What's this I see? Another sack of blood to whet the crowd's appetite? Or are you a Champion in disguise ...
- Tell me about Gladiators.
What a glorious Age this is. Think on it: the Turning has plunged the broken World into chaos and war, but at the same time robbed us real death, Now, men of steel have become like unto actors, thespians upon a stage without walls. They can fight, and can die, gasping out their final eloquence with pathos aplenty, and return the very next night to play their parts again. Death's meaning is lost, but the experience of it remains -- there is still blood, and bone, and entrails for the audience to see. Therein lies the thrill of it, after all.
Murder is barely a crime anymore, and now that our illustrious sport, once illegal throughout the Petty Kingdoms, is here to stay. The crowd loves to watch: to see the red blood fountain from a sliced jugular, or to hear the exquisite crunch as bones break, or a limb comes loose. They'll pay for the chance to see men gasp their last breaths, and I provide it to them. You, my friend, will do the fighting. And the dying. Think of it -- a crowd of hundreds, chanting your name, staring at your every move, holding their breaths in anticipation of that fatal stroke.
Of course, there are some drawbacks to the current state of affairs. While I no longer need worry about my performers using themselves up permanently, now I must compete with a new enemy: boredom. The crowds get jaded quickly in this age of cheap and ready death. To keep them coming back for more, we have to show them sights they can't see even in the thick of battle. The bloodier, the fiercer the more shocking, the better. Spectacle is the name of the game now. Costumes, beasts, even strange, dire sports with arcane rules are becoming the rage in every arena. We strive and strive, but still we must give the crowd more. They want pathos, they want tragedy. They want to see the blood of heroes. And you will supply it.
If you have talent, you should do pretty well. By the time I'm finished with you, you'll be a finer warrior than any mercenary legion could produce. To survive in the arena, you'll need tricks no fencing master teaches. Don't ever forget: this battlefield is a stage, and the people, above all, want a performance. Learn to move like a tiger, and dance like an Elf. Act for them, let them see your valor in every stride, or the pain in every movement. Your acting can lull your foes as well, luring them into overconfidence or frightening them away. You'll learn how to kill a man in one strike, the points that can cripple or stun a man, and what places a blade can draw the most blood while letting the victim linger on. The fight must last, after all: the crowd must feel they've got their money's worth. You'll learn to deal with pain, the tricks for how to ignore it and stay in the fight. If you do well, they'll come back for you, day after day after day. If you're truly good, I can make you a rich man. If not, well ... you'll get chopped into fishguts ten times a day, every day. And the crowds will keep coming back for more.
- How do I become a Gladiator?
Time was, you'd see all sorts of creatures fighting in arenas. Once there was an Orc ... You see this scar? Guruuk his name was, son of some chief as I recall. He was captured and made to fight for sport. He won his freedom killing me, and he hurt me so badly my career as a pit fighter was over. Go avenge me upon this Guruuk, and you may join our ranks. Last I heard the green devil had rejoined his own kind in the deeps of some forest.
If ye've no stomach for Orc killing, there is another I'd like to see slain. He was once a freak, captured, tamed, and trained for bloodsport. Krahgool the Crusher he was called, a mighty Ettin. His two heads make it very hard to get the drop on him! Seek him in those infernal marshes where Chaos has taken root.
- Train discipline: Gladiator
- Done
これは何だ。観客の欲求を刺激することに役立つ、新しく来た血の袋なのか。それとも、変装している優勝剣闘士なのか。
グラディエイターについて話してください。
どうすればグラディエイターになれますか。
時は流れ、あらゆる種類の戦う被造物たちを、複数の闘技場で見られるようになった。そのなかにはオークたちもいた。おれの体にある傷が見えるか。グルークという名前の怪物は族長の息子だったはずだ。このオークは、前に、競技で戦わせるために捕獲された。グルークはおれを殺して自由を獲得し、大怪我を負ったおれは、喧嘩屋としての経歴を失った。
グルークのところへ行って、おれの恨みを晴らせば、おまえをおれたちの仲間に加えよう。最後に聞いた話によれば、あの緑色の怪物は、森の奥地で同族に再加入したらしい。
オークを殺したくないなら、他の怪物を殺してもらおう。猟奇的だったが、捕獲されて飼いならされ、血の競技を目的に訓練された怪物だ。強大なエッティンである粉砕者クラグールのことだ。
クラグールは二つの頭をもっているので、この怪物に対して優位に立つのは困難だ。混沌が根を下ろした地獄のような湿地で、クラグールを探し出せ。
分野の訓練を行う：グラディエイター
終了
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用語一覧
え：エッティン（Ettin）
お：オーク（Orc）
く：クラグール［粉砕者］（Krahgool the Crusher）、グラディエイター（Gladiator）、グルーク（Guruuk）
こ：混沌（Chaos）
ゆ：優勝剣闘士（Champion）
