In the Age of Ancients, 在远古时代,
the world was unformed, shrouded by fog. 世界还未分化,笼罩在大雾之中。
A land of grey crags, archtrees, and everlasting dragons. 四处都是灰色的岩石,高耸的大树及不朽古龙。
But then there was Fire. 但是有一天燃起了第一团火,
And with Fire, came Disparity. 所有的差异因此而生……
Heat and cold, 冷与热,
life and death, 生命与死亡,
and of course... Light and Dark. 光明与黑暗。
Then, from the Dark, They came, 然后,有几只从黑暗中诞生的物种,
and found the Souls of Lords within the flame. 受到火焰引诱,并在火的周围找到了王的灵魂。
Nito, the first of the dead, 最初的死者,尼特、
the Witch of Izalith, and her Daughters of Chaos, 伊札里斯的魔女和混沌的女儿、
Gwyn, the Lord of Sunlight, and his faithful knights, 阳光之王葛温及他靡下骑士
and the furtive pygmy, so easily forgotten. 以及没人看到过的矮人。
With the Strength of Lords, they challenged the dragons. 他们获得了王的力量,并挑战古龙。
Gwyn's mighty bolts peeled apart their stone scales. 葛温的雷贯穿了有如岩石般的鳞片,
The witches weaved great firestorms. 魔女的火焰形成了风暴,
Nito unleashed a miasma of death and disease. 尼特解放了死亡瘴气。
And Seath the Scaleless betrayed his own, 而没有鳞片的白龙希斯背叛了古龙,
and the dragons were no more. 导致古龙败退,
Thus began the Age of Fire. 火的时代就此开启。
But soon, the flames will fade, and only Dark will remain. 但是火终有熄灭的时候,到时将只剩下黑暗。
Even now, there are only embers, 现在,火即将熄灭,
and man sees not light, but only endless nights. 光明无法照耀人世,夜晚无止境的持续。
And amongst the living are seen, carriers of the accursed Darksign. 而受诅咒的黑暗之环,开始出现于人群中。
Yes, indeed. The Darksign brands the Undead. 是的,黑暗之环代表了受到不死的诅咒。
And in this land, 所以,在王国里,
the Undead are corralled and led to the north, 不死人全会被逮捕,送到北边,
where they are locked away, to await the end of the world. 关到大牢里,直到世界终了。
...This is your fate. ……这也是你的命运。
Only, in the ancient legends it is stated, 不过,根据古老的传说,
that one day an Undead shall be chosen 有极少数被选上的不死人
to leave the Undead Asylum, in pilgrimage, 可以离开不死院,前往远土巡礼,
to the land of the Ancient Lords, 那里是古代诸王之地……
Lordran. 罗德兰。