斯维因 Swain

诺克萨斯统领 the Noxian Grand General

台词

“我的认知足以鄙夷所有人类。只有国家或可值得尊重。”

“I have learned enough to detest all men. Only nations may be revered.”

传记

杰里柯·斯维因是诺克萨斯高瞻远瞩的统治者，执掌一个独尊力量的扩张主义国度。虽然他曾在艾欧尼亚战争中被击倒并留下残疾，失去了左臂，但他却成功用无情的决心掌控了整个帝国……也获得了一只新的恶魔之手。现在，斯维因在前线亲自指挥，对抗着只有他才能看到的压境黑暗——只有他才能通过黑影般的渡鸦窥见周围死尸的秘密。在献祭与秘密的漩涡中，最惊天的秘密是，真正的敌人来自内部。

Jericho Swain is the visionary ruler of Noxus, an expansionist nation that reveres only strength. Though he was cast down and crippled in the Ionian wars, his left arm severed, he seized control of the empire with ruthless determination… and a new, demonic hand. Now, Swain commands from the front lines, marching against a coming darkness that only he can see—in glimpses gathered by shadowy ravens from the corpses all around him. In a swirl of sacrifice and secrets, the greatest secret of all is that the true enemy lies within.

出身于诺克萨斯建国元老级贵族家庭的斯维因似乎注定拥有坐享特权的一生。他的家族在勃朗·达克威尔的上台过程中扮演了关键角色，大肆鼓吹他们的高贵血统就是这个国家的最大力量。

Born into a patrician family, one of many to exist since the first walls were raised around Noxus, Jericho Swain seemed destined for a life of privilege. The noble houses had played a key role in Boram Darkwill’s rise to power, stoking rhetoric that their proud heritage was the nation’s greatest strength.

然而，有许多人都觊觎更大的影响力，他们暗中结社，阴谋推翻达克威尔，而唯一的痕迹只有一朵黑玫瑰的标志。斯维因发现了他们的诡计，亲自处死了领头的几个主谋。这些人中也包括他的父母，正是他们窃窃私语中提到的“苍白女士”最先引起了他的警觉。这个名字可能威胁着诺克萨斯，而诺克萨斯在他心中的价值高于家族和家人。

However, many hungered for greater influence, plotting against Darkwill in a secret cabal united by nothing more than the symbol of a black rose. Uncovering their intrigue, Swain personally executed the most prominent conspirators. Among them were his own parents, whose whispers of a “pale woman” had first alerted him of the danger to Noxus, which he valued more than house or kin.

他们寻求的是一种力量，一种无形的声音，在不朽堡垒的黑暗中喋喋不休。如同渡鸦的厉叫……

They sought a power, a shapeless voice cackling in the darkness of the Immortal Bastion. Something like a raven’s caw…

揭发有功的斯维因获得了诺克萨斯军队中的官职，这是他从未了解过的领域。在这里，他切身地懂得了帝国的强大并不是因为他所认为的诺克萨斯血统，而是因为诺克萨斯能够团结所有人，不论出身高低贵贱。在战场前线，一个异邦的奴隶和一个高贵的贵族是平等的。

For exposing the cabal, Swain was granted a commission in the Noxian army, far from anything he had ever known. There, he learned firsthand that the empire was not strong because of Noxians, as he had believed, but because of the way it could unite all men in spite of their origins. On the front lines, a foreign slave could be the equal of a highborn noble.

但是，每场战斗过后，斯维因依然只能看到黑暗。食腐乌鸦群集成的乌云……

But still, Swain found only darkness in the wake of each battle. Clouds of carrion crows…

平定了西方边境以后，斯维因的部队在恕瑞玛的砂砾之上竖起了无数座诺克斯托拉，他的个人声望已经如日中天。但是不久以后，真相便开始显露，贪婪才是驱动帝国前进的唯一目标。同时挑起太多条战线上的战争，对魔法圣物疯狂渴求，很显然，年迈的勃朗·达克威尔已经鬼迷心窍。

After securing the western borders, Swain’s own reputation was secured in Shurima, where his forces raised countless noxtoraa above the desert sands. Yet, in time, it became clear that greed was the sole purpose driving the empire forward. Fighting wars on too many fronts, lusting over magical relics, the aging Boram Darkwill was clearly growing unhinged.

待到诺克萨斯进军艾欧尼亚之时，达克威尔已经变得更加厚颜无耻，甚至对全部战团部署新的军令，要掘地三尺寻找任何可能使人长生不老的东西。斯维因的部队被抽调得一干二净，几乎已经不可能再与敌军交战。最后，在普雷西典之战中，斯维因的军团按计划将敌人诱进了所谓的陷阱，但却孤立无援惨遭碾压。他手下的老兵们被彻底击溃，斯维因也受了致命伤。他的一块膝盖骨彻底粉碎，左臂被艾欧尼亚的刀剑斩断。

When Noxus invaded Ionia, Darkwill began to move even more brazenly, retasking entire warbands to scour the land for anything rumored to extend a mortal lifespan. With Swain’s forces depleted, it became nearly impossible to engage the enemy. Finally, at the Battle of the Placidium, after luring the local militia into what should have been a trap, Swain’s warhost was overrun. His veterans were routed, and Swain was gravely wounded, his knee shattered, Ionian blades cleaving through his left arm.

他躺在死亡的边缘，一只渡鸦飞近觅食，斯维因又感觉到了曾经那熟悉的黑暗扑面而来。但他不能让它夺走自己。绝不。斯维因凝视着那只乌鸦的眼睛，他在倒影中看到了邪恶正在扼住诺克萨斯的心脏。一朵黑玫瑰。那个苍白女士……还有她的傀儡皇帝。斯维因意识到，他当时并没能彻底终结那个阴谋秘社，而且自己正是遭到了他们背叛，被置于死地。那个他们曾经没能倾覆的达克威尔，早已沦为了掌中玩物。

As he lay on the verge of death, a raven approached to feed, and Swain felt an old, familiar darkness press upon him again. But he would not let it take him. He could not. Staring into the the bird’s eye, he saw reflections of the evil strangling the heart of Noxus. A black rose. The pale woman... and her puppet emperor. Swain realized that he had not defeated the hidden cabal, and they had betrayed him to what should have been his death, after seducing Darkwill, the man they failed to overthrow.

这一切的管窥，并不是通过渡鸦的头脑，而是某种更强大的东西。是他父母曾经寻找的力量，是黑暗中燃烧的恶魔之眼。

All this was glimpsed, not in the mind of a raven, but something more. The power his parents had been seeking, the demonic eyes blazing in the dark…

由于他的“失败”，斯维因被开除了军籍。在旁人眼里他只是个废人，但斯维因却开始着手发掘不朽堡垒中埋藏的真相——某种上古力量的化身，一直在捕猎将死之人并吞噬他们的秘密，因为它曾经试图吞噬他自己的秘密。斯维因凝视着黑暗，他看到了连它都没能看到的秘密：一种操纵它的方式。

Cast out of the military for his “failure,” considered nothing more than a cripple, Swain set about uncovering what truly lay within the Immortal Bastion—an ancient entity, preying upon the dying and consuming their secrets, as it had attempted to consume his own. Swain stared into that darkness, seeing what even it could not: a way to wield it.

虽然斯维因的精心设计花费了许多年，但他和同党一夜之间就夺取了诺克萨斯的权力。他用那副被恶魔修复的身躯，当着所有追随者的面碾碎了达克威尔。王座上空无人影，支离破碎。

Though his meticulous preparations took many years, Swain and his remaining allies seized control of Noxus in a single night. Physically restored by the demon, he crushed Darkwill in full view of his followers, leaving the throne shattered and empty.

斯维因对诺克萨斯未来的愿景，是通过团结而实现力量。他撤回了远征的军团，结束了达克威尔发起的注定失败的战争。随后通过建立崔法利议会，他确保帝国的大权不会被一人独揽。他接纳所有宣誓效忠帝国的人——包括黑色玫瑰，但他清楚，他们私底下依然会密谋对自己不利。

Swain’s vision for the future of Noxus is one of strength through unity. He has pulled back the warhosts from Darkwill’s unwinnable campaigns and, with the establishment of the Trifarix, ensured that no individual can rule unopposed. He embraces any who will pledge themselves to the empire—even the Black Rose, though he knows, in secret, they still plot against him.

他和那个恶魔一样收集着知识。斯维因预见到远方隐藏的更严峻的威胁。然而，许多诺克萨斯人都暗自揣摩，无论他们将面临怎样的黑暗，可能在斯维因的黑暗行径对比之下都会显得苍白……

Gathering knowledge as the demon did before him, Swain has foreseen far greater dangers lurking just beyond. However, many Noxians secretly wonder if the darkness they face will pale in comparison to the dark things Swain has done…

献祭才刚刚开始，一切都是为了诺克萨斯。

The sacrifices are only beginning, for the good of Noxus.