《魔兽争霸》故事背景
A Brief Timeline of the WarCraft Universe
From the Past and into the Present...
魔兽世界简史
从古至今...
10,000: The Night Elves awaken in the world and found a great society in the heart of Kalimdor. They tinker with primitive magic and inadvertently set it loose throughout the world of Azeroth.
The demonic Burning Legion, lured by the resultant energies, launches a massive invasion in order to drain the world of its innate magic. The Night Elves, unable to defeat the raging Demons, and are forced to ally themselves with the ancient Dragons in order to banish the Legion from the world. The ensuing conflict is so apocalyptic, that the greater land- mass of Kalimdor is broken apart and smashed beneath the sea.
The Night Elves vow to never use magic again, for fear that the Legion would return.
10,000: 夜精灵在这世上觉醒了,并在Kalimdor的心脏地带创建了宏伟的社会。他们恣意大搞原始魔法而不慎将它解放到了整个亚玆罗斯(Azeroth)的世界。
恶魔的炽炎军团(Burning Legion)被这些合成的能量所诱惑而来,为了吸取这世界固有的魔法,发动了浩大的入侵。夜精灵无法击败这些凶猛的恶魔,为了把炽炎军团逐出这个世界,被迫与古代龙类结盟。这场自保战斗深具毁灭性,Kalimdor的大部分都受到巨大的冲击而沈入海底。
夜精灵唯恐炽炎军团还会回来,便发誓再也不使用魔法。
6,000: Unwilling to give up its precious magics, a small band of Night Elves is exiled from Kalimdor. Travelling to the newly formed eastern lands, they found the kingdom of Quel'Thalas and begin to refer to themselves as High Elves. The High Elves are continually besieged by the native Troll warbands.
6,000: 一小群夜精灵不愿意放弃珍贵的魔法,从Kalimdor被流放了。旅行到新成形的东方大陆,他们建立了基尔撒拉斯王国(kingdom of Quel'Thalas)并开始自称为高等精灵(High Elves)。高等精灵持续地被原生的洞穴巨人的战团四面围攻。
2,900: The Human Empire of Arathor is founded in Lordaeron.
2,900: 人类的Arathor帝国在罗帝伦(Lordaeron)建立了。
2,700: The High Elves, on the verge of losing their continuing war against the Trolls, seek the aid of the Humans of Arathor. In exchange for their help against the Trolls, the High Elves agree to teach men in the ways of magic. The combined army of Elves and Humans succeeds in wiping out the majority of Trolls in Lordaeron.
2,700: 高等精灵对洞穴巨人的持续战争到了失败的边缘,他们寻求Arathor人类的协助。高等精灵同意教导人类魔法之道,以换取人类帮助他们对抗洞穴巨人。精灵和人类的组合军成功地使罗帝伦的大部分洞穴巨人全军覆没。
2,600: Due to the Humans' reckless use of magic, agents of the Burning Legion find their way back into the world. The Order of Tirisfal is founded. The powerful Guardians of Tirisfal are charged with fighting a secret war against the agents of the Legion, unbeknownst to the general populace.
2,600: 由于人类鲁莽地使用魔法,炽炎军团的代理人找到了他们回来这个世界的方法。Tirisfal的命令被建立了。威力强大的Tirisfal守护者受命与炽炎军团的代理人进行秘密的战争,不为一般大众所知。
1,200: Due to internal struggles and the pressures of over-expansion, the Human Empire of Arathor fragments into seven autonomous nations.