帝国皇帝的诞生
Contents 目录
1 History 历史
1.1 Origins 皇帝的由来
2 Early History, The Horus Heresy and Current History
早期的历史,Horus(这个词指古埃及的太阳神,Horus Heresy 应该是一个重要的教派吧,我不知道,望前辈指点) Heresy 和当前的历史
2.1 Current Function
2.2 The Illuminati and the Sensei
1.1 由来
1.1Origins
The origins, and original name, of The Emperor are not known. Sages and wise men all over the world had recently noticed that they had lost the ability to reincarnate: Newly manifested turmoil in the warp scattered and consumed their souls rather than bringing them into new bodies. A great council was gathered to decide what must be done. Presumably, thousands were there, and after many years of debate, they came to the conclusion that they had only two or three generations left before all their souls were consumed. Realizing their peril, they decided as one to commit mass-suicide. After their deaths, their souls are said to have merged into one and brought the Emperor into physical being.
皇帝的来历和原本的姓名无从考证。全世界的圣人和博学者最近已经发现,他们丧失了转生的能力:Warp(这到底是个什么?)中最新出现的骚动分散开来,凋谢了他们的灵魂而非将之浇灌进新的躯体。他们召开规模庞大的会议商量对策,大概有数千人参加。在多年的争论之后,他们得出了这样一个结论:在所有的灵魂都被蚕食干净之前,他们只可能留下两到三代后裔了。在意识到这个危险之后,他们一致决定集体自杀。据说他们死后,所有的灵魂融为一体,将皇帝诞生于世。 (这里参考了圣经中Maria生Jesus,用了“bring forth”一词)
The Emperor is said to have been born in central Anatolia. He grew up within an isolated and meager territory, and it was rumored that he has the power to stop his own aging and numerous other psychic abilities. His psychic abilities extend directly from his own presence in the Warp, dubbed "The Starchild". After the events that ended the Dark Age of Technology the Emperor realized he had to take more direct control of the fate of Humanity. Some say he realized the danger lingering just outside the warp storms that surrounded Holy Terra, and so he revealed himself to the techno-barbarians that ruled Terra, rallying them under his flag. Over the years he collected even more advanced wisdom and is known as the facilitator of most of the important inventions of mankind. The Adeptus Mechanicus worship him as the greatest creator of all time outclassing every techpriest and Fabricator-General in sheer amount of knowledge and comprehension. He is considered to be the most powerful psyker in the galaxy and his warp presence is rumored to rival the four powers of Chaos.
据说皇帝诞生在小亚细亚半岛的中部(Anatolia是其旧称)。他在一个孤立、贫瘠的地区成长。传闻他有使自己停止衰老的力量和其他多种精神力量。皇帝在warp中的存在,被称为“众星之子(The Starchild)”,直接衍出了这些精神力量。在结束了技术黑暗时代(Dark Age of Technology)的一系列事件之后,皇帝意识到他必须更直接的控制人类的命运。有人说他发觉了环绕着圣地(Holy Terra)的Warp风暴外逗留的危难,所以他向那些统治着地球(Terra)的技术落后的野蛮人显示了自己的威力,将他们招归麾下。在随后的多年中,他积累了很多高深的智慧,并因推动(facilitate,寒,这个动词的主语不可以用人……也就是说皇帝已经是超越了人类的存在。。)了人类很多重要发明而闻名。机械神教奉他为有史以来最伟大的创造者,任何一个机械主教和Fabricator-General (不懂,造假将军?)的知识总量和理解能里都远不如他。人们奉他为银河系中最伟大的灵能者,而且传闻他在Warp中的存在甚至能与Chaos的四位邪神相匹敌。
2 Early History, The Horus Heresy and Current History
2 早期的历史,Horus Heresy 和当前的历史
The first mention of him in Imperial records is when he conquered Terra after the Age of Strife (sometime in the 29th Millennium). The Emperor's use of genetically engineered warriors enabled him to reunite the people of Earth, and to set his sight on the stars. With the assistance of the Adeptus Mechanicus on Mars the Emperor created the first Space Marines and fleets of interstellar ships to carry his new and powerful armies to the farthest reaches of the Galaxy. The Emperor also created the Primarchs from whom the Space Marines' gene-seed was developed, although the Chaos gods scattered them across the Galaxy. During the Great Crusade all but two of the lost Primarchs were found and reunited with their respective Legion of Space Marines.
帝国的史书中第一提到他是在他在动乱时代(Age of Strife )(第29个千年的某些时候)后征服地球的时候。皇帝率领着基因强化的战士重新统一了地球上的人民,并将目光投向了其他的星系。在火星机械神教的帮助下,皇帝创造了第一支太空战士部队和星际舰队,带领着他新生的强大的军队向银河系的最远方进军。皇帝还创造了太空战士的基因原体,但是Chao的邪神后来将他们散落在整个银河系。在大远征(the Great Crusade)期间,2个基因原体被发现,从而[color=]与他们的太空战士军团再度统一。
But in the final stages of the Great Crusade the Emperor's most trusted son, Horus succumbed to Chaos and turned on his father. Having corrupted fully half of the Space Marine Legions, Horus led them against the Emperor and plunged the fledgling galactic Empire into a colossal civil war. This conflict became the most terrible in human history, and billions perished as the traitors legions tore apart the Empire they had helped to forge.
但是,在远征的最后阶段,皇帝最宠信的儿子,Horus,屈从了Chaos并将矛头对准他的父皇。Hours引领整整一半的太空战士军团走向堕落,并带领着他们反抗皇帝,还使羽翼初丰的跨越银河的帝国陷入了一场庞大的内战。这场战争成为了人类历史上最大的灾难,背叛者们将当初他们与皇帝协力成就的帝国撕成碎片,造成了数十亿的伤亡。
The last act of this terrible treachery was played out above Terra, as the Emperor led a desperate teleport assault against Horus' flagship. Though the Emperor was a being of unfathomable psychic and physical might, Horus had become mighty indeed, bloated with the powers of all four Chaos gods. The Emperor finally slew his favored son, though the deed left him close to death, and in this state Rogal Dorn found him and returned him to Terra. Here, the rapidly ailing Emperor of Mankind dictated plans for the arcane life support machine that would sustain his remaining cells for over ten thousand years.
这出背叛的惨剧的最后一幕上演在地球——皇帝带领着一支瞬间移动的敢死队攻向Horus的旗舰。虽然皇帝有着深不可测的灵力,但Horus拜Chaos的四位邪神所赐也变得十分强大。最后,皇帝终于结束了爱子的生命,但是这次行动也使他几乎丧命。在这种情况下Rogal Dorn发现了弥留的皇帝,将他带回了地球。自此,每况愈下的人类皇帝只能从神秘的生命维持装置中传达口谕了。这台机器将保留他残留的细胞一万年以上。
2.1Current Function
2.1 当前的情况
Once entombed upon the Golden Throne, the Emperor was able to communicate in speech for some time. However, over the millenia he has lapsed into complete silence. Physically, the Emperor of Mankind is little more than a withered corpse. The last surviving cells in his shattered body anchor his infinitely powerful spirit. Were the Emperor's body to completely die, his spirit would be cast adrift in the Warp, dispersed and weakened until it enters a new host.
在刚刚被关入黄金王座的时候,皇帝还能用言词对外沟通。但在随后的千年中他完全陷入沉默。从外表上看,人类皇帝仅仅比一具干尸强那么一点。在他破碎的身体中,最后存活的细胞留住了他无穷的灵力。如果皇帝的身体完全死去,那么他的精神将会被抛弃到Warp中漂泊,被分裂,被削弱,直到找到一个新的身体。
There is a rumour however, that the Emperor could have left the Golden Throne after his first year on the Golden Throne. However, the Twelve High Lords of Terra feared a second Heresy and kept the Emperor on the Golden Throne.
据传,在皇帝坐上黄金王座的第一年还可以离开王座,但地球的12位高阶领主惧怕第二个邪教出现,就把皇帝禁锢在了黄金宝座之上。(不解)
For this reason, the Emperor's death would likely lead to the collapse of the Imperium. It is his mighty will that focuses and broadcasts the psychic beacon known as the Astronomican. It is this signal, generated by a choir of thousands of Psykers, that allows Imperial ships to navigate the Warp in moderate safety. The Emperor is not a mere beacon for space travel, however, but is said to continue to influence the fate of mankind through dreams and visions given to selected individuals. It is also generally thought that he created the Warp storm known as the Storm of the Emperor's Wrath during the Age of Apostasy.
所以,皇帝驾崩很可能导致帝国的瓦解。正是他强有力的意志聚焦并放射了一道灵光,被称为Astronomican(不知怎么讲,宇宙航标?)。数千灵能者组成一个团体,在皇帝意志的带领下放出了这道灵光,作为引领帝国飞船在Warp中安全航行的信号。然而,皇帝不纯粹是一个太空航行的灯塔,而据说是通过托梦等手段继续影响人类的命运。而且,人们通常认为是他在叛乱时代(Age of Apostasy)创造了被称为帝王之怒的Warp风暴。
And thus it is the Emperor's will that holds Chaos at bay. Were it not for his unceasing vigil over Humanity, the ruinous powers of the Warp would flood the mortal realm with madness and horror.
所以,是皇帝的意志遏制了Chaos的扩张。如果不是他夜夜守护着人类,Warp的毁灭性力量会使疯狂和恐惧横行人类的世界。
2.2 The Illuminati and the Sensei
2.2 先知与神思者(Sensei,这个中文名字完全是我编的……)
Over the almost 40,000 years the Emperor walked among mankind he often formed families and fathered children. A few of his offspring inherited the powers of the Starchild. These are the Sensei. A hidden Imperial cult that call themselves the Illuminati is convinced that if they kill a score of Sensei at the same time as the Emperor finally dies he will be reborn anew, just as he was when he first came into being.
在几乎40000年的时间中,他不断地在人间巡游,并经常组建家庭,养育子女(寒一个。。。皇帝就是好)。他的部分后代继承了众星之子的力量。这些人就是神思者。一个不为人知的信奉皇帝的异教,自称为先知,深信如果他们同时杀掉很多的神思者,那么皇帝就会最终死去,并会重生。就像他最初诞生一样。
Another, even more controversial theory points out Cypher, one of the fallen Dark Angels as the Emperor's new vessel when he will
[ 本帖最后由 tanliok 于 2007-2-5 11:23 PM 编辑 ]
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