冰霜监视者传奇 The Legend of the Frozen Watchers

在那些侥幸留存至今的关于古弗雷尔卓德的传说中，有一个——就这一个——最为可怕，即使是最坚强的冰裔，听了也会胆寒。

Of all the tales of the old Freljord that have somehow endured into the modern age, there is one—and one alone—that can chill the blood of even the hardiest Iceborn.

霜卫不会讲述。甚至许多霜卫的人都不曾知道这个传说，的全貌。

The Frostguard do not tell it. Many of them do not even know it, in full.

冰霜女巫丽桑卓亲自下令，传播这段禁忌的传奇，等同于用异端亵渎至真信仰，任何大声说出的人都将接受死亡的惩罚。在霜卫要塞所有巨大的书库里，只有一份手写记录尚存——由她最信任的抄录者写于数千年之前。寻遍符文之地，只有极少数人知道这段传奇背后的真相，当时在场而且可能胆敢忤逆丽桑卓的人，她一只手就能数过来……

By decree of the Ice Witch Lissandra herself, to perpetuate this forbidden legend is heresy against the true faith, and carries the penalty of death for any who speak it aloud. In all the vast libraries of the Frostguard Citadel, only a single written account remains—and that was penned by her most trusted scribe, many thousands of years ago. Few indeed are those individuals across Runeterra who know the truth behind the legend, and Lissandra can count on the fingers of one hand those who were there in person and might dare to contradict her…

那是“三姐妹之战”的最后一段黑暗时期，阿瓦罗萨和赛瑞尔达终于率领军队挺进大山，在堡垒的高墙下直面丽桑卓。她向异界来的主人献上了三姐妹的忠诚，但另外二人却不甘屈服。这一战将是争端的终结。

It was in the final, dark days of the War of the Three Sisters that Avarosa and Serylda finally marched their warriors up into the mountains, to face Lissandra before the walls of her own fortress. They would not serve the otherworldly masters that she had pledged them to. This would be an end to it.

冰霜女巫挥一挥手，扫过她们共同领导的大军，这支雄伟的联军历经鏖战终于征服这片狂野的土地。凡人的冰裔完全不惧凛冬的严寒。几位巨魔之王在苔原上驰骋，通过征服战争聚敛了雄厚的财富。就连那些恶毒可怕的祸麟，即使早已被扭曲得认不出原形，此刻也听从三姐妹的指挥。

The Ice Witch gestured to the armies they led, the great alliance that had finally brought these wild lands to heel. The mortal Iceborn were all but immune to the winter’s chill. The troll kings had roamed far across the tundra, amassing tremendous wealth from their conquests. Even the magnificent and terrible Balestriders, twisted far beyond their original form, moved now at the command of the Three.

丽桑卓提醒自己的姐妹，所有这些丰功伟绩，都是因为她和下方异界的主人们谈好的条件——她所说的主人，就是监视者。正是它们向她揭示了这个世界的源始奥秘。也是它们将会获得最后的胜利。

All of this, Lissandra reminded her sisters, was because of the bargain she had made with the masters of the realm below—the beings she knew as Watchers. It was they who had revealed to her the primal secrets of the world. It was they who would have the final victory.

就在那个时候，在这场充满痛苦与仇恨的对峙进行到最激烈的时候，监视者们终于来到了符文之地。

And it was then, at the height of this bitter confrontation, that the Watchers finally came to Runeterra.

大地开裂，数千名士兵被吞进地底的深渊，然后第一个可怖之物化为实体爬了出来。它还不适应物质领域，这里的形态和恒常让它感到费解，于是立刻开始抵抗这些概念。经过一场不受控制的狂乱畸变，它长出了角、生出了毛，巨大的触手变成了无数条连在一起的手臂，末端的手指抠进赤裸的山石。最可怕的是，其他监视者紧随其后，也都在进行各自的惊悚畸变。

The ground split open, swallowing thousands of warriors into the abyss beneath it, before the first of the dread things heaved itself up into existence. It was new to the material realm, bewildered by such notions as form and constancy, and began immediately to rail against them. In a foul riot of unchecked metamorphosis, it sprouted horns, and patches of fur, and its colossal tentacular limbs grew into jointed humanoid arms with fingers that clawed the bare rock of the mountainsides. Worst of all, other Watchers were following closely in its wake, wracked by horrifying transformations of their own.

按照常理肯定要有一场大战，所有冰裔都集结在阿瓦罗萨和赛瑞尔达身后，对抗这股黑暗。但事实上，是丽桑卓结束了这一切。此时的她终于看到这些恐怖畸胎的真面目，也终于知道必须要做什么。

It might be fair to assume there was a battle, that the Iceborn rallied behind Avarosa and Serylda to fight back the darkness—but in truth, it was Lissandra who ended it. She saw these abominations now for what they were, and knew what had to be done.

她召唤出身边每一丝每一毫的远古魔法，包括她盟友的力量。她牺牲了一切，用臻冰封住了领域之间的裂隙，同时也埋葬了监视者们。一团团巨大的冰雾嚎哭着穿过深谷，所有活着逃出来的凡人战士全都被看到的景象逼至疯狂。

Summoning every last iota of the ancient magic around her, including that of her allies, she sacrificed everything to seal the rift-between-realms with True Ice, entombing the Watchers within it. Vast plumes of freezing vapor howled through the chasm, and those mortal warriors who managed to escape were driven to insanity by what they had witnessed.

以上，不仅是丽桑卓从毁灭的边缘拯救世界的传奇，而且也是唯一一条关于阿瓦罗萨和赛瑞尔达悲情殉道的第一手记录。

This, then, is not only the legend of how Lissandra saved the world from destruction, but also the only first-hand account of the martyrdom of Avarosa and Serylda.

愿三姐妹宽恕所有读过此条记录的人。

And may the Three have mercy upon all who read it.