卡西奥佩娅 Cassiopeia

魔蛇之拥 the Serpent's Embrace

台词

“秘密比刀刃更锋利……”

“Secrets are sharper than blades…”

传记

卡西奥佩娅是个致命的生物，决心要操纵其他人屈服于自己的意志之下。身为诺克萨斯贵族杜•克卡奥家族的最年轻、最漂亮的女儿，她冒险深入恕瑞玛古代墓穴找寻远古的力量。在墓穴中，她被恐怖的墓穴守卫咬中，在毒液的作用下变成了毒蛇外形的掠食者。狡猾而敏捷的卡西奥佩娅如今在夜幕的掩护下蜿蜒滑行，用阴森的凝视让敌人石化。

Cassiopeia is a deadly creature bent on manipulating others to her will. Youngest and most beautiful daughter of the noble Du Couteau family of Noxus, she ventured deep into the crypts beneath Shurima in search of ancient power. There, she was bitten by a gruesome tomb guardian, whose venom transformed her into a viper-like predator. Cunning and agile, Cassiopeia now slithers under the veil of night, petrifying her enemies with her baleful gaze.

作为杜•克卡奥将军的小女儿，卡西奥佩娅一出生就享有诺克萨斯贵族的特权和发展空间。她从很小的年纪就开始表现出敏锐的头脑和机灵的才智。她的姐姐卡特琳娜在父亲的教导下茁壮成长，而卡西奥佩娅追寻的则是母亲索莱安娜的脚步。

The youngest child of General Du Couteau, Cassiopeia was born to a life of possibility and privilege among the Noxian noble houses. From an early age, she displayed a keen mind and sharp wit, and while her sister Katarina flourished under their father’s tutelage, it was their mother Soreana in whose footsteps Cassiopeia would follow.

作为带领诺克萨斯扩张至恕瑞玛的英雄，杜•克卡奥将军最后派人把家眷接了过来，安置到了港口城市乌泽里斯地方长官的宅邸附近。面对陌生的城市和陌生的人群，卡西奥佩娅一直都紧紧跟在母亲的身边，学习了许多政治、外交、以及巧妙手腕。随着卡西奥佩娅渐渐长大，她不由自主地瞥见了索莱安娜内心不为人知的角落，帝国疆域以外的角落……

A hero of Noxus’ expansion into Shurima, General Du Couteau eventually sent for his family, installing them close to the governor of the coastal city of Urzeris. Surrounded by strangers in an unfamiliar land, Cassiopeia remained close to her mother, learning much of politics, diplomacy, and subtle influence. As she grew, Cassiopeia could not help but glimpse other, hidden concerns within Soreana, beyond those of the empire…

一天，毫无征兆地，索莱安娜在家庭居所中突然晕倒——她的木梳不知被谁喂了毒，让她险些丧命。杜•克卡奥深谙刺客之道，他遣散了所有家仆，空荡荡的房子里只留下妻子和两个女儿。

One day, quite unexpectedly, Soreana collapsed in the family residence—her hairbrush had been laced with caustic venoms by an unknown hand, leaving her close to death. General du Couteau was well versed in the ways of an assassin, and so he had all the household staff removed, leaving his wife and daughters alone in an empty house.

那时的卡西奥佩娅还是个孩子，从不离开母亲身边。在索莱安娜康复的数月中，她们二人之间的纽带变得比以往更深厚了。

Still little more than a child, Cassiopeia never left her mother’s bedside. While Soreana’s recovery took many months, the bond between them became stronger than ever before.

当将军被召回到诺克萨斯，准备等待已久的艾欧尼亚侵略战时，他带走了卡特琳娜，但卡西奥佩娅留在了乌泽里斯。索莱安娜明显放松了许多，她向女儿吐露了秘密，其实她隶属于一个鲜为人知的秘密结社，有人称之为“黑色玫瑰”。他们已经引领了帝国长达数百年，而他们终于成功将自己的影响力延伸至了恕瑞玛。

When the general was recalled to Noxus to prepare for the long-awaited invasion of Ionia, he took Katarina with him, but Cassiopeia remained in Urzeris. Seemingly relieved, Soreana confided in her daughter that she belonged to a clandestine and secretive cabal, known by some as “the Black Rose”. Having guided the empire for centuries, they had finally managed to spread their influence into Shurima.

现在没有了来自丈夫的警戒目光，索莱安娜可以开始真正的工作了。

Now free of her husband’s watchful eye, Soreana’s real work could begin.

不久，在母亲的教导下，卡西奥佩娅出落成了一个无比美丽、狡猾、智慧的年轻女子，唯独缺少的可能只有同情。在她眼中，身边的所有人都是可以用来达到目的工具，用完即弃。

In time, and under her mother’s tutelage, Cassiopeia blossomed into a young woman of tremendous beauty, cunning and intelligence, if somewhat lacking in empathy. She saw those around her as tools to be used to achieve her goals, and then cast aside just as quickly.

虽然她刚刚步入成年，但就已经靠着猎杀那些试图谋害她母亲的人而进入了黑色玫瑰组织。即使是索莱安娜也对她的速度和效率感到惊讶，而且她从来都不会留下任何行动的痕迹——包括中间人。后来卡西奥佩娅进入了密社更隐秘的内部，参与了他们给恕瑞玛制定的更大的计划。她利用了家族的雄厚实力，深入沙漠进行了多次远征探险，在当地佣兵希维尔的帮助下洗劫了许多远古遗迹。

Though she had barely reached the cusp of womanhood, she was initiated into the Black Rose by hunting down and eliminating those who had sought the death of her mother. She surprised even Soreana with her speed and efficiency, and left no trace of her activities—or her proxies—behind. Only then was Cassiopeia made privy to the cabal’s broader plan for Shurima. Using her family’s tremendous resources, she undertook a number of expeditions into the deep desert, raiding ancient ruins with the help of a local mercenary named Sivir.

来自都城的消息传到乌泽里斯，让她的工作变得更加迫在眉睫。大统领勃郎•达克威尔被杰里柯•斯维因废黜，许多贵族豪门都选择承认这次政变的合法性……其中也包括杜•克卡奥家。

Her efforts were made all the more urgent when word reached Urzeris from the capital. Grand General Boram Darkwill had been deposed by Jericho Swain, and a number of noble houses had chosen to honor this coup… including Du Couteau.

索莱安娜勃然大怒，对丈夫的背叛行为厌恶至极，而且担心所有黑色玫瑰的成员的性命都岌岌可危，她变得惶惶不可终日。于是她想到了那个在远古时代决定恕瑞玛无上霸权的关键，并派出卡西奥佩娅寻找那近乎于神的力量。卡西奥佩娅发誓她将带回一种可以马上投入使用的兵器，左右那场即将到来的秘密战争，不达目的绝不返回。

Outraged and disgusted by her husband’s betrayal, and fearing that all members of the Black Rose were now in jeopardy, Soreana became desperate. She dispatched Cassiopeia to seek out the godlike power that had been the key to Shurima’s supremacy in ages past. Cassiopeia swore she would return with a weapon ready for the looming secret war, or not at all.

这个誓言的兑现将永远改变她。在他们挖掘到一位神秘飞升者的失落古墓之时，她立刻就知道那扇门的背后就是她所要寻求的力量，她企图将探险队的所有目击者灭口，然后将那力量据为己有。向导希维尔首先倒在卡西奥佩娅刀下，但随后一个巨大的石像守卫站了起来，将它的毒牙刺入她的血肉。

Fulfilling this oath would leave her changed forever. Upon unearthing a long lost tomb of the mythical Ascended, she knew this was the threshold to the power she sought, and intended to dispatch all witnesses from her expedition before claiming it. The guide Sivir was the first to fall to Cassiopeia’s blade, but then an ancient stone tomb guardian reared up, and buried its fangs into her flesh.

被秘术毒素彻底攻克的她，在手下佣兵的帮助下穿越了沙漠回到家，一路上伴着尖叫声，她的身体被扭曲成了某种不可言说的新东西……

Overcome by its arcane toxins, she was carried back through the desert by her hired soldiers, screaming as her body twisted into something new and unspeakable…

卡西奥佩娅将自己关在乌泽里斯住所的废弃地窖中，忍受了变形过程的无比剧痛。那个聪颖美丽的索莱安娜•杜•克卡奥之女已经不复存在，取而代之的是一个外形怪异、蜿蜒狡猾的生物，藏于暗处，口吐剧毒，打碎巨石犹如摔碎玻璃杯。

Cassiopeia locked herself in the disused crypt of the Urzeris residence, and endured the untold agonies of this transformation. Gone was the brilliant and beautiful daughter of Soreana Du Couteau, replaced by a monstrous, slithering creature that skulked in the shadows, spitting poison, and crushing stone as easily as glass.

她嚎啕大哭了数周，为自己失去的生活而哀伤……直到有一天她再也哭不出来。她把自己从绝望的深渊中拖了上来，决心接受——或许某一天还能真正拥抱——她的命运。这不是她所期望的飞升，但卡西奥佩娅依然发掘了恕瑞玛逝去已久的神之魔法。她会把这力量用在黑色玫瑰的谋略中，正如她母亲最初的计划。而且她可以感到这股力量正在她体内与日俱增。

For weeks she wept and howled, grieving her lost life… until the day she could weep no more. She dragged herself up from the depths of despair, determined to accept—maybe even someday embrace?—her fate. It was not the Ascension she had hoped for, but Cassiopeia had unearthed the magic of dead Shuriman gods. She would turn it to the schemes of the Black Rose just as she and her mother had planned, and she could feel this power growing within her, day by day.

而这力量增长到最后会怎样，她自己也无法猜测。

Though into what, even she cannot guess.