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Shadowmourne
Before beginning his reign as the Lich King, Prince Arthas Menethil was first
a servant, ruled by a sword he believed was the key to saving his people -
the runeblade Frostmourne. Finding and claiming the blade among the frozen
wastes of Northrend was an odyssey unto itself, and the search cost the
prince his mentor, his relationship with his subjects, and his humanity. It
cost the living of Azeroth far more.
在以巫妖王的身份展開統治之前，阿薩斯˙米奈希爾王子是第一個劍奴，他深信
那柄後來控制他的劍是拯救人民的關鍵－也就是符文劍霜之哀傷。在諾森德的冰凍荒
野中追尋這柄劍的旅程非常的漫長，而他支付了他的摯友兼導師、所有的部下和他自
己的人性作為得到這柄劍的代價。未來將會有更多艾澤拉斯的生靈為此犧牲。
With a tight grip on the blade that he traded his life for, Arthas ravaged
the kingdom of Lordaeron and broke free from the control of the Burning
Legion. By the time the former prince ascended as the leader of the Scourge,
Frostmourne was already glutted with the souls of the numberless dead who
dared to oppose him.
他付出他的人生來掌握這柄劍，阿薩斯毀滅了羅德隆王國並脫離了燃燒軍團的掌
控。前王子在此刻成為了天譴軍團的首領，而霜之哀傷則是貪婪地吞噬了無數化為死
屍的反對者的靈魂。
Now, Arthas has become so inseparable from his weapon that the sword's
likeness has even found its way into the architecture of his fortress,
Icecrown Citadel. Its hilt is never far from his hands; its ghostly whispers
constantly ring in his ears. Frostmourne, as much as the Lich King, is the
ruler of Northrend.
而今，阿薩斯已幾乎和他的武器合而為一，因此這把劍對於建築風格的喜好在他
的要塞＝冰冠城塞上展露無遺。它的劍柄總是在他伸手可及之處；它鬼魅般的呢喃不
時在他耳邊迴響。霜之哀傷即為巫妖王，諾森德的統治者。
To challenge that rule, mighty heroes will need to follow more closely in
Arthas's path than ever before.
為了挑戰巫妖王的統治，強大的英雄們將必須再次追著阿薩斯的足跡前進。
In a relentless quest to arm the forces of the living against the Scourge,
Darion Mograine has formed the Ashen Verdict, a union between the most
skilled craftsmen of the Argent Crusade and the Ebon Blade. Though the
peerless paladins of the Crusade wield the power of the Light, and their
leader clutches Ashbringer, a few of Mograine's dark warriors have begun to
question their hopes for victory.
為了在與天譴軍團對抗的無情挑戰中強化生者們的力量，達理安˙莫格萊尼組
成了灰燼裁決軍，由銀白十字和黯刃軍團中最老練的成員為班底。雖然英勇無雙的
聖騎們擁有聖光之力，而且領袖的手中還握著灰燼使者，少數隸屬於莫格萊尼的黑
暗戰士卻開始質疑是否有獲勝的希望。
These death knights insist that the Ashbringer and the skills of the Argent
Crusaders, though potent, aren't enough to best Frostmourne alone. They swear
that Darion Mograine has long been quietly aware of another legendary blade -
one that could be the key to defeating the Lich King and cleansing
Northrend... But it doesn't exist yet.
這些死亡騎士們堅持相信，灰燼使者和銀白十字軍的力量確實相當強大，但仍
不足以和霜之哀傷抗衡。他們發誓說：「達理安˙莫格萊尼默認有另外一把傳說之
刃的存在－一把足以擊敗巫妖王並淨化諾森德的關鍵... 只是它尚未現世。」
For the moment, the weapon is a formless idea, with no more killing power
than an angry thought. When it is spoken of, it is spoken of quietly, and the
Highlord has a habit of silencing those who discuss it in public.
目前來說，這把武器只是一個無形的概念，殺傷力僅和一閃而逝的怒氣相近。
只有在人們私下對談時才會提到它，因為大領主總是親自將在大庭廣眾下提起它的
人封口。
But the hope of an artifact to rival Frostmourne is strong within the minds
of the Ebon Blade. Just its name inspires the furnaces to burn late into the
night, the bellows to pump air, and the darker half of the Verdict's smiths
to swing their hammers until their fingers fail. While other craftsmen
crafters lean over whetstones and gather pitted blades by the hundreds, these
few dream of a single weapon to end the war for Northrend.
但黯刃騎士團的心中始終強烈地希冀會有柄神兵能擊破霜之哀傷。它的名字便
足以激勵熔爐之火徹夜不熄，風箱鼓動不歇, 使裁決軍的黑暗鐵匠們不斷揮舞鐵鎚
直到手指失去知覺。當其他匠人們忙著用磨刀石打磨無數缺損刀劍時，這一小部份
的人則夢想著一把可以結束北裂境之戰的武器.
Shadowmourne... A great two-handed axe fit for a giant, born of sacred and
corrupt powers, host of a thousand dead souls and able to be wielded only by
the most stalwart armsmasters of Azeroth. Its creation seems nearly
impossible; and yet, the rumors do not cease.
影之哀傷... 一柄大到應該給巨人使用的雙手巨斧，由神聖和腐化力量中誕生
，有數以千計的死靈潛伏其中，只有艾澤拉斯最強的武器大師能夠持有她。雖說要
打造她似乎是絕無可能，但謠言卻從不止息。
Some smiths claim that Shadowmourne must be nothing more than an ordinary
axe, honed to unparalleled perfection, while others would shape it from a
weapon of immense import in the world. Mograine, when he can be convinced to
speak of it at all, is said to believe that only the hammer of Arthas himself
will provide a worthy model - but such absurd ambition is just the beginning
of Shadowmourne's creation.
有的鐵匠堅稱影之哀傷不過就把普通的斧頭，但打磨得空前絕後的完美，另外
一些人宣稱她是由異界的神兵脫胎換骨。當莫格萊尼談論她的時候，則說；據信只
有阿薩斯使用過的戰錘才足以成為原型－這荒謬的目標只是打造影之哀傷的開頭。
* To contain the energies that dance across its cold edges, Shadowmourne
must be hewn from piles of impure Saronite: the hardened blood of the Old
God, Yogg-Saron, treated only by master metal-shapers.
為了控制飛舞在她冰冷鋒刃上的能量，影之哀傷需要大量的不潔薩鋼：也就是
上古之神尤格薩倫凝固的血液，只有宗師級的金屬熔煉技藝才能處理。
* To fuel its power to kill, it is vital that Shadowmourne be drenched in
the souls of the most potent servants of the Scourge as they are slain, one
by one, with the unfinished blade.
為了供給她屠殺之力，得用天譴軍團最忠誠的奴僕之魂淬火，用這尚未完成的
凶刃去把他們一個個殺光吧。
* To help break through the Lich King's armor, Shadowmourne is to be
adorned with fragments of the Frozen Throne, originally crafted by Kil'Jaeden
out of ice from the Twisting Nether.
為了撕裂巫妖王的鎧甲，影之哀傷必須鑲上寒冰王座的碎片，那是是奇爾賈丹
在扭曲虛空中以寒冰塑造的牢籠。
Only with these mighty components, it's said, can Shadowmourne be finished.
And, yet, even if the axe could be completed, questions and fears remain. Is
forging the souls of the deceased into a weapon treated withblood and the
essence of the Twisting Nether truly any different from the crafting of the
Scourge's runeblades?
只有匯集這些強大的材料之後，我們才能說，影之哀傷算是完成了。但，即使
這柄斧頭能夠現世，疑問和恐懼仍存。像這樣將死靈融入其中，再以鮮血淬煉，並
加上扭曲虛空精華打造的武器真的和天譴軍的符文刃有任何不同嗎。
Who is to say that the Lich King wouldn't simply annihilate - or control -
the maker for their impudence in mimicking his most treasured possession? If
Arthas, one of the most dedicated knights of his age, lost his humanity to
the whispers of Frostmourne, might Shadowmourne bring the same doom and
misery tothe living as its sister blade?
有誰敢說巫妖王不能輕易的毀滅... 或者控制這些膽敢仿造他珍寶的人？如果
連阿薩斯，當年最忠誠的聖騎士之一，都在霜之哀傷的低語中喪失了人性，那麼影
之哀傷會不會也像她的姊妹一樣，再次讓災難和毀滅降臨在人世呢？
Without knowing the answers to these questions, who would be bold enough to
try and wield it?
在無法得到解答的情況下，真的有人有勇氣去嚐試著揮舞這把凶刃嗎？
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