「那支孤軍散發着濃烈的血腥,像一支染血的長槍。那名領軍的戰士即是槍尖,永遠裹挾着深不見底的憤怒與仇恨刺向敵人。
自拉冬,經哀地里亞,再至厄涅俄努斯,他一次次自死亡回歸,也為所經之處帶來滔天的戰火。那令世人側目的厄涅俄努斯之戰中,未嘗一敗的克呂提俄斯高舉巨斧,萬箭自他的身後齊發。然而煙塵散去,火自血中沐浴而出,戰士的拳風如尖刺,撕開了克呂提俄斯的咽喉。
在那足以載入史詩的戰役後,戰士的真實身份越發撲朔迷離。那支軍隊明顯帶有懸鋒的訓練痕跡,但卻從未懸掛懸鋒的旗幟,無人知曉他們是遊蕩於戰場的懸鋒孤魂,還是失落家鄉已久的迷途人。
往來的吟遊詩人將那孤軍行旅編成哀傷的歌,在翁法羅斯帶着鐵鏽味的野風中,孤高的獅子帶着成群的老弱殘兵遷徙,尋找不存在的家園。
現實絕不會因殘酷改變自己的面貌。那些忠心耿耿追隨他的懸鋒子民,即便曾是精銳,也沒有他那神一般的不死之身。隨着歲月流逝,連懸鋒的神明已陷入瘋狂,凡人又該往何處去?
那孤高的人是否會將子民的命運背於己身,是否為自己戴上王的枷鎖?還是說,這只是他一廂情願的徒勞……」
——選段自歌爾巴尼帕爾圖書館藏
「翁法羅斯戰爭史」
「赫菲斯辛、帕狄卡斯、萊昂、托勒密,朴塞塔…你們的名字,必不遺落於歷史。」
Character Story: Part II
• Unlocked at Character Level 40
"The lone army emits a strong scent of blood, like a blood-stained spear. The leading warrior, the speartip, is always enveloped in unfathomable rage and hatred, thrusting towards the enemy.
From Ladon, through Aidonia, to Aenionus, he returned from death time and again, leaving towering infernos of war in his wake. In the infamous Battle of Aenionus, the undefeated Klytius raised his massive axe as thousands of arrows darkened the sky behind him. Yet, when the smoke cleared and fire rose from the blood-soaked ground, the warrior's fist struck like a spear, tearing open Klytius's throat.
After that epic battle, the true identity of the warrior became yet more elusive. That army clearly bore the marks of Kremnoan training but had never flown Kremnos's flag. None know whether they are Kremnoan spirits wandering on the battlefield or lost souls who have long been away from their homeland.
Wandering bards turned the lone army's journey into mournful songs, while in the rust-flavored winds of Amphoreus, the lone lion led a group of old and weak soldiers as they wandered, searching for a nonexistent homeland.
Reality will never alter its face due to cruelty. The once-elite citizens of Kremnos who followed him were loyal but mortal, lacking his god-like immortality. As time wore on, and even the gods of Kremnos succumbed to madness, how could humanity hope to know whither they should go?
Will that proud, lonely man carry the weight of his people's fate alone? Will he bind himself to the chains of kingship? Or was it all just his wishful thinking..."
— Excerpt from "A History of the Wars of Amphoreus"
archived in the Gibranipar Library collection
"Hephaestion, Perdikkas, Leonnius, Ptolemy, Peucesta... your names will not be forgotten by history."
— A man's handwriting