In his treatise “On theNature of the Spirit World”, thegreat scholar Sar-Aggrethmade a tentative classificationof Spirits. He noticed thatgreater Spirits often took theform of majestic birds. It istherefore no surprise that when Wizards of HouseAnima tried to materialize the most powerful energies ofthe Plane of Magic, the resulting beings looked likemajestic eagles of pure mana.

　　在偉大學(xué)者薩-艾格瑞斯的論文《論靈界的本質(zhì)》中，他嘗試對(duì)靈體進(jìn)行了分類(lèi)。他注意到，高階靈體經(jīng)常以高貴的鳥(niǎo)類(lèi)形象出現(xiàn)。因此，當(dāng)靈諭學(xué)派的法師試圖具象化靈界最強(qiáng)大能量時(shí)，其結(jié)果獲得了一種由純粹法術(shù)力構(gòu)成的高傲雄鷹就是一件不令人驚訝的事情了。

　　Long believed to be a merelegend among the students ofthe arcane, the Simurgh waseventually discovered in thesurreal landscape of the Planeof Magic. It took a long time(and many disastrous failures)before the Wizards were able to understand the natureof this powerful being and bend it to their wills.

　　曾在很長(zhǎng)一段時(shí)間里，希摩鷹僅僅被魔法學(xué)徒們視為一種傳說(shuō)，直到后來(lái)才于魔法位面的超然景致間被發(fā)現(xiàn)。法師們花費(fèi)了很長(zhǎng)時(shí)間（以及許多災(zāi)難性的失?。?，最終才能夠理解這個(gè)強(qiáng)大生物的本質(zhì)，并讓其屈服于法師的意志。

　　Arcane Eagles were originally meant to be a meretool for ambitious Wizards, a display of their demiurgicambitions and their ability to turn raw arcane energyinto a living creature. Well, they certainly succeeded atthat! Arcane Eagles started to reproduce somehow andwild specimens can now be encountered in the SpiritWorld. Life always finds a way...

　　奧術(shù)鷹最初只是野心勃勃的法師們的一個(gè)工具。用來(lái)炫耀他們與神爭(zhēng)鋒的野心和將源力幻化為活物的技藝。他們確實(shí)也達(dá)到了這種高度！接著奧術(shù)鷹就開(kāi)始繁衍下去，甚至在靈界也能見(jiàn)到它們的身影。生命不止，頑強(qiáng)不息……

　　Legends are full of powerful birds: the Phoenix, theRokh, the Huma... Like them, the Simurgh of the oldmyths was initially believed to be a unique being, theKing of the Plane of Magic. We now know there areactually many Simurghs, as they are in fact the ultimatestate of existence an Arcane Eagle can achieve.

　　你可以在傳說(shuō)中發(fā)現(xiàn)各種神鳥(niǎo)的蹤影：鳳凰，大鵬，靈鷲……在那古老的神話中，希摩鷹一開(kāi)始也被當(dāng)做獨(dú)一無(wú)二的神鳥(niǎo)，魔法位面的王者。現(xiàn)在人們知道實(shí)際上希摩鷹的數(shù)量龐大，它們還是奧術(shù)鷹進(jìn)化的最終形態(tài)。

　　The Arcane Eagle is such a concentrated source of magic that anything close to it issaturated with magic, suffering from magical negative effects permanently.

　　奧術(shù)鷹是一個(gè)濃縮法力源，任何靠近它的東西都被法力所滲透，受到永久的負(fù)面法術(shù)效果。

　　Simurghs are the ultimate magical tool for a Wizard, they serve as amplifier for theirspells, making their master even more powerful spellcasters than they are by themselves.

　　希摩鷹是對(duì)于法師來(lái)說(shuō)是終極的魔法工具，可以被用作法術(shù)的增幅器，使其主人成為遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)超越自身能力的強(qiáng)大施法者。