原文http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Konrad_Curze#.T6pp7lK8Uc0 Konrad Curze, also known as Night Haunter, was one of the twenty Primarchs created by the Emperor. 康拉德‧寇佌，亦名「狩夜者」，是帝皇造出的二十位基因原体之一。 The child that would come to be known as Konrad Curze was first recorded as crashing through the surface and into the core of the night-shrouded world of Nostramo. The crust of Nostramo bore high quantities of the mineral adamantium, which provided the basis of the planet's immense mining and purifying industries. The vast majority of the planet's population lived in abject poverty, toiling in the mines while the rich grew in affluence, exploiting the already downtrodden workers. Crime ran mostly unchecked, depression was inescapable, and overpopulation was kept in check more by suicide than by any other measure. 这名日後被称为康拉德‧寇佌的小孩，首次见於纪录是在一处常夜笼罩的世界──诺斯 崔摩，坠落之时冲过星球地面，直指世界核心。诺斯崔摩地表富涵大量坚钢矿藏，为星 球庞大的采收与精练工业体系提供了相当基础。星球绝大多数的人口只能一辈子在矿坑 里苦工，过着贫困潦倒的绝望生活；而富人们则极尽所能压榨这群底层劳工，藉此暴利 致富。罪恶横行蔓生，哀伤愁苦永无止境，自杀成了限制人口增生的最主要因素。 Unlike many of the other Primarchs, Konrad Curze was not taken in by any family and was left to raise himself. He spent his early life surviving off his wits and determination, feeding himself by hunting the feral animals that roamed through the vast city of Nostramo Quintus. He was continually plagued by visions of the darkest possible future, horrifyingly potent waking dreams that would curse him throughout his life. 不若多数基因原体，康拉德‧寇佌并未被任何家庭收养，须得自力更生。早年凭着胆识 与决心，他以狩猎那些分布在诺斯崔摩昆塔司庞大城区里的野生动物过活。他内心终日 为那些漆黑无望未来的预想与似乎极可能实现的恐怖梦见所苦，并在往後一生中成为了 他的诅咒，萦绕不去。 During his short youth, Curze was pitched into a destructive cycle of persecution and murder, focusing on the criminal elements of Nostramo's society. His vigilante actions began small, intervening when he witnessed something he believed to be wrong, but rapidly escalating into hunting down those he believed had committed transgressions. 在他短暂的幼年生涯中，寇佌被迫面对由迫害与杀戮组成的无尽循环，亲眼目睹诺斯崔 摩社会里的罪恶成份。一开始他的私裁举动还不算大，以阻止他亲眼所见且他认定为不 义之事为主，但很快地演变成击溃那些他认为违背正义的罪人。 At first, several people prominent within the city's corrupt hierarchy disappeared. Leaders of the most vocal opposition to the status quo vanished in similar circumstances. Bodies of known criminals began to appear, gutted like fish by some cruel assailant. Officials were found hung from high windows. Body parts blocked storm water drains. Many of the corpses found were so horribly beaten by their assailant that identification was impossible. 起初，这个城市犯罪结构的几个要角突然消失。对此发表强烈谴责的几个组织领袖也在 类似的情况下消声匿迹。小有恶名的罪犯惨死於凶徒手下，屍体被人发现像杀鱼一样肚 破肠流。政府官员被吊死在挑高的窗上。屍块之多，连疏导暴雨用的排水沟都给堵住。 这些被发现的屍体中许多都被凶徒狠狠痛殴过，辨识死者几成不可能之事。 Within the year, the crime rate of Nostramo Quintus fell to near-zero. Society underwent massive changes, most notable of which was the self-imposed curfew that came into being. Mothers began to threaten children that if they continued to misbehave, the Night Haunter would come for them. This term quickly came into common usage, describing a dark creature that stalked the city, ready to disembowel anyone it believed to be a criminal or heretic with dirty, razor-sharp talons. 就在这一年内，诺斯崔摩昆塔司的犯罪率几乎降至零。社会经历翻天覆地的大改变，其 中最值一提的莫过於自发性的宵禁。做母亲的开始吓唬小孩说，如果他们在再不乖的话 ，狩夜者就会找上门来。此称不久广为使用，描述一个在城市里潜伏的黑暗造物，用污 黑、锐如剃刀的爪子，将它眼中的罪犯或异教徒开场剖肚。 Curze saw hope for the inhabitants of his world. He had become the only object of fear and hate within the city. Appearing before the nobles that had survived his vigilante purge, Night Haunter became the first monarch of Nostramo Quintus. He assimilated knowledge almost greedily, and became considered a fair and temperate ruler, until word of some injustice reached his ears. He would then hunt the guilty through the streets, wearing them down and then killing and mutilating them. The unpredictable pattern of benevolent wisdom and hideous vengeance ushered in a new level of efficiency and honesty. Other cities around the planet followed suit, in an attempt to keep the Night Haunter from their doors 寇佌见到了这世界居民的一丝曙光。他成为了这个城市恐惧与厌恨的唯一目标。在那些 没有成为私刑目标的贵族面前，狩夜者现身，并成为了诺斯崔摩昆塔司的第一个独裁者 。他近乎贪婪地汲取知识，成为了公认的公正与温和的统治者──直到有任何不义之事 为他所听闻。接着他会在街井巷弄间狩猎罪人，折磨他们，最後杀害并分屍。他那不可 捉摸的行举，时而高贵睿智，时而残暴惩恶，将这世界带进了一个讲求效率、表彰诚实 的新层次。星球上的其他城市纷纷跟进效法，以免狩夜者登门拜访。 A short time into the reign of Night Haunter, the Emperor's Great Crusade reached the outskirts of the Nostramo system. The coming of the Emperor of Man was an event that had been prophesied in Nostramo's history: an event that would lead to the planet's downfall. 狩夜者统治後不久，帝皇的伟大远征来到了诺斯崔摩星系边界。在诺斯崔摩历史记载里 头，早有预言全人类的帝皇将会亲临，届时这个星球将会覆灭。 The Emperor landed on Nostramo, and led a delegation to the centre of Nostramo Quintus on foot. The citizens of Nostramo, adapted to the near-constant darkness, could not bear to look upon the radiance of the Emperor. Most wept, as the healing light he projected reflected off the rain-slicked streets into their faces. Those brave enough to look upon him directly were blinded.1 帝皇降临在诺斯崔摩上，亲领使节步行前往诺斯崔摩昆塔司。诺斯崔摩的居民们已习於 几乎常夜的环境，无法直视帝皇的光辉。当帝皇那抚慰人心的光芒，透过被雨洗净的街 道反射映照在他们的脸庞上时，几乎每个人都流下泪水。那些敢於直视祂本人的，眼睛 再也不能视物。 At the end of the broad road leading to Night Haunter's palace, the Primarch stood, waiting for the delegation to approach. As they did, he succumbed to a vision so potent and horrifying that he tried to claw his own eyes out, but was stopped by the Emperor. Night Haunter then looked at the Emperor, and the following dialogue ensued: 通往狩夜者宫殿的长路走到了尽头，这名基因原体伫立当地，等待使节团到来。当帝皇 行至时，一个逼真且恐怖的预见击溃了他，令他意图把自己的双眼给挖出来，但帝皇阻 止了他。狩夜者於是望向帝皇，有了以下有纪录的对话： "Konrad Curze, be at peace, for I have arrived and intend to take you home." 「康拉德‧寇佌，毋须惊慌。我已来了，并要带你回家。」 "That is not my name, Father. I am Night Haunter, and I know full well what you intend for me." 「那不是我的名字，父亲。我是狩夜者，而我一直都知道您的意旨。」 Night Haunter quickly adapted to the teachings of the Imperium, studying the complex doctrines of the Adeptus Astartes under Fulgrim's tutelage. Night Haunter was soon incepted as the leader of the eighth Space Marine Legion, which he named the Night Lords.1 狩夜者很快地适应了帝国的教育，在富根亲授下学习繁复的圣典战团教条。不久狩夜者 便被授予第八支星际战士的领导权，他将这个军团命名为午夜主教。 Although he and his Legion excelled in many theatres of war, a tendency soon became apparent. It never occurred to the Night Lords to use anything other than total and decisive force to achieve their goals. Over the first few years, the Night Lords were moulded by their Primarch into an efficient, humourless force, possessing the fanatical thoroughness of Witch Hunters.1 他和他的军团经过许许多多各式各样的战争洗礼，渐渐地某种趋向变得明朗起来。午夜 主教投入全部、决定性的兵力以取得战果，其他事情则完全不纳入考虑。经过头几年的 形塑後，午夜主教已被他们的基因原体打造成一支讲究效率、不苟言笑的部队，极端执 着於成功，其狂热程度堪可比拟异端审判庭。 Night Haunter encouraged his legion to decorate their armour with images designed to inspire fear in the enemy, a tactic that proved incredibly effective. Soon, rumours of the impending presence of the Night Lords would cause a system to pay all outstanding tithes, cease all illegal activities and put to death any mutants and suspected heretics.1 狩夜者致力於将军团装甲饰以一些设计过的图象，用以引起敌方的恐惧，这个战术已证 明十分有效。於是，仅只要谣传午夜主教即将出现，便能令整个星系缴出积欠的税务， 停止一切非法行动，处死任何突变种或异端嫌犯。 Reinforcements to replace the Night Lords that fell in battle were selected from the population of Nostramo, but in Night Haunter's absence, the population of the planet collapsed back into the corrupt and decadent ways that had prevailed before his arrival. The ruthless criminals were the only ones to remain healthy and strong, so it was these men who were recruited for the Legion. Night Haunter began to lose some of the control he held over his Legion, and the visions that plagued him increased in both lucidity and quantity. 替换午夜主教战亡者的新兵是从诺斯崔摩的居民选拔而来，但狩夜者离开的这段期间， 整个星球又退回到过去那种败德沦丧的世界，一如他未降世之前。这些残酷无情的罪犯 是唯一仍健康强壮的人选，因此顺理成章成为了军团招募的新兵。狩夜者渐渐地丧失了 部分对子弟兵的掌控，而那些苦恼着他的预见也变得更加清晰真实。 Learning of the fate of his homeworld, Night Haunter tried to confide in his brother Primarchs, but had never been close to them in the beginning, and their reaction was less than favourable to his claims. He attacked Rogal Dorn of the Imperial Fists before taking the Night Lords fleet to Nostramo. A few Imperial pursuit craft arrived just in time to see the Night Lords' laser batteries firing into the hole left by Night Haunter's arrival decades earlier. Nostramo's core overheated and the world exploded. 见到家园世界的不幸後，狩夜者试图寻求基因原体兄弟私下协助，但他们从未把他当真 正的兄弟对待，而且原体们对此的反应也不是狩夜者所求的。他攻击了帝国之拳的罗格 ‧多恩，并带着午夜主教舰队回到诺斯崔摩。一些追击而来的帝国船舰正好目睹午夜主 教朝着当年狩夜者降临时留下的大洞开火。诺斯崔摩的核心过热，於是整个星球爆炸殆 尽。 Night Haunter's terrible acts caused him to become susceptible to the whispers of Chaos. The campaigns of the Night Lords became less justifiable, terror campaigns leaving a trail of devastated worlds across the galaxy. Night Haunter no longer crusaded in the Emperor's name, instead fighting only in the name of death and fear. Eventually, the Emperor was forced to order the recall of Night Haunter to answer charges laid against him and his men. But before the Night Lords reached Terra a new crisis erupted... 狩夜者的恶行为他招来了混沌呓语。午夜主教的正义之战开始变质，惊恐可怕的战事在 群星之间只留下一连串彻底毁灭的世界。狩夜者不再以帝皇之名开战，转而服膺於死亡 与恐惧。最终帝皇不得不下令召回狩夜者，让他与旗下战士们面对指控与审判。但就在 午夜主教们抵达泰拉前，新的危机爆发了…… When the Horus Heresy broke out, Night Haunter was quick to swear his Legion to the forces of Warmaster Horus. The Legion sided with none of the Chaos Gods, instead using the forces of Chaos as tools to utilise in their terror campaigns. Slowly but surely, the Night Lords, now almost entirely comprised of murderers and criminals, began to carve a bloody path towards Terra.1 赫鲁斯叛变之际，狩夜者很快地向战帅赫鲁斯宣示忠诚。这支军团并不与任何一位混沌 诸神为伍，而是利用混沌之力做为他们散播恐怖战事的工具。缓慢但确实地，午夜主教 已经几乎全由杀人狂和罪犯组成，朝着泰拉杀出一条血路。 After the invasion of Terra, the Night Lords did not splinter and flee like the rest of the Traitor Legions. Instead, they continued to attack the Imperium, however, their tactics seemed to change, betraying a self-destructive desperation. The Emperor himself, wishing to disband the Night Lords forever, dispatched half the Callidus Temple of assassins to terminate the renegade Primarch.1 侵攻泰拉事件过後，午夜主教并不像其他叛变军团一样逃亡兽散。他们反而持续攻击帝 国，战术却似乎与过往不同，和先前那种自毁式的绝地狂热大相迳庭。帝皇决意要永远 解散午夜主教，派出了卡利都斯神殿辖下近半刺客，要将这名基因原体叛徒灭绝。 Night Haunter was eventually killed, assassinated by the Callidus M'Shen. It is believed she was allowed to infiltrate his palace on Tsagualsa, as she encountered no guards between herself and his throne room. Confronted with her, he simply said: 狩夜者最後被杀死，刺杀者为卡利都斯的穆薛。据信狩夜者刻意放她潜入嚓古欧沙星上 的宫殿，通往他皇座的房室路上连一个护卫都没指派。两方正面对质之时，他只说： "Your presence does not surprise me, Assassin. I have known of you ever since your craft entered the Eastern Fringes. Why did I not have you killed? Because your mission and the act you are about to commit proves the truth of all I have ever said or done. I merely punished those who had wronged, just as your false Emperor now seeks to punish me. Death is nothing compared to vindication." 「我并不讶异你出现在此，刺客。早在你的船舰进入东部星陲之时我便已知晓。为何我还 留你一命？因为你的使命和你所将行之事，皆再再证明了我所言或我所为之本质。我仅只 是向行恶者降下惩罚，正如你的伪帝如今对我降惩。与此明证相比，死亡无足轻重。」 The vid-log then shows M'Shen leaping forward, although the kill was never confirmed, as the video feed cuts out right before they fight. It is believed that Night Haunter allowed himself to be killed: he saw himself as a murderous and corrupt villain, the very thing he sought to destroy. Regardless, his final words are considered one of the great enigmas to the Imperium's history. 纪录只显示至穆薛向前跃起，影像在两方战斗前便嘎然而止，并无证实狩夜者是否确实被 杀。据信狩夜者是刻意让自己被杀：他将自己视为杀人无数的腐败恶徒，和他誓言粉碎的 罪恶并无分别。尽管如此，他的遗世之词仍是帝国记史以来最费解的难题。 It is implied in the novel Lord of the Night that Curze had a dual personality. 'He knew that he was two men. One was... just and righteous' - the daemon spat the words, disgusted - 'whilst the other... mm... the other had felt the kiss of Chaos all its life. One thrived on focus. The other ate fear. 在小说午夜君临中暗示到寇佌有双重人格。「他一直都知道自己是两个人。其一……公正 不阿」那恶魔轻蔑地说着这些字眼──「另一个则…嗯……另一个终其一生都感受到混沌 的青睐。其一以贯彻使命而茁壮。另一个则食恐惧而生。」 ============= 感想1. 好难翻.... 原文留着 方便高手指正 感谢qq 感想2. 是谁在帝皇的漫画柜里放了一套蝙蝠侠？ 感想3. 查了之後才发现满满的知名作家康拉德的梗...连母星的名字也是 感想4. 看到双重人格那段一整个心酸 -- 「所有的点点滴滴，终将随着时光逝去… 一如泪水，於雨中消散…」 《银翼杀手》 --

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