Lexicon
词释
Anarch: Rebel Kindred who reject the authority of the elders.
叛乱者:拒绝长老们统治的血族乱党。
Antediluvians: One of the thirteen third-generation Kindred; Grandchilder of Caine. Each founded a Clan.
上古耆宿:十三位第三代血族;该隐的子孙。每一位上古耆宿都创立了一个氏族。
Archons: Powerful Camarilla warriors charged with enforcing the Masquerade and the Traditions.
辅政官:强大的秘盟战士,肩负着执行避世策略和秘盟诫律的任务。
The Beast:The hateful drives that push a vampire to become a monster. The push to Frenzy.
心兽:使吸血鬼变成怪物的可憎的欲望。也是引发狂怒的原因。
Blood Bond(Blood Oath): A mystical rite binding the will of one Kindred to another.
血缚(血誓):将一个血族的意志和另一个血族束缚在一起的神秘仪式。
Camarilla: Global Conclave of seven Clans and free Kindred. Created to enforce the Masquerade.
秘盟:由七个氏族和自由吸血鬼所组成的全球性秘密团体。秘盟缔造并推行避世政策。
Caine: The first child of Adam and Eve. Thought to be the first vampire.
该隐:亚当和夏娃的长子,被视为第一个吸血鬼。
Cainite: A vampire, usually of great age.
该隐子嗣:吸血鬼,通常用来指称那些年纪很老的血族。
Caitiff: Clanless Kindred.
杂种:没有氏族归属的血族。
Clan: A group of vampires descended from a particular Antediluvian.
氏族:由某个上古耆宿的血脉所形成的吸血鬼团体。
Elder: Old vampire, more than 300 years old. Note that some anarchs from the original anarch revolt are now Elders.
长老:超过三百年以上的老吸血鬼。值得注意的是,某些最初叛乱起义时冒头的叛乱者,现在已经成了长老。
Embrace: The bite. The process of making a human into a vampire.
拥吮:啮咬。将人转变为吸血鬼的过程。
Frenzy: The state of berserk bloodlust. The Beast unleashed.
狂怒:血族陷入疯狂嗜血的状态。狂怒状态中,心兽被完全释放。
Gehenna: Kindred Armageddon, when the Antediluvians awaken to consume their young.
火焚末日:吸血鬼传说中的世界末日,那一日上古耆宿们将醒来并毁灭他们的子裔。
Golconda: Kindred salvation, in which the vampire is freed of bloodlust and the urges of the Beast.
朝圣之道:血族的救赎之道,通过此道吸血鬼将能免于嗜血的欲望和心兽的冲动。
Inquisition: The war humans waged on vampires in the thirteenth, fourteenth, and fifteenth century.
宗教审判:十三至十五世纪时发生的,人类对吸血鬼的战争。
Justicars: Camarilla enforcers.
巡行裁决官:秘盟的执法者。
Jyhad: The games the Antediluvians play. The Jyhad finds expression in the Anarch War, oppression of neonates by the elders, and the Sabbat-Camarilla War.
千年圣战:上古耆宿所操纵的斗争。通过大叛乱,长老们镇压雏儿,以及魔宴秘盟之争正是圣战的体现。
Kindred: Vampires.
血族:吸血鬼。
Kine: Mortals.
家畜:凡人。
Masquerade: The effort to hide Kindred from the world of mortals.
避世:血族在凡人社会中隐藏自我的行为。
Neonate(Childe. Childer. Neonate. Fledgling): Young vampire, recently Embraced.
雏儿(子嗣、子裔、雏儿、初生者):刚接受拥吮的年轻吸血鬼。
Prince: The vampiric ruler of a city.
亲王:一座城市的吸血鬼统治者。
Sabbat: Global organization of two clans and free Kindred that grew out of the Anarch Rebellion.
魔宴:全球性的血族组织,由两大氏族和“叛党之乱”中成长起来的自由血族组成。
Sire: Parent and creator of a vampire. Used for both men and women.
尊长:吸血鬼的血亲与创造者。男女通称。