Would you join the Long Hunt that Kenaryn began before the Sun was born? I can show you the way.
- Tell me about Huntsmen.
Hear now the Hunter's Call, that the Centaurs of the Verdant Steppe have sung to their Father since before the Sun was made:
"Homed Hunter, hear my call,
Quickly let my quarry fall.
Straight make all my arrows fly,
Quick my foot and keen my eye.
Let me on the preypath go
Silent like a dark shadow.
By my stealth and by my aim
Shall my folk feast on tender game.
Homed Hunter, now I pray,
Aid me in my hunt today."
Long Ago, when the Firstborn of the Elves raised their towers of crystal and alabaster in the deeps of the forests, the first Centaurs thundered across the open steppes like the wind, singing the praises of Kenaryn, the Hunter, companion to the All-Father. Kenaryn taught his children the ways of the Bow and the Hunt, and ever since the Horse-Men have roamed the vast plains, living like kings off of the bounty of the Hunt.
The Centaurs know many legends of Kenaryn, Father of Centaurs, Lord of the Hunt. Crowned with the antlers of a mighty stag, Kenaryn the Homed Hunter still races through the wild places of the World, faster than a hawk in flight. In his travels the Hunter has donned many shapes: the Homed Huntsman, a great Stallion, and the Silver Stag of legend. The Beasts of the Wild fear his deadly bow, or flee from the call of his mighty horn. The All-Father fashioned hounds, first of all the beasts of the World, and gave them to the Hunter in reward for his stalwart service. They have served the Hunter and his children ever since. Many are the songs and legends of the mighty Pack that always runs at the Hunter's side, dogs the size of ponies, with witchlight burning in their eyes.
The oldest and best regarded of all the Hunter's tales is the legend of his journey to Saederoth, the Silver Moon. Just after the First Flowering and the Birth of All Beasts, Kenaryn chased a great Silver Fish through the rivers of the newborn World. The Fish, craftiest of its kind, sought to escape by leaping high into the air and swimming into the night sky. Kenaryn gave chase, firing arrows of fire after his quarry. Thus, the Centaurs say, were the stars created, either from the glistening water the Silver Fish left in its wake, or from Kenaryn's wayward arrows that pierced the very dome of Night.
Kenaryn chased the Fish unto the face of the Silver Moon, and there the Fish escaped, for Kenaryn was drawn from his hunt by the wonders he there saw. In a vast palace of ice Kenaryn found a beautiful woman asleep atop a bier of silver, trapped within a pillar of frost. The sleeper was none other than Saedron, Shining Goddess of the Moon, who Elves name the Fate Weaver. Kenaryn blew his horn, and the ice shattered at its mighty sounding. Saedron woke from her enchanted sleep, and thanked the Hunter for her deliverance. And so the Hunter wed the Shining Goddess. The Centaurs, noblest and most honorable of all the races, were their children.
Alas, the Fate Weaver was mother not only to Kenaryn's children, but to his most dreaded foe. At Twilight's End the Dragon bathed the Golden Moon in flame, destroying Saedron's sister Volliandra. Saedron felt her twin's pain as if it were her own, and her agony was given form and life, becoming that mighty Terror, Grallokur the Devourer. The Dream Beast swept across the Plains of Twilight like a curse, butchering the Centaurs and leaving terror in its wake. Kenaryn took up his bow and horn and summoned his mighty hounds to fight the Dragon, and left his children to hunt the Devourer. Saedron, stricken with grief, returned to the Moon, and still waits there for her husband's return. From that day to this the Long Hunt has continued, and so it was to continue until the ending of the World, when Kenaryn and Grallokur will finally meet and fight to the death.
In Kenaryn's absence the Centaurs have been left to provide for themselves, and their great Huntsmen have proved equal to the task. They taught Kenaryn's lessons to both the ancient Elves and the Sons of Men, and now among all the peoples of the World there are those who have answered the call of Kenaryn's horn and taken up the Hunt.
All Huntsmen know Kenaryn's lore and revere him as their patron. Those who make worthy offerings to the Horned Hunter and prove their skill will gain Kenaryn's favor, but only if they can prevail against the greatest of beasts. Great hounds, sent by Kenaryn himself, will come at a favored Huntsman's call, and ancient tales tell of other worthy gifts that mighty hunters have received. The mightiest Huntsmen of all are sought out by Kenaryn, and tum away from their people to join the Long Hunt. These blessed masters join Kenaryn's pack, running with his Hounds on the trail of Grallokur until the ending of the World.
And now with the coming of the Turning, that time may be at hand. It has been long indeed since the Hunter has appeared to his children or his followers, and dread gnaws the hearts of the greatest Huntsmen. Can it be that the End of Time has come? Has Kenaryn caught Grallokur, or has the Hunter fallen in battle with the Beast? Some wonder how the Long Hunt can continue since the sundering of the World, and fear the Hunter's quarry has escaped to some distant world shard, there to revel in its dark nature. None know for certain, but the Huntsmen now chase the Hunter himself, looking for any sign of his fate.
- How do I become a Huntsman?
From the time of the first Huntsmen we have kept the High Watch, for we were called to it by Kenaryn himself. Beware the Beasts, for they are born of no gods, and the Lords of the Wild have always sought to destroy all the Gods' works. In the wetlands where Amazons dwell, or in the wildlands of the feral Aelfborn, dwells Vagheer the Stalker, a foul thing much favored by the Beast Lords.
Dire also are the Beastmen, hideous hulking animals that walk on two feet. They are the Beast Lords' dire progeny -- they must be hunted to the last! Among the Beastkin of the wilderness there is a mighty chieftain -- Hurush Ironclaws he is called. To earn Kenaryn's favor, follow his first command and slay either Vagheer or Hurush!
- Train discipline: Huntsman
- Done
ケーナリュン神が、太陽が生まれるまえに始めた無期狩猟に、参加してくれないか。わたしは流儀を教えられる。
ハンツマンについて話してください。
どうすればハンツマンになれますか。
最初のハンツマンたちが現れたときから、わたしたちハンツマンは高等監視を継続してきた。なぜなら、ケーナリュン神ご自身に招集されたからだ。野獣たちに用心しろ。かれらは、諸神から生まれた存在ではないのだから。原生林の主たちは、常に、諸神の諸作品をすべて破壊しようとしている。
女人族が住む湿地、もしくは、野生化したアルフボーンたちの原生林に、潜行獣ヴァゲールが住み着いている。この獣は、獣主たちから多大な恩顧を受けた、下劣な物体だ。
二つの足で歩く、醜悪かつ体が大きい動物である獣人たちも、恐ろしい存在だ。獣人たちは獣主たちの恐ろしい子孫だ。かれらは狩り尽くされなければならない。原生林における獣人種のあいだに、強大な族長がいる。この男はフルシュ・アイアンクロウズと呼ばれている。
ケーナリュン神の恩顧を得るために、同神が下した最初の命令に従って、ヴァゲールがフルシュのどちらかを殺害しろ。
分野の訓練を行う：ハンツマン
終了
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用語一覧
あ：アルフボーン（Aelfborn）
う：ヴァゲール［潜行獣］（Vagheer the Stalker）
か：神（God）
け：ケーナリュン（Kenaryn）、原生林の主（Lord of the Wild）
こ：高等監視（High Watch）
し：獣主（Beast Lord）、獣人（Beastman）、獣人種（Beastkin）、女人族（Amazon）
た：太陽（Sun）
は：ハンツマン（Huntsman）
ふ：フルシュ・アイアンクロウズ（Hurush Ironclaws）
む：無期狩猟（Long Hunt）
や：野獣（Beast）
