Vashj'ir: Surviving the Depths 瓦斯尔：深海底的存在

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Once a great Highborne city housing some of the most revered night elves of Kalimdor, Vashj'ir was swallowed by the Great Sea in the Sundering and thought to be lost forever. Queen Azshara, formerly a beloved leader of the Highborne, escaped death in the depths of the sea when the Well of Eternity imploded. Such salvation came at a great cost, as the queen and many of her fellow Highborne were forever transformed into the monstrous naga, doomed to wander the seas for thousands of years. Their existence mostly remains a mystery to the peoples of modern Azeroth, though the Earthen Ring has learned of Azshara's naga seizing Vashj'ir for an unknown purpose as the cries of the elements echo across Azeroth from the Abyss.

瓦斯尔，一个曾经伟大的上层精灵城市，是卡利姆多许多备受尊敬的暗夜精灵的居所。它在大爆炸中被无尽之海吞噬，人们认为它已经永远地失落了。艾萨拉女王曾经是上层精灵的一位声望极高的领袖；她在永恒之井爆炸的时候逃到了极深的海底深处。这样的自救代价实在是太大了……女王和追随她的上层精灵们被永远地变成了畸形的娜迦，注定了他们在海洋中茫然游荡数千年的宿命。对于现在艾泽拉斯的居民来说，他们的存在大多数时候都是一个谜，然而陶土议会却得知艾萨拉的娜迦们出于某种原因占据了瓦斯尔；来自深渊下的元素们的哭喊声在整个艾泽拉斯回荡。






The Sunken City

沉没的城市


Vashj'ir is a level 78-82 zone in World of Warcraft: Cataclysm where players will be called to explore the depths of the Great Sea and stop the naga from seizing immeasurable power from the realm of Neptulon the Tidehunter. This expansive underwater zone will feature an unprecedented fight for survival against the naga overwhelming the area, several new quest hubs -- including Alliance and Horde naval ships and submarines -- all-new underwater travel and combat mechanics, several pocketed undersea caves free from water's grip, two new five-player dungeons (Throne of the Tides and Abyssal Maw), and the first-ever opportunity to explore the remains of the once-majestic city of Vashj'ir!

在魔兽世界：大灾变中，瓦斯尔是一个等级78-82的区域；玩家们被召唤而来，探索无尽之海的深处，阻止娜迦们利用猎潮者耐普图隆领域里无穷无尽能量的企图。这片浩淼的水下区域将有一场与控制这片区域的娜迦们展开的空前绝后的生存之战、几个新的任务集散地——包括联盟和部落的军舰与潜艇——全新的水下旅行与战斗机制，几个完全不受海水影响的隐藏的海底洞穴，两个新的五人副本（潮汐王座与无底深渊），以及前所未有的探索曾经恢弘繁华的瓦斯尔的遗迹的机会！






Bottled Distress Message Found Adrift at Sea

漂流瓶里的求救信息


Need your help. Time is short. I'm held captive in what I hope to be a nightmare.
我们需要你的帮助。时间紧迫。我被俘虏了——多希望这是一场噩梦啊。

Enjoying the ocean air just days ago. We were determined to control key trade routes through victory at sea over the Horde. Their fleet came into our scopes. Our world became the deafening sound of battle, the smell of gunpowder, and the feeling of fear. Looking back now, though, that wasn't real fear.

几天以前，我们还在享受海洋上的新鲜空气。我们最终下定决心，要通过胜利从部落手里夺取那些至关重要的贸易航线。他们的舰队进入了我们的视野。我们的世界被震耳欲聋的战斗声音、火药的气息和恐惧的感觉充斥着。然而，现在回头看来，那恐惧根本就不算什么。

We weren't alone in those waters. Our naval warfare attracted attention and rendered us prey. With our vessel already torn apart and taking on water, we saw a tremendous creature rise from the depths and shatter the hull, sucking us down to the sea floor. It all happened so fast. I was quick to tread the waters, hoping to regroup with any survivors I could find through a dense garden of kelp, constantly gasping for a chance breath. That's when the onslaught began. From all directions swarms of brutal naga swept through and captured a great many of us. Beaten near to death, I awoke in agony, bound in chains.

我们并不是那片海域上仅有的生物。我们的海战吸引了它们的注意力，把我们都变成了牺牲品。就在我们的血管就像要被扯成碎片一样，纷纷失去了继续作战的能力时，我们看见一个庞大的生物从海底浮起，将我们的船只扯得粉碎，把我们统统卷入了海底。这一切都发生得太快了。我迅速游过整片海域，期冀着将我在浓密的海藻森林中所有能找到的幸存者重新组织起来，甚至都没有时间喘一口气。就在这时突袭开始了。野蛮的娜迦从各个方向蜂拥而至，抓住了我们中间的许多人。我被打了个半死；之后我在痛苦中醒来，却发现自己被链条锁了起来。

And here I still sit. I can only describe our prison as very big and somehow very much alive. We're in the hands of the naga now. Surviving crewmates in better condition than me are driven into slave labor.

现在我仍旧坐在这里。我唯一能够描述出来的就是我们被囚禁的地方非常大，或者，某种意义上说来……是活的。我们落在娜迦的手里了。身体状况比我好的幸存船员都被迫进行奴隶劳动。

One escaped. Thomas. He didn't make it far before I saw him dragged back. Before being forced into labor, he spoke in a panic about some large shell protecting this living prison, expansive night elf ruins in the distance, strange naga rituals underway, and sea vrykul battling our captors. He made little sense. Could be mad. Or I could be mad to hope vrykul are fighting to free us.

有一个人跑掉了。托马斯。他没能跑得太远，我看见他被拽了回来。在被强迫劳动之前，他在恐慌中谈起一些保护这个活着的监狱的巨大的外壳，远处广阔的暗夜精灵废墟，各种奇怪的娜迦仪式，还有与绑架者作战的海洋维库人（Sea vrykul）。他说的完全没有意义，肯定是疯了。要么就是我疯了，竟然指望着维库人是来救我们的。

Prison patrols out again. Send word to Stormwind. Sunken city far from extinct. Naga plotting something horrific. Please help.

监狱巡逻队再一次出现了。把这些话带给暴风城。沉没的城市并不仅仅是存在而已。娜迦们在策划一些极其可怕的东西。请帮帮我们。