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亚历德王国城市研究

亚历德王国城市研究：瓦沙·巴林和奈法瑞维冈

大衮的试炼

第十章

我不是第一个指出在古老的心脏地带的精灵所发生的大事件的根源是因为亚历德带着良好的目的但却又自大傲慢的行为而造成的研究学者。

奈法瑞维冈，一种梅鲁涅斯·大衮邪恶的组成部分，可以让接近它的朝圣者变得更加警惕敏锐并且是检验其未知价值的最好方法。据说这样的朝圣者会得到梅鲁涅斯的利刃的赐福，那是一把能让大衮夺取这把刀所杀的人的灵魂的邪恶之刃。

在良好目的的驱使下，亚历德的平民开始找到奈法瑞维冈。傲慢让他们相信他们可以驱逐任何想要找到梅鲁涅斯的利刃的人。随后，一座伟大的环型而又错综复杂的城市在亚历德的统治下建成了，此城名为瓦萨·巴里姆。

正如死亡一样，朝圣者源源不断的开始涌入瓦萨·巴里姆，多年来精灵们赶走了大量的朝圣者，直到一名吸血鬼在无人发觉的情况下偷偷的溜入了城市。人鱼被邪恶的灾祸接触，继而整个城邦陷入了暴风雨般的疯狂与毁灭，接下来没过多久，似乎已经没有人存活下来阻止梅鲁涅斯的利刃重见天日了。

随后，瓦萨·巴里姆突然地消失了。历史学上对这座城市消失的原因是因为自然灾害还是圣灵的干预产生了分歧。不过不管原因如何，史学家一直认为结果是一样的：东部的尼本山脉吞噬了瓦萨·巴里姆与处在瓦萨·巴里姆的直至第一纪元的最初几天还在沉睡着的奈法瑞维冈。

如果传说是真的话，那么在尼本山谷的东部边缘，在那多年来毫无王法的荒蛮地带，奈法瑞维冈静静地躺在那里，躺在那被山脉埋葬着的毫无生气的城市里。

Treatise on Ayleidic Cities: Varsa Baalim and the Nefarivigum Test of Dagon

Treatise on Ayleidic Cities: Varsa Baalim and the Nefarivigum Test of Dagon

Chapter the Tenth

The history of Varsa Baalim and Mehrunes' Razor

I will not be the first scholar to point to a combination of benign intent and arrogance on behalf of the Ayleids as the source of many ruinous affairs for the old heartland elves.

The Nefarivigum, a foul construct of Mehrunes Dagon, was erected to be ever watchful for the pilgrim who would approach it and best an unknown trial of worth. It is said that such a pilgrim would be rewarded with the blessing of Mehrunes Razor, a vicious blade through which Dagon himself can claim the very souls of those it strikes.

Benign intent compelled Ayleid folk to seek out the Nefarivigum. Arrogance let them believe themselves capable of disbarring any who would seek the Razor. So was built Varsa Baalim, a great, ringed, labyrinthine city, during the height of Ayleid rule.

Sure as death, pilgrims came to Varsa Baalim, and for years the Elves drove back many, until it came to pass that a vampire slipped into the city unnoticed. Merfolk were touched with the foul affliction, throwing the city into a gathering storm of madness and ruin, and soon it seemed none was left to prevent the Razor from being recovered.

Then, suddenly, Varsa Baalim was gone. Historic accounts dispute whether it happened through some final safety, a natural cataclysm, or by the touch of the Divines themselves. Whatever the cause, history agrees on the result: the mountains of the Eastern Niben swallowed Varsa Baalim, and the Nefarivigum with it, where has remained hidden since the early days of the First Era.

If the tale is true, then somewhere on the eastern fringes of the Niben Valley, where man's rule has scarcely reached through the years, the Nefarivigum still lies in wait, among a city of unliving abominations entombed within the cold bowels of the mountain.