厄斐琉斯 Aphelios

残月之肃 the Weapon of the Faithful

台词

“每抗拒一次命运，我们的信仰就坚定一分。”

“Our faith is proven fate each time we deny it.”

传记

如月影般神出鬼没、时刻剑拔弩张的厄斐琉斯沉默地弑杀一切自身信仰的敌人。他的语言只有精确的瞄准和枪火。虽然他饮下了让他失声的毒药，但他也因此得到了妹妹拉露恩的引导，从遥远的神庙中将月石打造的各种武器送到他手里。只要头顶的明月依然皎洁，厄斐琉斯就永不孤单。

Emerging from moonlight’s shadow with weapons drawn, Aphelios kills the enemies of his faith in brooding silence—speaking only through the certainty of his aim, and the firing of each gun. Though fueled by a poison that renders him mute, he is guided by his sister Alune in her distant temple sanctuary from where she pushes an arsenal of moonstone weapons into his hands. For as long as the moon shines overhead, Aphelios will never be alone.

月亮高悬在巨神峰上，遥遥万里，却又不可思议地触手可及。

The moon looms over the towering slopes of Mount Targon, distant, yet impossibly close.

在一次罕见的月合奇观中，孪生兄妹厄斐琉斯和拉露恩诞生了。月合之时，精神领域的月之镜像恰好与其实体重合。恰逢此时降生的兄妹俩也被巨神峰的皎月教派奉为天命之子。

Born during a rare lunar convergence, when the physical moon was eclipsed by its reflection in the spirit realm, Aphelios and his twin sister, Alune, were celebrated as children of destiny by those of Targon’s Lunari faith.

正如他们诞生时发生的天体奇观，这对双胞胎清楚地知道自己生来就背负着宿命——厄斐琉斯的身体有如月球磐岩一般强悍，而拉露恩的魔法则好比精神领域的月影。两人从小受到狂热的虔诚熏陶，信奉神秘、沉思和启迪。而他们拥抱黑暗则不仅是因为信仰，也是因为只有黑暗才能让他们感到安全。

Mirroring the celestial event that heralded their birth, the two children knew they had been marked by fate—Aphelios physically gifted like the moon of stone, and Alune magically like its spiritual reflection. Zealously devout, they grew up within a faith of mystery, reflection, and discovery, and embraced darkness not just out of belief, but as the only thing that could keep them safe.

统治巨神峰地区的烈阳教派认为皎月教派是异端邪说，于是将他们逐出人们的视线，直到最后大多数人已经遗忘了皎月教派的存在。于是，皎月教众只能委身于阴影，居住在远离烈阳视线的洞穴和神庙里。

The Solari who ruled Targon considered the Lunari heretics, driving them into hiding until most forgot the Lunari even existed. The Lunari were left to the shadows, dwelling in temples and caves far from the Solaris’ sight.

天命加身的厄斐琉斯自然不能辜负众望。他不知疲倦地操练着神秘的月石武器，在训练时饱尝血汗，为的就是在捍卫信仰时让他人同样付出血的代价。紧绷的精神往往易折，所以他与妹妹之间深切的纽带取代了任何人的友谊。

The pressure to be exemplary weighed heavily upon Aphelios. He practiced tirelessly with mystical moonstone blades, spilling his own blood in training so he could spill that of others to protect the faith. Intense and vulnerable, he bonded deeply with his sister in lieu of any other friendships.

为了保护皎月教派，厄斐琉斯被派去执行越来越危险的任务，而拉露恩则单独接受着成为真知者的训练，用她的夜明魔法揭示隐藏的通路，在月光下展现真相。不久后，她就奉命离开他们长大的圣庙，去外面完成使命。

While Aphelios was sent on increasingly dangerous missions to protect the Lunari, Alune trained separately as a seer, using her luminous magic to reveal hidden pathways and truths by the moon’s light. In time, her tasks required her to leave the temple where they were raised.

没有拉露恩，厄斐琉斯的信仰开始动摇。

Without Alune, Aphelios’ faith wavered.

他急切地渴望目标和意义，于是出发进行了一次巡礼。按照皎月教派的信条，他要踏上黑暗的旅程寻找自己的路——自己的运行轨道。他追随着月光来到一个池塘边，水面下的夜绽之花已经开放。虽然这些罕见的花朵有毒，但却可以提炼出一种药水，能够让暗夜的力量向他敞开大门。

Desperate for purpose, he undertook a ceremonial journey into darkness where Lunari were said to discover their paths—their orbits. He followed the moon’s light to a pool where rare noctum flowers bloomed beneath the water’s surface. Though poisonous, the flowers could be distilled into a liquid that opened him to the night’s power.

喝下黑夜的精粹之后，厄斐琉斯感受到了前所未有的疼痛。这种痛觉占据了他所有的感官，让他对其余一切感觉都变得麻木。

Drinking the noctum’s essence, Aphelios felt so much pain that it numbed him to everything else.

不久之后，远古神庙癸亥玛吕寺即将从精神领域运转到现实的相位。这是几百年来首次出现的机遇。皎月教众离开了藏身之地，从山脉的四面八方汇聚于此，亲眼见证天体运行周期带来的力量移位。

Soon after, an ancient temple, the Marus Omegnum, began to come into phase from the spirit realm for the first time in centuries. Lunari from across the mountain gathered, emerging from hiding to witness the balance of power shift as celestial cycles in the heavens turned.

但那座要塞每次现世都只能容下一个人，一个拥有魔法天赋的人。这一次，它将接纳拉露恩。她的轨道已经引她来到了神庙。而平时很少提要求的厄斐琉斯，也坚持请求参与这次观礼。

The fortress accepted only one occupant, gifted in magic, each time it appeared. This time it would be Alune, her orbit guiding her to the temple. Aphelios, usually asking for nothing, requested to attend the event.

在魔法的闪光中，癸亥玛吕寺穿过了帷幕。一道更加炽烈的光辉填满了夜空。不知为何，明明这样的天体运转是对皎月教派的赐福，但他们却被发现了。

But as the fortress passed through the veil in a luminous display of magic, a harsher radiance filled the night. Somehow, the Lunari had been discovered even as the celestial cycles turned in their favor.

一支烈阳教派的部队从天而降，用火焰和钢铁对皎月教徒们进行清洗。一切看似都已结束，就连厄斐琉斯也被击败了。他的月石刀剑被打碎在地，嘴边也淋漓着鲜血，他正一步步接近黑夜……

An army of Solari descended upon them.

但就在众人搏杀正酣的同时，拉露恩走进了神庙的更深处——当她到达核心的时候，她所有的潜力瞬间被唤醒了。在黑夜中，厄斐琉斯感受到拉露恩的力量拥抱了他……她的声音就在耳边。随着一声低语，她将魔法传到他的手心——凝结成了月石，取代了他原来的武器。

All seemed lost, the Solari purging the Lunari heresy with fire and steel. Even Aphelios was beaten, his moonstone blades shattered on the ground, blood spilling from his lips as he reached for the noctum…

就像实体月球和它的灵魂倒影那样，厄斐琉斯的武艺和拉露恩的魔法也交叠重合在一起。

But as the battle raged, Alune traveled deeper into the temple—and when she reached its heart, her full potential unlocked. Through the noctum, Aphelios could feel Alune’s power embrace him… and he could hear her voice. With a whisper, she pushed magic into his hands—a replacement for his blades solidifying into moonstone.

那些烈阳的人再也没能活着看到太阳。

Like the moon of stone and its spiritual reflection, Aphelios’s skill and Alune’s magic converged.

拉露恩的魔法光芒骤然迸发，推动那座神庙带着自己回到了精神领域，那里将是烈阳教派无法染指的安全之所。神庙的聚焦效应放大了内部的力量，拉露恩能够从中向任何地方投射自己的魔法，只要能够找到可供聚焦的事物——比如厄斐琉斯血液中流淌着的毒药。

Those Solari would not live to see the sun again.

直到这时，他们才真正领悟了自己的命运。厄斐琉斯会用疼痛将自己放空，成为皎月之力的导体。拉露恩会孤独地生活，将自己隔绝在要塞中。但她将引导哥哥，看到他所见的一切。

As her power flared, Alune pushed the temple, and herself within, back into the spirit realm where it would remain safe from the Solari. From inside, amplified by the temple’s focusing power, Alune was able to project her magic anywhere, so long as it found a focus—like the poison coursing through Aphelios’ veins.

他们二人一起，就是皎月教派所需要的武器，疼痛与牺牲将他们连在一起。只有天各一方，他们才能长相厮守——两人的灵魂轻触着帷幕两端，遥遥万里，却又不可思议地触手可及。

Only now did they understand their destiny. Aphelios would hollow himself out with pain, but would become a conduit for the moon’s power. Alune would live alone, isolated in her fortress, but she would guide her brother, able to see through his eyes.

那次袭击的幸存者躲回了山脉的阴影中。为了保护他们，拉露恩的魔法扩展并延伸了厄斐琉斯的杀人术——他手中的刀剑变成了许多神秘的武器，在一次次任务中由拉露恩不断改进完善。

Together, they would be the weapon the Lunari needed, bound by pain and sacrifice. Only apart could they be together—their souls brushing across the veil, distant, yet impossibly close, converging into something they could not understand.

巨神峰的力量平衡正在悄然偏转，烈阳教派知道皎月教派依然在存续，厄斐琉斯和拉露恩比以往任何时候都更举足轻重。

To protect the survivors of the attack who retreated back into the shadows of the mountain, Aphelios’ training as an assassin has been given reach by Alune’s magic—his blades now an arsenal of mystical weapons, perfected by Alune over the course of many missions together.

Now that the power balance of Targon is shifting, and the Solari know the Lunari still endure, Aphelios and Alune are needed more than ever.