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尼瑞瓦在红山

尼瑞瓦在红山

裁决者神殿 著

以下内容节录自阿波科法典籍——也就是裁决者神殿的非正式纪录。这是由学者将灰地之民传承的传统用学术性的体裁重新改写而成的纪录，记述着红山之役以及一连串的相关事件。灰地之民将这些故事和尼瑞瓦的战友阿兰卓·苏的事迹连结在一起——后者在尼瑞瓦死后以及裁决者晋升至权力核心的期间曾和灰烬人民一起生活。这则故事有许多不同的分枝版本，但传统上而言主要的元素一直都没有改变：包括尼瑞瓦遭到杀害、达格斯·乌尔的悲剧命运，以及裁决者的力量来源亵渎了神，故在神殿教义中被视为灰地之民的无知迷信等等。此外，这些故事的共同点就是比较开化的丹莫对它们都不甚熟悉。

瑞斯登，也就是今天我们所知道的晨风省，过去曾是两种不同精灵族争夺的土地：一是崇拜魔族的奇莫，另一种族则是崇拜某种禁忌神秘力量的锻莫。这两支精灵族间争战不休，直到他们的土地被另一个更年轻有活力，且更加粗暴的外来文化入侵，那支民族就是所谓的诺德人。

分别来自奇莫和锻莫族的两位英雄——因督利尔·尼瑞瓦和杜马克·矮兽人，他们让两个种族言归于好，并且共同击败了外来的入侵者。之后，这两位英雄携手合作了很长一段时间，让和平得以延续。不过，他们的亲信认为这样的情况不会持续太久，或者应该说，他们并不乐见这样的情况。尼瑞瓦的妃子和他手下的将军——爱玛蕾希雅、索萨·席和维瓦克向他提出建言，要他拿下整个瑞斯登。然而，尼瑞瓦对此充耳不闻。和杜马克之间的友谊深植于他的心中，他认为和平是唯一的选项。

这样的情况一直持续到达格斯·乌尔到来为止。达格斯家族发现了锻莫禁忌力量的来源：传说中的洛克汗之心，杜马克和他的人民藉其力量得以永生且不受众神的控制。事实上，一位名叫卡格纳克的高阶祭司正在建造一尊新的神明，让锻莫足以靠他征服整个瑞斯登。

三位裁决者于是敦促尼瑞瓦再次对锻莫发动战争。尼瑞瓦去会见杜马克，向这位老朋友质问达格斯·乌尔所说的是否属实。然而，由于卡格纳克和锻莫高阶祭司们对国王隐瞒建造新神一事，因此杜马克表示锻莫是清白的，绝无任何不轨意图。尼瑞瓦对此感到困惑，于是前往阿祖拉的圣殿“荷拉玛雅”参拜。在那里，阿祖拉告知他达格斯·乌尔所说的一切都是真的，且锻莫所建造的新神必须被摧毁，以确保瑞斯登和整个世界的安全。尼瑞瓦返回后，把女神所说的话转告知三位裁决者，令他们确信事实证明他们是对的，并再次敦促尼瑞瓦发动战争。锻莫和奇莫之间，早就存在着不知多少彼此憎恨的理由了。

好友杜马克竟对自己撒谎，此举终于激怒了尼瑞瓦，于是他动身回到瓦登费尔。这一次，这位奇莫的国王全副武装，并带上了人马。他严厉地对红山之王杜马克·矮兽人说：“你必须停止崇拜洛克汗之心，否则我将和你绝交，并毁弃一切过往的盟约！”此时杜马克对于卡格纳克的新神仍旧一无所知，并且极欲保护他引以为傲的人民，于是答道：“我们不应背弃早已行之多年的道统，就像你们奇莫不会抛弃和湮灭中的魔神们之间的联系一样。如今你全副武装且带着人马来拜访我，说明你已经忘了你我之间的情谊。退后，我亲爱的尼瑞瓦，否则我以十五加一黄金声调发誓，一定会杀了你和你的人”

于是，奇莫和锻莫之间开战了。锻莫在红山的要塞固若金汤，但尼瑞瓦英勇机智的妃子和将军们将杜马克大部分的军队引到战场上并把他们绊住，好让尼瑞瓦和达格斯·乌尔能够抵达洛克汗之心所在的密室。在那里，尼瑞瓦和杜马克交战后双双身受重伤而死，而达格斯·乌尔在砍倒了卡格纳克之后，夺走了锻莫用来从洛克汗之心上萃取力量的工具。他来到弥留之际的国王面前，问他该如何处置这些工具。尼瑞瓦再次召唤了阿祖拉，而她则现身告诉他们该如何用那些工具来切断洛克汗之心和锻莫人民间的联系。

此时在战场上，在锻莫偷来的永生被夺走之后，裁决者和他们的军队亲眼目睹对手化为尘土。

在红山这一头，尼瑞瓦要达格斯·乌尔保护好工具和洛克汗之心的密室，直到他回来。达格斯·乌尔说：“难道我们不该直接毁了这些工具，免得他们再次有机会把工具用于错误之途吗？”然而，身上的伤势和心中的哀痛让尼瑞瓦无法做出正确的判断（因为此时他仍旧敬爱着杜马克和他的锻莫子民），于是他走出红山来到战场上，和他的妃子与将军们讨论。他们早已预期到这场战争的来临，而这次尼瑞瓦不会再忽视他们的意见了。他说：“我会询问三位裁决者该怎么处置这些工具，因为他们有足以预见这一切的智慧，而我没有。待在这里，忠诚的达格斯·乌尔，直到我回来为止”

尼瑞瓦将发生在红山下的事告诉了他的妃子和将军们，包括锻莫是如何使用那些工具让他们的人民得到永生，以及洛克汗之心中所蕴含的神奇力量。裁决者们认为奇莫应该学习如何运用这股力量，让尼瑞瓦拿下瑞斯登和整个世界。尼瑞瓦从未想过这件事，而这也不是他所乐见的，所以他要求妃子和将军们帮助他再次召唤阿祖拉，以寻求指引。然而，在听说了洛克汗之心的力量之后，裁决者们已变得和卡格纳克一样贪婪，想要将它据为己有。他们佯装遵照尼瑞瓦的吩咐举行召唤阿祖拉的仪式，但爱玛蕾希雅点上了有毒的蜡烛，索萨·席拿出了有毒的长袍，而维瓦克则拿出了有毒的祭品，尼瑞瓦就这样被谋杀了。

后来阿祖拉主动现身，斥责裁决者们和他们的作为。她对他们说会用自己执掌的暮光与黎明之力让尼瑞瓦能够再次归来并且匡正这一切。对此，裁决者们放声大笑，并告诉阿祖拉他们即将成为神，而奇莫的人民也将忘记他们古老的信仰。阿祖拉知道他们所言不虚，并且体悟到靠自己的力量让尼瑞瓦重新归来需要花上一段很长的时间。于是她说：“你们今天在此所做的是无可饶恕的恶事，你们将会为此感到后悔。神的行为和凡人所想的不同。对凡人而言只是一时的事，对神而言却是永恒”为了让他们永远铭记自己所背负的罪，阿祖拉将奇莫变成了丹莫，使他们的肤色变得有如灰烬，并让他们的眼睛如着火一般。最后，她说：“让这项印记永远伴随你们，让你们牢记自己的真实身分有如食尸的恶鬼一般，靠着吞噬高贵、英勇之德，以及君王的信任维生”

后来，裁决者们进入红山和达格斯·乌尔会合。达格斯·乌尔已经明白发生了什么事，因为他的皮肤也变了。他试图为尼瑞瓦报仇，却徒劳无功，并遭到放逐。裁决者们对外宣称达格斯·乌尔已死，然后找到了他守护着的工具，再藉由研究卡格纳克所用的方法，让他们成为神祉。

在神格化以后数千年过去，裁决者们仍旧是晨风的神，只有极少数人还记得古老的信仰。至于尼瑞瓦遭到谋害的真相则更加鲜为人知。尽管如此，尼瑞瓦的妃子和将军们依然畏惧着他的归来，因为阿祖拉的话犹在耳际，且她在子民身上所施加的诅咒依然近在眼前。

Nerevar at Red Mountain

Nerevar at Red Mountain

By Tribunal Temple

The following is from the Apographa, the hidden writings of the Tribunal Temple. It is a scholarly retelling of a tradition transmitted through the Ashlanders concerning the battle at Red Mountain and subsequent events. The Ashlanders associate this tale with the telling of Alandro Sul, a shield-companion of Nerevar who came to live among the Ashlanders after the death of Nerevar and during the ascension of the Tribunal. There are many variant treatments of this story, but the primary elements are consistent throughout the tradition. The murder of Nerevar, the tragic fate of Dagoth Ur, and the profane source of the Tribunal's divine power are denied by Temple doctrine as ignorant Ashlander superstition, and not widely known among civilized Dunmer.

Resdayn, present day Morrowind, was contested ground between two very different types of mer: the Chimer, who worshipped Daedra, and the Dwemer, who worshipped a profane and secret power. These two people warred with each other constantly until their lands were invaded by a young, vibrant, and violent alien culture, the Nords.

Two heroes, one from the Chimer and one from the Dwemer, Indoril Nerevar and Dumac Dwarf-Orc, made peace between their people and together ousted the alien invaders. Then these two heroes worked long and hard to maintain that peace thereafter, though their counselors thought it could not last or, worse, that it shouldn't. Nerevar's queen and his generals-- Almalexia, Sotha Sil, Vivec-- told him to claim all Resdayn for his own. But Nerevar would not listen, for he remembered his friendship with Dumac. There would be only peace.

Until Dagoth-Ur arrived. House Dagoth had discovered the source of the profane and secret power of the Dwemer: the legendary Heart of Lorkhan, which Dumac's people had used to make themselves immortal and beyond the measure of the gods. In fact, one of the their high priests, Kagrenac, was building a New God so that the Dwemer could claim Resdayn for their own.

The Tribunal urged Nerevar again to make war on the Dwarves. Nerevar was troubled. He went to Dumac, his friend of old, and asked if what Dagoth-Ur said was true. But Kagrenac and the high priests of the Dwemer had kept their New God secret from their King, and Dumac said the Dwemer were innocent of any wrongdoing. Nerevar was troubled again and made pilgrimage to Holamayan, the sacred temple of Azura, who confirmed that all that Dagoth-Ur said was indeed true and that the New God of the Dwemer should be destroyed for the safety of not only Resdayn, but for the whole world. When Nerevar went back and told his Tribunal what the goddess had said, his queen and generals felt themselves proved aright and again counseled him to war. There were reasons that the Dwemer and Chimer had hated each other forever.

Finally, Nerevar, angered that his friend Dumac would lie to him, went back to Vvardenfell. This time the Chimer King was arrayed in arms and armor and had his hosts around him, and he spoke harshly to Dumac Dwarf-Orc, King of Red Mountain. "You must give up your worship of the Heart of Lorkhan or I shall forget our friendship and the deeds that were accomplished in its name!" And Dumac, who still knew nothing of Kagrenac's New God, but proud and protective as ever of his people, said, "We shall not relinquish that which has been our way for years beyond reckoning, just as the Chimer will not relinquish their ties to the Lords and Ladies of Oblivion. And to come at my door in this way, arrayed in arms and armor and with your hosts around you, tells me you have already forgotten our friendship. Stand down, my sweet Nerevar, or I swear by the fifteen-and-one golden tones I shall kill you and all your people."

And so the Chimer and Dwemer went to war. The Dwemer were well-defended by their fortress at Red Mountain, but the bravery and cleverness of Nerevar's queen and generals drew most of Dumac's armies out into the field and kept them there, so that Nerevar and Dagoth-Ur could make their way into the Heart Chamber by secret means. There, Nerevar met Dumac and the Dwarf King and they both fell from grievous wounds. Dagoth-Ur slew Kagrenac and took the tools the Dwemer used to tap the power of the Heart. He went to his dying lord Nerevar and asked him what to do with these tools. And Nerevar summoned Azura again, and she showed them how to use the tools to separate the power of the Heart from the Dwemer people.

And on the fields, the Tribunal and their armies watched as the Dwemer turned into dust all around them as their stolen immortality was taken away.

Back in Red Mountain, Nerevar told Dagoth-Ur to protect the tools and the Heart Chamber until he returned. Dagoth-Ur said, "But shouldn't we destroy these tools at once, so that they might never be used for evil again?" But Nerevar was confused by his wounds and his sorrow (for he still loved Dumac and the Dwemer people) and so went to the fields outside of Red Mountain to confer with his queen and his generals, who had foreseen that this war would come and whose counsel he would not ignore again. "I will ask the Tribunal what we shall do with them, for they have had wisdom in the past that I had not. Stay here, loyal Dagoth-Ur, until I return."

Then Nerevar told his queen and generals all that had transpired under Red Mountain and how the Dwemer had used special tools to turn their people into immortals and of the wondrous power of the Heart of Lorkhan. The Tribunal decided that the Chimer should learn how to use this power so that Nerevar might claim Resdayn and the world for their people. Nerevar did not expect or want this, so he asked his queen and generals to help him summon Azura yet again for her guidance. But the Tribunal had become as greedy as Kagrenac upon hearing of the power of the Heart and they coveted it. They made ritual as if to summon Azura as Nerevar wanted but Almalexia used poisoned candles and Sotha Sil used poisoned robes and Vivec used poisoned invocations. Nerevar was murdered.

Then Azura came forth anyway and cursed the Tribunal for their foul deeds. She told them that she would use her powers over dusk and dawn to make sure Nerevar would come back and make things right again. But the Tribunal laughed at her and said that soon they would be gods themselves and that the Chimer people would forget their old ways of worship. And Azura knew this would be true and that it would take a long time before her power might bring Nerevar back. "What you have done here today is foul beyond measure and you will grow to regret it, for the lives of gods are not what mortals think and matters that weigh only years to mortals weigh on gods forever." And so that they might know forever their wicked deeds Azura changed the Chimer into Dunmer, and their skin turned ashen and their eyes into fire. "Let this mark remind you of your true selves who, like ghouls, fed on the nobility, heroism, and trust of their king."

And then the Tribunal went into Red Mountain and met with Dagoth-Ur. Dagoth-Ur saw what had been done, for his skin had changed as well, and he tried to avenge the death of Nerevar but to no avail. He was driven off and thought dead. The Tribunal found the tools he had been guarding and, through study of Kagrenac's methods, turned themselves into gods.

Thousands of years after their apotheosis, the Tribunal are still the gods of Morrowind and the old ways of worship are remembered only by a few. And the murder of Nerevar is known to fewer. But his queen and generals still fear his return, for the words of Azura linger long and they see the mark of her curse on their people every day.