德莱文 Draven

荣耀行刑官 the Glorious Executioner

台词

“‘做到最牛’就是我所订下的每日标准，不管到哪儿都是。”

'' 'The best' is wherever I decide to set the bar each day.''

传记

在诺克萨斯，有一种战士被称为“清算人”。他们在竞技场里互相厮杀，以鲜血作为赌注进行力量的考验，不过没有任何人能像德莱文那样受人追捧。曾经参过军的他，发现竞技场的观众们尤为喜爱他的耀武扬威和刻意表演，更不要提他每一记飞斧溅出的大片鲜血。这种狂傲的完美带来的赞叹令他上瘾，因此德莱文发誓要不惜代价打败任何对手，以此确保自己的名字在帝国之中永世传唱。

In Noxus, warriors known as reckoners face one another in arenas where blood is spilled and strength tested—but none has ever been as celebrated as Draven. A former soldier, he found that the crowds uniquely appreciated his flair for the dramatic, not to mention the spray of blood from each of his spinning axes. Addicted to the spectacle of his own brash perfection, Draven has sworn to defeat whomever he must to ensure that his name is chanted throughout the empire forever more.

当他还只是贝西利科街头孤儿的时候，德莱文就已经天不怕地不怕、爱炫耀爱逞能了，经常招惹年长的街头孩童和阴险的地下帮派混混，与他们进行狠毒的乱斗。虽然他对自己的能力十分自信——或许可以说是过于自信，但他之所以能够活着度过童年，也是多亏了他的哥哥德莱厄斯，无论德莱文挑起怎样的战斗，都能由他终止。

Even as an orphan on the streets of Basilich, Draven was headstrong and full of bravado, frequently getting into vicious brawls with older street children and shady underworld thugs. While supremely confident in his own ability—some would say overconfident—it is unlikely he would have survived childhood had it not been for his older brother, Darius, who invariably finished the fights Draven started.

当贝西利科被诺克萨斯的战群攻陷以后，兄弟二人获得了赛勒斯上校的注意，因为德莱文十分欠考虑地试图取走赛勒斯的性命。他们的斗志令他赞赏，因此赛勒斯批准他们加入诺克萨斯军队。

When Basilich fell to the warhosts of Noxus, the brothers came to the attention of a captain named Cyrus, after Draven made an ill-considered attempt on his life. Impressed with their fighting spirit, Cyrus allowed them to join the Noxian ranks.

多年间，兄弟二人在赛勒斯麾下的战群中拼杀，虽然德莱厄斯轻松地适应了这种生活，但德莱文却愈发觉得无聊。他的一身武艺是毋庸置疑的，但军营里的日常苦差对他来讲是大材小用……而且缺少个人荣誉。

For years, the brothers fought as part of Cyrus’ warhost—yet while Darius took to this life easily, Draven grew steadily more bored. His martial skill was beyond question, but the daily drudgery of soldiering felt like too much effort for too little reward… and not enough personal glory.

德莱厄斯不出所料地获得晋升，拥有了一支听命于自己的战团，德莱文也加入了他的行列。不过，如果他以为这样能更轻松，或者能取得更大的个人成就，他可就要大失所望了。

Darius inevitably rose to command his own warband, and Draven joined him. However, if he thought that would be easier, or a way to achieve greater individual recognition, he was sorely disappointed.

有人说德莱文是主动离开了德莱厄斯的部队。有人说他是被踢出去的。无论哪样，他单打独斗的能力是许多地方都求之不得的，于是在占领艾欧尼亚期间，他辗转多个战团，最后在清算竞技场里拿到了一份价格不菲的合约。

Some say Draven chose to leave Darius’ command. Some say he was forced out. Either way, his skills were highly sought after as a champion and duelist, and he was enticed to join a succession of warbands during the occupation of Ionia, before ending up with a fairly respectable contract in the Reckoning pits.

几百年来，角斗场上的清算人一直都是诺克萨斯的重要传统象征——他们惩罚罪犯、解决贵族之间的纠纷。而德莱文决心在这里取得财富、崇拜、声望，以及所有他自认为应得的东西。然而，在经历旷日持久的多线战争以后，普通居民已经开始对这项活动失去胃口。随着人们的注意力转移，德莱文也萎靡不振，越来越多的时间都沉浸在都城的杂乱酒场和赌馆里。

For centuries, the gladiatorial Reckoners had performed a vital role in Noxus—punishing criminals and settling disputes between the noble houses—and Draven was determined to receive the riches, adoration, and renown he felt he deserved. However, with long, protracted wars on many fronts, the spectacle was beginning to lose its appeal for the common citizen. As the attention of the crowds drifted, Draven fell into a slump, spending more and more time in the seedier drinking halls and gambling dens of the capital.

就在他输得倾家荡产、一贫如洗的时候，前任将军杰里柯·斯维因找到了他。

He was washed-up and broke when the former general Jericho Swain found him.

斯维因计划光复诺克萨斯的荣耀，需要德莱文的帮助才能实现。可能斯维因招募他只是为了确保日后德莱厄斯的支持。但事实证明，德莱文在斯维因的计划里不可或缺——他要废黜大统领，勃朗·达克维尔本人。

Swain had a plan to reclaim Noxus’ lost glory, and needed Draven’s help to achieve it. Perhaps Swain only enlisted him as a way to ensure his brother Darius’ support after the fact. Regardless, Draven proved integral to Swain’s plan—to depose the Grand General himself, Boram Darkwill.

与斯维因一同取得胜利后，德莱文露出了数月以来的第一次微笑，因为诺克萨斯人的欢呼声将他淹没。

Standing triumphant with Swain, Draven smiled for the first time in months as the cheers of the Noxian people washed over him.

但是使命召唤了他。这次前所未有的政变发生后的几天到几周时间里，许多贵族精英都拒绝承认斯维因的继任，于是他们被判处死刑，在竞技场行刑。

But duty called. In the days and weeks following this unprecedented coup, many among the noble elite refused to honor Swain’s succession, so they were sentenced to death in the arena.

一个死囚在被处决之前挣脱了押解人。德莱文在纯粹的直觉驱使下——正如他一如既往的行事方式，跳下了高高的看台，向那个逃跑的人扔出一对飞斧，一下心跳的工夫就把他砍倒在地。在片刻的震惊和沉寂之后，人群爆发出了欢呼。德莱文收回了斧子，旋转着扔向高空，向他新获得的忠实观众们炫技，品尝他们的狂喜喝彩。

One condemned man escaped his handlers ahead of his execution. Operating on pure instinct—as was ever his wont—Draven leapt from the high balcony and hurled a pair of axes at the fleeing man, cutting him down in a heartbeat. After a moment of stunned silence, the crowd roared their approval. Draven retrieved his axes, spinning them high in the air, playing to his new fans, and savoring their rapturous applause.

德莱文成为了荣耀行刑官，把例行的公事变成了华丽的演出，引来越来越多的观众。

Thus Draven became the Glorious Executioner, turning routine bouts into grand spectacles that drew ever larger crowds.

很快，一名想法大胆（但势单力薄）的角斗承办人找上了德莱文，他为清算人支付住宿、饮食和训练的开销，最后却只能让他们在越来越稀疏的观众面前送死。所以他有了新想法，何不让经典的角斗大戏与德莱文的天生表现力结合起来？

Soon enough, an enterprising (and diminutive) promoter, tired of paying to house, feed, and train Reckoners only for them to die in front of dwindling audiences, approached Draven with an idea. What if the drama of the classic pit fights could be combined with Draven’s natural showmanship?

清算人很快就成为半娱乐、半格斗的职业，每个清算人都有自己一套精心编排的背景故事、打斗风格以及鲜明性格特征。战斗往往很血腥——毕竟这里依然还是诺克萨斯，但造成的死亡大大减少了。知名清算人之间的对抗、挑衅和勾心斗角成了帝国上下奔走相告的传奇，不过没有哪个清算人的话题性能赶超德莱文。

The Reckoners quickly became entertainers as much as combatants, each with their own carefully constructed backstory, fighting style, and flamboyant personality. The fights were often bloody—this was still Noxus after all—but far less often ended in death. The rivalries, trash-talking, and intrigue between the best-known Reckoners became the stuff of legend throughout the empire, but none were talked about more than Draven.

有那么一阵子，他过上了高品质的生活，收到的聚会和盛宴邀请络绎不绝，随之而来的还有斯维因的新诺克萨斯赋予他的财富与影响力。他甚至还和德莱厄斯重归于好，偶尔还会跟着战群出征，在单打独斗中击败敌人的名将和领军。

For a time he lived the high life, receiving invitations to a never-ending stream of parties and banquets, mixing with the wealthy and influential of Swain’s new Noxus. He even reconciled with Darius, and would occasionally still march out with the warhosts, defeating enemy champions and generals in single combat.

虽然如此，德莱文又开始变得躁动不安。他能想到的东西早已应有尽有，甚至还绰绰有余，但如今他梦想着有朝一日要让全世界都知道他的名字。

Nevertheless, Draven has started to grow restless once again. He has all that he could have ever imagined, and more, but now dreams of the day when the whole world knows his name.