索引:【神與類神總錄】
簡介
楚爾特神系Chultan Pantheon | ||||
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【主 神】 | 烏塔歐Ubtao | |||
【勢力 範圍】 | 楚爾特半島Chultan peninsula | |||
【簡 介】 | 楚爾特神系起源於一場預言。在史前與荒神之間跨晶壁系的黎明戰爭中,諸神最終取得了勝利,荒神、「騙子」烏塔歐的背叛正是這場戰爭的終錘之一。 黎明戰爭期間,上古邪物與荒神之一、「暗夜巨蛇」丹德爾吞噬了艾伯倫-托瑞爾星球所在晶壁系國度天宇的太陽(後來諸神重新製造了新的太陽)。後來預言之神薩弗拉斯預言在億萬年後末日降臨之時,丹德爾將逃出監獄、從火焰峰出現、再次吞噬太陽,諸神爭吵不休、烏塔歐則自告奮勇成為哨兵。 | |||
神祇名 | 神力 | 陣營 | 舊譯 | 簡介 |
烏塔歐Ubtao | G | N | 無 | 楚爾特之神 |
艾壽多Eshowdow | D→Dead | CE | 無 | 烏塔歐分離出的黑暗面相,作為精魂獨立成神,艾壽部族之神 |
外神The Interloper Gods | ||||
塞斯Sseth | I | CE | 無 | 蛇人之神,麥爾紹克的新面相 |
薩德·哈爾Thard Harr | I | CG | 無 | 野矮人之神 |
艾壽多Eshowdow(莎爾) | D | CE | 無 | 莎爾弒殺並吸收了艾壽多後的面相 |
地精神系The Goblin Pantheon | - | 無 |
2eFR<Powers & Pantheons.p080>楚爾特神系Chultan Pantheon
校對:Catalpa's
出版時間:1997/09;國度時間:1370 DR
楚爾特神系Chultan Pantheon
在有記載的大部分歷史中,楚爾特Chult 的人類都崇敬着 楚爾特創造者the creator of Chult 烏塔歐Ubtao,而排斥其祂所有神力。雖然非人類神祇例如野矮人的守護神 薩德·哈爾Thard Harr 和 地精神系goblin pantheon 同樣活躍於這個半島,但這個區域的人類崇敬的是一支一神神系。鑑於 諸國度Realms 普遍流行多神教,這樣一種慣例至少可說是不尋常的,不過,對這種異常情況的解釋與 艾伯爾-托瑞爾星球Abeir-Toril 過去與未來的歷史緊密交織。
For most of recorded history, the humans of Chult have venerated Ubtao, the creator of Chult, to the exclusion of all other powers. While nonhuman deities such as Thard Harr, patron of wild dwarves, and the goblin pantheon have also been active on the peninsula, the humans of the region have venerated a pantheon of one. Given the pandemic polytheism of the Realms, such a practice is unusual to say the least, but the explanation for this situation is tightly interwoven with the past and future history of Abeir-Toril.
很久以前,「全見者」薩弗拉斯Savras the All-Seeing 曾預言:當艾伯爾-托瑞爾的末日降臨,「暗夜巨蛇」丹德爾Dendar the Night Serpent 將通過 火焰峰Peaks of Flame 下的傳送門現身。至於末日指的是什麼?以及丹達爾是個標誌性的徵兆、或者乾脆是引起災禍的根本原因?這些問題甚至連眾神都無法回答。此時此刻,在國度的無數神系之間,烏塔歐神置身於其祂諸神的爭吵外。當諸神就如何為全見者的預言的到來做準備而爭執不休時,烏塔歐挺身而出、自願擔任哨兵,而作為交換他將統治崗位周圍的土地。其祂神祇欣然同意,因為祂們沒有興趣擔憂一個可能要花費千萬年才會顯露的麻煩。
Long ago, it was foretold by Savras the All-Seeing that Dendar the Night Serpent would appear through a magical portal beneath the Peaks of Flame when the doom of Abeir-Toril arrived. What that doom might be and whether Dendar would be a heraldic symptom or the root cause of the problem was unclear even to the greater powers. At this time among the myriad pantheons of the Realms, the god Ubtao stood aloof from the squabbling of the other deities. As the powers debated how to prepare for the fulfillment of the All-Seeing One's prophesy, Ubtao stepped forward and volunteered to serve as sentinel in exchange for exclusive dominion over the lands surrounding his post. The other deities readily agreed, as they had little interest in worrying about a problem that might take aeons to unfold.
當他抵達他的駐地時,烏塔歐着手建立了一片充滿活力、蔥翠茂盛的土地,並將人類、恐龍以及其它生物遷入其中。他在 楚爾特叢林Jungles of Chult 的心腹地帶創立了偉大的城市 麥茲羅城Mezro 並在那居住了一段時間,然而信徒的不斷叨擾驅使他回歸了天界。楚爾特之創造者意識到就是創造那片森林的舉措,從根本上疏遠了他和楚爾特的凡人居民。為了彌補這一鴻溝,烏塔歐將他的一部分本質融入了楚爾特大地本身,融入到了地形特徵、河川溪流、植被與動物生命中。這些烏塔歐之存在的碎片變成了無數的次等 自然精魂nature spirit。藉助這些碎片產生的結果,烏塔歐得以再一次在基礎層面上聯結被關注的凡人。
Upon his arrival at his station, Ubtao set about creating a vibrant, lush land and populating it with humans, dinosaurs, and other creatures. He founded the great city of Mezro in the heart of the Jungles of Chult and dwelt there for a time, but eventually the nagging of his worshipers drove him back to the heavens. The Creator of Chult recognized that the very act of creating the jungle had fundamentally distanced him from its mortal inhabitants. To bridge this chasm, Ubtao imbued a portion of his essence in the land of Chult itself, into the terrain features, the rivers and streams, the vegetation, and the animal life. These fragments of Ubtao's being became countless minor nature spirits. By means of these fragments, Ubtao was able to once again connect on a basic level with the mortals he watched over.
烏塔歐本質分裂的一個意外副作用,是釋放了他的存在一團被稱為 幽影巨人the Shadow Giant 黑暗、原始面相。在過去的幾個世紀,這團惡毒、潛伏的黑暗緩慢地演化為了名為 艾壽多Eshowdow 的半神力。艾壽多的誕生意味着楚爾特人類中一神教狀態的終結,且可能預示着一支從烏塔歐的存在碎片的片段發展而來的神系的產生。然而,直至今日,只有艾壽多從烏塔歐的一個面相誕生,並成為一位自主的神性力量。
An unintended side effect of the fragmentation of Ubtao's essence was the release of a dark, primeval aspect of his being known as the Shadow Giant. Over the centuries, this malevolent, lurking darkness slowly evolved into a demipower known as Eshowdow. Eshowdow's birth marked the end of monotheism among the humans of Chult, and may have heralded the emergence of a pantheon of deities that will grow from the fractured shards of Ubtao's being. To date, however, only Es-howdow has emerged from an aspect of Ubtao as a divine power in his own right.
國度的其祂人類神系始終尊重烏塔歐對 楚爾特半島Chultan peninsula 的統治權。但是,就像 塔納厘惡魔tanar'ri 入侵者從巨人和類地精神系信徒隊伍中竊取信徒的那樣,烏塔歐的勢力範圍也受到了來自 寰宇巨蛇the World Serpent 一片復甦的碎片、蜥類創造者種族the sauroid creator 的殘餘信仰——「偉大巨蛇」塞斯Sseth the Great Snake 的攻擊。(更多創造者種族信息見 黎明年代the Dawn of Time。)塞斯受到蛇人,一種外表完全是人類與蛇的混合體的墮落種族的崇敬,雖然塞斯的信仰在楚爾特半島的人類中依然處於異教階段,但在不久的將來,他將對烏塔歐信徒隊伍造成穩定的侵蝕。對於塞斯對其統治權產生的威脅,烏塔歐的反應尚待觀察。
The other human pantheons of the Realms have always respected Ubtao's dominion over the Chultan peninsula. But, like the tanar'ri interlopers who steal worshipers from the ranks of the faithful of the giant and goblinoid pantheons, Ubtao's sphere of influence has come under attack from a resurgent fragment of the World Serpent worshiped by the remnants of the sauroid creator race:Sseth the Great Snake. (See The Dawn of Time for more on the creator races.) Sseth is venerated by the yuan-ti, a degenerate race to all appearances a blending of human and serpent. While Sseth's worship by humans on the Chultan peninsula is still at the cult stage, he threatens to make steady inroads into the ranks of Ubtao's worshipers in the near future. Ubtao's response to this challenge to his dominion is has yet to be seen.