俄洛伊 Illaoi

海兽祭司 the Kraken Priestess

台词

“当头一棒出真知。”

“Wisdom is frequently a kick in the head.”

传记

俄洛伊的体格强横无比，却唯独会在她的坚定信仰面前屈身。作为大海兽的先知，她挥舞着一个巨大的金色神像，将敌人的灵魂抽离体外，完全击毁他们对现实的感知。所有对“娜伽卡波洛丝的真者”发起挑战的人，很快就会发现，俄洛伊从来不单打独斗——蟒行群岛的神明会与她并肩作战。

Illaoi’s powerful physique is dwarfed only by her indomitable faith. As the prophet of the Great Kraken, she uses a huge, golden idol to rip her foes’ spirits from their bodies and shatter their perception of reality. All who challenge the “Truth Bearer of Nagakabouros” soon discover Illaoi never battles alone—the god of the Serpent Isles fights by her side.

俄洛伊的体格强横无比，却唯独会在她的坚定信仰面前屈身。作为大海兽的先知，她挥舞着一个巨大的金色神像，将敌人的灵魂抽离体外，完全击毁他们对现实的感知。所有对“娜伽卡波洛丝的真者”发起挑战的人，很快就会发现，俄洛伊从来不单打独斗——蟒行群岛的众神会与她并肩作战。

Illaoi’s powerful physique is dwarfed only by her indomitable faith. As the prophet of the Great Kraken, she uses a huge, golden idol to rip her foes’ spirits from their bodies and shatter their perception of reality. All who challenge the “Truth Bearer of Nagakabouros” soon discover Illaoi never battles alone - the god of the Serpent Isles fights by her side.

所有见过俄洛伊的人，无不被她的体格所震撼。这位祭司从不忌惮表达，完全投入到对生命的体验之中。欲则取之，恨则毁之；她沉醉于一切让人流连的事物。

All who encounter Illaoi are struck by her presence. An intense woman, the priestess is fully committed to the experience of living. She takes what she wants, destroys what she hates, and revels in everything she loves.

然而，如果你想要真正地了解她，就必须理解她为之献身的教义。娜伽卡波洛丝，就是她虔心向往的神祇。在通常的描述中，那是一只硕大无朋的海怪，头颈上触手盘曲，游弋往复，永无止境。人们也会叫它作蛇母、大海兽、或是胡子女士。娜伽卡波洛丝既是蟒行群岛的生命之神，也是深海的风暴，更是无上的运动本身。（这个名字的真正含义应该是“催动天空与海洋的无休怪兽”。）教义的核心在于三大信条：每个灵魂生来就是宇宙的仆人；所有生命的欲望都由宇宙所植；宇宙涌动前行，全因万物汲汲追索各自的欲望。

However, to truly know Illaoi you must understand the religion she has devoted her life to. Nagakabouros, the deity of her faith, is usually depicted as an enormous serpent head with tentacles spiraling around it in endless motion, with no beginning and no end. Also called The Mother Serpent, The Great Kraken, or even The Bearded Lady, Nagakabouros is the Serpent Isles’ god of life, ocean storms, and motion. (The literal translation of its name is “the unending monster that drives the sea and sky.”) Central to the religion’s theology are three tenets: every spirit was born to serve the universe; desire was built into every living being by the universe; the universe only moves toward its destiny when living creatures chase their desires.

低阶的祭司们有各种各样的任务，例如清扫神庙、呼唤圣蛇、向人们传授娜伽卡波洛丝之道等等。而作为教派中的真者，俄洛伊直接侍奉她的神明，为宇宙的流转不息扫除一切障碍。因此，她同时背负着两大责任。

Lesser priestesses are tasked with maintaining temples, calling holy serpents, and teaching people the ways of Nagakabouros. As the religion’s Truth Bearer, Illaoi’s role is to serve the god directly by unblocking the flow of the universe. To this end, she has two sacred responsibilities.

第一，在与不死者的战争中，真者便是矛头。不死之人因为身在宇宙正常的流动之外，所以被视作对娜伽卡波洛丝公然的挑衅。当蛇母的其他祭司正忙于保护蚀魂夜肆虐下的居民时，真者却会迎上黑雾，仰赖着海兽最强大的意念将其击退。

The first duty of a Truth Bearer is to be the spearhead in the war against undeath. Having fallen outside of the normal flow of the universe, the undead are considered an abomination against Nagakabouros. While it is the responsibility of every priestess of the Kraken to protect the indigenous population from the Harrowing, a Truth Bearer directly engages its most powerful spirits and drives the Black Mist back.

第二，俄洛伊需要寻找身负潜能的人，以娜伽卡波洛丝的试炼考验他们。这是俄洛伊的职责所在。借用手中巨大的圣物“神悉”，真者将人的灵魂从体内剥离出来，逼迫受试者直面自己的拷问，证明他们的资格。尽管她非常清楚，试炼失败意味着彻底湮灭，但蛇母不能容忍半分懦弱、犹疑或是束缚。然而必须明白的是，毁灭绝不是目的本身。幸存的受试者将会永远地改变，并衷心地追随真正的宿命。

Second, Illaoi is tasked with seeking out individuals of great potential and challenging them with the Test of Nagakabouros. This task is the burden Illaoi’s title reflects. With her massive, holy relic, The Eye of God, the Truth Bearer strips the subject’s spirit from their body then forces them to stand against her to prove their worth. She does this knowing those who fail will be completely annihilated, for the great Kraken has no tolerance for cowardice, doubt, or restraint. But destruction is never the goal. Survivors of the ordeal are forever changed and often find the will to pursue their true destiny.

虽然在几百代的交替中，俄洛伊是最为强大也最受尊敬的真者，但她却破坏了一直以她为傲的传统：在她接受训诫，成为真者之后，她带着雄伟的神力离开了芭茹的金色神庙，踏上了污水横流的比尔吉沃特。

Though Illaoi is the most powerful and respected Truth Bearer in a hundred generations, it is where she has broken the traditions of her faith that speaks the most about her. Having completed her training as a Truth Bearer, and at the height of her power, Illaoi left the golden temples of Buhru for the squalor of nearby Bilgewater.

这座海盗之城是蟒行群岛上唯一一处允许外人登陆的地方，也因此让俄洛伊的同胞为之作呕。前任的真者们完全无视这个城市的存在，并且把外乡人看作是仅仅比亡灵稍好一点的生物而已。所以当她打算保护比尔吉沃特的居民时，便是对自身传统的一种违背。更夸张的是，俄洛伊甚至认为这里也存在着足以通过试炼的灵魂。尽管如此，比尔吉沃特中只建起了寥寥几座神庙，几乎没有几个“小粉脸” （岛民地居民的蔑称）可以涉足其中。但无论怎样，是俄洛伊将蛇母的教义带到了比尔吉沃特，让其生根发芽，也正是她无可摧折的意志让教派的思想得以播撒。

The pirate city is the only place foreigners are permitted on the Serpent Isles, viewed as a fetid gutter by Illaoi’s people. Previous Truth Bearers ignored the city and viewed the arriving foreigners as little better than untouchables. Illaoi broke with tradition when she chose to protect residents of Bilgewater from the Harrowing, or even more controversially when she decided that some of its residents had souls worthy of the great test. Despite this, only a handful of temples have been opened in the city, and very few paylangi (islander slang for residents of mainlander descent) have ever been permitted inside. Regardless, it is Illaoi who has brought the widespread awareness of the Mother Serpent to Bilgewater, and it is her indomitable spirit that has brought her religion into favor there.

有传言说，比尔吉沃特最臭名昭著的嗜血海盗曾因这位铁塔般的祭司而神伤。对于任何见过她的人来说，这一点也不意外。俄洛伊粗犷的仪态下潜藏着智慧、力量和引人倾慕的自信。

Rumors persist that Bilgewater’s most bloodthirsty and infamous pirate had his heart broken by the towering priestess. To anyone who has ever met her, this is no surprise. Illaoi’s rough manner belies subtle intelligence, strength, and a magnetic confidence.

很多人都被俄洛伊的魅力所折服，也欢迎她驾临比尔吉沃特......但是，每个人都害怕被海兽祭司选为参与试炼的下一人选。

Many seek Illaoi’s favor and welcome her to Bilgewater... yet everyone fears being tested by the Kraken’s Prophet.

“终生无休，吾等即为动者。”

“There can be no rest. We are the motion.”

——引自《娜伽卡波洛丝二十箴言》

—From The Twenty Wisdoms of Nagakabouros