（失落国度）
Prologue
（序言）
The Golden Age黄金时代
The Traveler changed everything. It reshaped our solar system as decisively as it shattered our scientific and philosophical frameworks. To our ancestors it must have been a hammerblow-a glimpse beyond the horizon of expected possibility and into a realm of transcendent power.
旅行者改变了我们的一切。它彻底地重塑了我们的太阳系，正如它粉碎了我们的科学和哲学的框架一样。对于我们的祖先来说，这无疑是一记重锤——超越预期可能性的地平线而进入了超自然领域的惊鸿一瞥。
The Traveler kindled the Golden Age. But we built it.We remember this with pride, even after so much else has been lost. We settled our solar system and filled it with our work.
旅行者开启了黄金时代，而我们创建了黄金时代。尽管已失去了许多，我们仍满怀自豪地谨记这点。我们征服了太阳系并四处留下属于我们的功绩。
Today Cryptarchs and scholars work to distill the legends of the Golden Age into truth. We know that humans lived longer, flew further, and knew more.We know that countless ancient diseases and hatreds were extinguished forever. Human aspiration gives birth to vast engineering projects, sweeping social movements, and even new forms of life.
如今，解密大师和学者们致力于将黄金时代的传说提炼成真理。我们知道，人类更加长寿，飞得更远并且更加学识渊博。人类的愿望催生出了庞大的工程，席卷了社会的运动，甚至全新的生活方式。
The Golden Age was not without challenges.
黄金时代并非没有挑战。
Sources speak of internal strife, philosophical rifts-particularly around questions of machine intelligence and 'mind forking'-and enduring scientific enigmas.But humanity and its machine children tackled these problems with pride, vigor, and a contagious sense of pluralist compassion.
资源分配，内部的冲突以及哲学上的分歧——尤其是围绕人工智能与思维分叉上的问题——永久的科学谜团。但是人类和他们引以为傲的机械孩童（战脑）会以自豪，充满活力与富有感染力的多元主义同情心来处理应对这些问题。
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Earth地球
Once our cities lit the whole world.曾经，我们的城市照亮了整个世界。
Now we huddle under the shadow of the Traveler,in the last place it protects.如今我们蜷缩在旅行者的阴影下，在它最后一块庇护的地方。
It is sovery fragile, this small blue ship, our home.它是如此脆弱，这艘蓝色的小船，是我们的家。
PARTⅠ
PURSUIT
“Where is the Great Machine?Where is the Great Machine?”—Chelchis,Kell of Stone
“大机器在哪儿？大机器在哪儿？”切尔奇斯，岩石氏族凯尔
CHAPTER 1
“When the Ghosts first found us,those who were chosen were blessed with power,but not wisdom.”—Lord Saladin
“当机灵第一次找到我们时，那些被选中的人被赋予了力量，但却没有被赋予智慧。”—领主萨拉丁
The Dark Age
黑暗纪元
“No one knew what had happened to the Traveler.No one understood what had happened to the world.But they beard the whispered call.”
“没有人知道旅行者发生了什么。没有人明白世界发生了什么。但是他们却在低语。
They came from the wild lands, gathering in secret enclaves, slipping through the howling ruins of shattered cities, hoping to find the coast, find a ship,pick up the trail of an impossible dream.
他们来自荒野，在秘密洞穴中聚集，在破碎城市的废墟中嘶吼着游走，他们希望能找到海岸，能找到一艘船，能找到实现不可实现的梦想的道路。
From the deep black came the Awoken, their eyes haunted. Exos marched in the refugee columns,cloaked in moss and shattered memories. And among them came the Ghosts, beginning their search.
从深黑幽梦中走出来的觉醒者，他们的眼中饱含忧愁。EXO在难民纵队中披着苔藓和破碎的记忆前行。伴随着他们的机灵，开始了他们的探索。
It was a time of vast suffering and terrible evil. But there was one hope: the promise of a refuge beneath the Traveler.
那是一个充满巨大痛苦和可怖邪恶的年代。但还有一个希望：旅行者下方有一个避难所的承诺。
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Lady Perun
佩伦女士
Perun stood at the top of a sloping, narrow path cut into a steep plateau. It was not yet dawn,and the valley below her was foggy and dark.
佩伦女士站在一条倾斜小路的顶端，这条小路被分割成一个陡峭的高原。天色未明，山谷还是雾蒙蒙的一片。
"Maybe he's not coming." This from a thin woman at Perun's side, the mayor of the crumbling silvery ruins on the plateau behind them.
“也许他不会来。”这个站在佩伦身边的瘦弱女人，是她们身后高原上摇摇欲坠的银色废墟的镇长。
“We didn't want you wolves here.Lord Segoth knows that.”
“我们不希望将你们置身于险境。领主塞戈斯了解这点。”
In answer, Perun pointed into the valley. A red light had appeared.
作为回应，佩伦女士指了指山谷。一抹红光已经出现。
The mayor let out a wail. “Segoth will kill us all. Or worse, he'll leave us to the Fallen.”
镇长发出一声哀嚎。“塞戈斯会把我们赶尽杀绝的。或者还更可怕，他会把我们扔给堕落者。”
Perun shook her head. “Not gonna happen.”
佩伦女士摇摇头。“我们不会让那发生的。”
The mayor looked at Perun and the two Titans standing on her other side.Then she turned and ran back into the village.
镇长看向佩伦以及站在她身后的两名泰坦。她转身逃进了村庄。
The red lights were larger; already the faint,choppy whine of repaired Pikes filled their ears. “Nine of them,” said Saladin.
红光越变越大；拼接电矛发出的断断续续的微小电流声已经在他们的耳朵里嗡嗡作响。“他们九个。”萨拉丁说到。
“Nine,nine hundred, they still gotta come up the pass three at a time.” She cracked her knuckles. “Easy pickins.”
“不论是九个还是九百个，他们都还是从山口上来，一次三个。”她捏了指关节。“容易搞定。”
Radegast looked at her. “The north and south roads are undefended. If they change course-”
拉德加斯看向她。“北方和南方的道路不设防。如果他们改变行进方向—”
“They won't.”
“他们不会。”
“How do you know?”
“你怎么知道？”
“It's about making people afraid-of Segoth, and of us. Seeing his goons coming a ways off, knowing he's coming for blood..,the dread is part of the punishment. Anyway, he doesn't expect we'll still be here. So he takes the west road, 'cause it's the most visible, and the most direct.”
“这是为了让人们感到害怕——害怕他塞戈斯。他的暴徒走在最前面，让大家知道他是为了嗜血而来...，恐惧也是虐待的一部分。总之，他没料到我们还会在这儿。所以他走了西边的路——因为那是最显眼也是最直接的那条。
Radegast frowned. “Then it's time to show Segoth that his tyranny will end.”
拉德加斯皱起了眉头。“是时候让塞戈斯的暴政结束了。”
“Not just Segoth,” said Perun. She jerked a thumb toward the ruins behind her.
“不只是塞戈斯，”佩伦女士说。她朝她背后的废墟伸出了大拇指。
Watchful faces poked out of windows and around tarps. “We gotta show them.”
警惕的脸庞从窗户和防水布中探了出来。“让他们知道我们的厉害。”
The three of them picked up large, rough-hewn metal shields. Behind their shields,each held a worn rifle, wrapped with cloth and chain mail.
他们三人举起了巨大且粗糙的金属盾牌。在盾牌的背后，每个人都拿着一杆布料和锁子甲包裹着的破旧自动步枪。
The Pike-riders' faces were now visible through early morning gloom. A man in long red robes pulled his Pike ahead as they screeched to a halt.
透过早晨的雾霾，派克骑手的脸清晰可见。一个身着红色长袍的男人提着他的长矛向前走去，他们尖叫着停了下来。
“Well,well,”said Segoth.“The Iron Wolves.”
“啧啧啧，”塞戈斯说到。“一帮铁狼。”
“Cease your insults,” Saladin barked.
“停止你的诋毁，”萨拉丁咆哮道。
Perun shot him a surprised look. “That's an insult? I kinda like 'Wolves.”
佩伦女士投向萨拉丁一个惊讶的目光。“这算诋毁吗？我可喜欢“狼”了。”
“Begone,wolves,” Segoth sneered.“These people are mine.”
“滚开，狼群，”塞戈斯冷笑着说。“这些人是我的。”
“Wrong,"Radegast retorted.“You abuse the powers the Traveler has entrusted us.”
“大错特错。”拉德加斯反驳道。“你亵渎了旅行者赋予我们的力量。”
Segoth smiled, and shrugged. “Shields up!”Perun shouted.
塞戈斯冷笑着耸了耸肩。“防御！”佩伦吼到。
A hail of bullets slammed into their shields. Perun,Radegast, and Saladin slid backwards on the dusty path. But they dug in their heels, and the shields held.
一波震颤子弹狠狠地砸在他们的盾牌上。佩伦，拉德加斯以及萨拉丁在尘土飞扬的小道上后退。不过他们挖了脚后跟，他们站稳了。
“Return fire!”
“还击！”
Trapped in the narrow path, Segoth and his warriors fell one by one.
被困在狭窄的道路上，塞戈斯和他的战士们接连倒下。
Perun, Radegast, and Saladin reloaded and then Segoth was up again, his glowing Ghost at his shoulder. He fired wildly, and a bullet struck Radegast in the head.
佩伦，拉德加斯和萨拉丁重新装弹，塞戈斯站了起来，他发光的机灵飘在他的肩头。他疯狂地开火，一颗子弹击中了拉德加斯的头部。
“Got him!”Perun shouted as Radegast collapsed.
“抓住他！”佩伦在拉德加斯倒下时喊道。
“Covering you!” Saladin returned.
“我掩护你！”萨拉丁回到。
Perun, Radegast, and Saladin died many more times than any one of Segoth's men.But any time one of them fell, another would cover them until they staggered to their feet again. The shield wall held. The three gave no ground.
佩伦，拉德加斯和萨拉丁死得次数比塞戈斯的任何一名手下都要多。但一旦他们其中一人倒下，其他人都会掩护着他，直到他们踉踉跄跄地再次站起来。盾牌竖立。三人死不让步。
Finally,his robes singed and ragged,Segoth signaled a retreat.
最终，他的长袍变得破破烂烂，塞戈斯示意撤退。
“Iron Wolves!" he shouted as his warriors scattered and a cheer went up from the people in the silver ruins. “I will slaught ereveryone who has ever sheltered you!”
“铁狼！”他嘶吼到，他的手下四下逃窜，银色废墟中的人们欢呼了起来。“我会把你们庇护过的人屠杀殆尽！”
In answer, Perun shot him again.
作为回应，佩伦又给了他一枪。
（注，乔尔德：女性泰坦，最早的钢铁领主之一，后死于SIVA危机。
佩伦：女性猎人，钢铁领主创始人之一，和乔尔德是最早的好友。后在游历的途中与拉德加斯相识。
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Lord Radegast
领主拉德加斯
Radegast strode through the ashes.A cloud hung in his wake as he made his way to the top of the rise.Scars marred his armor,and his sidearm lay in the dust. He didn't need it,now.The battle was over.
拉德加斯大步穿过一片废墟。站在山谷顶端，心头的阴霾总是挥之不去。他的盔甲布满伤痕，他的侧臂躺在灰烬之中。而今，他不再需要它。战争结束了。
This had been a mining outpost,once.A few buildings and a transport.Nestledamid a small forest, it had been like a precious jewel set atop the dull crown of the wildlands.
这里曾经是一个拥有建筑和交通系统的采矿场。在这片荒野里，座落在一片小树林中的它就像一颗镶嵌在暗淡王冠的珍珠一般明亮。
Now there was almost nothing left.The warrior began to walk slowly down into the valley.He pulled his helm from his head and let it drop with a muted thud into the ash. Of the forest, only stumps remained.Of the small village there was no trace;the buildings reduced to splinters.Here and there you could see dull gray signs of inhabitation.
如今这里已经什么都没有了。战士开始缓缓地向山谷走去。他把头盔从头上取下来并把它“砰”地一声扔在灰烬里。曾经的小树林如今只剩下树桩。小村庄里没有人影；建筑物体被夷为平地。所见之处，人迹罕至。
At the bottom of the valley,Radegast came to the source of the ash,death,and violence.The Light-bearers were laid out in a row, simple cloth covering their armored and robed forms.There were five of them,and they had been lined up beneath the melted girders of the settlement's great hall.
在山谷底部，拉德加斯见到了一切灰烬，死亡和暴力的始作俑者。负光者排成一排，单薄的衣物覆盖着他们的盔甲和法袍。他们有五个人，在已经融化断裂了的大桥下躺着。
These warlords had terrorized this part of the wilds for years.Hundreds had died at their hands.
这些军阀多年来一直是这片荒野的阴霾。数以百计的人在他们手上丧生。
Radegast turned as his companions crossed the valley floor to join him. They had been policing the dead, finding a fitting end for the settlers and miners of the outpost.
拉德加斯转过身向同伴们示意，他的同伴们穿过山谷加入了他。他们一直关注死者有段时间了，他们要为前哨的居民和矿工讨回公道。
Jolder came with a steady glide,energy and fire.Saladin,calm and slow,the weight of the dead on his shoulders.In formation behind them stepped Perun,her boots barely leaving a trace as she walked.They gathered before him.
乔尔德伴踏着黎明之火从天上滑翔而来。萨拉丁，身上背负着死者生命的重量令他沉着又冷静。佩伦跟在他们身后，她的靴子在她行走时几乎没留下任何痕迹。他们聚集在拉德加斯面前。
"Never again."He intoned the words quietly. The others stood as battle-scarred statues.
“永远也不会了。”他轻声吟诵到。其他人如同战痕累累的雕像一般站着。
“We ride against despots and warlords. We hide in these enclaves,hoping that other Light-bearers will not find us. We fear each other.”He shook his head, his fists clenched.
“我们对抗暴君和军阀。我们在这些飞地中东躲西藏，希望其他的负光者不会发现我们。我们相互害怕彼此。”他摇了摇头，握紧了拳头。
"And we should not. We are stronger,together.We are mighty,together.All we have to fear is...this."He pointed down at the dead warlords.“Giving in. All owing the power of the Light to blind us to what we truly are.”
“我们不应如此。我们团结起来会更加强大。我们团结起来很强大。我们唯一需要害怕的是...“这个”。”他指了指死去的军阀尸体。“屈服。被光能的力量蒙蔽了双眼，让我们忘却了自己是谁。
It was Perun, of course,who asked the question. “What are we?" No judgment.No reproach.
“那我们是谁？”顺理成章的，佩伦提出了这个问题。没有争论，也没有回应。
Still,Radegast could feel their doubt.He turned upwards, and his eyes settled on the massive span that supported the hall.His eyes shone as he turned back to his fellows.
不过，拉德加斯仍然能感受到他们的困惑。他转身向上，目光落在支撑着大厅的巨大横梁上。转身看向自己的同伴，他的目光炯炯有神。
“We will be what the people need us to be.We will be guardians.We will be protecors .We will hold the last of us together.”
“我们将会成为人民需要我们成为的人。我们将会是守护者。我们将会是保护者。我们将并肩作战直到最后。
"Our days of hiding are ended. Say it now,each of you.Who among the other bearers do you trust? Who can be counted on to ride with us?"
“我们东躲西藏的日子一去不复返了。现在你们每个人都说说吧，你们中还有谁认识值得信任的隐藏者？谁能和我们一起同生共死？”
"Bretomart,"said Jolder.“Deidris,"said Perun.
“布列托马特，”乔尔德说。“戴德利斯，”佩伦道。
"I trust only you,Radegast,"said Saladin,and their leader scowled in response.“What are you saying? What are we?”Perun asked again.
“我唯一信任的人，只有你，拉德加斯，”萨拉丁说道，而他们的领袖则皱着眉头回应。
“你刚才是怎么说来着的？我们是什么人？”佩伦再一次问道。”
Radegast smiled. “We will gather those you trust. We will not wait for this"-he gestured around him-"to force our hand.We will ride against those that would use the Light against our own.Humanity must have protectors.Like the knights of old.”
拉德加斯笑了。“我们将集结值得信赖的人。我们不会再因此等待”——他向他周围的伙伴们做起手势。“我们齐心协力，同舟共济与那些负光者们抗争。必须得有人挺身而出守护全世界。就如同古代的骑士一样。”
Around them,the dust swirled in the air.Shafts of sunlight coalesced in long slanted bars as the sun dipped towards the horizon.
空气中的尘埃在他们的身旁飞舞盘旋。射向地面的阳光被地平线拖曳成长长的斜条。
“Are you with me? Will you stand with me-as Iron Lords?" In the waning light,their answers rang like thunder on the air.
你们会和我一起并肩作战吗？你们愿意和我站在一起——作为钢铁领主？”在清晨的光芒中，他们的回答如同雷声一般响亮。
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领主邪冬
Deep inside a clandestine strongholdsat the dark horse Felwinter and Citan,warlord of the 32nd Sector of Old Russia.A polished obsidian table rested heavily between them.
在一个秘密据点深处，坐着邪冬和旧俄罗斯第32区军阀西坦，一张经过抛光打磨的黑曜石桌子沉重地放在他们中间。
“Didn't think you'd have the courage to come back here,"said the warlord.
“我没想到你居然有勇气回到这里。”军阀说到。
"Situational awareness, Not courage,I go where I can do the most good.Thank you for seeing me."Felwinter's voice soundedb as hollow as his helmet. Citan wanted to knock it clean off the Iron Lord's bony shoulders.He could do it with a single punch.
“对形势敏感度，并不是什么勇气。不论我走到哪，我都会尽力而为。感谢你愿意见我。”邪冬的声音听上去就像他的头盔那般空洞。西坦真想把它（邪冬的头）从他的清瘦的肩膀上敲下来。他只需要一拳便可以做到。
“As I recall,you used to have a throne on that Light-forsaken peak,'til you joined up with the wolves. You're the only warlord I know who held an entire mountain."
“据我所知，你曾是那座连光都照不进去的山峰上的王者，直到你和钢铁之狼混在一起。你是我所认识的人中唯一一个拥有整座山峰的军阀。”
“Felwinter Peak."
“邪冬之巅。”
"No one ever calls it that."
“没人这么叫过它。”
"The Iron Lords do. Though they did ask me to take that throne down."
“钢铁领主会这么叫。尽管他们的确要求我把那个王座拆了。”
Citan's laugh shook the room.“How is losing territory ever a good thing for a warlord?”Felwinter folded his hands a top the table.Underneath it,Citan made two fists,a crescent of Light flickering between them.
西坦的嘲笑声在整个房间回荡。“失去自己的领地对军阀来说怎么是一件好事呢？”邪冬的双手交叉着放在桌子上。桌子下，西坦双拳紧握，他们之间光能闪烁，冲突一触即发。
“Join us and find out,” said the Iron Lord.“Turn your sector over to us. You can still patrol it,of course."
“加入我们，伏法认罪，”钢铁领主说道。“让你的部下加入我们。当然，你依旧可以带着他们巡逻。”
Citan's voice lowered."Of course.You know I'll refuse."
“没得商量，你知道我会拒绝的。”西坦低沉地吼到。
"Then we'll put you down,and take your territory by force.Over and over again if we have to."
“那我们就会推翻你，用武力来征服你的领地。如有必要的话，我们不介意多来几次。”
"I invite you to my home after you abandon us, and you come to threaten me?”The warlord stood,towering over Felwinter.
“你离开了我们后，我邀请你来我家，而你来就是为了威胁我？”军阀站了起来，比邪冬高出许多。
"To broker peace." Citan thought that even the voice behind the helmet didn't believe what it said. The floor shuddered as the warlord upended the massive table with one hand. It smashed into the opposite wall, as tendrils of Void Light passed through it and coalesced into Felwinter's leaping form.
“我来是为了和平。”连你自己都不会信你说的鬼话，西坦心想。地板颤动着，军阀一只手将巨大的黑曜石桌掀起。它撞进了对面的墙壁上，虚空光能轻易地穿透了它躲开了攻击——是邪冬的瞬移。
Citan had seen this parlor trick before,and judged that he could hammer the Iron Lord out of the air-
之前西坦曾在大厅里见过这种把戏，他断定自己能从空中把对方锤下来—
But Felwinter's momentum continued into a knee-lift that smashed into Citan's head as the larger man reared back to strike.The warlord fell,the front of his helm shattering. Felwinter landed next to Citan's prone body.
但邪冬借着势头对着西坦的脑袋就是一个飞膝。军阀仰面倒地，失去战斗能力。邪冬站在西坦俯卧的身体旁。
“Lady Jolder taught me that.I can't say the Iron Lords haven't done me any favors,”the voice intoned.
“乔尔德女士教我的。我不能说钢铁领主没有帮我任何忙。”邪冬轻快地说道。
“You know we'll burn the world down before we let the Iron Lords rule it,”the larger man gasped,breathing out of his mouth,his face a bloody mess.The Void Light in Felwinter's hand snapped-and so did the warlord's neck.
“在钢铁领主统治之前，我们就会把这个世界破坏殆尽。”巨大的身体喘着粗气，西坦的脸上一片血腥。邪冬手上的虚空光能猛然启动——军阀的脖子被扭断了。
"Radegast is scattered. Perun is indecisive.Silimar wants to build a tower and hide.But they're going to change the world; no one can stop them,"Felwinter said quietly to the corpse.He parted his coat and drew a bronze shotgun.“Will it be for the better?I don't know. But they mean to end the fighting,so I don't have to sleep with my back to the wall every night,Light in my hand. And that's not nothing."
“拉德加斯很急躁。佩伦不够果敢。希里玛总是想着要建座高塔然后躲起来。但他们正在改变这个世界：他们势不可挡。邪冬平静地对尸体说到，他拆开外套拿出一把青铜色的霰弹枪。“将来会变得更好吗？我不知道，但他们希望结束战争，我不必每晚靠在墙上睡觉，手里捏着光能随时准备战斗。这还不算什么。”
He paused,as if waiting for something.
他顿了顿，仿佛在等待着什么。
“Normally, this is where I ask you to reconsider.Tell you that you should come with me.See how powerful your Light can become.But I know you,Citan. What you do with the land you take,with its people.The other Lords-especially Saladin-might let you walk away. I'm not going to give them the chance."
“一般来说，我会要求你重新考虑。告诉你，你应该跟我来，来看看你的光能能变得多么强大。但我了解你，西坦，我了解你对你侵略而来的领地干的勾当，了解你对人民的暴行。其他的钢铁领主——尤其是萨拉丁可能会放过你。我不会给他们机会的。
Citan's Ghost sparked into view from above,bringing its eye to bear on its fallen charge.The warlord emerged from a radiant column, a frenzied shout at his lips.
西坦的机灵从上方出现，将光能投影到它倒下的主人身上。军阀在光柱中解脱出来，发出了一声疯狂的咆哮。
Felwinter's shotgun cracked like thunder-once for the warlord, and again for his Ghost.
邪冬的霰弹枪如炸雷般响起——一枪结果了军阀，又一枪，打烂了他的机灵。
（注：西坦，残暴的泰坦军阀，统治着旧俄罗斯32区。
泰坦金装：西谈壁垒，可以窥见军阀西坦的残暴
邪冬：钢铁领主，术士祖师爷。后世为了纪念他，将术士的职业徽标定为邪冬之巅。
术士金装：邪冬的头盔，讲述了邪冬加入钢铁领主的情景
邪冬之巅：位于旧俄罗斯境内。钢铁圣殿的所在地，传奇术士邪冬的家园。）