塔里克 Taric

瓦洛兰之盾 the Shield of Valoran

台词

“最强的武器必然最美。”

“The best weapons are beautiful.”

传记

塔里克是保护者星灵的宿主，用超乎寻常的力量守护着符文之地的生命、仁爱以及万物之美。塔里克曾因渎职而被放逐，离开了祖国德玛西亚，前去攀登巨神峰寻找救赎，但他找到的却是来自群星的更高层的召唤。现在的塔里克获得了天界的神力，“瓦罗兰之盾”将永不疲倦地警醒着，为这个世界上的人们提防任何威胁。

Taric is host to the Aspect of the Protector, wielding incredible power as Runeterra’s guardian of life, love, and beauty. Shamed by a dereliction of duty and exiled from his homeland of Demacia, Taric climbed Mount Targon to find redemption, only to discover a higher calling among the stars. Imbued with the might of a celestial being, the “Shield of Valoran” now stands ever vigilant, against any who would threaten the people of this world.

对于德玛西亚高贵的守护者来说，日常生活就是对国王与国家崇高理想的专注、无私、奉献。在世代参军的家族传统感召下，塔里克从没有幻想过逃避这些责任，只不过他不愿意限定自己想要保护的人与物的范围。

For the noble defenders of Demacia, daily life is the very model of focused, selfless dedication to the ideals of king and country. Called upon to continue his family’s long tradition of military service, Taric never dreamed of shirking that responsibility—though he would not limit or define exactly whom and what he would protect.

这名年轻的战士训练刻苦，武艺高超。但在他为数不多的自由时间里，他会寻求其他为祖国效力的方式。他自愿与光照者们同行，照料病患或者帮助洪水过后的重建。他发挥自己的创意天赋，帮助石匠和工匠树立起大大小小的丰碑，刻画出飞翼保护神的荣光，以及它所代表的崇高理念。

The young warrior trained hard, and possessed great martial skill. Even so, in his scant hours of free time, he would find other ways to serve his homeland. He volunteered with the Illuminators, tending the sick or helping rebuild homes damaged by flooding. He lent his creative talents, such as they were, to the stonemasons and craftsmen who raised monuments to the glory of the Winged Protector and the lofty ideals it embodied.

艺术作品。陌生人的安危。正是这些东西让德玛西亚成为一个值得为之战斗的国度。塔里克在每一个人和物之中都看得到美、脆弱、以及拯救的价值。

A work of art. A stranger’s life. These were the things that made Demacia worth fighting for. Taric saw every one of them as beautiful, fragile, and worthy of saving.

幸运的是，他友善的举止和发自内心的温暖为他扫清了来自战友和长官的批评。他的军衔渐渐攀升，甚至有机会与年轻的盖伦•冕卫并肩作战。

Fortunately, his disarming manner and innate warmth allowed him to brush aside any criticism from his fellow soldiers or commanding officers. He rose modestly through the ranks, and even fought beside a young Garen Crownguard.

讽刺的是，正因为塔里克的稳步攀升，才导致了他最后的衰落——至少以德玛西亚的标准可以这样评判。

Ironically, it was Taric’s steady rise that would bring about his eventual downfall—at least as far as Demacia was concerned.

他晋升到了首屈一指的无畏先锋，突然之间必须遵守更高标准的行为守则。他的许多做法都不再被纪律容许：比如跑到森林里寻找珍禽异兽的踪影；缺席练兵比武，坐在酒馆里聆听吟游诗人的上口民谣；或者在道路巡查期间骑马外出，观赏银灰色的夜幕渐渐降在郊外村庄。塔里克开始感到不自在，很快就被视为不服从命令的士兵，受到特殊关注。

Elevated to the prestigious Dauntless Vanguard, he was suddenly held to a far higher standard of conduct. No more would he be allowed to roam the forests looking for glimpses of some rare animal, neglect combat drills to sit in a tavern and listen to a bard’s simple ballad, or skip line inspections to ride out and observe the silver cloak of night settling across the hinterlands. Taric began to feel at odds with himself, and soon attracted attention as an insubordinate.

盖伦劝他紧张起来履行自己的使命。他可以看出，塔里克有潜力跻身成为瓦洛兰上最伟大的英雄之列——然而他似乎并不敬畏命运，甚至是自己的祖国。

Garen urged him to shape up and do his duty. He could see Taric had the potential to become one of Valoran’s greatest heroes—and yet he seemed to be thumbing his nose at destiny as well as his country.

为了不让他遭到贬黜，塔里克被指派临时担任先锋团剑尉长的随行助理，他们二人对此都心存不满。然而，当老剑尉长连同其他随行人员战死的时候，塔里克却在擅离职守……有传闻称他当时正在附近某片被遗忘的神庙废墟中的回廊上闲逛。

To keep him from demotion, Taric was seconded to serve the Sword-Captain of the Vanguard, though neither of them was particularly happy about it. However, when the older man was slain in battle along with the rest of his personal retinue, Taric was found to have abandoned his post… and rumor had it that he had been spotted wandering the cloisters of some forgotten ruined temple nearby.

没什么可辩驳的。十多名战士死了，塔里克必须被送上刽子手的砧板。

Nothing more could be said. A dozen warriors were dead, and Taric faced the executioner’s block for it.

然而，为了给朋友寻求最后的仁慈，盖伦插手了。作为剑尉长的继任者，他宣判塔里克将被处以“石冠之刑”——根据德玛西亚最古老的传统，他将被送去攀登巨神峰，几乎无人能在登顶的过程中活下来。

However, seeking mercy for his friend, Garen intervened. As the Sword-Captain’s successor, he sentenced Taric to endure “the Crown of Stone”—in accordance with Demacia’s most ancient traditions, he would be sent to climb Mount Targon, a trial that few had ever survived.

虽然石冠之刑通常都是在默许那些丧失尊严的人逃离德玛西亚、自我流放并重获新生，但是塔里克却登上了第一艘南下的船，他发誓真的要以此弥补自己的过失。

Though the Crown of Stone usually allowed the dishonored to simply flee Demacia and start a new life in exile, Taric took the first ship heading south, and swore to actually atone for what he had done.

攀登巨神峰的旅途几乎吞噬了他，令他身心俱焚，无数次倒下又爬起。但是塔里克突破了疼痛的界限，突破了自己亡故战友的鬼魂以及巨峰施加给他的其他考验。随着他接近顶峰，一轮新来的景象围绕在他身边，他满目失落与毁灭……

The climb nearly claimed him, body and soul, numerous times. But Taric pushed past the pain, the ghosts of his dead comrades, and other tests inflicted upon him by the mountain. As he approached the summit, he was beset by a wave of new visions of loss and destruction…

他看见阿尔巴斯德图书馆被深渊和火焰吞噬……但却毅然地冲进炼狱之火，想要救出桐创作的诗篇。他看见冰霜守卫将世界上最后仅存的幻梦鹿赶下嚎哭深渊……自己也奋不顾身地跟着跳下去想要拯救它。在不朽堡垒的大门前，塔里克看到盖伦的残破尸首在绞刑架上悠荡……他无力地跪倒，然后举起盾牌，义无反顾地冲向前方严阵以待的诺克萨斯大军。

He witnessed the great Alabaster Library set aflame… and still he dashed into the inferno to retrieve the heavenly poetries of Tung. He screamed in anguish as the Frostguard ran the last dreamstag into the Howling Abyss… and then leapt over the precipice himself in a desperate attempt to save it. At the gates of the Immortal Bastion, Taric slumped to his knees when he saw Garen’s broken body swinging from a gibbet… before raising his shield, and charging headlong into the waiting hordes of Noxus.

当一切景象褪去，塔里克发现自己正站在巨神峰的最高点，而且他并非孤身一人。他的面前，某种显为人形的东西站在那里，水晶般的面孔发出群星的光芒，声音如同千声低语，像刀刃一样割开塔里克。

When the visions finally faded, Taric found himself at the very pinnacle of the mountain, and he was not alone. Before him stood something wearing the shape of a man, though its almost crystalline features blazed with the light of the stars themselves, and its voice was a thousand whispers that cut through Taric like a blade.

它向他诉说世间真相，但不知为何，他觉得自己一直都知道那一切。它还讲述了他此生一直都在浑然不觉中准备着一副衣钵，他的一切决定和行为都是为了让他能在此刻站在此地，巨神峰之巅。

It spoke truths he had somehow always known. It spoke of the mantle for which he had unwittingly been preparing his entire life, with every decision and deed that had brought him here, now, to Targon.

接下来他将成为瓦罗兰之盾，在尚未到来的伟大战争中挺立不倒。

And he would stand as the Shield of Valoran in great wars yet to come.

塔里克重生成为了保护者星灵，他被赋予了凡人不可想象的力量与意义，并欣然接受了这全新的感召——担当整个世界的坚毅守护者。

Reborn as the Aspect of the Protector, gifted with power and purpose unimaginable to most mortals, Taric has gladly accepted this new calling—as the steadfast guardian of an entire world.