泛费伦神系Faerûnian Pantheon

索引：【神与类神总录】

简介

泛费伦神系Faerûnian Pantheon
【主　 　神】	艾欧Ao
【势力 范围】	费伦大陆Faerûn（除 古老帝国Old Empires 和 楚尔特Chult）
【简　 　介】	作为以 耐瑟神系the Netherese Pantheon 为主、由许多大小神系融合而成松散神系，泛费伦神系在费伦大陆占据着主导。
『美丽、幸福与情欲诸女神The Goddesses of Beauty, Happiness, and Lust』：哈娜莉·瑟拉妮尔Hanali Celanil、淑妮Sune、黎尔拉Lliira、夏芮丝Sharess
『正义三圣The Triad』：提尔Tyr、伊尔马特Ilmater、托姆Torm、巴哈姆特Bahamut
『魔法诸神力Powers of Magic』：密斯特拉Mystra、阿祖斯Azuth、维沙伦Velsharoon、萨弗拉斯Savras
『死亡三神The Dead Three』：班恩Bane、米尔寇Myrkul、巴尔Bhaal
『狂怒诸神The Gods of Fury』：狂怒诸神是自然扭曲、邪恶与毁灭性一面，由 塔洛斯Talos 领导。成员包括：欧吕尔Auril、犸拉Malar、塔洛斯Talos、安博里Umberlee
『黑暗诸神The Dark Gods』：由 班恩Bane 领导的一系列黑暗邪神。成员包括：班恩Bane、巴尔Bhaal、劳薇塔Loviatar、塔洛娜Talona、伊亚契图·希维姆Iyachtu Xvim，也包括莎尔Shar
神祇名	神力	阵营	旧译	简介
神上神力Over-power
艾欧Ao	O	不可用	奥	国度天宇的唯一神上神与创造者。
强大神力Greater power
阿卡迪Akadi	G	N	阿卡狄	元素领主之一，气元素之神
阿曼纳塔Amaunator	G→L→Dead→?	LN	无	太阳神，因未阻止耐瑟瑞尔的陨落而被信徒背弃消亡，在4版时为洛山达冒充，5版后再度分离
班恩Bane	M→D→G→Dead→G	LE	无	死亡三神之一，在动荡之年期间与托姆同归于尽，后从其子伊亚契图身上复活
希瑞克Cyric	M→G	CE	赛瑞克	阴谋之神，刺杀午夜引发奥法瘟疫而被高等神会议判处囚禁1000年
裳提亚Chauntea	G	NG	裳褆亚;查提;裳提阿	大地之母，在托瑞尔各地受到广泛信仰
卡拉苟斯Garagos	G→Dead→D	CN	卡瑞苟斯	耐瑟神系的主要战神，劫掠之神
谷蓝巴Grumbar	G	N	格朗霸	元素领主之一，土元素之神，据称与茹赛可有染。
依斯提悉亚Istishia	G	N	伊斯提悉亚	元素领主之一，水元素之神。
耶各Jergal	M→G→D	LE→LN	无	死神、初代死亡之主，将大部分神力分给了米尔寇、班恩和巴尔
洛山达Lathander	G	NG	兰森德尔;拉森德尔	黎明之主，4版时冒充了阿曼纳塔
卡署斯Kossuth	G	N	科苏特	元素领主之一，火元素之神
克兰沃Kelemvor	M→G	LG>LN	凯兰沃;克蓝沃	死神、第四代亡者之主，午夜的恋人
提尔Tyr	G→Dead→?	LG	无	正义之神，正义三圣之首，在因故决斗弑杀海姆后，将神力传给了托姆
米尔寇Myrkul	M→D→G→Dead→?	NE	米尔库	第二代亡者之主，动荡之年期间在与午夜的对战中被弑
密斯特拉Mystra	M→G→Dead	LN	蜜斯特拉;蜜丝特拉;密丝特拉	第二代魔法与魔网女神
午夜Midnight	M→G→Dead	NG	蜜斯特拉;蜜丝特拉;密丝特拉	第三代和第四代魔法与魔网女神，克兰沃的恋人
欧格玛Oghma	G	N	无	知识之主
塞伦涅Selûne	G→I→L→I	CG	苏伦	月亮女神
莎尔Shar	G	NE	无	暗夜女神
西凡纳斯Silvanus	G	N	西尔瓦诺斯	自然之主，梅丽凯和埃达丝的父亲
淑妮Sune	G	CG	淑娜	爱与美之女神
塔洛斯Talos	G	CE	塔罗斯	风暴之神
坦帕斯Tempus	G	CN	无	战神
托姆Torm	M→D→L→G	LG	无	忠诚之神，正义三圣之一，在动荡之年期间与班恩同归于尽
阿斯莫蒂斯Asmodeus	G	LE	阿斯蒙蒂斯	巴托地狱之主
中等神力Intermediate Power
欧吕尔Auril	大妖精Archfey→D→L→I→D	CE	无	冬季女神
贡德Gond	I	N	无	科技与发明之神
梅丽凯Mielikki	L→I	NG	梅立凯	西凡纳斯之女，埃达丝的姐妹
伊尔马特Ilmater	L→I	LG	无	坚忍之神，正义三圣之一
本莎芭Beshaba	I	CE	无	自提喀分离的厄运女神
泰摩拉Tymora	L→I	CG	太摩拉	>自提喀分离的好运女神
巴尔Bhaal	M→I→Dead→?	NE	无	第二代死神，动荡之年期间为希瑞克弑杀
海姆Helm	L→I→Dead→I	LN	无	守护之神
劳薇塔Loviatar	D→L→I	LE	无	痛苦女神，吉布提多的姐妹
山达柯尔Shaundakul	I→D→L	CN	无	旅行之神
安博里Umberlee	L→I	CE	安贝丽	海洋女神
弱等神力Lesser Power
渥金Waukeen	L	N	沃金	财富女神
阿祖斯Azuth	M→D→L→Dead→?	LN	无	法师之神
巴哈姆特Bahamut	L	LG	无	白金龙神，善龙之神
迪尼尔Deneir	D→L→Dead→？	NG	迪奈尔	图书馆之神
埃达丝Eldath	D→L	NG	无	和平女神
艾布兰多Ibrandul	L→Dead	CN	无	幽暗地域之神
伊亚契图·希维姆Iyachtu Xvim	D→L→Dead	LE	亚奇屠·剎姆	班恩的神子，后者之后在其身上复活
蕾拉Leira	D→L→Dead→？	CN	莱拉	幻术女神
黎尔拉Lliira	D→L	CG	莉拉;黎儿拉	欢乐女神
犸拉Malar	M→L	CE	马拉;玛拉	狂怒诸神之一，狩猎之神
马斯克Mask	L→I→D→L→Dead→？	NE	无	盗贼王子，莎尔之子
密里耳Milil	D→L	NG	米利尔;密黎尔;米利尔	音乐之神
摩安多Moander	L→D→Dead	CE		腐化之神，导致了太姬的陨落分裂
霍尔Hoar	L→D	LN→LE→LN		复仇之神，即恩瑟神系的阿斯兰Assuran
塔洛娜Talona	D→L	CE		瘟疫女神
提亚玛特Tiamat	L→Dead→L→Dead→L→D→L	LE	提亚马特	邪龙女神
半神力Dempower
德雷赛克·瑞文Drasek Riven	M→D	NE		马斯克选民
艾瑞维斯·凯勒Erevis Cale	M→D	未知		马斯克选民
凡德·龙刺Finder Wyvernspur	M→D	CN	凡德·维恩佛斯培;凡德尔·龙距	艺术革新之神，被认为是个骄傲过头的人
加葛斯Gargauth	N→D	LE	迦葛斯	第十大公，腐败之神
桂伦·流风Gwaeron Windstrom	M→D	NG	桂伦·风暴;格瓦隆·万德斯多	追踪之神
卡尔萨斯Karsus	M→D/G→Dead	N	卡萨斯;卡苏斯	愚蠢之神，导致了耐瑟瑞尔的陨落
凯森·瑞尔Kesson Rel	M→D	NE		马斯克选民
拉芮Lurue	D	CG		独角兽女神，梅丽凯的坐骑
墨菲斯托费利斯Mephistopheles	N→	LE		巴托地狱第八大公
努比恩Nobanion	D	LG		狮神
红骑士Red Knight	M→D	LN	殷红骑士	策略之神
瑞瓦兰·坦舒尔Rivalen Tanthul	M→D	NE	旧译	马斯克选民，阴魂城王子之一
萨弗拉斯Savras	L→D→Dead→？	LN		预言之神，在奥法瘟疫中一度死亡
夏芮丝Sharess	芭丝特+赞蒂拉→D	CG		情欲与猫类女神，安荷的情人
希阿莉亚Shiallia	D	NG		石羊人女神，塔蓬与雪琳铎之女
赛雅茉芙Siamorphe	M→D	LN	希恩渥丝	贵族女神
希亚莫夫Siamorphe	D→Dead	？→Dead	无	前代贵族之神
乌鲁提欧Ulutiu	D	LN	乌楼提鲁	北极之神，欧赛雅的情夫
乌斯伽Uthgar	M→D	CG	乌士伽	乌斯伽部族的父神
维尔寇Valkur	M→D	CG		水手与海战之神
维沙伦Velsharoon	M→D→Dead→?	NE	维沙隆	巫妖之神，在奥法瘟疫中一度死亡
吉布提多Kiputytto	D→Dead	CE		瘟疫女神，劳薇塔的姐妹，死于塔洛娜之手
准神力Quasi power 和 圣灵Exarch
傅佐尔·彻伯瑞Fzoul Chembryl	M→E	LE		班恩与伊亚契图，月海暴君

2eFR<Powers & Pantheons.p014>泛费伦神系Faerûnian Pantheon（半神力Demipowers）

校对：白星喵

　　泛费伦神系是团充满火药味的混合体，由来自无数种文化、种族与信仰的神力组成，其在地理与族群方面的势力范围仍在持续扩张。这种活跃与发展相当部分可以归因于神系中常被忽视的半神力们。（泛费伦神系的强大、中等以及弱等神力于《信仰与化身Faiths & Avatars》详述。）就整体而言，诸国度the Realms 半神力的现状，远要比神系中的其他神力等级成员更不稳定。那一颗颗标志半神力的星宿，在诸国度里时时刻刻或上升、或下行。这个等级的大部分神祇在其擢升——或被降为——半神力后的几个世纪内，都将上升到弱等神力地位，或是在萎缩中步入消逝。因此，大部分半神力要么不知名到在诸国度里几乎没有凡人听说过他们的名讳，要么活跃到他们的追随者们对诸国度的历史发展所施加的短期影响，远超其信仰规模之相对比例。
The Faerûnian pantheon is a fractious amalgamation of powers drawn from myriad cultures, races, and beliefs whose geographic and racial spheres of influence continue to expand. Much of this vibrancy and growth is attributable to its oft-ignored demipowers. (The greater, intermediate, and lesser powers of the Faerûnian pantheon are detailed in Faiths & Avatars.) In general, the current status of demipowers in the Realms is far more fluid than the more powerful members of the pantheon. At any given time, each demipower's star is ascendant or descendant in the Realms. Most gods of this rank rise to the status of a lesser power or dwindle into death within a few centuries of becoming—or being reduced to being—a demipower. As a result, most demipowers are either so obscure that few mortals in the Realms have ever even heard their name or so active that their followers exert a short-term impact on the unfolding history of the Realms far out of proportion with the relative size of their faiths.

　　虽然许多泛费伦神系的半神力，包括 加葛斯Gargauth、桂伦·流风Gwaeron Windstrom、卡尔萨斯Karsus、拉芮Lurue、红骑士the Red Knight、赛雅茉芙Siamorphe、乌鲁提欧Ulutiu，主要居住在 主物质位面the Prime Material Plane，但其他半神力将他们的家园安在了 外层位面the Outer Planes，靠近神系中更强大的成员。无论如何，总的来说费伦的半神力们相较于地位更高的神力们远更依赖主物质位面，且相较于那些更强大的同类，他们更可能表现出往昔凡人的特点与特征。因此，诸国度的半神力常被吟游诗人在歌曲与传说中描绘为一个人，而非一尊他们神职的具现。虽然强大、中等和弱等神力与他们神职所定义的世界观结合得更为紧密，但半神力有着更强的随时间推移而适应环境和进化自身的能力。
While many demipowers of the Faerûnian pantheon are primarily residents of the Prime Material Plane, including Gargauth, Gwaeron Windstrom, Karsus, Lurue, the Red Knight, Siamorphe, and Ulutiu, others make their homes in the Outer Planes alongside the more powerful members of the pantheon. As a group, however, the demipowers of Facrûn cling much more to the Prime Material than higher-status powers and are far more likely to exhibit characteristics and traits reminiscent of mortals than their more powerful associates. As a result, the demipowers of the Realms are frequently depicted by bards in songs and tales as individuals rather than as the embodiments of their portfolios. While greater, intermediate, and lesser powers are intimately bound to the world view defined by their portfolio, demipowers have a greater capability to adapt and evolve over time.

　　泛费伦神系的半神力填补了诸国度信仰的几个重要生态位。一些半神力，譬如 桂伦·流风Gwaeron Windstrom、希阿莉亚Shiallia、维沙伦Velsharoon，直接侍奉着强大和中等神力（或在服务期间成为了神性存在）。而某些半神力，例如 卡拉苟斯Garagos、耶各Jergal、霍尔Hoar、以及 萨弗拉斯Savras，他们的时代已经远去。而其他的那些，譬如 凡德Finder、红骑士、维尔寇Valkur、以及赛雅茉芙，则是在神系中崭露头角的新（或相对较新）神力。
The demipowers of the Faerûnian pantheon fill several important niches amongst the faiths of the Realms. Demipowers such as Gwaeron Windstrom, Shiallia, and Velsharoon serve (or began their tenure as divine beings by serving) greater and intermediate powers directly. Some demipowers, such as Garagos, Jergal, Hoar, and Savras, are gods who time has passed away. Others, such as Finder, the Red Knight, Valkur, and Siamorphe are up-and-coming powers new (or relatively new) to the pantheon.

　　某些半神力，例如 夏芮丝Sharess 和霍尔，是从其他神系迁移而来的外来神，他们甚至仍有一只脚还踩在另一支神系中。而加葛斯则是一只谋取到神性地位与力量的 下位面Lower Planar 生物。有些半神力曾是凡人，包括 凡德Finder、桂伦·流风Gwaeron Windstrom、卡尔萨斯Karsus、赛雅茉芙Siamorphe、乌斯伽Uthgar、维尔寇Valkur、以及 维沙伦Velsharoon，他们借由各式各样而独一无二的方法登神。
Some demipowers, such as Sharess and Hoar, are interloper gods who have migrated from other pantheons and who even yet stand with one foot partially in another pantheon. Gargauth was a Lower Planar being who sought the status and power of divinity. Many demipowers were once mortal, including Finder, Gwaeron Windstrom, Karsus, Siamorphe, Uthgar, Valkur, and Velsharoon, and have ascended to godhood through a variety of methods, each unique.

　　诸国度充斥着小众的教派和无名的教会。它们中有许多将动物的形象化用为它们的神、或他们神祇的代表形象。泛费伦神系两位现有成员——拉芮和 诺班尼恩Nobanion——身为非人类生物神祇，但之后因他们所代表（或被认为代表）的信念而发展起来的大量人类追随者，已经与他们所庇佑的生物混合在了一起。另外两位神祇乌斯伽和乌鲁提欧服务的是氏族化的部落社会。他们允许他们子民的氏族各自的原始神性概念，被呈现为侍奉着他们二位的拜兽教的图腾而继续存在。事实上，这些拜兽教原本可能是这些氏族的地方性半神力，但现在，这些图腾只是凌驾于它们之上的守护神极其强壮的跨位面神仆；对这些图腾的崇拜，则将滋养掌控它们的半神力。
The Realms is rife with minor cults and obscure sects. Many of these appropriate their gods or the representative forms of their deities from animals. Two current members of the Faerûnian pantheon— Lurue and Nobanion—served as deities to nonhuman creatures but have since developed substantial human followings as the principles they represent (or are thought to represent) have become commingled with the creatures they protect. Two other deities, Uthgar and Ulutiu, both powers serving very clan-oriented, tribal societies, have allowed for the their people's individual clan's original concepts of the divine to continue to be expressed as beast cult totems that serve the two of them. These beast cults may, in fact, have originally been local demipowers of the clans, but now they are extremely strong extraplanar servants of their over-seeing patron deity, and what worship the totems garner feeds the demipower that controls them.

　　总体来说，泛费伦的半神力是极其多样化的神祇杂烩。那些寻找将这泛费伦神系的部分统一起来的线索的人，将为它的完全不存在而沮丧失落。无论如何，在这个有争议、且时常是位居下等的群体中，费伦人经常能找到他们在更个人的层次上感到认同的神力——而实际上，他们甚至可能在这些神祇仍然在世时与其面对面相遇过。
Overall, the Faerûnian demipowers are an incredibly diverse assortment of deities. Those looking for a unifying thread to hold this contingent of the Faerûnian pantheon together will be frustrated at its total absence. However, among this contentious and ofttimes petty group the peoples of Faerûn frequently find powers with which they can identify on a more personal level—and powers that they are actually likely to meet face-to-face while yet alive.

2eFR<Faiths & Avatars.p023>泛费伦神系FAERÛNIAN PANTHEON

　　泛费伦神系融合了从史前到今日的 诸国度the Realms 本地神祇，几千年来被发端于其它世界的移民潮带入的各种神系代表，以及 费伦大陆Faerûn 上大量从凡人行列飞升的新神力。虽然主要专注的是仅限于费伦的人类一族，但泛费伦神系的地理与种族势力范围一直在扩张（并伴随着该神系神祇原有数量的增涨），而这往往以诸国度其他神系的耗损为代价。
The Faerûnian pantheon is an amalgamation of native deities that date to the pre-history of the Realms, representatives of various pantheons brought into the Realms by waves of immigrants from other worlds over the millennia, and numerous new powers who have arisen from the ranks of mortals in Faerûn. Although primarily focused on humankind in only Faerûn, the geographic and racial spheres of influence of the Faerûnian pantheon are always expanding (along with the raw number of deities in the pantheon increasing）, often at the expense of the other pantheons of the Realms.

　　不同于楚尔特人Chultan、卡拉-图人Kara-Turan、马兹特克人Maztican、穆尔霍兰德人Mulhorandi、恩瑟人Untheric 以及 亚人demihuman 神系，并不存在统治泛费伦神系的主神。与之相反，泛费伦神系是个易怒的神力集合，他们仅仅透过自己的神职来感知彼此和诸国度，虽然有时会进行合作，但更常处于对立态势。有鉴于泛费伦神系相对“成功”地统治着 艾伯尔-托瑞尔星球Abeir-Toril 的很大一部分，贤者们推测，正是泛费伦神系对于内讧与分裂的嗜好，令其在发展和应对变化方面远比结构更古板的神系快。
Unlike the Chultan, Kara-Turan, Maztican, Mulhorandi, Untheric, and demihuman pantheons, no primary power rules the Faerûnian pantheon. Rather, the Faerûnian pantheon is a fractious assembly of sometimes cooperative but more often antagonistic powers who perceive each other and the Realms solely through the lens of their own portfolios. Sages speculate that the Faerûnian pantheon's predilection for infighting and disunity allows it to evolve and respond to change far quicker than more rigidly structured pantheons, accounting for the relative “success" of the Faerûnian pantheon in dominating a large portion of Abeir-Toril.

　　泛费伦神系被名为 强大神力会议the Circle of Greater Powers 的寡头集团松散地统治着，后者在 以太位面the Ethereal Plane 一处特殊半位面上的 极星营帐the Pavilion of Cynosure 中进行集会，负责维护 一体至衡the Balance（定义为 艾欧Ao 留给诸神力的指导方针）和监管自己神系中成员的违犯行为。这种神性议会极少召开，行动只涉及重大的审议。强大神力会议反应时间之缓慢，令其在应对持续发酵的事件时，起到的作用更多是在截然对立的强大神力之间达成困难的妥协，而非彰显他们神性智慧集体水平的展示窗口。
The Faerûnian pantheon is loosely governed by an oligarchy known as the Circle of Greater Powers who meet in the Pavilion of Cynosure, which is located on a special demiplane in the Ethereal Plane, and who are responsible for maintaining the Balance (as defined by the guidelines left to the powers by Ao) and policing transgressions by members of their pantheon. This divine assembly meets only rarely and acts only with great deliberation. Its slow reaction time to on-going events is more a function of the difficulty of reaching compromise between diametrically opposed greater powers than an indicator of the assemblage's level of divine wisdom.

　　泛费伦神系以及诸国度的其他各支神系，都在艾欧，国度天宇之神上神力the Over-power of Realmspace 的监督之下。上帝艾欧Lord Ao 保持着自己冷漠的态度，充当着一位极少（如果不是完全不）进行干涉的永恒观察者，然后，只在维护一体至衡、批准或拒绝生物擢升到神位、以及确保诸神保持回应他们崇拜者时出手。
The Faerûnian pantheon, and every other pantheon in the Realms, is overseen by Lord Ao, the Over-power of Realmspace. Lord Ao holds himself aloof, an eternal observer who only rarely interferes, if at all, and then only to maintain the Balance, ratify or deny the ascension of beings to godhood, and ensure that the gods remain responsive to their worshipers.

　　在两位强大神力——米尔寇Myrkul 和 班恩Bane 将划定每位神力职责的 命运石板the Tablets of Fate偷走后，艾欧将泛费伦神系从天界打落到了诸国度。并非那块石板的失窃，而是这个神系成员们的不负责任，导致艾欧掀起了这场 诸神降世the Fall of the Gods。在随后那段被称作 动荡之年the Time of Troubles、化身危机the Avatar Crisis、或是 诸神之战the Godswar 的冲突时期，以下述作为标志：神力存在们被迫以几乎比最强大凡人还更强的较弱化身形态；他们被迫行走在艾伯尔-托瑞尔星球地表的凡人之间；他们被禁止（并被强行阻止）返回他们位于外层位面的神域；在他们于托瑞尔的旅程所留下的破坏。魔法陷入了狂乱，而整个费伦大陆的凡人都在遭受失去了与信众联系的诸神的残酷双手蹂躏。动荡之年在一小撮勇敢的凡人将石板归还艾欧时结束。艾欧随后将诸神力恢复到了外层位面，并替换了那些丧生者，但他作出了限制，令他们的力量从此与崇拜者的数量和虔诚紧密相联。
The Faerûnian pantheon was recently hurled from the heavens to the Realms by Ao after two greater powers, Myrkul and Bane, stole the Tablets of Fate that delineated each power's responsibilities. It was not the theft of the tablets but the abdication of responsibility by the members of the pantheon that caused Ao to induce the Fall of the Gods. The period of strife that followed, known alternatively as the Time of Troubles, the Avatar Crisis, or the Godswar, was marked by the powers being forced to assume weakened avatar forms scarcely more powerful than the most powerful mortals walking the Realms, being forced to walk the surface of Abeir-Toril among mortals, being banned (and forcibly blockaded) from returning to their outer planar realms, and leaving havoc in the wake of their travels on Toril. Magic went wild and mortals throughout Faerûn suffered at the cruel hands of deities out of touch with their flocks. The Time of Troubles concluded when a handful of brave mortals returned the tablets to Ao. Ao then reinstated the powers to the Outer Planes and replaced those who had perished, but he bound their strength tightly to the number and faith of their worshipers.

　　动荡之年很难说是第一次有大量的化身行走于诸国度、在他们的身后留下毁灭与魔法狂乱，而这或许也不会是最后一次。据信 黎明之灾The Dawn Cataclysm（已知发生在 耐瑟瑞尔帝国Netheril 陨落之后）预示了 迷斯·卓诺Myth Drannor 的陨落。据说是彼时尚且年轻的神祇 洛山达Lathander 的天真尝试，引发了那场诸神之战，在那场尝试中，他试图改造诸国度、将邪恶或老旧从凡人的生活中彻底抹去，而新神祇的神系将在他热心肠的家长式指导下运转诸国度的神性事务。
The Time of Troubles was hardly the first time numerous avatars have stalked the Realms, leaving destruction and magical chaos in their wake, and is probably not the last. The Dawn Cataclysm, known to have occurred after the fall of Netheril, is believed to have heralded the fall of Myth Drannor. This Godswar is believed to have been sparked by a naive attempt by the then-youthful deity Lathander to remake the Realms from scratch with all that was evil or old eliminated from mortal affaits and a pantheon of new deities under his benevolent patriarchal guidance running the Realms's divine affairs.

　　今日，泛费伦神系的成员与他们的崇拜者联系的变得更为紧密，他们变得更专注于自己的职责和神职。然而，在他们的神格与地理上的势力范围持续增长的同时，神力们仍在继续争吵和算计。
Today the members of the Faerûnian pantheon are more intimately attuned to their worshipers and more attentive to their responsibilities and portfolios. The powers continue to bicker and scheme, however, while their ranks and geographic sphere of influence continue to grow.