角色故事•一（解锁条件：角色等级20）
「在沿海城邦古老的传说里，冥海曾诞育下堪比神明的生灵。据往来渔船所说，正有这样的『海王』以幼童的相貌出没于波涛之中，面目凶恶，红颜青唇，以侵肌蚀骨的冥海之水沐浴，与凶恶残暴的冥海之兽肉搏，渴饮鲜血，生啖骨肉。
据说它每一次沉入海底，不消多时便会自冥海重生。在约莫九年的时间中，重塑己身不下一万次，最终撕裂巨妖，鲜血染红千里海面，却无有噬肉的海兽敢来接近。
传说那海王尾巴一甩，便可将众多鱼虾卷上沙滩。曾有落难的渔民向天求救，被海王率领水兵救起。传闻愈来愈超凡神妙，久而久之，甚至有渔民为海王绘制画像，贴在船上以求出海平安。
近来又有传言兴起，说那所谓海王其实是王储迈德漠斯的怨灵作祟，先王恐惧他背负的预言，在他出生后便将其掷入冥海，夭折的孩子死不瞑目，誓要猎尽冥海。但笔者认为这只不过是狡猾的悬锋人想为自己脸上贴金，理由有三：
第一，就算悬锋人素来有父子争斗、胜者为王的传统，但怎会一出生将贵为王储的人子扔下海中？
第二，就算悬锋王欧利庞年老昏聩，听信预言将子嗣扔进海中祭祀，一个幼儿怎么可能有堪比神明的力量与巨妖搏斗？
第三，就算有这样的幼儿存在，他也绝不可能是悬锋人。悬锋人一个比一个自私粗野，又怎会帮助遭逢海难的渔民？
诸位读者，接下来我将为你们揭晓真相：其实所谓的海王
——自然就是海洋的化身！」
——选段自歌尔巴尼帕尔图书馆藏
「威力海王传考据」
「强。」
Character Story: Part I
• Unlocked at Character Level 20
"In the ancient legends of the coastal city-states, the Sea of Souls is said to have birthed beings as mighty as gods. Fishermen speak of a king of the seas who appears among the waves as a young child, with a fierce countenance and bluish lips, bathing in the bone-chilling waters of the Sea of Souls, wrestling with its savage beasts, thirsting for blood, and devouring flesh and bone.
It is said that each time they sink to the seabed, they soon resurrect from the Sea of Souls. Over approximately nine years, they reforged themselves no less than ten thousand times, ultimately tearing apart a giant monster, staining the sea red for miles, yet no flesh-eating sea creature dared approach.
Legends speak of how that the king of the seas could sweep countless fish and shrimp onto the shore with a flick of the tail. Once, shipwrecked fishermen praying for salvation were rescued by the king alongside his crew. As the tales grew more fantastical over time, fishermen started painting the king on their boats, in the hope it will grant them safe voyages.
Rumors have emerged claiming that this so-called king of the seas is the vengeful spirit of the crown prince Mydeimos. Terrified by the prophecy he carried, his father, the former king, cast him into the Sea of Souls at birth. His life cut short, the child died with his grievances unredressed, vowing to scour the Sea of Souls. However, the writer believes this is merely the cunning Kremnoans trying to glorify themselves, for three reasons:
First, though the Kremnoans traditionally engage in father-son struggles where the victor becomes king, why would they throw a newborn crown prince into the sea?
Second, even if King Eurypon of Kremnos, grown old and senile, believed the prophecy and sacrificed his heir to the sea, how could an infant possess the divine strength to battle giant monsters?
Third, even if such a child existed, he could hardly be Kremnoan. Why would a Kremnoan, known for their selfish and brutal nature as they are, assist fishermen struck by disaster?
Dear readers, I will now reveal the truth: the so-called king of the seas
— Naturally, he is the embodiment of the ocean itself!"
— Excerpt from "Inquiry into the Legend of the Mighty Sea King"
archived in the Gibranipar Library collection
"Strong."
— A man's handwriting
