但是守卫撑不了太久。封锁隧道，还有千万不要跟上来。 你说对了。这地方是属于他们的。
- J

加鲁斯 —— 坚持住。不论是什么，我马上调派增援。一定要挺住。
- M

不行。不应该出现更多伤亡。我已经命令学徒弄塌了隧道。你会为他们感到骄傲的。请原谅我 —— 我们只是想散播她的光芒。
- 加鲁斯，沐浴在女士光芒中的学徒长


[Marked as reference material for the temple archive, this logbook contains transcripts of magical sendings from the temple to the depths below. This record seems to be an exchange dating from near the temple's foundation.]

Jarrus—enough foolishness. A new temple with settlers to guide, and you'd rather scrabble in the dark below? We're clerics of Selûne - act like it.
- M

Morna—the Lady lights the way. What is this Underdark but a path her Light hasn't touched yet? Come: we can debate theology in the new chapel.
- J

New chapel?! Those materials were meant for the temple proper, not your playground down there. What am I to tell the House of the Moon?
- M

Tell them to start packing! There are caverns down here to dwarf the Inner Cathedral. The builders are almost done, and so we go deeper.
- J

Enough, Initiate! The Underdark is no place for games. Those are novices with you, not Silverstars. Return. Immediately.
- M

Initiate, don't ignore me. I know you took ample components for a sending. Respond.
- M

Jarrus—Respond.
- M

M—Fortified what we can, but wards won't last. Seal the tunnel, and do not follow. You were right. This place belongs to them.
- J

Jarrus—Hold fast. Whatever it is, I'm sending reinforcements. Just hold on.
- M

No. No more death. Ordered novices to collapse tunnel. You'd be proud of them. Forgive me—we only meant to spread her Light.
- Jarrus, High Initiate in the Lady's Light

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[这是一本历史悠久的日记，大部分页面已经被匆忙撕下来了，也许是用作了引火物。]

这样一来，连锁圆环会将满月与群星匹配，同时将黑暗投射到底部属地。通往幽暗地域的裂口将继续封闭。

我承认，这个设计对外来者来说并不能算是万无一失，但我不得不牺牲复杂性来换取材料的弹力。我一直都很好奇，塞伦涅为什么会把我从奇迹大厅中带出来，让我成为服务这座神殿的女祭司。也许这就是缘由所在。

[Most of the pages in this aged journal have been hastily torn out, perhaps for kindling.]

Thus the interlocking circles will bring the full moons to match the stars, while casting darkness where it belongs at the bottom. That chasm to the Underdark will stay sealed.

I confess the design is not foolproof to outsiders, but I had to sacrifice complexity for material resilience. I've always wondered why Selûne took me from the Hall of Wonders to serve at this temple as a priestess. Perhaps this was the reason.

Content:
[书中用极长的篇幅描绘了在无冬城至死亡之地之间的一片秘密荒野，栖息着"球足小精灵"和"小型巨人"。最后一页上写着如下注释：]

V -

无论是当前还是过去，任何国度都没有这样生物存在过的记载。你不会是又吃了鬼头蘑菇吧？

E

[Page after page describes a secret wilderness stretching from Neverwinter to the Fields of the Dead, populated by 'bulbous-footed pixies' and 'giants, but small.' On the final page, a note is written in precise script:]

V -

There exists no record of any of these creatures having populated any realm, now or in ages past. Did you eat Timmask on one of your walks? Again?

E

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[优雅的笔触绘出了附近的地图。地精巢穴被用绿色的墨水标记了出来；底下的大河则注上了"乔恩萨河"几个大字。

其他还标注出了三处地点

营地西北标注着"商旅 - 地精"

北边标注着"征收所 - 豺狼人"。

营地东边的一个箭头上标注着"森林 - 补给"。下面用小字写着： "月桂树中间"。]

[Elegant pen-strokes trace out a map of the local area. The goblins' den is indelibly marked in greenish ink; the word 'Chionthar' waves across the bottom, where the largest river flowed.

Three additional locations are annotated.

'Caravan - GOBLINS' is scrawled to the northwest of the camp.

'Toll House - GNOLLS' marks the far north territory.

'FOREST - SUPPLIES' hovers over an arrow pointing to the forest just to the camp's east. Beneath, in small letters: 'Between the laurel.']

Content:
亲爱的约和与德米尔，
请别生气。我是认真的。我留下这字条只是怕你们慌了神去做什么蠢事。
我要去找鬼婆。这是我欠康纳，我要纠正这一切。你知道换了他也会为我这么做的。
我很快回来，所以千万别告诉妈妈，好吗？她要操心的事情已经够多了。
梅丽娜

Dear Johl and Demir,
Don't get mad. I mean it. I'm only leaving this note so you don't panic and do something stupid.
I'm going to the hag. I owe it to Connor to make things right. You know he'd do the same for me.
I'll be back soon. So not a word to Mam, all right? She has enough on her plate.
Mayrina

Content:
每天早上都要读一遍。
记住。她不是你的朋友。她不是你的家人。
不要吃东西，除非她在看。
不要喝茶，除非她在看。
不要戴上面具。
不要戴上面具。
不要戴上面具。

[其余的文本上用大粗体写着"谎言"这个词。]

Read this every morning.
Remember. She is not your friend. She is not your family.
Do not eat the food unless she is watching.
Do not drink the tea unless she is watching.
Do not wear the mask.
Do not wear the mask.
Do not wear the mask.

[The word 'LIES' is written in large, thick letters across the rest of the text.]

Content:
[这封未写完的信上字迹潦草，还洒着大量的墨痕]
最亲爱的姐妹，
你没事吧，小花瓣？我没想到你居然让一个小畜生给耍了。真是令我羞愧不已。不用担心，捣蛋鬼已经被我的红帽子抓住了。他们正在料理他呢。几天前他就不会惨叫了，但还在哭呢。他会怀着胆敢背叛鬼婆的后悔死去。
一个几乎丧失神志的母亲？你太了解我了。我有最好的面具可以给她。
你一定要来看 ——

[Blotches of ink are spattered on this unfinished letter written in an uneven scrawl]
Sister dearest,
Are you feeling all right, petal? I can't believe you let some pup give you the slip. I'd be mortified. Worry not, my redcaps nabbed the bugger. They're taking their sweet time with him. The screaming stopped a few nights past, but the sobbing continues. He'll die regretting he crossed a hag.
A mother with a failing mind? You know me so well. I have the most darling mask for her.
You must come to vis -

Content:
[这封信开始字体华美，但最后的部分却变成了潦草的涂鸦。]
埃赛尔，
博德之门内部暗潮涌动。那些婊子打算把我挤兑出我的领地。我至少杀了四个她们的密探。没有一个开口的。至少到现在还没开口。
除了你那群荒谬羔羊的咩咩声之外，我怀疑你什么都听不见，但你要是能收到一点风声，马上送信过来。
M

[The letter begins in an elegant cursive but ends in a harsh sloping scrawl.]
Ethel,
Forces are at work in Baldur's Gate. The mewling wretches are trying to edge me out of my own territory. I've killed at least four of their agents. None have talked. Not yet, at least.
I doubt you hear anything beyond the bleating of your ridiculous sheep, but if you catch even a whisper, send word. Immediately.
M

Content:
[这封信是以讲究的草书书写的。]
埃赛尔。
我听说你最近的生意十分惨淡。放心吧，我有份工作给你。
有个客人没有给钱就逃出了博德之门。我的密探在乔恩萨河沿岸发现了他的踪迹，确保他一定会通过你的领地。按你的心意处置他吧。
作为交换，我这里有个合你口味的姑娘。她母亲的心智正在衰退。我的联络人让她确信你可以帮忙。我会按照老路子把她送过去。
M

[This letter is written in elegant cursive.]
Ethel,
I've heard business has been slow. Rest assured, I have a job for you.
A client fled Baldur's Gate without payment. My agents picked up his trail along the Chionthar and have ensured he will pass through your territory. Do as you wish to him.
In exchange, I have a girl who suits your particular appetites. Her mother's mind is failing. My contact has assured her you can help. I'll have her sent by the usual route.
M

Content:
[一张磨损的字条贴在一个娃娃身上，上面满是泥泞。显然是匆忙间写下的。]
你想妈妈的时候就抱着她吧，亲亲宝贝。还有，千万不要离开营地。妈妈很快回来。

[A worn note, splattered with mud, attached to a doll. It was clearly written in a hurry.]
Hold this every time you miss Mummy, baby. And DO NOT leave camp. Back soon.

Content:
歇口气，亲爱的，随便吃一口吧。
婶婶E

Take a breather, lovelies, and have a bite to eat on me.
Auntie E

Content:
[这一页大部分是空白的，上面只有4个字母，每个字母占据着一个角落。左上角是A，右上角是D，右下角又是一个D，左下角是E。]

[The page is blank except for four letters, one in every corner. In the top left corner is an A, in the top right corner a D, in the bottom right corner another D, and in the bottom left corner an E.]

Content:
迎接你心中的巨人！

"小昆虫"、"抱膝怪"、"半截腿" —— 敌人手中扔出石头，意在让你一蹶不振... 或者你可以把它垫脚石，踩着它扶摇直上？

在每个侏儒的心中都住着一个巨人。只要将怀疑和否定抛在一旁，再交上一点点会员费，你也能学会成长 —— 不论内外都是一样。

详情见背面。不要再辜负时光！驾驭你心中隐藏的高度，看着你的敌人蜷缩在你的面前！


Greet your Inner Goliath!

'Gnat'; 'knee-grabber'; 'half-shanks' - stones cast by your enemies, designed to keep you down... or stepping stones, so you can rise above?

Inside every gnome lies an inner Goliath. By setting aside doubt, negativity, and a modest subscription fee, you too can learn to grow - inside and out.

Details overleaf. Don't delay! Harness your hidden height, and watch your enemies shrink before you!

Content:
[一本记录着一个征收所在谷地开垦纪元1492当年收入详情的账簿。大多数条目都撰写整齐，列出了旅行者的名字以及支付的金币数额，但近期的几页却模糊不清，胡言乱语。]

落叶之月9日： 四个商人，一车杂物 - 25金币。

落叶之月12日，焰拳公司，15个焰拳与铁手 - 免除100金币税款。焰拳不会交税，只会勒索。

落叶之月21日： 酿酒师与两名护卫，将几桶酒带到渥金的休眠地 - 35金币。

腐叶之月2日： 7名农民。没有货物。没有金币。受伤。警告我们离开。

腐叶之月3日： 派出信使请求更多守卫或救济

腐叶之月7日： 更多农民，数不过来。没有货物。带着尸体

腐叶之月11日： 道路守不住了

腐叶之月16日： 准备抛弃岗位

[A ledger containing details of a tollhouse's takings for the current year, 1492 DR. Most entries are neatly written, listing the travellers and the amount of gold paid, but the text on the most recent page is smudged and rambling.]

9 Marpenoth: four merchants, with single wagon of sundries - 25 gold.

12 Marpenoth: Flaming Fist Company, fifteen Fists and Gauntlet - 100 gold fee waived. Fist don't pay tolls, they extort.

21 Marpenoth: brewer and two guards, bringing kegs to Waukeen's Rest - 35 gold.

2 Uktar: seven farmers, no goods, no gold. Wounded. Warned us to leave.

3 Uktar: sent courier to request extra guards or relief

7 Uktar: more farmers too many to count. no goods. carrying their own dead

11 Uktar: road untenable

16 Uktar: preparing to abandon post

Content:
炸药比龙裔的吐息还要不稳定，而且它们的成本远超你们绝大多数人的价值。所以，不要再瞎摆弄它们了。我花了半天时间才把地雷固定在顶上，但是某人拿了一块下来，还扔到升降梯井下面去了。
如果你们想浪费资源，扎瑞斯会提醒你们：你们也是资源，她会很不屑地把你们也扔到升降梯井下面去。而且，你们是真想吸引那个升降梯井底部不知道是什么东西的注意吗？

大家都是专业人士。所以麻烦你们表现地像一点，不然我就把你们的手指头都掰断。

The explosives are more volatile than a dragonborn's belch, and they cost more than most of you are worth. SO STOP MESSING WITH THEM. It took me half the day to attach the mines to the ceiling and somebody took one down and lobbed it down the elevator shaft.
If you're going to waste resources, Zarys would remind you that YOU are resources, and she's not above throwing you down the shaft. And do you really want to risk attracting the attention of whatever might be at the bottom of that shaft?

We're professionals. Act like it, or I'll break your fingers.

Content:
将箱子送到我手里，不要打开。

把第一句再念一遍。

打开的话我会知道的，因为你会死的。这不是威胁。你开了箱子的话一定会死。

NF

Deliver the chest to me unopened.

Read the first sentence again.

Open it, and I will know, because you will be dead. This is not a threat. This is what will happen if you open the chest.

NF

Content:
[书脊上有一条很深的折痕，让敞开的小册子里露出了一份特别的配方。角落里的工整笔迹标出了"所有已知药剂的解药"的字样。]

就是它了。正是这份配方让我决定发表自己的笔记。你或许不会对这个故事产生兴趣，但是我应该把它记录下来，留给子孙后代（请随意跳到实际配方部分）。

当时我正坐在精灵之歌，小口小口地抿着常喝的热可可，热气缓解了我那双无鳞的双手传来的疼痛。一个小孩子 - 人类 - 跌跌撞撞地走进门来，病的已经奄奄一息。其他老顾客似乎很想帮忙，但是没人愿意为一个陌生的孩子支付解毒剂的费用。

与此同时，原料就散落在厨房的地面上。他们中的每一个人都能拯救那个孩子，但是只有我知道该怎么做。那种感觉就像是犯罪。

1瓶解毒剂的配方

必要萃取物：
---- 艾蒿盐
---- 狂蛙人的小号悬液

操作方法：
将盐慢慢加入悬液。顺时针搅拌，直至混合物的粘稠度变为几乎可以咀嚼的程度。它或许会稍稍发绿，不过这纯粹是为了美观，对解毒剂本身没有任何影响。

记住：
当炼金术存疑
把三原则想起
合成相同材料
得到完美萃取

[A deep crease in the spine makes the booklet fall open to reveal one recipe in particular. Neat writing in the corner marks it as 'an antidote for all known potions'.]

This is it. The recipe that made me decide to publish my notes. The story might not interest you, but I shall record it for posterity (feel free to skip to the actual recipe).

I was sitting in the Elfsong, sipping my usual hot cocoa, the heat soothing the pain in my scale-less hands. A small child - human - stumbled through the door, sick as a dog. All the other patrons seemed like they wanted to help, but nobody could pay for an antidote for a stranger's child.

Meanwhile, the ingredients were just lying around, in the kitchen. Every single one of those people could have saved that child, but only I knew how. It felt like a crime.

RECIPE for 1 bottle of Antidote

Extracts needed:
---- Salts of Mugwort
---- Suspension of Bullywug Trumpet

Method:
Slowly trinkle salts into suspension. Stir clockwise until the concoction's consistency turns almost chewable. It might turn slightly green, but this is purely aesthetic and has no effect on the antidote itself.

And remember:
When in doubt with alchemy
Just recall the rule of three
Thrice the same ingredient
Forms an extract excellent

Content:
塞伦涅的一个儿子在此处坠入了下方的黑暗深渊，
我们在她神圣的光辉下封印了他的墓穴
愿满月再也无法碰触群星，
愿黑暗再也无法攻破月之少女的大门

[边缘潦草地涂画着一行注释："找到神殿下方的门了。我觉得这些月亮是可以转动的，但是该朝哪边转呢？"下方粗略地画着一串星星和月相。]

A son of Selûne fell here in the dark below,
And we sealed his grave in her holy glow
May the full moon never touch the stars once more,
May darkness never conquer the Moonmaiden's door

[A note is scrawled in the margins: 'Found the door under the temple. Think the moons turn, but which way?' A cluster of stars and lunar phases are sketched beneath.]

Content:
铸造使用说明。切勿丢失。

1.将秘银置入粉碎机。
2.将模具置入炉室。
3.拉动控制杆开始熔炼秘银。
4.当锤子下落时，将秘银导入坩埚。
5.等熔浆排完后，将矿石捶打入模具。
6.取回成品。

危险：不要站在锤子的下方！

Forge instructions. DO NOT LOSE.

1. Place the mithral into the crusher.
2. Place the mould into the chamber.
3. Pull the lever to prepare the mithral for smelting.
4. When the hammer has descended, drop the mithral into the crucible.
5. When the lava has drained, hammer the ore into the mould.
6. Retrieve the product.

DANGER: Do not stand underneath the hammer!

Content:
赞美失落女神。通过姐妹安莎，她教会了兄弟希楼夫我们生命的真谛 —— 那就是失落，仅此无它。经历这悲伤的一课之后，他放下了名声和追求，来到我们身边，投入了女神慈爱的怀抱。

但希楼夫·亚里并未将一切都抛在身后，他还给我们带来了冶金的奇迹。这暗色的合金名叫精金，将助我们更加热诚地散播黑暗女士的意志。

Praise be to the Lady of Loss. She has, through Sister Ansar, taught Brother Silouv the true nature of our lives - that they are loss and nothing but loss. Through that sorrowful lesson, he has turned from his fame and following, and come to us, into the Lady's loving embrace.

But he has not left everything behind - the man once known as Silouv Yali brings with him his miracles of metallurgy. This dark alloy, adamantine, will let us spread the Dark Lady's will with new fervour.

Content:
必须找到更多来源。附近的秘银矿脉几近枯竭，但兄弟希楼夫最近的那个项目预计所需的秘银数量庞大。

有些侍僧开始以诞生地命名，管它叫"复仇之炉"。但这还没传到兄弟希楼夫耳朵里。

Must find new sources. Nearby mithral veins are near depletion and the quantities required for Brother Silouv's most recent project were considerable.

Some of the acolytes have taken to calling it 'Grym', for the place it was made. Though never within Brother Silouv's hearing.

Content:
亲爱的伊尔，

我不知你是否还会回来，是否还能读到这封信，但如果你回来了，能否为我驻足？我只会离开十几天，但一想到要回到这个除了伯纳德以外空无一人的塔楼... 我不知自己是否还能坚持下去。我好想你。好想好想你。

我无法想象如果自己当时不那么固执，事情会有多么不同。你的闪电发明和我的魔法交相辉映。共进晚餐，开怀大笑，同床共枕。我依然爱着你。

所以如果你读到了这封信，请你留步。我很快就会回来。
永远爱你的，
丽诺尔

[下方有另外一种字体写着几行字。]

我等了。一直等到风暴之月。我永远愿意等你。但你没有回来。

Dearest Yrre,

I don't know if you're coming back, if you'll even read this message, but if you do come back, could you wait for me? I'll only be gone a few tendays, but the thought of coming back to this empty tower, with nothing but Bernard to fill these halls... I don't know how much longer I can take this. I miss you. I miss you so much.

I can't shake the thought of how different things might have been if only I'd been less stubborn. Working on your lightning inventions, my magic. Eating together. Laughing at your stupid puns. Waking up next to you. Despite everything, I still love you.

So please, if you read this, can you wait? I'll be back. I won't be long.
Forever yours,
Lenore

[A few sentences are penned below, in a different hand.]

I waited. I waited until Tarsahk. I'll always wait for you, but you didn't come.

Content:
[日记的页面上满满都是歪歪曲曲的手写体，详细描述了密斯特拉的一位牧师研究幽暗地域魔法特性的奋斗日常。最后一个条目距今大约十年。]

谷地开垦纪元1481年，冰爪之月2日

三年之前，谁能想到我也会开始写日记 —— 不是研究日志，而是一份真正的日记。我猜当你身边的每一个灵魂都更想杀了你，而不是跟你正常交流的时候，跟书对话的意义才会开始显现。而且谁又能想到，三年之后，我会被召回博德之门，与密斯特拉的其他牧师商讨交流，而且那时的我正好攀上了学术研究的顶峰：我集齐了所有碎片，但是论文几乎还没下笔。不要紧。我会带上我的戒指，向他们粗略地展示一下它的可能性。亲爱的日记，我把你和我的其余研究一并留在这里，等待完成的那一天。我应该会在下个岁末之月前回来。

- L.D.H.

[Crisp cursive fills the pages of the diary, detailing the daily struggles of a cleric of Mystra studying the magical properties of the Underdark. The last entry dates back about ten years.]

2 Alturiak, 1481 DR

Who would have thought, three years ago, that I would start a diary - not a research journal, but a real diary. I guess when every soul is more like to kill you than converse with you, talking to a book starts making sense. And who would have thought, three years ago, that I would be called back to Baldur's Gate to confer with the other clerics of Mystra, right at the apex of my studies: I have all the pieces, but I have barely started my treatise. No matter. I will take my ring with me, to show them a glimpse of the possibilities. I will leave you, my dear book, here, together with the rest of my research, waiting to be finished. I should be back before next Ches.

- L.D.H.

Content:
最亲爱的丽诺尔，
我不确定应不应该说，但你的上一封信真的让我很担心。真是活见鬼了，你为什么要驯服一只鲨蜥兽啊？也不能因为你是在默娜墓地附近发现它的，就意味着这是一个讯号啊。我真的开始为你担心了，丽诺尔。鲨蜥兽不是宠物。用它当守卫是另一码事啊，但是听起来你已经被它蒙蔽了。我知道你在完成研究之前不想回来，但是如果你感觉到孤独，请你知道，我的大门随时会为你敞开。

为你送上很多很多的爱与拥抱，
阿玛瑞斯

另：听说你在默娜的坟墓上放了秋水仙，我的心真的感觉很温暖。我还记得她喜欢在它们中间打滚，即便在那之后她总是不停地打喷嚏。她真是一条温和又忠诚的好狗。我真希望自己能多为你做点什么。

Dearest Lenore,
I'm not sure I should say this, but your last letter really worried me. Why in all Hells would you tame a bulette? Just because you found it near Myrna's grave doesn't mean that that's a sign. I'm really worried about you, Lenore. A bulette is not a pet. Using it as a guardian is one thing, but you sound quite taken by it. I know you don't want to come back before you finish your research, but if you are feeling lonely, you know my door is always open.

Lots of love and hugs,
Amarith

PS: It really warms my heart to hear that you put the autumncrocus flowers on Myrna's grave. I remember she liked to roll around in them, even though she'd always sneeze after. She was such a soft, loyal dog. I wish there was more I could do.

Content:
[书本开头就自豪地宣布这是一本由女爵士艾尼娅撰写的剧本，随后是冗长的介绍和整整23页的注释。 虽然这书基本没怎么被翻阅过，但其中一节被画了两个圈。]

生物之中，皆有一光。
爬向表面，求得幸存。
漫漫其路，践踏蹂躏。
杀戮其余，唯一得生。


[The beginning of this book proudly declares it to be a play by Dame Inia, followed by an extensive introduction, and 23 pages of notes on the text. Though the book itself seems barely touched, one stanza is encircled twice.]

There is a light in every living thing.
It's crawling t'wards the surface to survive.
And in its wake, it tramples everything.
We'll kill the rest, so that the one can thrive.

Content:
[这张老旧的纸张经历过反复修补，似乎被经常使用，但又十分珍视。上面提着一首无名小诗。]

片片空白的书页，就是你留下的全部。
你送的自私礼物，只剩下这最后一件。
我一定紧握不放，因为我也只能这样。
我无法将其抛弃，永远无法那般勇敢。


[The paper is torn and patched in many places, as if it was well-used but treasured. On it is a small poem without a name.]

These empty sheets are all that's left of you.
The last of all the thoughtless gifts you gave.
I will hold onto them; it's all that I can do.
I can't throw them away; I've never been that brave.

Content:
[这是一张撕下来的纸条，上面的字迹十分潦草，而且还沾染了泪渍，让人难以辨认。]

沉默延续 —— 我孤身一人。
求你了，能握住我的手吗，哪怕只消一刻？

[The writing on this torn-out strip of paper is shaky and blotted with tears, making it barely legible.]

The silence stretches on - I'm all alone.
Please, can I hold your hands, for just a while?

Content:
黑暗之路
一场关于力量、堕落和孤独的悲剧史诗

序幕。 一条孤独的道路。

电闪雷鸣。索雷斯入场
索雷斯：
开腔穿透了阴暗潮湿的雨幕
听那邪恶、傲慢的脚步声，是敌人吗？
抑或是拯救我于独孤的朋友？
愿你是为爱而来，而非刀兵。

瑞希亚入场
瑞希亚：
索雷斯，我要如何知晓，如何知晓？
已经过去了太久，我还了解你
你还了解我吗？

索雷斯：
等等 —— 你听见了吗？

安菲乌斯入场
安菲乌斯：
这是什么？那两个身影好生熟悉
但似乎又令人陌生。

索雷斯：
是安菲乌斯。

瑞希亚：
亲爱的安菲乌斯！你的脸怎么了？
它有如死亡一般苍白。

索雷斯：
你的双眼黑如莎尔。

安菲乌斯：
那你呢？我看见了你的牙齿，锋锐如刀。
还有这道路，为何血流成河？
这里发生了什么？我们发生了什么？

演员退场

序幕结束

第一幕。十年前。

[剧本剩下的部分讲述了这三位精灵友人是如何获得力量，并最终在堕落、疯狂与孤独中杀害对方的。]


THE ROADS TO DARKNESS
An epic tragedy about power, corruption, and loneliness

PROLOGUE. A lonely road.

Thunder and lightning. Enter Soreth
SORETH:
New sounds through damp and dark oppression break
Is it the foe, that foul, contemptuous heel?
Or art thou friend, a rescue from my lonely wake?
Come out of love for me, not love for blood and steel.

Enter Rysia
RYSIA:
How would I know, how would I know, Soreth?
It's been so long, what do I know of you
And you of me?

SORETH:
Wait - do you hear that sound?

Enter Amphius
AMPHIUS:
What's this? Those figures so familiar both
But still you seem so strange.

SORETH:
It's Amphius.

RYSIA:
Dear Amphius! What happened to your face?
It's pale as death.

SORETH:
Your eyes are black as Shar.

AMPHIUS:
And you? I saw your teeth, they're sharp as blades.
And what is with this road, so slick with blood?
What happened here? What happened to us all?

Exeunt

END PROLOGUE

ACT I. Ten years prior.

[The rest of the play tells the tale of three elven friends, their paths to power, and how - corrupted, mad, and lonely - they killed each other.]

Content:
[这本褴褛的书籍似乎曾经记载着一个剧本，但其中大部分因为时光磨砺，虫吃鼠咬还有一次意外的泼墨都已经无法辨识。里面能看清的只有两句。]

我何以信任？我何以知晓？
我将如何展露，我最黑暗的自我？


[This threadbare book looks like it once contained a play, but most of it has been lost to time, vermin, and an unfortunate ink spill. Only two full sentences are distinguishable.]

How can I trust? How will I ever know?
How can I show myself, my darkest me?

Content:
轻语树花的反魔法特性
L. 德·赫斯特，著

对于那些了解轻语树的人来说，它们的魔法特性一直都是大家争论的话题。不仅仅是它们创造反魔法光环的能力 - 就算没有与魔网联调的人都能感觉到它的效果，还有对于那些生活在上界的人来说最有趣的一点：利用它的树根、树皮和树花来制作魔法道具的方法。传说这类物品十分罕见，但却广泛散布在与幽暗地域接壤的聚居地。然而，它们的真实存在性从未得到我们的任何一位牧师、或者其他有名望的学者的证实。我猜测，这些物品不仅仅是传说。当然，在本篇论文中，我也将尽力解释我本人是如何使用反魔法特性以及将轻语树花的魔法吸收能力作为能源来创造物品的。

[下面几页已经画好了线，作者似乎打算在上面填满文字，但这本薄书剩下来的部分都是空白的。]


THE ANTIMAGIC PROPERTIES OF SUSSUR TREE FLOWERS
By L. De Hurst

For those knowing about sussur trees, their magical properties have always been a topic of debate; not only their ability to create an antimagic aura, which is complete enough that even those unattuned to the Weave can feel its effect, but also - and most interestingly to those living in the World Above - the ways its roots, bark, and flowers can be harnessed to make magic items. Rumours of such items are rare, but spread in settlements bordering the Underdark. Their existence, however, has never been confirmed by any of our clerics, nor by any other reputable scholars. I hypothesised that these items are no mere legends, and indeed, in this treatise I will endeavour to explain how I myself created items that have antimagic properties, and that use the magical absorption of sussur tree flowers as a power source.

[Lines have been drawn on the following pages, as if the author intended to fill them with writing, but the remainder of the thin book is blank.]

Content:
黑暗之母，命运的编织着，请赐予我们祝福吧，我们会将你的敌人斩草除根。
愿他们被命运之线缠绕至死，愿他们的鲜血染红你的视界。
赞美罗丝！

Dark mother, weaver of destiny, offer us a blessing to slay your foes.
May they be strangled by the threads of fate, and dyed red in your image.
Lolth be praised!

Content:
贾姆，

就像凤凰一样，复仇之炉已经浴火重生。

我听说在老城的大厅，有个卓尔邪教徒正在集结灰矮人。绝对是至上真神在招募新的成员。但最麻烦的是他们在废墟中搜寻的东西。

你从未让我失望过。前往复仇之炉暗中调查，然后将邪教徒的意图带到终焉光芒。我会等着你。

J

Jhaam,

Like a phoenix from the ashes, Grymforge has risen from the dead.

I've word of a drow cultist gathering duergar in the old city's halls. That the Absolute means to recruit them, I've no doubt. Yet it's what they might seek amidst the ruins that most troubles me.

You've not failed me yet. Go to Grymforge, cling to shadow - and bring word of the cult's intentions to Last Light. I will be waiting.

J

Content:
该死的尼讷，该死的侦查任务。"你，灰矮人，想个别的办法穿越幽影诅咒"，好的，可以。该死的尼讷，不论是谁施放了这个诅咒，他们知道的应该都比你清楚吧... 那是什么鬼？

侏儒，侏儒，我在幽暗地域杀了你，这不可能

哈哈哈哈，我为你找到穿越诅咒的办法了，该死的尼讷，穿越幽影诅咒的办法：就是让诅咒穿过你！哈哈哈哈哈。

Shittin' Nere and his shittin' scouting tasks. 'You, duergar, find another way through the Shadow-Curse', sure, right, shittin' Nere, whoever laid this curse knew their business a lot better than you do WHAT WAS THAT?

gnomes gnomes I killed you in the Underdark you can't be

ha ha ha I found your way through the curse, shittin' Nere, the way through the Shadow-Curse is to let the curse go through YOU hahaha ha ha

Content:
[这本腐朽的书中详细解析了大熔炉建造背后的科学和奥术原理。还对多次实验的结果做了详尽的描述。]

锤击测试2.5.66.8

熔炉能运作，但仅能发挥其全部潜力的三分之一。在当前的分形值下，锤子可将多种铁合金砸入模具之中，但精金却依然不动，连个印子都没有。将把低扭矩水平增加到6.94，岩浆热值增加一倍。

锤击测试2.6.70.0

测试不成功。岩浆太热，精金在锤子的冲击下整个碎裂了。精金过热后的特性很有意思，但我只想把它锤进模具，而不是打碎。下次低扭矩水平保持不变，热值减少五分之一。



[This decaying tome details the scientific and arcane principles behind the great forge's construction. The results of multiple experiments are explained in exhausting detail.]

Hammer Test 2.5.66.8

The forge is functional, but operating at a scant one-third of its full potential. At current fractalisation values, the Hammer can force various iron alloys into moulds, but adamantine remains unmoved and unmarked. Increasing levels of hypo-torque to 6.94. Doubling magma heat values.

Hammer Test 2.6.70.0

Test unsuccessful. So hot was the magma that the adamantine shattered entirely under the force of the Hammer. The properties of super-heated adamantine are intriguing, but I seek to mould it, not to crush it. Maintaining hypo-torque levels. Reducing magma heat values by one-fifth.

Content:
[凌乱的笔记和潦草的字迹可以看出作者深陷混乱。]

熔炉... 守护者... 精金？生于岩浆，毁于岩浆。很烫。锤子。很烫。锤子！

在什么地方？？？

[下方有张画好的小地图，有很多地方被标记出了"X"。还有潦草的字迹在下面标注着：]

道恩知道

[Scattered notes are scrawled by a chaotic hand.]

Protector... guardian of the Adamantine Forge? From magma rose, only in magma destroyed. Hot. Hammer. HOT. HAMMER!

WHERE???

[A small map is drawn underneath, marked by numerous 'X'es. The following words are scratched beneath it:]

DHOURN KNOWS

Content:
[这几页显然是从其他著作中抄的，描述了幽暗地域里面的某台大熔炉的构造与使用方法。]

莎尔信徒之中有个叫希楼夫·亚里的侏儒，他的魔法才能高超，从烛堡到术士学院无人不知，无人不晓。在他的指导下，莎尔信徒建造了大熔炉，可以给秘银加热加工，使之变成精金。而精金这种极其优质的金属可以浇铸出最精良的武器和盔甲。

然而，希楼夫·亚里根本不在意大熔炉。他感兴趣的只有从岩浆中召唤出来保护熔炉的守卫。据说这是一种非常强大的构装生物，任何刀刃与魔法都无法穿透它的护甲。

[下面列出了大熔炉的操作说明。]
材料：秘银原矿以及合适的模具。
将矿石和模具置入各自的膛室。
操纵拉杆放下锤子并做好矿石熔炼的准备。
开放阀门将熔浆引入坩埚，然后再次放下锤子开始锻造物品。

[The pages, apparently copied from a master tome, describe the construction and use of a grand forge in the Underdark.]

Among the Sharrans dwelled the gnome Silouv Yali, whose talents for wizardry were known from Candlekeep to Sorcere. Under his tutelage, the Sharrans built the Great Forge, which could heat mithral with such vigour as to turn it to adamantine. With this astonishing metal, they could mould the finest blades and armour.

Yet the jewel of Yali's eye was not the forge itself, but the protector he conjured from the magma to guard it - a construct said to be so mighty that no blade could fell it, and no spell could pierce it.

[Instructions for operating the Great Forge are listed underneath.]

Ingredients: raw mithral ore and a proper mould.
Place the ore and mould into their respective chambers.
Pull the lever to lower the hammer and prepare the ore for smelting.
Open the valve to allow lava into the crucible, and drop the hammer again to forge the product.

Content:
[一张未完成的魔法卷轴，还留有牙印以及口水印。一团混乱中浮现出几个词：]

Skaeren ixen svelg！ MAGMA
Magma
MagmaMAGMA
MAG MAmagma

[An unfinished conjuration scroll marred by teeth marks and dried slobber. A few words emerge from the muddle:]

Skaeren ixen svelg! MAGMA
Magma
MagmaMAGMA
MAG MAmagma

Content:
[一封泡了水的信，上面恳求收信人在黑檀湖远岸要小心行事，因为传说灰矮人就潜伏在那片区域。]

[A water-damaged letter imploring the recipient to be cautious around the far shore of the Ebonlake, as duergar are rumoured to be prowling in the area.]

Content:
我们为铁脚办了一场惊喜派对。那个白痴到底是怎么活过150的还是个谜，但这总归是个庆祝的理由。当他看到我们酿造的火焰威士忌的时候，我发誓看到他热泪盈眶了。那玩意我只喝了一杯，结果我的舌头就再也不是自己的了。那天晚上，那个疯子把整桶都干光了。我不知道他是怎么熬过下一次轮班的，但是米娜说需要他钻进四轮马车里，去"守卫库存"。
鼾声四作的时候，地洞看守人一个字都没说。她心肠好，算这个懒汉走运了。

我最好还是去睡一觉。刚接到指令，要给年轻人做铲子和十字镐的训练，而且我还没收割珠尔赫木呢。唉，时间都去哪啦？


We threw a surprise party for Ironfoot. How that idiot made it past 150 is a mystery, but it's cause for celebration either way. When he saw the fire-whiskey we'd been brewing, I swear he teared up. I'd only a cup of the stuff, but I can't feel my tongue anymore. The lunatic finished the barrel that night. I have no idea how he made it to his next shift, but Meerna claimed she needed him inside the wagon to 'guard inventory'.
The Burrow Warden didn't say a word when the snores started. Layabout is lucky she's got a soft touch.

I'd best get some sleep. Orders just came in for practice shovels and pickaxes for the younglings, and I've yet to harvest the Zurkhwood. Where does the time go?

Content:
[一本严重烧焦的日记，内封上写着"乌尔布伦的财产"。在为数不多的几条清晰条目中，作者好奇他还能不能再次见到自己的朋友巴克斯，因为他已经前往地表世界了。]

[A badly charred diary with 'Property of Wulbren' written on the inside cover. In one of the few legible entries, the author wonders if he'll ever see his friend Barcus again, now that he's departed for the surface world.]

Content:
[一本总账，详细记载了多个从岩石中开采出的宝石外观及品质。每一块宝石的梗概旁还记录了重量、色彩、净度以及其它信息。每个大红色宝石 条目下都加了下划线，笔触因为兴奋有些不稳。]

[A ledger detailing the appearance and quality of numerous gemstones that had been mined from rock. Weight, colour, clarity and more are noted next to a sketch of each stone. An underlined entry for a sizeable ruby is written in shaky, excited quill strokes.]

Content:
[内封上写着"地洞看守人米娜"。页面上排列着工整的计算、设备观察记录以及探险笔记。最后一个条目写到：]
探险#42：北部象限十日旅程归来。探测到两处潜在的采矿地点。发现一片国王之尘矿脉。威尔索把工作搞砸了。组织轮班，领导第一次挖掘。不论是不是兄弟，总有一天他会成为一个伟大的地洞看守人。但他需要注意自己的脾气，多练习读石。有时候他会像地表人一样盲目。打算稍后带着他去黑檀湖沿岸实践。

[The inside cover reads 'Burrow Warden Meerna'. The pages are lined with neat calculations, equipment logs, and expedition notes. The final entry reads:]
Expedition #42: Back after a tenday in the northern quadrant. Two potential mining sites scouted. Discovered a vein of arandur. Welso did a bang up job. Organised shifts and led the first dig. Brother or not, he'll be a great Burrow Warden one day. But he needs to keep his temper in check, and practice reading the stone. He's as blind as a surfacer sometimes. Planning to take him out later along the Ebonlake to practice.

Content:
族人变软弱了，或许连我也不例外。没有别的出路了。


我向流放者祈祷，经过了黑湖的10次潮涨潮落。我在顿帕尔林城手拿镐头和铲子挖矿，经过了20次潮涨潮落的时间。然后在7次潮涨潮落期间，我一直站在石块之间一动不动，直到韧司们将我放出来。我是在拉杜格的火焰中锻造出来的，我学会了要毫无怨言地劳作，不努力就没有回报。拉杜格是监工，我们是他的工人。这就是我等之道。

从韧司们拒绝接纳我之时算起，已经过去了50个湿季。其中40个湿季里，斯林都还对拉杜格忠心耿耿。现在呢，她听从那个卓尔和他所谓的至上真神的命令，在这儿鞭打奴隶。马格马如果知道了，肯定得被自己的酒给淹死。我怎么想？我会为流放者卖命。但除非给我山一样高的钱堆，否则我他妈是绝对不会为斯林或者她想奉承的那个狗屁尼讷动一根手指头的。

The clan's gone soft. Maybe even me. No way around it.


I spent ten tides of the Darklake with my head bowed to the Exile. I spent twenty tides with pick and shovel in hand, mining for steel in Dunspeirrin. And for seven tides, I stood motionless between the block-stones till the thuldors released me. I was forged in Laduguer's fires - I learned to toil without complaint, to expect no reward without effort. Laduguer is the taskmaster. We are His workers. This is our way.

Fifty wet-seasons have passed since the thuldors refused to admit me. For forty of them, Thrinn would have lifted mountains herself if Laduguer willed it. Now, she canes slaves at the behest of this drow and his so-called Absolute. Magmar will drown in that ale of his, if the night-terrors don't claim him first. And me? I'll toil for the Exile. But till I see a mountain of coin, I won't lift a damned finger for Thrinn OR that shit-grinned Nere she's been fawning over.

Content:
第一夜

向拉杜格起誓，我才呷了几口"慢喷"烈酒就满身大汗了。当时漆黑一片，直到夺心魔来了，那感觉如此真实，我都能听到它触手蠕动的声音。"脱！"它直接在我脑中命令道。我的手就像有自己的思想一样，直接把我身上的破布给扒了下来。"拿着！"它一边说，一边递来一把沾着陈旧血迹的黑色匕首。我眼看着自己的手指绕在了匕首柄上。然后它下达了最后的命令："刻！"

我尖叫着摇了摇头。"不，不不！"我尖叫着弹了起来，身上粘满了汗水和吓出来的屎。皮斯特跟我说这只是梦而已，但我感觉却不像梦，更像是某种记忆。


第二夜

我灌下了一整杯，然后一头倒在了石头上。我全身赤裸地站着，浑身发抖，右手还紧紧攥着那把该死的匕首。我的双腿连一丝都动不了，就像被灌了铁一样。夺心魔的爪子从后方探出，抚摸着我的脸："刻！"

我看到自己的手把匕首带到胸前并划了一刀，不禁尖叫颤抖起来。当我的手移开匕首时，依然能感受到夺心魔那血淋淋的样子。我立刻就醒了，还看到布利斯瓦尔低头瞧我的样子。他说这是残留的记忆，是从前我们还是矮人的时候受灵吸怪奴役的记忆。然后他就喝酒这事好好教训了我一顿。

"喝酒不会有好结果。"他说。但那破玩意儿喝起来真的很爽。

Night One

Just a few sips of Slow Spout and I was perspiring piss, swear to Laduguer. It was pitch black till the mind flayer came, so real I heard its tentacles writhing. 'Strip!' it commanded, straight in my head, and my hands peeled my rags right off like they had minds of their own. 'Take it!', it said next, and held out a dagger, black with old blood. I watched as my fingers wrapped around the hilt. Then came the final command. 'Carve!'

I cried out and shook my head. 'No, no no!' - and then shot straight up, sticky with sweat and caked in shit. Just a dream, Pist told me, but it didn't feel like one. More like a memory.


Night Two

Kept down a whole mug of it before my head hit the stone. I stood naked and shivering, my right hand gripping that drugning dagger. Couldn't move my legs even a fingerwidth, like they were cast in iron. The mind flayer's claws caressed my face from behind. 'Carve!'

I screamed and shook as my own hand brought the blade to my chest and sliced across it. When my hand removed the blade, the bloody likeness of a mind flayer remained. Woke up in a flash, with Brithvar looming over. Lingering memories of our illithid enslavement, he said, from back when we were dwarf-folk. Then he gave me a good wallop for sucking down ale.

'Drink won't lead no place good', he said. But that shit sure feels good going down.

Content:
[这本书的封面封底比其书页全加起来还厚, 而且内容没有任何细节，真是出乎意料。]

我们对之前那些家伙知之甚少，但知道他们崇拜失落女神。我们知道他们建造了伟大的堡垒，并命名... [接下来的几个字弄脏了，无法辨认]。但他们究竟从何而来，又为何离去，即使对凯瑟里克·索姆来说也是个谜。

我们知道的是，莎尔的选民听到了她的召唤。就像它800年前侍奉了我们的女神一样，如今复仇之炉还将继续侍奉。

索姆的暗夜法官们将在此崛起。

我们将在此完成女神的契约。

我们将在此重建失落的城市复仇之炉。

我们的阴影将散布得极远，变得极黑，就连塞伦涅的光芒都可能永久熄灭。

[The binding of this book is thicker than its combined pages, which are surprisingly devoid of detail.]

We know little of the ones that came before, but we know they worshipped the Lady of Loss. We know they constructed the great fortress, and named... [The next few words are smeared and illegible.] But from whence they came, and why they departed - this is a mystery even to Ketheric Thorm himself.

What we do know is that Shar's Chosen has heard Her call. Just as Grymforge served our Mistress eight-hundred years nigh, so it would again.

Here, Thorm's Dark Justiciars shall rise.

Here, we will fulfil our Goddess' pact.

Here, we will rebuild the lost city of Grymforge.

So far will our shadows spread, and so dark will they be, that Selûne's light may be forever extinguished.

Content:
西比尔


我的斥候带来了不利的消息，说是月亮庇所还在。你忘记三律法了吗？你要背叛莎尔女主人吗？


今晚，你将恳求莎尔原谅。明天，我会离开月出之塔并前往复仇之炉。10天后我将亲自率领暗夜法官前往月亮庇所。等到当晚第一颗星星颤动之时，我们便会将塞伦涅信徒统统杀光，将他们的盟友全部击溃。


每晚要祈祷三次，西比尔：一次在黄昏，一次在月亮登顶时，一次在日出前。让我把祷词告诉你，以免你忘记了："莎尔女主人，我荣耀尊崇你的名！索姆主人，我高声喊出你的指令！我是你们的仆人，直到永远！"


展现你的虔诚，如此莎尔或许还会认可你。若是失败，你就会变成无人知晓记得的尘土。


你的主人，

凯瑟里克·索姆

Sybil


My scouts bring me troubling word that Moonhaven yet stands. Have you forgotten the Three Laws? Would you turn your back on Mistress Shar?


Tonight, you will beg Shar's forgiveness. Tomorrow, I depart Moonrise Towers for Grymforge. A tenday hence, I shall march the Dark Justiciars to Moonhaven myself. By the time the first star trembles that night, the Selûnites shall be slain and their allies routed.


Speak your prayer thrice nightly, Sybil: once at nightfall, once at moon's zenith, and once before sunrise. I shall remind you the words, lest you've forgotten: 'Mistress Shar. I have glorified Your name! Master Thorm. I have cried out your Word! I am your servant, forevermore!'


Demonstrate your devotion, and Shar may still know you. Fail, you are naught but dust, unknown and unremembered.


Your Master,

Ketheric Thorm

Content:
[书页的一面是手绘的地图，描绘了与黑檀湖相接的某个北部洞窟。另一面则是攻击者的描述。]

里面一个该死的蘑菇发觉了我们，然后跑了。那是个大家伙，拿来煮蘑菇汤至少够吃上一个月的。其余的都忙着嗡嗡唱歌呢，没空捣蛋。

尼讷付了我们报酬，我准备逃到曼托 - 德里斯。去他妈的斯林的命令吧。他们有鳗鱼排、矿物蜜酒和各种地上的美味。我们族人不可能只靠蘑菇维生。

[On one side of this page, a hand-drawn map depicts a northern grotto bordering the Ebonlake. An attacker's account marks the other.]

One of the drugning shrooms sensed us and split. Chunky one, too. Month's worth of soup, at least. The rest were too busy droning to put up a fuss.

Nere pays us, and I'm bolting for Mantol-Derith, Thrinn's orders be damned. They got eelsteak, mineral mead, and top-land food of all sort. Clan can't live on fungus alone.

Content:
[这些书页已随着时间的流逝褪色了，上面详细描述了庞大数目的军队经过复仇之炉的信息，以及支撑这些部队所需要的物资库存。一条潦草的注释破坏了有序的文字行列。]

下面神殿里的住宿区已经满了，新来的只好将就在复仇之炉的一块空地上休息了。希望失落女神能快些派我们去对付她的敌人，否则她的军团就只有耗子可以吃了。

[Discoloured with time, the pages detail vast troop numbers moving through Grymforge, along with the inventory required to support them. A cramped annotation mars the orderly columns.]

The dormitories in the temple below are already full. New arrivals shall have to content themselves with a patch of ground in Grymforge. May the Lady of Loss send us against Her enemies soon - else Her legions will have naught but rats to feed on.

Content:
[这块碎片似乎是一块更大的石板的一部分。上面的边缘凿得很整齐干净，但底部边缘则参差不齐。]

莎尔对我凯瑟里克·索姆如是说："艾欧创造了混沌；混沌之中形成了我；而我封你成为了圣武士。从今天起，去传播我的律法吧。"

秘密律法：什么是秘密，只是被投入黑暗之中的真相而已吗？蛰伏在阴影之中，倾听低沉的话语吧。想法的发声越轻柔，它蕴含的力量就越强大，它种下的不和谐就越多，它可能刻出的伤疤就越多。如果有男人吹嘘风流韵事，就把他的话带到他妻子那里。如果有女儿偷窃父亲的东西，就轻轻讲出真相。被骗者会向莎尔求助，伴侣出轨者会在阴影中找到慰藉。

这么做，

[铭文在这里结束了。]

[This fragment appears to be part of a larger stone slab. The top edge is cleanly hewn, but the bottom is jagged.]

So said Shar to me, Ketheric Thorm: 'It was Lord Ao who created chaos; it was from chaos that I formed; and it is I who anoint you my paladin. From this day forth, let My Laws be known.'

The Law of Secrets: What is a secret, but truth cast into darkness? Lurk in the shadows and listen for hushed words. The softer a thought spoken, the more power it contains, the more discord it sows, the more scars it may carve. If a man brags of affairs, carry his words to his wife. If a daughter steals from her father, whisper the truth. The deceived turn to Shar. Cuckolds find solace in shadow.

Do this o

[The inscription ends here.]

Content:
[这块石板的上端和下端都不平整，而且开头和结尾都不是完整的句子。]

每十天一次，如此失落女神便会认可你。

黄昏律法：从月亮上落下的是最污秽的光，它会从裂缝中探出来，照亮幽暗地域中最偏僻的角落。光会带来希望，这是一个有害的概念，必须认清。在最黑暗的时刻，向你的女神祈祷并尊她之名飨宴。第二天，要杀一个塞伦涅的门徒。如果找不到，献上洛山达或密斯特拉的追随者也可以接受。

每十天进行一次，便能得到失落女神目光垂怜。

L

[铭文在这里结束了。]

[Both the top and bottom of this tablet are uneven, and its writings begin and end mid-sentence.]

nce a tenday, and the Lady of Loss shall know you.

The Law of Nightfall: From the moon falls the foulest of lights. It peeks through cracks and fissures, illuminating the most remote recesses of the Underdark. Light bestows hope, a pernicious notion which must be extinguished. At the darkest hour, pray to your Lady and feast in Her honour. The second day after, slay a disciple of Selûne. If none may be found, a Lathanderian or Mystran are an acceptable offering.

Do this once a tenday, and the Lady of Loss shall know you.

The L

[The inscription ends here.]

Content:
[这块石板虽然底部很平整，但顶部却凹凸不平，说明这是从更大的石板上剥落下来的。其上的铭文是从句子中间开始的。]

服从律法：凯瑟里克·索姆说的话就是莎尔的话语。不得将任何神或凡人置于他之前，不得质疑他的言行。当太阳落下且新月出现之时，你要低头祈祷，宣告你对莎尔和她的圣武士凯瑟里克·索姆之忠诚。献上你的灵魂和肉体，不求任何财富或恩惠。祈祷结束时，要这样说：

"莎尔女主人，我要你的名字带去荣耀！索姆主人，我高声喊出你的指令！我是你们的仆人，直到永远！"

莎尔对我，凯瑟里克·索姆如是说："有令，必成。运用秘密的力量。有光亮的地方，就将其熄灭。听从女神和主人的话吧，如此失落女神便会认可你。"

[Though the bottom edge is smooth, the jagged edge at the top of the tablet reveals it was broken away from a larger slab. Its inscription begins mid-sentence.]

aw of Obeyance: The Word of Ketheric Thorm is the Word of Shar. You shall put no god nor mortal before him; you shall question him in neither word nor deed. When the sun has fallen and the moon is new, bow your head in prayer. Proclaim your devotion to Shar and Her paladin, Ketheric Thorm. Promise your soul and flesh, and seek no fortune nor favour. When your prayer is finished, speak thus:

'Mistress Shar. I have glorified Your name! Master Thorm. I have cried out your Word! I am Your servant, forevermore!'

So said Shar to me, Ketheric Thorm: 'So it is decreed, and so it is done. Wield the power of secret. Where light shines, extinguish it. Heed the Word of your Mistress and Master. Do this, and the Lady of Loss shall know you.'

Content:
[书的第一页用粗体字写着：斯林军士长私物。别碰！]

名字 - 地点 - 状态

贝德龙 - 被困 - ？

拉里达 - 挖掘 - 健康

朗巴格 - 挖掘 - 健康

米娜 - 被困 - ？

菲尔罗敏 - ？ - 失踪

斯其皮特 - 看马格马 - ？

图拉 - ？ - 失踪

威尔索 - 挖掘 - 健康

维基 - 被困 - ？

[最后写得太潦草，无法辨认]

[The book's first page proclaims in bold text: PROPERTY SERGEANT THRINN. HANDS OFF!]

Name - Location - Status

Beldron - Trapped - ?

Laridda - Dig - Healthy

Lunkbug - Dig - Healthy

Meerna - Trapped - ?

Philomeen - ? - Missing

Skickpit - See Magmar - ?

Thulla - ? - Missing

Welso - Dig - Healthy

Wicky - Trapped - ?

[The final scribble is impossible to make out]

Content:
[一条魔法讯息的组成部分，写得非常快速潦草，而且不完整。]

封住下方神殿。复仇之炉被不明势力占领了。很多士兵，一张脸，地狱的？他们的首领

[笔记突兀地断掉了，墨水被血迹划过。]

[A component of a magical sending, hastily-scrawled and incomplete.]

Seal the lower temple. Grymforge taken by unknown force. Many soldiers, one face - infernal? Their leader -

[The note cuts off abruptly, ink slashed through with blood.]

Content:
[卷轴的抬头部分编写得非常正式，能看出来十分用心。]

致翠绿闲庭，以及看到此信件的能人志士，请先接受来自竖琴手诚挚的问候。你们知道的那个名为凯瑟里克·索姆的人，莎尔的圣武士，他对身体和灵魂都犯下了累累罪行。其中包括但不限于谋杀、奴役他人和亵渎神圣庙宇。

希望更多人了解我们的意图：竖琴手同盟和翠绿闲庭应组成联盟，共同推翻索姆的恐怖统治。

竖琴手同盟真切期待你的佳音。

[The first few inches of this scroll are written in formal, elaborate script.]

To the Emerald Enclave, and those deemed worthy to see this record, greetings from Those Who Harp. Know ye that the one known as Ketheric Thorm, paladin of Shar, is guilty of crimes against body and spirit. They include, but are not limited to Murder, Slavery, and Desecration of Temples Most Holy.

Let our intent be known: an alliance between the Harpers and the Emerald Enclave. United, we may end Thorm's reign of terror.

The High Harpers eagerly await your good word.

Content:
凯瑟里克大人：

我的鞭子终于让那被捕的竖琴手开口了。长话短说，她说她在一处俯瞰熔岩湖的悬崖上留了补给。我进行了调查，但发现她口中的那箱子上有陷阱，轻举妄动只会完全摧毁其中宝贝。

那间谍宁死都不透露如何打开箱子，我在鞭打她时只是哭喊着'Lux Splenda!'。恐怕是某种密语。

我们还在继续审问。请允许我就之前的疏失再次道歉。您不必担心，我不会再错认莎尔信徒同胞们为间谍了 - 愿他们永远在幽影中前行。

黑暗圣骑西比尔

Master Ketheric:

My whip has finally coaxed some particulars from the captive Harper. To wit: she revealed the location of her stockpile, on a rocky overlook. I investigated, but found the chest in question is trapped. Any attempt to open it might break its contents completely.

The spy refuses to reveal how to open the chest, even under threat of death, only crying 'Lux Splenda!' with every lash. Some type of watchword, no doubt.

The interrogation continues. And again, please accept my most humble apologies for my earlier oversights. Rest assured, I will not misidentify any more of my fellow Sharrans as spies - may they walk forever in shadow.

Justiciar Sybil

Content:
女士的崇拜者

一本骄傲追随者的登记册，由她最忠诚的圣武士 - 凯瑟里克·索姆招募。

[这本书写满了一页页的名字，有些只是昵称，其他的包含了贵族头衔。里面的名字全都被划掉了，还标注了"不再"的注释。]

THE LADY'S WORSHIPPERS

A registry of proud followers, recruited by Her loyal paladin, Ketheric Thorm.

[Pages upon pages of names fill this book. Some are only nicknames; others consist of multiple noble titles; all of them are scratched out and annotated with 'no longer'.]

Content:
这个地方很黑，但卓尔就快突破的时候，女士的光芒还在闪耀。加鲁斯召集了最后的信众，开始冲锋。片刻间，洞穴被塞伦涅的光辉点亮了。

不论是否会受伤，我都心甘情愿地跟他们一起走，但加鲁斯命令我留下，守住大门，直到他回来。我还要保存记录 —— 我会留下书写他胜利的空间。
———-
我们弄塌隧道之后，已经过去了好几天（还是小时？）。他们本该从战场上回来了 —— 我自己一个人是没办法挖出去的。
——-
我的眼睛没办法习惯黑暗，但是我能听见他们给死者剥皮的声音 。对不起。我还没有学会死亡仪式，但我会守住大门的。我保证。

[最后的记录几乎看不见了 —— 上面轻微的划痕比清晰的笔迹还要多。
对不起


This place is dark, but the Lady's Light shines yet. Just as the drow had almost broken through, Jarrus rallied the last of the initiates and charged forth. For a moment, the cavern shone with Selûne's own brilliance.

I'd have gladly gone with them, wound or no, but Jarrus bade me stay and hold the gate until his return. I am to keep the records, too - I'll save space to write of his victory.
———-
It's been days (hours?) since we collapsed the tunnel. They were supposed to return after the battle - I cannot dig it out on my own.
——--
My eyes won't get used to this darkness, but I can hear them stripping the dead. I'm sorry. I haven't learned the death rites yet, but I will hold the gate. I promise.

[This final entry is barely visible - more faint scratches than legible writing.]
sorry

Content:
爸爸，

很抱歉，我停止写信了 —— 我们的纸在路上用完了。这张我是从德鲁伊那里拿到的。也许这就是他们很生我们气的原因。

我希望它能找到你。赛夫洛说你失踪了，我们的旧房子也没了，但我读过一本书，上面说所有河流最终都会汇入冥河。
当你收到它的时候，你可以在博德之门给我回信。或者你也许能来看看我？

等我多找些纸之后，我会再写给你的。

- 多尼

Dad,

Sorry I stopped writing - we ran out of paper on the road. I got this from the druids. Maybe that's why they're so mad at us.

I hope this can find you. Zevlor says you got lost and that our old house is gone, but I read a book that says all rivers find their way into the Styx.
When you get it, you can write me back in Baldur's Gate. Or maybe come visit?

I'll write again when I can get more paper.

- Doni

Content:
[第四十月]

我知道我不被允许进入审判官的房间，但我实在忍不住。可是凯瑟里克大人亲自命令我们用一切武器来对抗莎尔的敌人。而且，要是西比尔真打算藏着护符，那她应该藏的更好些。

[第四十二月]

护符给了我一股前所未见的能量。我从没有见识过如此威力 - 如此... 欢乐！其他人全都一脸愁云惨淡，我却几乎忍不住笑容。

[第..五！哈！]

我... 哈，哈哈哈！... 噫嘻...

[第四十五月]

感谢黑暗女士，终于结束了。西比尔发现了笑得动弹不得的我，把护符从我脖子上一把拽了下来，扔进了岩浆。疯狂已经离去 —— 但我还没经受惩罚。西比尔向来不容忍盗窃行为。

[Cycle Forty]

I know it is forbidden to enter the Inquisitor's chambers, but I could not help myself. Has Master Ketheric not commanded us to use every possible tool to best Shar's rivals? Besides, if Sybil meant to keep the amulet a secret, she would have hidden it better.

[Cycle Forty and Two]

The amulet has gifted me a power, an energy, heretofore unknown to me. I've never known such might - and such... cheer! I can barely keep myself from smiling, much to the others' chagrin.

[Cy... Ff n! Ha!]

I c... Ha. HAHAHA! ... hBGM ...

[Cycle Forty and Five]

It is done, thank the Dark Lady. Sybil ripped the amulet from my throat and cast it into the lava, having found me racked by laughter. The madness has lifted - but I do not yet know my penance. Sybil is not known to take pity on thieves.

Content:
这份作战地图描述了袭击月亮庇所的详细计划，鼓励士兵在残忍的沉默中展开杀戮。

This war map offers a detailed plan to attack the village of Moonhaven, encouraging soldiers to kill in merciless silence.

Content:
一个善举。一个忠诚的奴仆。那就是我召唤的一切 - 和恶毒的杜垩登曾经拥有的一样，不多不少 - 就连欲望之母本人也是如此。

蜡融妖的诸多形态确实值得一看。我曾从书中读到过它的臭味，但我觉得它就像玫瑰水一样迷人。它不过是砸烂了几件遗物，冲主人嘶鸣。大法师本该因为召唤了它而尊敬我，相反，他却威胁要诅咒我 —— 把我变成蛛化精灵。

但属于我的时刻就快降临。很快，我就将返回魔索布莱城和术士学院。到那时候，大法师会跪拜我的。我必将成为人上之人！



One favour. One faithful servant. That is all I summoned - no more and no less than Malice Do'Urden ever had - or indeed the Mother of Lusts herself.

The yochlol was quite a sight in all its forms. I'd read of its foul odour, but I found it intoxicating, like rosewater. So it smashed a few artefacts, hissed at a master. The Archmage should have revered me for such a conjuring. Instead, he threatened to curse me - to make me a drider.

Yet my time will come. Soon, I will return to Menzoberranzan and Sorcere. Then, the Archmage will worship me. I will be served!

Content:
"忍耐！忍耐！忍耐！"

灰矮人监工总是喊叫着。"忍耐！"在你的锤子砸上岩石时大喊。"忍耐！"在你的斧头劈开敌人脑袋时大喊。"忍耐！"在你的鞭子抽向奴隶脊背时大喊。劳作是我们的职责和祝福！劳作是我们传给子孙后代的福报！

但要小心那祸害无穷的灾厄，劳作的敌人：酒杯。其中之物不只有麦芽酒，更有懒惰、贪食和散漫。酒杯是氏族的重担：沉重得无法携带，又毫无用处。将它掷入黑湖！让它沉到湖底！让我们再一次呐喊： "忍耐！忍耐！忍耐！"

'ENDURE! ENDURE! ENDURE!'

So commands Laduguer the Taskmaster. 'ENDURE!' Cry it out as your hammer strikes rock. 'ENDURE!' Shout it as your axe splits your enemies' skulls. 'ENDURE!' Holler as your cane strikes your slaves' backs. Toil is our duty and our blessing! Toil is the reward we grant our sons and servants!

Yet beware the great enemy of toil, the scourge that wounds us and ours: the tankard. It is not only ale that pours forth from it, but indolence, gluttony, and a wandering mind. The drunkard is a clan's millstone: too heavy to carry, too idle to contribute. Cast him into the Darklake! Let him sink to the bottom! And once more, call out: 'ENDURE! ENDURE! ENDURE!'

Content:
让从法尔蒂姆到火焰之地，从摩恩迪弗到魔诞深渊都知道：

铁手侏儒带着金色丘陵之盾的祝福，宣称对西哈特兰下方幽暗地域中此处隧道、空间、人民和物品的所有权。

如有囚禁或死亡刑罚可忽视此契据。

批准&签署人：乌尔布伦·邦格力

Let it be known from the Fardrimm to the Firelands, from Morndivver to the Spawning Deep:

The Ironhand Gnomes, with the blessings of the Shield of the Golden Hills, declare possession of the tunnels, open spaces, peoples, and contents of Underdark territory beneath the Western Heartlands.

Ignore this deed under penalty of imprisonment or death.

Approved and signed:
Wulbren Bongle

Content:
让阴影覆盖光明盘踞之地，

让寂静压制喧嚣。
让黑暗深入失落者的心，
敞开欢迎我们的女士。

膜拜莎尔，祂遮蔽我们的道路。
膜拜莎尔，祂诞于创世之艾欧。
膜拜莎尔，祂是原初之黑暗。
膜拜莎尔，我们的暗夜女神！

Let shadow fall where the light doth creep,
And silence cloak the din.
Let blackness into lost hearts seep,
And bid our Lady in.

Behold! Shar, who shades our path.
Behold! Shar, from Ao born.
Behold! Shar, the primal dark.
Our Goddess of Night, behold!

Content:
[这本旧日志的大部分书页都已残破不堪，炭化，污损——尽管还有那么一点可以阅读的地方。]

凝视月亮却无视背后的阴影，我到底浪费了多少时间？追寻银装素裹的塞伦涅已多少年，却不知黑暗总是触手可及。

向您致敬，凯瑟里克·索姆大人，他的用词陌生却充斥着真实：如果渴望真正看见，必须先将光都熄灭。

莎尔的选召者凯瑟里克大人将指引我前方崭新的道路。

[Most of this old journal's pages are tattered, singed, or stained - though a few remain unblemished.]

How much time did I waste, turning my back to the shadows to gaze at the moon? How many years seeking Selûne's silver radiance, when the darkness was always in reach?

Hail Ketheric Thorm, who uttered these words strange and true: if I wished to see, I must first snuff out the light.

A new path lies ahead. And it is Shar's Chosen, Ketheric, who will guide me.

Content:
第一天：

从没见过那样的怪物。浑身肌肉虬结，长牙和我的胳膊一般。浑身焦臭，却没有火焰。无论是石头还是人体在它的冲撞前都不堪一击。其他的暗夜法官大都已经牺牲，剩下的也只剩半条命了。

它不是孤身一体，地狱骑士也来了。脸上钉着面具，像是堡垒门牌一样。

第三天：

被困住了。又一场暴乱，墙也塌了。开始挖掘。不确定...

第七天：

结束了。愿莎尔的幽影庇护我。

Day 1:

Never saw a beast like it. Bloated with muscle, tusks as long as my arms. Scent of charred flesh, but I saw no flames. The stone might have been parchment, so quick did the creature charge through it. The other Justiciars are dead - or close to it.

It wasn't alone. Hellknights, too. Masks bolted to their faces, like plaques to a keep wall.

Day 3:

Trapped. Another rampage, and down the walls came. Started to dig. Not sure...

Day 7:

It's done. May Shar's shadows keep me.

Content:
[一张极其详尽的手绘复仇之炉地图。特殊地点都被黑色"X"号标记，只有两处被红圈勾出，靠里的那处写着"汇合点"。另一处则标注着"储藏点"。]

[A map of Grymforge, drawn by hand yet highly detailed. Points of interest are marked with black 'X's, aside from two, which are identified by bold red circles, one on each level of the fortress. The words hiding spot' are written within the upper-level circle. The lower-level circle is identified as 'smokepowder reserve'.]

Content:
亲爱的琳迪斯。

你永远也不会读到这封信了。在月亮庇所，你的双眼就像塞伦涅一样闪亮。而现在它们却永远失落在了这该死的深渊里。

我诅咒那些摧毁了我们一切珍视之物的暗夜法官。我诅咒给我们带来如此折磨的凯瑟里克·索姆。我诅咒荼毒了我们家园和所爱之人的莎尔。

我的这具残躯也坚持不了多久了。希望白银圣母能让我们重聚。

希望我们能够安息。

My dear Lindis.

You will never read this letter. In Moonhaven, your eyes shone as bright as Selûne herself. Now, they remain forever closed in this gods-damned abyss.

Curse the Dark Justiciars for destroying all we hold dear. Curse Ketheric Thorm for this torment he inflicts. Curse Shar, for blighting our home, our family, our love.

Death comes soon for my own wasting husk. Perhaps then, Our Lady of Silver may reunite us.

Perhaps then, we might have our rest.

Content:
塞伦涅，哦，塞伦涅，

我在黑暗中呼唤你的名，却没有回应。我祈祷着你的光明，但所见只有幽暗。

死亡笼罩了我： 陷阱在嘲笑着我，肚腹已然饥肠辘辘。难道你听不到我的恳求？难道我的奉献都落得白处？难道我的信仰到头来竹篮打水一场空？

塞伦涅，哦，塞伦涅，你为什么抛弃了我？

Selûne, O Selûne,

I call you from darkness, but you are silent. I pray for your light, but there is only shadow.

Death encircles me: the traps taunt me, my belly screams for nourishment. Can you not hear my pleas? Has my faith been for nothing? Have my good works gone unseen?

Selûne, O Selûne, WHY HAVE YOU ABANDONED ME?

Content:
1354，褪逝之月三日

只剩一只眼睛，七根手指。以它们记录索姆手下暗夜法官的残忍。

1354，落叶之月半

海里克死了。弄陷阱时出了意外。被尖桩钉穿了脸。

1354，腐逝之月

判者派来了猎犬。两个牧被撕成了碎。又丢三根指。但还能感到。

135?

另一只目也没。烧焦肉未。好我...

1354 The Third Day of the First Tenday of Elient

One eye and seven fingers left. Making use of them by penning a testament to the cruelty of Thorm's Dark Justiciars.

1354 Middle-Marpenoth

Hyrik is gone. Got sloppy with traps. Stake through the face.

1354 Uktar??

Justrs set hounds on us. Two clrcs shred to pces. Chwd off three mre fngrs. Stll feel thm tho.

135?

Took othr eye. Cn smll burnt flsh. So hngry...

Content:
[书页上没有文字，只有尘泥的污迹绘着一座房子，上面挂有星月。右下角签着名： KV.]

[The page bears no words, only simple smears of dust and mud. A house is depicted with the moon and stars hovering above it. Initials are signed on the bottom right: KV.]

Content:
[书页上的文字仓促而扭曲，墨水更是少见的红棕色 - 恐怕是血。]

给下

一个

囚犯

小心

阶梯

[Shaky script is scrawled across the page in an unusually red-brown ink - or blood, more likely.]

TO NEXT

PRISON

ER HEED

WORDS BEWARE

STAIRS

Content:
[笔记本上写的字不仅又小又密，还满是墨污，几乎不可辨识。]

... 非常令人着迷。根据我的观察，蕈人有着与夺心魔类似的心灵交流能力，不过蕈人只能由通过孢子进行单方面传讯。两者虽然都是生物结构，但心灵连接方式却大为不同。

心灵交流能力对大脑结构有何影响？此外，心灵连接又会对身体产生怎样的反应？即使是简单的想法和图像，也能在深植于心灵传念接受者脑海中时对其造成强烈的恐惧或欢愉。如果这样的体验留下了不可磨灭的记忆，那么你的内心还完全属于你自己吗？

无论结果为何，我都必须收割，不是，获取更多关于蕈人孢子的情报来继续此研究。

[The tiny, ink-smudged scrawl in this notebook is squeezed in so little space as to nearly be illegible.]

... truly fascinating. My observations on the myconids mirror what I discovered while researching mind flayer telepathy, despite only one being transmittable (the spores). Both of these are of biological origin, in contrast to the telepathic bond ritual.

How does innate telepathy impact the structures of the brain? And beyond that, how does the presence of another's mind within one's own affect the body? What may seem like mere thoughts and images could cause extremes of fear or pleasure if they are embedded deep enough in the recipients' psyche. If such an experience leaves behind a permanent memory, is that part of your mind still truly your own?

Whatever the answer, I must harvest - gently acquire - more of the myconid spores in order to continue this research.

Content:
一想到我的功绩有成为个人日志的价值，总会让人感觉有些虚荣。但是当我看到大门外的卓尔大军，突然意识到自己的傲慢已经是一种昂贵异常的东西。所以让天平再多倾斜一点也是无伤大雅。
不是为我，而是那些跟着我深入黑暗的人。他们应当被世人铭记。

- 新学徒 - 诺恩·雷米斯，在我们遭遇卓尔之后的撤退途中，迷失在深深的隧道里。

- 新学徒 - 北部废墟的图尔克，被一只箭擦伤，中毒身亡。

- 新学徒 - 布里·布利卡，仅凭她手中的瓦工锤对抗一个蛛化精灵。

他们虽然都是新学徒，但也都是整个队伍的一份子 — 因为他们见过的和遭受的已经远超了新学徒的称号。

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我们弄塌了身后的隧道，做好了打开大门的准备。也许我们能凿开一条通路。

如果不行，我在此附上一份名单 —— 好让编年史能够告以世人，无论他们有着怎样的目的，缘由都是相同的：一位名为加鲁斯的学徒长希望自己的名字能铭刻在教会历史的丰碑上。他想锻造出一条穿越黑暗的道路，但却并没有意识到：在某些地方，光亮是永远触不可及的。

他是个傻瓜。


It always felt vainglorious, to think my deeds worthy of a personal journal. But as I watch the drow mass outside our gate, I realise my arrogance is already of a far costlier sort. I see no harm in tipping the scales a little further.
Not for me, but for those who followed me down into the dark. They deserve to be remembered.

- Initiate Norn Remys, lost in the deep tunnels as we fell back from the drow.

- Initiate Thulk of the Northern Wastes, grazed by an arrow and succumbed to poison.

- Initiate Bree Brekka, who stood against a drider with only her mason's hammer.

And Initiates they are, the entire company - for they have seen and suffered too much to be called novices.

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We've collapsed the tunnel behind, and have made ready to open the gate. Perhaps we can carve a path through.

And if not, I enclose a list of names - let the annals show that whatever their end, the cause was the same: one High Initiate Jarrus wished to stamp his name in the history of his Church. He sought to forge a path through the darkness, not realising there are some places the light was never meant to touch.

He was a fool.

Content:
没有明月与群星我无法入睡。在孩童时代，在我还不知道塞伦涅的圣名时我就开始向它们祈祷。这算是渎神吗？
当我穿行于战场，我能见到的唯一亮光就是他们明亮的双眼。潜伏着，等待着。

我知道学徒长正在安排计划。他会让我们活下去的。

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我们要拼死一战。

公正的月之少女啊，请将你的光明借给我们，
在黑夜之中指引我们回到家乡，
让我们永远走在正确的道路上，
永远明亮，永远-

[最后一行祷词模糊不清，仿佛被什么东西沾湿。]


I can't sleep without the moon and stars. As a child, I prayed to them before I ever knew Selûne's name. Is that blasphemy?
When I walk the battlements, the only light I see is the glow of their eyes. Out there, waiting.

I know the High Initiate is making a plan. He'll get us out of this.

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We're making a stand.

Moonmaiden fair, lend us your light,
To guide us home in dark of night,
To keep us on the path of right,
Ever burning, ever-

[The last line of the prayer succumbs to blurring, as if stained by something wet.]

Content:
日志 124。
前哨附近有生命活动的痕迹。智慧生物。显然是想藏起来。

日志125。
还是没有找到那个神秘身影。他们知道如何掩盖自己的踪迹。可能是卓尔。

[下面的几个条目褪色太厉害，无法阅读。]

日志 129。
把他们带到了南边。传说那里有一个观察者。幽暗地域的问题还是留着他们自己解决吧。

日志 130。
没有目击报告。

日志 131。
没有目击报告。

日志 132。
米恩斯看见雕像南下了，形状像是卓尔。眼魔不应该这么做的。不管怎么说，又少了一个需要担心的问题。

Log 124.
Signs of life near the outpost. Intelligent. Clearly trying to hide.

Log 125.
Still can't find the mysterious shapes. They know how to cover their tracks. Possibly drow.

[The next few entries are too faded to read.]

Log 129.
Led them south. Rumours of a spectator there. Let the Underdark solve its own problems.

Log 130.
No sightings.

Log 131.
No sightings.

Log 132.
Mynthe saw statues down south, shaped like drow. Spectators shouldn't do that. Either way, that's one less problem to worry about.

Content:
[这本小日志大多页面都是空白的。最后记下的一条写着：]
182号记录
我错了。我早该重视发现卓尔的事情。我早该知道他们只是个开始。居然蠢到以为我们骗过了他们。这将是我的最后一次记录。之后由旻斯接手。

[Most of this small logbook is left empty. The last entry reads:]
Log 182.
I was wrong. Should have paid more attention to the drow sightings. Should have known they were only a prelude. Stupid to think we had outsmarted them. This will be my last entry. Mynthe will keep the records from now on.

Content:
嘿，傻屌们！

右边桶里是奴隶的食，左边是洛斯兽的食！要是下次哪个混蛋又搞错，我非找根烧红的拨火棍插进这家伙屁眼儿里不可。

斯林

HEY PRICKHEADS!

Slave grub in the RIGHT barrel, rothé chow in the LEFT! Next of you shits I see flubbing it is getting a hot poker up the arse SIDEWAYS.

THRINN