Here, there be dragons and magical beasts这里,龙与魔法生物
Q: Wrathion constantly claims that he is the last black dragon, but what of Sabellian and the other black dragons in Outland (and even the Netherwing)? Did Wrathion somehow have them killed, or is he ignorant of their existence?
A: Wrathion states, “To my knowledge, I am the only black dragon who remains.” Thankfully, Wrathion is not omniscient, and he is simply ignorant of the dragons beyond the Dark Portal. Both the black dragons under his elder half-brother Sabellian and the Netherwing flight remain in Outland. There is also the possibility that some black dragons on Azeroth have managed to evade Wrathion’s detection as well.
Q:拉希恩声称他是最后一只黑龙,这叫外域的萨贝里安等黑龙众和灵翼龙情何以堪?难道拉希恩已经把他们做掉了或者根本就没打算把他们算在内?
A:拉希恩声称的是“据我所知,我是最后一只黑龙。”但是拉希恩并非全知全能,他并不知道黑暗之门另一侧还有其他龙比如比如他的兄长萨贝里安和灵翼龙族。而且艾泽拉斯的其他黑龙也有可能设法躲过拉希恩的侦测。
Q: Alexstrasza states that the Aspects' "great purpose" has been fulfilled. However, the titans empowered the Aspects to watch over Azeroth and not to just stop Deathwing's second Cataclysm. Since Aman'Thul gifted Nozdormu with his powers over time, it's possible he predicted Deathwing's ultimate corruption, but that doesn't explain why the Aspects would be like, "alright, job's done, vacation time" when there's still other threats to consider (N'zoth and the Burning Legion, for example). Is this a retcon or are we missing something?
A: Aman’Thul, the wise leader of the titan Pantheon, had seen in a vision that the Old Gods would one day cause a catastrophe with the potential to wipe out all life on Azeroth. He and a few members of the Pantheon empowered the five Dragon Aspects with the ultimate goal of averting this single catastrophe, this Hour of Twilight, though they strove to defend Azeroth whenever a suitably apocalyptic threat emerged. Despite Aman’Thul’s vast powers, however, he was not omniscient: neither he, nor any of the other titans or Aspects knew that Neltharion the Earth-Warder would become a pawn of the Old Gods and the herald of the apocalypse. However, following the War of the Ancients and Neltharion’s betrayal, Nozdormu received another vision of the future that made it clear that their own brother would be the Hour of Twilight’s harbinger. The titans bestowed upon all five Aspects enough power to avert the apocalypse, and by turning one of the Aspects to their side, the Old Gods believed this would make their ultimate plan foolproof.
Q:阿莱克斯塔萨说龙族的伟大使命已经完成。然而泰坦祝福龙族并非只为了组织死亡之翼的二次灾难。阿曼苏尔赐予诺兹多姆控制时间的力量,所以阿曼苏尔很可能预料到了死亡之翼的腐化。但是这无法解释为啥龙族会“收工走人”,尤其是在还有其他威胁的情况下(比如恩佐斯,燃烧军团什么的),你们是不是又打脸改设定了?
A:万神殿之首阿曼苏尔预见过古神有一天会引发毁灭生灵的灾难。他和另一些泰坦祝福了五大龙族以避免这一灾难——暮光审判,虽然他们会在任何灾难出现的时候帮上一把。尽管阿曼苏尔法力无边,但他也绝非全能——他和其他泰坦,以及龙族都没有料到大地守护者会沦为古神的走卒与灾难的使者。上古之战奈萨里奥背叛之后,诺兹多姆预见了另一个未来,他们的兄弟将会成为暮光审判的先驱者。泰坦赐福于五大龙族以避免这场灾难,然而策反其中之一使得古神相信自己的计划万无一失。
Q: Why don’t we see mountain giants, faerie dragons, chimaera, and certain ancient units from Warcraft III like the ancients of winds or wonders and trees of life aiding the night elves now?
A: Many of the forest creatures that assisted the night elves were not, obviously, part of the actual military hierarchy of the Sentinels. The mountain giants, for instance, hold allegiance only to the titans, while the faerie dragons and chimaera are simply somewhat intelligent animals with ties to the Emerald Dream and Nordrassil, respectively. These beings all assisted the night elves not due to a desire to help them in particular, but because the night elves were the largest local force who opposed the Burning Legion. Short of a planetary threat, it is rare to see mountain giants, faerie dragons or chimaera fighting with a mortal army. The ancients, on the other hand, suffered heavy losses during the Third War, with many, especially the varieties that were never in great supply to begin with, returning to the forests to hopefully spread their seeds and replenish their numbers undisturbed.
Q:为啥没见山岭巨人,精灵龙和奇美拉还有古树之类的WAR3兵种(比如风之古树,奇迹古树还有生命古树)来帮助暗夜精灵?
A:这些森林生物显然不在军事体制内。比如山岭巨人仅为泰坦效命,而精灵龙和奇美拉只是与翡翠梦境和诺达希尔有联系的智慧生物而已。他们站在暗夜精灵这边不仅是因为个体意识,也是因为暗夜精灵是当地对抗燃烧军团最大的势力。没有重大威胁的时候,山岭巨人、精灵龙和奇美拉很少为凡人而战。至于古树则在三战中伤亡惨重,许多(尤其是数量稀少)的古树种回到森林以修养生息。