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狩猎仪式

狩猎仪式

A document announcing a ritualistic hunting of a mortal by Daedra

书里的文字似乎是仓促写成的，也许是听写下来的，亦有可能摘录自另一部更厚的书。

无人会在人前否认，猎人是得到召唤而来，而他们的仪式亦为世界承认，并谨遵古老的传统。

使用无辜的猎物——亦称野兔——来进行的仪式，是一种古老的传承，能够自充盈于天地间的魔法湍流中夺取法力。仪式的创造者与创造时间早已被遗忘在历史长河中。然而对仪式的严格执行与传承，为猎人们带来了强大的力量和威望。

仪式促使全能的猎人带领他们的大型、小型猎犬与可怜悲惨的无辜猎物斗争，猎物一般亦称野兔，为人类狩猎中的生物。与此同时，猎人将深深陶醉在强烈的兴奋感，力量带来的荣誉感及对无助猎物的掌控感之中，并为无辜猎物的悲惨，纯洁以及最终的绝望与毁灭所感动。在仪式巅峰的美学释放中，杀戮带来的狂喜将为猎人对无辜猎物悲惨绝望境地的认同所中和。当无辜猎物的尸体被撕成碎片，猎人便能反思力量的失衡与残酷世界的不公。

狩猎开始时，猎犬们聚集在绿水晶前，水晶中倒影出仪式堂。在仪式堂中，猎人，大型猎犬与狩猎大师将举行仪式，宣告狩猎的开始，以及对猎人，狩猎与猎物的神圣赐福。然后猎人自仪式堂中走出，展示长矛“苦涩的仁慈”，并复诵狩猎的古老教条。这一教条描述了狩猎四个步骤的规则与条件，四个步骤分别是：迫近，追击，召唤与杀戮。

第一步——迫近，此时小型猎犬渐渐迫近并驱逐猎物。

第二步——追击，大型猎犬追击猎物。

第三步——大型猎犬伏击猎物，并召唤猎人进行猎杀。

第四步——杀戮，此时猎人用仪式长矛“苦涩的仁慈”击杀猎物，并敲响大钟，请求狩猎大师观摩猎杀场面。狩猎大师于是赐予使用了“苦涩的仁慈”的猎人勇者以奖赏。狩猎大师同时会要求猎人勇者为下一场狩猎的猎物命名（即使猎人勇者也许不会参加下一场狩猎）。

猎人，大师及猎犬均庄严宣誓捍卫狩猎仪式的荣耀，而仪式则详述了狩猎的施行与条件。这些施行要求与条件，又称法则，严格定义了狩猎的细节，譬如每次有多少种类的猎犬参与，长矛“苦涩的仁慈”如何使用，以及诸如此类的细节。另外，法则规定猎物必须真正有机会逃脱捕杀，不论这机会多么渺茫。实际上，这一机会被描述为七柄钥匙汇聚在魔族仪式殿堂中，以允许猎物进行传送，来逃避猎人和他的长矛。当然，猎物要找到七柄钥匙并逃脱实在是不可思议的壮举，然而这一形式必须得到严格奉行，而任何对找到并使用钥匙过程的干预和欺骗将被视为对狩猎法则不可饶恕的背叛。

狩猎法则保护猎人免受任何形式的攻击，包括凡人和不朽者的武器，以及所有流派的法术。谨慎是猎人的天性，而仪式并不会抑制他们使用长矛时的激情与力量，谨慎只是为了避免混战，黑暗或其他任何危险境地下的鲁莽行事，因为“苦涩的仁慈”一旦发挥出威能，猎物或同伴的死亡就已注定。

命名野外狩猎是一项伟大而庄重的权力，因为除了高阶魔族领主以外任何生物在“苦涩的仁慈”面前都脆弱不堪。长矛于是成为了危险的武器，并被禁止带出仪式猎场。

The Posting of the Hunt

The Posting of the Hunt

A document announcing a ritualistic hunting of a mortal by Daedra

The writing in the book appears to be a hasty transcription, perhaps from dictation, or copied from a longer work.

Let no man say before a witness that the Hunt has not been called, nor the Rites declared, or the Ancient Offices observed.

The Ritual of the Innocent Quarry, also called the Wild Hunt, is an ancient rite drawing magical energy from the powerful magicka stream that engulfs this realm. The creators and times of the rituals are long forgotten. But followed properly, the rite brings great power and prestige to the Huntsman.

The ritual pits the all-powerful Huntsmen and their Greater and Lesser Dogs against the pitiful and doomed Innocent Quarry, called by tradition the Hare, after the mortal creature of human hunts. At once, the Huntsman is transported by the exquisite thrill and glory of his might and dominion over his helpless prey, and at the same time touched by the tragic, noble, and ultimately futile plight of the Innocent Quarry. In the highest aesthetic realization of the ritual, the ecstatic rapture of the kill is balanced by the Huntsman's identification with the sadness and despair of the Innocent Quarry. As in pieces the body of the innocent Hare is torn, the Huntsman reflects on the tragic imbalances of power and the cruel injustices of the world.

As the Hunt begins, the Lesser Dogs assemble before the green crystal reflections of the Chapel of the Innocent Quarry. Inside the Chapel, the Huntsmen, the Greater Dogs, and the Master of the Hunt perform the rites that initiate and sanctify the Huntsmen, the Hunt, and the Innocent Quarry. Then the Huntsman emerges from the Chapel, displays the Spear of Bitter Mercy, and recites the Offices of the Hunt. The Offices describe explains the laws and conditions of the four stages of the Hunt: the Drag, the Chase, the Call, and the View to the Kill.

Stage One -- The Drag, in which the Lesser Dogs drag the ground to flush out the Hare.

Stage Two -- The Chase, in which the Greater Hounds drive the Hare before them.

Stage Three -- The Call, in which the Greater Hounds trap the Hare and summon the Huntsmen for the kill.

Stage Four -- The View, in which the Huntsman makes the kill with the ritual Spear of Bitter Mercy, and calls upon the Master of the Hunt to view the kill by ringing the town bell. The Master of the Hunt then bestows the Bounty upon the Huntsman Bold who has wielded the Spear of Bitter Mercy in the kill. The Master of the Hunt also calls upon the Huntsman Bold to name the next Hare for the next Hunt (though the Huntsman Bold himself may not participate in the next Hunt).

The Offices of the Hunt, which the Huntsmen, Master, and Hounds are solemnly sworn to honor, detail the practices and conditions of the Hunt. These practices and conditions, also known as the Law, strictly define all details of the Hunt, such as how many Hounds of each sort may participate, how the Spear of Bitter Mercy may be wielded, and so forth. In addition, the Law states that the Hare must have a genuine chance to escape the Hunt, no matter how slim. In practice, this condition has been defined as the availability of six keys, which, if gathered together in the Temple of Daedric Rites, permit the Hare to teleport away from the Hunt, and so elude the Huntsman and his Spear. It is inconceivable, of course, that the Hare might actually discover the keys and escape, but the forms must be observed, and tampering with the keys or cheating the Hare of a genuine chance of finding or using the keys is a shameful and unforgivable betrayal of the Law of the Hunt.

The Ritual of the Hunt grants the Huntsmen protection from all forms of attack, including mortal and immortal weapons, and sorceries of all schools. Huntsmen are cautioned, however, that the ritual does not protect the Huntsman from the potent energies of his own Spear, and cautions against reckless wielding of the Spear in close melee, darkness, or other dangerous circumstances, for a single touch of the Spear of Bitter Mercy means instant and certain death for innocent Hare or fellow Huntsman alike.

The right to name a Wild Hunt is a grand and grave right indeed, as all but the High Daedra Lords are vulnerable to the potent sorceries of the Spear of Bitter Mercy. The Spear itself is therefore a terrible weapon, and it is forbidden to remove it from the Grounds of the Ritual Hunt.