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红色年代,卷二
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红色年代,卷二
红色年代 第二卷
前言
当我决定写下关于红色年代的记事时,我前往晨风省四处游历,亲自寻访当地的丹莫民众。我追求的是第一手的纪录和关于这起大灾难的个人观点——这是因为我认为若只是坐在冬堡学院的书堆中,是无法传达那些真正应该被传承下去的故事的。当我来往于大城、小镇和村庄之间时最让我震撼的,便是我所遇见的每一个丹莫所共同拥有的大无畏勇气和坚强意志。于是,这让原本该是记录晨风省史上最严重灾难之一的行程,有了完全不一样的意义——本书可说是本地的居民欢庆之书,见证他们永远不会被击败的精神。
萨朵斯·赖尔弗
维瓦克城
“从前我是个商人,赶着轧兽来往于维瓦克城和纳西斯之间。当时,我正沿着往南的大道赶路,突然我此生仅见最奇特的事情就发生了。所有环绕着我的杂音忽然全面静止……就是那些一般旅人最常听见的,好比风吹过树梢的声音突然都没了,只剩下一片死寂。我感到背脊发麻,而我的轧兽则开始四处乱窜,这莫名的现象显然让它躁动不安。我试图控制它,市中心突然发生了大规模的爆炸。在我被震飞之前,我看见街区四分五裂,然后地面开始摇晃。震动的情况持续了很长一段的时间,最后终于逐渐减弱,仿佛波动正朝着瓦登费尔的中心远去。几分钟后,红山就爆发了,将一大团的火焰喷到空中。我的轧兽早就逃了,而我也决定该设法逃命。我一路逃到了纳西斯才停下来”
我问他知不知道维瓦克城发生了什么事。
“除了一段时间以后飘在空中的真理部掉下来撞上城区的中心,我没听说发生了什么事。我只确知许多丹莫在那天丧命,而宏伟的维瓦克城从那一天起便荣光不再了”
德洛斯·德蓝
哀伤之城
“红色年代并未对哀伤之城本身造成很大的影响,不过确实改变了许多城中的居民。我们之中大多数人都有亲戚分散在瓦登费尔省各地,而在爆发当天过后,我们开始收到维瓦克城、萨迪斯摩拉、巴尔摩拉和奥德鲁恩遭到严重破坏的消息。整整好几个月,每个晚上都会听见有人在哭泣的声音。那对我们所有人来说都是悲伤的时刻”
我问他哀伤之城在红色年代是否有受到任何损伤。
“我不知道原因,但我们似乎自幸免于难。有些丹莫主张是裁决者在庇佑着我们,但其他人则说他们才是一切灾害的罪魁祸首。我曾亲眼看见这样的争论发展成肢体冲突。那是段很奇怪的时期”
关于哀伤之城在红色年代扮演的角色,我从德洛斯口中听到了一个有趣的答案。
“救难行动大约在红山爆发后一个月左右展开。事实上,那是由一位当时住在哀伤之城中的瑞多然家族议员指挥进行的。我不记得他的名字,但他不仅发号施令,也负责分发补给品,并派遣士兵和有能力干活的丹莫到那些受创最严重的聚落去。我被派往巴尔摩拉,那地方简直全毁,镇上几乎没有还直立着的建筑物。我在那儿待了大概两个月,协助重建城镇并扶持当地丹莫,让他们的生活重回轨道。起初,这对我来说是种负担,但最后却成了我此生做过最有价值的事。我在那里交到了一些朋友,直到现在都还保持联络,包括我最爱的妻子在内”
The Red Year, Vol. II
The Red Year Volume II
Foreword
When I originally decided to write this accounting of the Red Year, I elected to travel across Morrowind and speak to the Dunmer people themselves. I sought first-hand accounts and personal views about the cataclysmic event. I felt that if I simply did the research in the library stacks at the College of Winterhold, I wasn't really telling the tale that needed to be told. What struck me as I moved from city to city, town to town, camp to camp is that all of the Dunmer I met shared an incredible bond of sheer courage and unshakable faith. So what began as a chronicle of one of the worst events in the history of Morrowind became something altogether different, the celebration of a people who can never be defeated.
Saldus Llervu
Vivec City
"I was a trader back then. Ran a pack guar from Vivec City clear down to Narsis. I was walking along the south road when the strangest thing happened. All of the noise around me stopped... the normal things one hears as they travel like the sound of the wind blowing through the treetops. It was just deathly quiet. I felt a tingling sensation all over my body and my guar began to stomp around. Whatever it was, it was driving him crazy. As I tried to get him under control, there was a massive explosion from the center of the city. I saw the cantons fall apart before I was knocked off my feet. Then I remember the ground starting to rumble. It lasted for a long time and it receded into the distance as if directed towards the center of Vvardenfell. A few minutes later, the Red Mountain erupted, sending a huge cloud of fire into the sky. My pack guar had long since fled, and I decided I should do the same. I never stopped running until I reached Narsis."
I asked him if he knew what had happened Vivec City.
"I didn't hear until much later that the Ministry of Truth had struck the heart of the city. What I do know for certain is that many Dunmer lost their lives that day and that Vivec City is no more."
Deros Dran
Mournhold
"The Red Year didn't heavily affect Mournhold itself, but it touched many of the people who lived there. A lot of us had relatives somewhere on Vvardenfell, and after the first day that the eruption occurred we started receiving reports of widespread devastation in Vivec City, Sadrith Mora, Balmora and Ald'ruhn. I don't think a single night went by for months where you wouldn't hear someone openly weeping. It was a sad time for all of us."
I asked if Mournhold had sustained any damage during the Red Year.
"I don't know why, but the destruction seemed to pass us by. A few Dunmer claimed that it was the Tribunal watching over us, but others claimed that the Tribunal was to blame for everything. I actually saw a few of those disagreements come to blows. It was a strange time."
I got an interesting response from Deros regarding Mournhold's role during the Red Year.
"Relief efforts began almost a month after the mountain erupted. It was actually a directive that came from the House Redoran councilor that was living in Mournhold at the time. I can't remember his name, but he took charge of the situation and sent soldiers, supplies and able-bodied Dunmer to the outlying settlements that had been hit the hardest. I was sent to Balmora. The place was a mess; hardly anything left in town was still standing. I spent maybe two months there, helping to rebuild the town and getting my fellow Dunmer back on their feet. It started out as a burden, but it ended up being the most rewarding thing I'd ever done in my life. I started some friendships there that still last to this day, including my beloved wife."