seti 2010-7-21 02:44
附录2:Thomas M. Costa写的介绍和当年众神行踪
因为之前找到的这篇文的译版翻译实在太差劲了,修正版看着还有意思,所以这里只贴原文,版修正版的链接给出来
原文链接:
[url]http://132.209.40.23/w4/campagne/Downloads/Deity%20Locations%20During%20the%20Time%20of%20Troubles.htm[/url]
故事简介链接:
[url]http://www.o-love.net/realms/desc_ava.html[/url]
在动荡年代浮沈的诸神(修正版)链接(最深的地下城也能找到):
[url]http://bbs.sjtu.edu.cn/bbscon[/url],board,DnD,file,M.1081492304.A.html
[url]http://www.ntrpg.org/yy/undertopia/article.php?articleid=1397[/url]
众神行踪原文:
Deity Locations During the Time of Troubles
Compiled and Written by Thomas M. Costa
The year 1358 DR, the Year of Shadows and the Time of Troubles, also known as the Godswar, the Avatar Crisis, or when gods walked Toril, was the most destructive and disruptive time in Faer?n's recent history. While the Avatar Trilogy (Shadowdale, Tantras, and Waterdeep) follows the quest of four mortal heroes and involves a handful of Faer?n's gods directly, the power of a god tends to get noticed, and other Forgotten Realms novels and game supplements have revealed the goings-on of many other powers. Some of these gods died and are slowly fading into memories, others wreaked havoc, and still others served as divine shields against their fellow powers and magic gone awry.
Faer?nian Pantheon
The Faer?nian pantheon was the most closely involved in the Time of Troubles, with its members directly responsible for the events leading up to and ending the crisis.
Azuth: The Lord of Spells spent much of his time caring for part of Mystra's power and guarding a statue of her at the Pool of Yeven in Battledale.
Bane: Lord Bane first arrived at Zhentil Keep, but moved onwards to travel throughout the eastern Heartlands of the Realms in his quest for the Tablets of Fate.
Bhaal: Bhaal first appeared as a killing force who could possess humans in Eveningstar, Cormyr, where he began a spree of murder and destruction. He too traveled far during the Avatar Crisis.
Eldath and Mielikki: Eldath appeared with Mielikki in the North among the boughs of the Misty Forest, where together they worked to prevent their followers from great sin.
Garagos: Garagos rampaged through Westgate's harbor before wading out into the Sea of Fallen Stars, leaving a blood-red harbor in his wake.
Gond: The Wonderbringer fell to Toril as a gnome on the shores of Lantan. In gratitude for the sanctuary, he taught the Lantanese the secrets of smokepowder.
Gwaeron Windstrom and Shialla: Following his defeat at the claws of Nobanion, Malar, the Lord of Beasts, was relentlessly pursued throughout the North by Gwaeron and could not shake the Master of Tracking from his trail. Shialla allied with Gwaeron Windstrom, repairing the damage Malar's destructive rampages caused.
Helm: The Vigilant One was the only god to not lose his divine power and was charged with guarding the Celestial Stairway, a portal that leads to the otherworldly domains of the gods, from his brethren.
Hoar: Hoar stalked the Old Empires, appearing in Akanax, where he took the body of King Hippartes as his avatar. Then he appeared in Thay to obtain a cache of weapons, and he showed up in Unther, where he slew his ancient rival, Ramman, Untheric god of war.
Ibrandul: Ibrandul, god of caverns, was slain in the Underdark beneath Waterdeep by Shar in secret and his portfolio was stolen.
Iyachtu Xvim: The avatar of the godling Iyachtu Xvim, half-demon offspring of Bane, was imprisoned under Zhentil Keep.
Lliira and Waukeen: The Joybringer met with Waukeen near Shadowdale. From there the pair journeyed to the Celestial Stairway. Menaced by Helm, the two retreated to Cormanthor to plan further. There Waukeen used her divine contacts to escape to the Outer Planes, leaving what remained of her godhood in the care of Lliira. Waukeen traveled first to the Astral Plane and then the Abyss, where she was betrayed and captured by the Demon Lord Graz'zt. It would be over a decade before the Merchant's Friend was rescued from Graz'zt's Argent Palace.
Loviatar: The Goddess of Pain was believed to be in Waterdeep.
Malar: Malar battled Nobanion in the Gulthmere Forest before fleeing to the North where he was hunted by Gwaeron Windstrom.
Mask: Mask spent his time secretly traveling the heartlands of Faer?n in disguise.
Mielikki: See Eldath above.
Milil: Milil journeyed to Arbalest's House in Athkatala, Amn, where he personally founded a singing circle and charged his faithful with building a new temple.
Moander: The Darkbringer's avatar was presumably in the Lost Vale of Tarkhaldale, a long-since abandoned Daleland. There he rebuilt his strength from events involving the heroes Alias and the saurial Dragonbait. Shortly after the Time of Troubles, Moander was destroyed by mortal heroes led by Finder Wyvernspur, who seized Moander's godhood.
Myrkul: Myrkul spent much of his time in Waterdeep scheming.
Mystra: Mystra's power was spread among her chosen faithful ere she was captured by Bane in Castle Kilgrave in northern Cormyr. Upon her escape, she journeyed to the Celestial Stairway where she challenged Helm.
Nobanion: In a titanic combat known as the Roar of the Shadows, Nobanion and a handful of Emerald Enclave druids drove Malar north and west from the Gulthmere Forest along the Dragon Coast. Afterwards, Lord Firemane emerged from the Gulthmere to roam the Shining Plains.
Red Knight: The Red Knight appeared in northeastern Tethyr, where he helped that nation defeat monsters raiding from the Wealdath.
Savras: Long-ago imprisoned in the Scepter of Savras by Azuth, Savras remained so during the Time of Troubles. Following that crisis, Azuth agreed to release Savras in exchange for his pledge of fealty.
Sel?ne and Shar: Shar and Sel?ne fought another round of their age-old battle as mortals in Waterdeep. Shar also secretly slew Ibrandul beneath Waterdeep and stole his portfolio.
Shar: See Sel?ne above.
Sharess: Sharess took the form of the favorite concubine of the pasha of Calimport and was liberated from the growing influence of Shar by Sune.
Shaundakul: Shaundakul roamed the ruins of Myth Drannor, where he battled and destroyed the avatar of a minor orc deity.
Shiallia: See Gwaeron Windstrom above.
Siamorphe: Siamorphe manifested in the villa of a Waterdhaven lady and protected the North and Sea Wards of that great city from the large-scale damage caused by the Godswar.
Silvanus: Silvanus is reported to have been seen in the Winterwood and the Chondalwood, both of the Vilhon Reach.
Sseth: The avatar of Sseth, god of the yuan-ti serpent folk, appeared in the Black Jungles in the form of a giant, winged, magic-using snake, where he challenged his clergy to rebuild their strength. He also battled Ubtao to a draw on the eastern edge of Chult. The Mulhorandi Lord of Evil, Set, has since slain Sseth and absorbed his portfolio.
Sune: Sune rescued Sharess from the evil clutches of Shar by dousing Sharess in the sacred waters of Evergold before arriving in Teziir along the Dragon Coast.
Talona: Talona appeared to an evil human wizard named Aballister, gifted him with the recipe for the powerful Chaos Curse, and bade him to found a trifold order of wizards, priest, and warriors in the so-called mountain fort of Castle Trinity.
Talos: Talos, the Raging One, spent his time in Tsurlagol in the Vast.
Tempus: Tempus arrived in the shell of a shattered castle in Battledale before moving on to the battlefield of Swords Creek in Mistledale.
Torm: Torm discovered a great evil being done in his name in the Vast city of Tantras. There he traveled to rectify this wrong and protect that city.
Tymora: Tymora appeared at her temple in Arabel, Cormyr, and it is thought her presence there spared the city much destruction.
Ubtao: Ubtao stalked the length and breadth of Chult in the shape of a tyrannosaurus rex, where he battled to a draw with Sseth the Great Snake on the eastern edge of Chult.
Ulutiu: Ages ago, Ulutiu sank beneath the Cold Ocean causing it to freeze into the Great Glacier. There he has slept since, including throughout the Time of Troubles.
Umberlee: The Bitch Queen spent the Time of Troubles in the Sea of Fallen Stars, wreaking destruction on one pirate isle after another. She also appeared in the Trackless Sea, off the coast of Trisk near the Purple Rocks, where she is believed to have met with her seraph, a mighty kraken.
Waukeen: See Lliira above.
The locations of several Faer?nian powers remain unrevealed, though some might be deduced, including Akadi, Auril, Beshaba, Chauntea, Deneir, Eshowdow (since slain), Gargauth, Grumbar, Ilmater, Istishia, Kossuth, Lathander, Leira (since slain), Lurue, Oghma, Tyr, Uthgar, and Valkur. Likewise, the demigod Jergal is mysteriously said to have played no part in the Time of Troubles. In addition, a few gods had not yet become deities, including Finder Wyvernspur and Velsharoon.
Mulhorandi Pantheon
Prior to the Godswar, the ancient nation of Mulhorand was ruled by the incarnations and manifestations of their gods. The Time of Troubles changed that, sending the Mulhorandi gods back to the Outer Planes, but also bringing about a new age of activism for the pantheon. The location of most of Mulhorand's gods during this time, including Hathor, Isis, Nephthys, Osiris, Sebek, Set, and Thoth, remains unrevealed -- although most of them likely were located in that ancient empire.
Anhur: Anhur distinguished himself during the Godswar by battling the avatar of Sekolah, the great white shark deity of the sahuagin, who prowled the Alamber Sea. He also claimed the portfolio of the Untheric god of war, Ramman, from his slayer, Hoar.
Geb: Geb led an army of his most faithful followers to construct a secret temple known as the Golden Forge in the depths of the volcano on the island known as the Ship of the Gods, where they struggle to prevent the volcano from exploding to this day.
Horus-Re: Horus-re ruled Mulhorand through his manifestation in Pharaoh Horustep III in the capitol city of Skuld. The end of the Avatar Crisis removed that divinity from Horustep, leaving him only a mortal of divine lineage.
Untheric Pantheon
After millennia of misrule and tyranny under Gilgeam, what remained of the Untheric pantheon came to an end during the Godswar.
Gilgeam and Tiamat: Gilgeam, the god-king of Unther, was slain by his rival Tiamat in Unthalass, ending his two-millennium rule of that nation and spelling the end of the Untheric pantheon. Tiamat then joined the factitious Faer?nian pantheon.
Ramman: Ramman, Untheric god of war, was slain by his ancient rival Hoar, but prevented his slayer from claiming his portfolio, instead passing it on to Anhur of the Mulhorandi pantheon
Nonhuman Powers
The locations of very few nonhuman gods have been revealed. The few that have been revealed are noted below.
Clangeddin Silverbeard and Labelas Enoreth: Clangeddin Silverbeard, in the form of three dwarves melded into a giant earth elemental, battled Labelas Enoreth, who had possessed the body of his cleric Vartan Hai Sylvar for use as his avatar, over a misunderstanding upon the isle of Ruathym. The battle resulted in the destruction of Clangeddin's avatar.
Deep Duerra: Duerra's avatar appeared in Underspires, a duergar city deep below the Osraun Mountains of northern Turmish, in the form of the Queen Mother, who was serving as regent of the city until the young king reached his maturity. Under the goddess' leadership, the city's army extended the holdings of Underspires, before she disappeared into the southernmost reaches of the Underdark.
Ilsensine: The Tentacled Lord of the mind flayers manifested in the city of Oryndoll, miles beneath the Shining Plains west of the Vilhon Reach, adopting the elder brain of Oryndoll as its avatar form.
Lolth: The Spider Queen appeared in her great city of Menzoberranzan, home of the outcast Drizzt Do'Urden, where she allegedly slew a minor drow deity of assassination and usurped her portfolio.
Segojan Earthcaller and Urdlen: Hardbuckler was said to have been the site of a great struggle between the avatars and servants of the Lord of Burrows, Segojan, and the Crawler Below, Urdlen.
Sekolah: The great white shark deity of the sahuagin fought Anhur off the coast of Mulhorand in the Alamber Sea.
Selvetarm: Selvetarm rampaged through the drow city of Eryndlyn, located in hidden caves beneath the High Moor, attacking strongholds of the followers of Ghaunadaur and Vhaeraun. The avatar was eventually driven into the wild Underdark by an alliance of the victimized cults.
For Those Who HAVE Read the Avatar Trilogy
If you have read the trilogy already, you won't find any spoilers below. However, those who haven't yet read the series, please take a look at this AFTER you have finished reading the novels unless you don't mind spoilers!
Ao: Lord Ao, the Overpower, the Hidden One, was responsible for casting the gods down to Faer?n. He appeared only briefly in extradimensional places and hideaways like the Flame Void and Elminster's Safehold, before finally appearing at the end of the Avatar Crisis at Mount Waterdeep.
Bane: Bane further traveled to Castle Kilgrave, Shadowdale, Scardale, and Tantras where he was slain in battle with Torm.
Bhaal: Bhaal traveled west to High Horn, agreed to help Myrkul following Bane's death at the hands of Torm, and was slain by Cyric, who wielded the sword Godsbane (the sword was secretly the avatar of Mask) at Boareskyr Bridge, where his remains poison the waters to this day.
Cyric, Kelemvor, and Midnight: Along with Adon, a cleric of Sune, Cyric, Kelemvor, and Midnight, were the heroes (and villain) of the Avatar Crisis and traveled throughout the heartlands of the Forgotten Realms. As a reward for their acts, Cyric and Mystra were elevated to godhood by Ao. Eventually, Kelemvor, who had been slain by Cyric, was freed from Godsbane, Mask's avatar form, and himself elevated to godhood.
Mask: The Master of All Thieves disguised himself as the magical soul-stealing sword, Godsbane, the blade wielded by Cyric during the Time of Troubles and used to slay both Bhaal and Kelemvor. Mask's ploy, however, backfired in part, since Cyric stole much of his power upon attaining godhood.
Myrkul: Myrkul was destroyed atop Mount Waterdeep by Midnight, who was empowered with the essence of Mystra.
Mystra: Mystra was destroyed by Helm for challenging him on the Celestial Stairway. Her power was reborn in her servant Midnight, who took up the goddess' name and mantle.
Torm: Torm stayed true to his duty. He defended the city of Tantras from Bane and died in battle with the Black Lord. However, because he was true to his own ethos, Ao raised him back up to godhood at the end of the Avatar Crisis.
For more information about the Time of Troubles and the gods of Faer?n read the Avatar Trilogy of novels, including Shadowdale by Scott Ciencin, Tantras by Jim Lowder, and Waterdeep by Troy Denning, and check out the Faiths and Pantheons game product by Eric L. Boyd and Erik Mona. (A quick game-oriented look at some of Faer?n's less prominent deities by Thomas E. Rinschler can be found in the Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting web enhancement, "More of the Divine.")
Thanks: To Ed Greenwood, Julia Martin, Eric L. Boyd, Thomas E. Rinschler, Erik Mona, and everyone else who has played a part in bringing the gods of the Realms from the darkness of the Outer Planes into the light of Toril's sun.
About the Author: Thomas M. Costa is a professional staffer for a committee in the U.S. House of Representatives. He has been a contributor to several Wizards of the Coast products such as Demihuman Deities and Races of Faer?n, and is the author or co-author of a number of Dragon Magazine and Wizards of the Coast website articles.