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探秘伐莫
经过研究、旅行、探索和观察，我的学说总算被证实了：在天际地下最深处栖息着的变形伐莫就是传说中的雪精灵。
没人能确切地知道伐莫的历史是如何开始的，但有一部古老的作品《伐莫王子的陨落》，由洛克汗抄写的其中关于莫斯林之战的纪实文献中，对他们的首领英格贾德·白眼的结局给出了相当逼真的描写。
根据书中目击者的描述，这位伟大的伐莫领袖——人们只知道他是“雪精灵王子”——在那场战斗中壮烈地死去了，之后被诺德人所厚葬。残余的伐莫被冲散或屠杀，再也没有音信，也就再没被人记起。
尽管先古雪精灵的传说被终结了，但是现在的伐莫的故事还在继续。在雪精灵的军队被毁灭的灾难之日，他们不是简单的就消散于泥土中，而是深深的地下延续了下来。因为伐莫在最不可能的地方寻求了庇护——黑境，在天际遥远的深处，在锻莫族们自己建造的传奇国度。
是的，黑境确实存在。我曾到过那里，而且不像此前那些目睹过它那令人恐怖的辉煌的冒险家们，我最终回来了。同时我还知道了关于伐莫的真相。
在他们被诺德打败之后，矮人长老们同意保护伐莫，不过却开出了相当高的代价。锻莫们并不相信他们的伐莫客人，而且还强迫他们吃一些长在地底深处的有毒真菌。结果就是，伐莫们被毒素致盲了。
很快，威风一时的伐莫们就这样失去了力量。他们成为了矮人的仆人……之后又变成奴隶。不过锻莫们为了防止他们背叛，而进行地更为阴险彻底的做法，他们在伐莫的每顿饭里都加上了毒菌。这种毒素不仅影响了当时的伐莫，还影响了他们的子孙后代。随着时间的推移，伐莫视力就慢慢退化了。
不过正像很多统治者和奴隶的故事套路一样，伐莫最后终于起义了。在最初的几代为了向矮人寻求庇护而不得不低头后，在经历了屈辱的背叛后，伐莫站了起来，反抗他们的压迫者。矮人被推翻后，逃到了更深的地方，在黑境最深最隐秘的地方。
几十年间，两边不停地激烈争斗。一场全面、血腥的“岩穴之战”在天际的地下悄然进行着，而上层的诺德人却毫不知情。这场战役的英雄们永远也不可能被我们知晓。直到有一天，战争结束了：当伐莫准备和锻莫继续战斗时，突然发现，与其战斗的矮人们全族都…完全消失了。
终于从锻莫霸权统治下获得自由的伐莫开始在黑境繁衍开来。但长年与矮人的斗争已经让他们变得嗜血冷酷。为了满足杀戮、征服的欲望，他们爬回陆面去掠夺上方的世界。
之后新的故事便开始了。关于短小，无眼，像地精一般的生物开始在地球的岩石裂隙里钻了出来。他们在死寂的夜里，屠杀牲口，攻击旅人，从小床里偷取婴儿。
在最近几年，这些生物的目击事件越来越频繁。他们的掠夺和袭击更加的有组织性，也更加的残酷。事实上，一个可能的结论是伐莫也许会再次变化。这种可能性有多大呢？几个世代后的伐莫们，会来找回那已长久地遗忘的荣耀吗？他们是不是正准备着重回大地，同“地上居住者”进行战斗呢？
如果那样的事情真的发生的话——如果伐莫确实在计划着收复天际—我想这会令人和神都感到害怕。
The Falmer: A Study
I have studied, and traveled, and explored, and observed, and my hypothesis has finally been confirmed: that the twisted Falmer that inhabit the darkest depths of Skyrim are indeed the snow elves of legend.
No one really knows when the story of the snow elves began, but the ancient work "Fall of the Snow Prince," which is an account of the Battle of the Moesring as transcribed by Lokheim, chronicler to the chieftain Ingjaldr White-Eye, gives a rather vivid account of its ending.
According to this eyewitness account, the great Falmer leader known only as the Snow Prince died in glorious battle, and was buried with honor by his Nord slayers. The remaining snow elves were scattered or slain, and were never heard from again. Or so many thought.
But where the story of the ancient snow elves ends, that of the current-day Falmer begins. For when the snow elf host was shattered on that fateful day, it did not simply disperse - it descended. Into the earth, deep underground. For the Falmer sought sanctuary in the most unlikely of places - Blackreach, far beneath the surface of Skyrim, in the legendary realm of the Dwemer themselves.
Yes, Blackreach exists. I have been there, and unlike most of those who have witnessed its terrible glories, I have returned. And I now know the truth about the Falmer.
After their defeat by the Nords, the dwarves of old agreed to protect the Falmer, but at a terrible price. For these Dwemer did not trust their snow elf guests, and forced them to consume the toxic fungi that once grew deep underground. As a result, the snow elves were rendered blind.
Soon, the majestic snow elves were rendered powerless. They became the dwarves' servants... and then their slaves. But the Dwemer's treachery was so deep, so complete, that they made the fungi an essential part of the Falmer's diet. This guaranteed the weakness of not only their current Falmer thralls, but their offspring as well. The snow elves, for time eternal, would be blind.
But as is always the story with slaves and their masters, the Falmer eventually rebelled. Generations after they first sought solace among the dwarves, and experienced bitter betrayal, the Falmer rose up against their oppressors. The overthrew the dwarves, and fled even further down, into Blackreach's deepest, most hidden reaches.
For decade upon decade, the two sides waged a bitter conflict. A full-fledged and bloody "War of the Crag" that raged deep below Skyrim's surface, completely unbeknownst to the Nords above, a war whose battles and heroes must forever remain lost to our knowledge. Until one day, the war ended. For on that day, the Falmer went to meet their Dwemer foes in battle, only to find that the entire race had... vanished.
Finally free from the threat of their Dwemer overlords, the Falmer were able to spread freely throughout Blackreach. But years of fighting the dwarves had left them bloodthirsty and brutal. Feeling the need to conquer, to kill, they began mounting raids to the surface world.
And so the legends began. Of small, blind, goblin-like creatures who would rise from the cracks of the earth, in the dead of night, to slaughter cattle, attack lonely travelers, and steal sleeping babes from their cribs.
In recent years, however, the sightings of these creatures have become more and more frequent. Their raids, more organized. Their attacks, more brutal. In fact, one might even come to the conclusion that the Falmer are ready to change once again. Could it be true? Are the snow elves of ages past ready to reclaim their long-forgotten glory? Are they ready to surge to the surface, and make war upon the "light dwellers"?
If that happens - if the Falmer are indeed planning on reconquering Skyrim - I fear a horror neither man nor gods could possibly stand against.
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