GHOST(WALKER) STORIES
幽魂(行者)的故事
>幽魂行者的情况需要一点额外处理。我相信你们都熟悉去年水门裂缝关闭时GW消失的传言,这一事件让丹佛的神秘和吸引程度更甚寻常。这座城市因各类活动而喧闹不休,各势力争相填补白龙离开后的权力空洞。他们行动迫切,毕竟没人知晓幽魂行者何使(或是否)会回归,人们希望趁着日头好做工。
现在太阳似乎落山了。
我们从Frosty的备注开始,她提供了当前状况的概览,随后我们再请Kay St. Irregular谈谈巨龙重现及其相关事件。最后,Mr.Bonds会稍微分析一下更广泛的议题。
>FastJack
A DRAGON OF DISCONTENT?
不满的龙Posted by: Frosty
发帖人:Frosty剧透 - :
Ghostwalker has been surrounded by mystery lately, which
is a challenge for anyone who is trying to assemble a collection
of facts. At least Ghostwalker had the good graces to make
his reappearance clear and dramatic (see below), but almost
everything else about him has been surrounded by fog. He has been
less than forthcoming about where he was and what his current
agenda is, leaving many to speculate what might be happening
with him. And while it seems his reappearance was engineered to
let the people who needed to know that he was back, there are a
few—because there always are—that doubt Ghostwalker returned
at all, and believe that any evidence of his return has been faked.
e doubters include many on the Council of Denver. Public
sightings of Ghostwalker have been very few in number, and only
one took place in front of a group of any size. Most of the other
public sightings have occurred on the streets, from potentially
questionable sources (including people who say that Dunkelzahn
and Elvis were following close behind Ghostwalker). Despite
their doubts, though, my sources and experience both tell me that
Ghostwalker is indeed back. On top of that are the stories that say
Ghostwalker has been seen accompanied by a human woman of
extraordinary grace and beauty.
As one can imagine, the rumor mill is going full bore about
the identity of this woman is. From catching a glimpse of her hand
and noticing Ghostwalker’s obviously strong feelings toward her, I
am all but certain that the woman is the physical manifestation of
Zebulon, the Spirit of Denver. It would appear that Ghostwalker
was successful in his attempt to merge the various pieces of the
Spirit of Denver and reintegrate them all into one being. For
those that do not like Ghostwalker and those that would like to
see Ghostwalker gone, this should be seen as a troubling sign that
Ghostwalker is now even more powerful than before, and that his
position within Denver is now all but secure with the powerful
Zebulon at his side.
幽魂行者最近被谜团包围,对任何试图收集事实的人都是个挑战。至少幽魂行者得体让他的重新出现明晰而富有戏剧性(见下文),但此外有关他的所有事物都被迷雾笼罩。他变得不那么乐意透露他去了哪、他的当前计划是什么,让许多人猜测他身上发生了什么。尽管幽魂行者的重现是让需要了解的人知道他已回归,还有一些人——因为他们总是这样——怀疑幽魂行者是否真的回来了,并坚信所有他回归的证据都是伪造的。丹佛议会中有许多这种怀疑者。幽魂行者很被公众目击,其中仅有一次是在一群人面前。其它目击都是在街道上,来源可疑(包括有人说黑牙和埃尔维斯跟在幽魂行者身后)。但尽管有这些怀疑,我的消息来源和我的经验都告诉我幽魂行者的确回来了。更重要的是,有人看见幽魂行者身边有一位及其优雅且美丽的人类女性。
你可以想象,关于这位女性身份的谣言正全速增长。我瞥见过她的手,并且注意到幽魂行者对她显然抱有强烈情感,我十分确信这位女性是西布伦(Zebulon)的物理具现化,也就是丹佛的精魂(Spirit of Denver)。似乎幽魂行者成功融合和丹佛精魂的各个碎片,并将它们重构为一个个体。对那些不待见幽魂行者并希望幽魂行者滚蛋的人来说,这是个让人忧心地信号,这意味着幽魂行者比从前更强大,他在丹佛地地位因西布伦地存在更为稳固。
>龙类信息虚拟交换中心(Draconic Information Virtual Exchange)发现了西布伦十分有趣的信息。你记得两个法师,一个是美洲原住民萨满(罗伯特·格林Robert Greene),一个是合众国赫尔墨斯法师(厄休拉·马尔Ursula Mahr),同时试图召唤西布伦?那时人们以为只是个离奇的巧合,双方同时使用真名召唤了同一个精魂。我们的成员深入挖掘了老旧的部落记录和合众国记录,惊讶地发现法师都有一个“顾问”。这些“顾问”似乎为给两个法师提供了在星界探求时如何以及在哪找到西布伦真名的帮助,他们还暗示试图召唤西布伦再恰当不过。这些顾问似乎与另一头巨龙有关,甚是洛菲尔本人。不幸的是,时间太久,丢失的文件太多,我们无法确认洛菲尔真的牵涉其中。但DIVE知道的是:有人不想让西布伦存在。如果幽魂行者相信洛菲尔就是撕裂西布伦的幕后黑手,这就能解释他对现任博学之主(Loremaster)的怒火。
>Wyrm Watcher
总的来说,幽魂行者对当前冲突(*译注:指巨龙内战)无足轻重。在他消失之前,似乎洛菲尔成功修复了他们的关系,并与幽魂行者建立了暂时同盟。许多人相信试图获取四件奇物削弱了白龙的力量,与洛菲尔结盟将为他提供保护,以便他在自己的领地站稳脚跟,并将在短期内有助于双边利益。但西布伦如传言所说回到幽魂行者身边后,似乎丹佛与莱茵-鲁尔超企蔓城(megasprawl)的联系突然中断了。甚至有人听说洛菲尔最后一个派去丹佛与幽魂行者商谈同盟关系的使节被杀了,并送回给洛菲尔作为信号。很明显,幽魂行者与西布伦回归后,任何结盟的可能性都已消失。
>千万别以为幽魂行者只是终结了和洛菲尔的同盟而没有得到任何好处。根据我从给个VPN听到的消息,幽魂行者与洛菲尔的对话让他能够靠近这头金龙,让他的情报网中的矩阵人才能够近距离观察塞德-克虏伯的节点。就我所知,幽魂行者的矩阵人才成功从洛菲尔最安全的节点里弄到了一些重要的机密文件。有价数据包括安东尼奥·维耶里博士(Dr. Antonio Vieri),这位五十年代末在联络,随后一直待在塞德-克虏伯的碟客和技术天才的位置,他提供了如此多奇妙创新,还是后崩溃2.0无线矩阵最重要的发者。其它信息可能包括人们不知道塞德-克虏伯持有的一些资产,以及塞德-克虏伯考虑将来投资的新企业。相信这些文件十分重要,如果泄露,幽魂行者能把洛菲尔和塞德-克虏伯刮掉一层皮。看起来幽魂行者给自己取得了和洛菲尔交涉的优势,假如需要交涉。
>Glitch
剧透 - :
Ghostwalker’s not stopping at breaking o the potential
alliance with Lofwyr—he seems prepared to go even further.
Although Ghostwalker hasn’t struck out directly against
Saeder-Krupp interests in the Denver area, there is someone in
the shadows of Denver that is most de nitely targeting SaederKrupp holdings in the city. And according to my sources, it is not
Hestaby. ere have been multiple incidents of vandalism and
sabotage at Saeder-Krupp’s headquarters in downtown Denver.
ese incidents have been blamed on the growing anti-dragon
movement, but most would tell you that Ghostwalker would
never tolerate any signi cant anti-dragon groups in his city. ere
have been incidents of violence against S-K subsidiaries, though
these incidents do not seem as if they are meant to make a pro t
o of Saeder-Krupp or its research, or even harm Saeder-Krupp financially. The runs appear to be meant as a simple message:
Get out. Many of the wageslaves for S-K have found themselves
accosted by these shadow groups, and a half-dozen employees have
been killed in the last month along.
ere is another troubling sign that Ghostwalker may be
changing his agenda due to his reunion with Zebulon. I have
heard from trusted sources that Ghostwallker’s watchers and his
other intelligence assets are reaching out to others in the dragon
community. Following his return, Ghostwalker reached out to
both Sirrurg and Ryumyo, in addition to other adult dragons.
e message carried to these dragons is believed to test to see
what reactions the dragons would have to a change of leadership,
switching the Loremaster position from Lofwyr to Ghostwalker.
Because this type of ambition seems to be somewhat out of
character for Ghostwalker, one must wonder if it is Zebulon
herself who is whispering into Ghostwalker’s ear and urging
him to obtain more than just Denver. ere is a possibility that
Zebulon wants Ghostwalker to take a larger and a more prominent
role in dragon culture, one that is be tting him given his size and
strength. And it is entirely possible that Zebulon feels that this is
the ideal time to present such a change to the other members of
the dragon community.
幽魂行者没有止步于消除与洛菲尔结盟的可能——他似乎准备得更长远。虽然幽魂行者未直接攻击塞德-克虏伯在丹佛得资产,但暗影中似乎有人在明确地袭击塞德-克虏伯在城内的财产。根据我的消息来源,不是希丝塔比。塞德-克虏伯位于丹佛市中心的总部遭到了多起破坏事件。这些事件可以归罪于持续扩大的反龙运动,但大多数人会告诉你幽魂行者绝不容忍他的城市里出现任何明显的反龙团体。还有针对塞德-克虏伯子公司的暴力事件,但看起来不是为了从塞德-克虏伯或是它的研究中获利,甚至不是从经济上伤害塞德-克虏伯。这些狂奔的信息简单明了:滚出去。许多S-K的薪奴被这些暗影团体骚扰,上个月有几名雇员被杀。
另一个让人忧心的信号是幽魂行者可能因与西布伦重聚而改变他的计划。我从可靠来源处得知幽魂行者的监视人和其他情报人员正在联系龙社群里的其他人。回归后,幽魂行者还联系了西鲁格和龙树,还有其他成年龙。传递给其他龙的信息被认为是测试其他龙对变更领袖的反应,即将博学之主一职从洛菲尔转至幽魂行者。因为这种野心似乎不符合幽魂行者的性格,有人怀疑是否西布伦对他吹了枕边风、敦促他将权力拓展至丹佛之外。有可能西布伦希望幽魂行者在龙类中扮演有更多、更重要的角色,与他的体型和力量相符。西布伦也完全可能感到这是向龙社群的其他成员展示这一变革的理想时机。
>也可能幽魂行者占据丹佛的主要原因就是恢复西布伦,现在她重新融为一体,他有时间追求丹佛之外的目标了。
>Traveler Jones
剧透 - :
Not enough is known about Zebulon or what her mind
might be like following the ritual that pieced her back together
to know what she wants or how she might be influencing
Ghostwalker. If Zebulon is responsible for this change in
Ghostwalker, it might indicate that she is having an impact on
Ghostwalker’s decision-making process. Zebulon has not spoken
publicly or announced herself to the world as of yet, so everything
sbout any possible agendas she might have is simple guesswork.
For all we know, she could very well be su ering from multiple
personality disorder from the various spirits that were born from
her essence and existed for decades, only to be blended back
together. But if Zebulon is in uencing Ghostwalker’s judgment,
it is likely that things will be quite di erent in Denver from this
point forward, quite possibly for other dragons as well as for magic
users, particularly those capable of summoning spirits. As of yet,
there is no telling how Ryumyo, Sirrurg, or the other dragons have
responded to Ghostwalker’s overtures.
What is interesting in all of this is that I have observed
that Ghostwalker has had very little, if any, communication
with Nicholas Whitebird since returning. is may merely be
because Ghostwalker’s current plans require no contact with
Whitebird. Or this could be a sign that things are indeed changing
for the great dragon now that he is reunited with his paramour.
Whitebird may very well be an indicator of how Zebulon plans
on treating the magicians who are residents of Denver, and how
she might treat metahumans in general. And Whitebird may
be an indicator of how far Ghostwalker will allow Zebulon to
implement any new changes in his domain. With Zebulon now
in the mix, a new and more dangerous faction could be developing within this brewing dragon con ict, one that is not predictable
and can shi the balance of power in either way. ere is no doubt
that this new development will need to be watched closely, and to
see how it impacts the tensions amongst the dragons, as well as to
see how Lofwyr reacts to it.
关于西布伦知之甚少,不了解她以及她被仪式拼接后的想法,更无从推断她的追求以及她是否在影响幽魂行者。假如西布伦是幽魂行者改变的原因,这或许表面她能影响幽魂行者的决策。西布伦还未公开发言,也未向世界宣告她的存在,因此她的任何可能谋划都只是猜测。她完全可能遭受着多重人格障碍,从其本质诞生的不同精魂存在了几十年,只在最近才被融合。但假如西布伦在影响着幽魂行者的判断,那么从现在起胆魄的局势会变得相当不同,很可能对其他龙以及魔法使用者也一样,尤其是那些能够召唤精魂的。现在还无法得知龙树、西鲁格还有其他龙会如何回应幽魂行者的序曲。
这其中很有趣的一点是自幽魂行者回归后他与尼古拉丝·白鸟的联系很少,甚至几乎没有。可能只是因为幽魂行者当前的计划不需要与白鸟联系。或者这是一个信号,表面这头巨龙与他的情人团聚后事情的确发生了变化。白鸟可能是西布伦打算如何对待丹佛法师、如何对待普通泛人类的象征。白鸟还可能是幽魂行者允许西布伦在他的领地施加多少变更的象征。有了西布伦牵涉其中,一个更危险的新派系或许将在这次酝酿中的龙族冲突中产生,这个派系难以预料,能双向改变权力的平衡。毫无疑问这一新进展需要密切关注,注意它如何影响龙类间的紧张气氛,以及洛菲尔会如何应对。