角色故事•一(解锁条件:角色等级20)
「格蕾,看雪地里,那是个孩子!」
格蕾和尼克小心翼翼地走上前去,抱起满脸通红、不停啼哭的婴儿。
他有一个好听响亮的名字,在「阿尔冈-阿帕歇」的古语里,那意味着一把上膛的枪。
他在格蕾与尼克的爱护下长大,和其他兄弟姐妹一同嬉戏成长。他们都来自不同的地方,但如今同属于这片广袤的大陆,「阿尔冈-阿帕歇」。
格蕾带他认识植物、鸟儿与河流,尼克教他如何驯服马匹、放牧牛羊。小小的他骑着马驹,跨过溪流,在朝阳里随尼克一同赶着牛羊前往水草丰茂的牧场,璀璨的云霞下,尼克总会放声歌唱。每当听到那苍茫的歌声,他也会开口,一边发出清脆明快的声音,一边踢踢小马的肚子,让它跑快些,带着他们的欢笑,传向更远更远的地方。
格蕾和尼克收养的孩子们一天天长大,他们的腰一天天佝偻下去。
他成了牛仔,他熟知一切捕猎的技巧。他们奔走在尘沙漫天的荒野,与土匪搏斗,与商队交易,与野兽争夺生存的空间。
他体验过死里逃生的危险,他品尝过向敌对帮派报仇雪恨的滋味,他看过朋友被一梭子弹取走性命,一个家庭在瞬间分崩离析…他失去了许多人,也得到了许多,最后,他以自己的勇猛赢得了地位和尊重。
现在,他很少见到那些兄弟姐妹了,但他知道,他们都过得很好。
在沉沉的黑夜里,他看着天空,想着更大的世界,那声啼哭在寂静的夜里分外清晰。
循着声音过去,他看到一个满脸通红、不停啼哭的婴儿。他手足无措起来,但最终还是抱起了她,就像当时的格蕾那样,把孩子带回了家。
尼克粗粝的声音在他耳边回响——
「这里的水醇如美酒,
这里的雪冷如刀割,
这里就是——
最好的世界。」
Character Story: Part I
• Unlocked at Character Level 20
"Graey, there's a child there in the snow!"
Graey and Nick cautiously approached and picked up the red-faced child as he cried incessantly.
The child had a striking and beautiful name that in the ancient language of Aeragan-Epharshel meant "loaded gun."
He grew up under the love and protection of Graey and Nick, as he played happily with his siblings. Though they all came from different places, they all now belonged to this vast continent of "Aeragan-Epharshel."
Graey took him to learn about plants, animals, and rivers. Nick taught him how to tame horses and farm sheep. At a young age, he rode his colt across streams and followed Nick as they led their cattle to fields rich in water and greenery under the morning sun. Nick would always sing loudly as the light shone over the brilliant clouds. When he heard Nick raise his voice in song, he would open his mouth and release a clear and crisp song of his own. As he kicked at the colt's belly to take him faster, their laughter would spread further and further into the distance.
As Graey and Nick raised the children day after day, their backs began to stoop with old age.
Since becoming a cowboy, he mastered every skill there was to hunting. They charged through the sandy wastelands fighting bandits, making deals with merchants, and battling for places to survive with the beasts of the wilderness.
He had narrowly escaped death, tasted the flavor of taking revenge on a rival gang, seen friends lose their lives in the flight of a bullet and seen families fall apart in mere moments... He lost many, yet gained a lot as well. In the end, his courage earned him status and respect.
Now, he rarely sees his siblings, but he knows that they are living well.
In the silent night, he stares at the sky and thinks about the greater world outside, when the sound of cries resounded loud and clear through the stillness of evening.
Following the sound, he discovered a red-faced baby that would not stop crying. He had no idea what to do. But, he eventually picked her up as Graey had done so long ago before, and brought her home.
The sound of Nick's gruff voice resounded in his ears...
"The water here is smooth as fine wine,
the cold snow is cutting like a knife,
this place is...
the perfect world."