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The Last Guardian

最后的守护者

The Guardian Aegwynn grew powerful over the years and used the Tirisfal energies to greatly extend her life.

Guardian: 守护者 grow: 增大 powerful: 强大的 Tirisfal: 提瑞斯法 energy: 能量 greatly: 极大的 extend: 延长

时光一年年地飞逝，守护者艾格文变得越来越强大，她运用提瑞斯法的能量大大延长了自己的寿命。

Foolishly believing that she had defeated Sargeras for good, she continued to safeguard the world from the demon king's minions for nearly nine hundred years.

foolishly: 愚蠢地 defeat: 击败 safeguard: 保卫 demon: 恶魔 minion: 部下

她错误地认为自己已经消灭了萨格拉斯，并在接下来的九百年中继续为保护这个世界而与恶魔之王的爪牙斗争。

However, the Council of Tirisfal finally decreed that her stewardship had come to an end.

council: 议会 decree: 判定 stewardship: 工作

但是，提瑞斯法会最终决定终结她的守护者职责。

The Council ordered Aegwynn to return to Dalaran so that they could choose a new successor for the Guardian power.

order: 命令 Dalaran: 达拉然 successor: 继承人

议会命令艾格文回到达拉然，以便让他们选择新的守护者。

Yet Aegwynn, ever distrustful of the Council, decided to choose a successor on her own.

distrustful: 信任的 council: 议会 decide: 决定 on her own: 独自地

然而艾格文并不信任议会，她决定自己选择接班人。

The proud Aegwynn planned to give birth to a son whom she would divest her power to.

proud: 骄傲的 planned: 计划 divest: 出让

骄傲的艾格文计划生一个孩子来继承她的力量。

She had no intention of allowing the Order of Tirisfal to manipulate her successor as they had tried to manipulate her.

intention: 意图 allowing: 允许 manipulate: 操纵 successor: 继承人

她决不容许提瑞斯法会像操纵她一样操纵自己的继承人。

Traveling to the southern nation of Azeroth, Aegwynn found the perfect man to father her son: a skilled human magician known as Nielas Aran.

nation: 国家 skilled: 熟练的 magician: 魔法师 Nielas Aran: 聂拉斯·埃兰

于是她来到南方的艾泽拉斯，在那里，她找到了一个最佳人选：人类魔法师聂拉斯·埃兰。

Aran was the court conjuror and advisor for Azeroth's king. Aegwynn seduced the magician and conceived a son by him.

court: 宫廷 conjuror: 魔法师 advisor: 顾问 seduce: 引诱 conceive: 怀孕

埃兰曾经是艾泽拉斯国王的宫廷魔法师和国王的顾问，艾格文引诱了这位魔法师并怀上了他的孩子。

Nielas' natural affinity for magic would run deep within the unborn child and define the tragic steps the child would later take.

affinity: 亲和 magic: 魔法 run deep: 深入 unborn: 未出生的 child: 孩子 define: 确定 tragic: 悲剧的

聂拉斯与生俱来的魔法天赋深深印入还未出生的孩子体内，并决定了这个孩子以后将要走的悲剧之路。

The power of Tirisfal was also implanted in the child, yet it wasn't to awaken until he reached physical maturity.

implant: 注入 awaken: 觉醒 reach: 到达 physical: 身体的 maturity: 成熟

提瑞斯法的强大力量同样进入了这个孩子体内，但只有当他的身体成熟之后，这种力量才会觉醒。

Time passed, and Aegwynn gave birth to her son in a secluded grove.

time passed: 时光逝去 secluded: 隐蔽的 grove: 树林

时光飞逝，艾格文在一处与世隔绝的森林里生下了她的儿子。

Naming the boy Medivh, which means "keeper of secrets" in the high elven tongue, Aegwynn believed that the boy would mature to become the next Guardian.

Medivh: 麦迪文 keeper: 看守人 secret: 秘密 high elven: 高等精灵 tongue: 语言 mature: 长成 Guardian: 守护者

他被取名为麦迪文，在高等精灵的语言中，这个词的意思是“保守秘密的人”。艾格文相信她的儿子将成长为下一个守护者。

Unfortunately the malignant spirit of Sargeras, which had been hiding inside her, had possessed the defenseless child while it was still in her womb.

unfortunately: 不幸地 malignant: 邪恶的 spirit: 灵魂 hiding: 隐藏 possess: 占有 defenseless: 无防备的 womb: 子宫

然而不幸的是，萨格拉斯恶毒的灵魂隐藏在她的体内，并且早在她怀孕的时候就占据了她的孩子的躯体。

Aegwynn had no idea that the world's newest Guardian was already possessed by its greatest nemesis.

possess: 占据 nemesis: 复仇者

艾格文根本没有想到，刚刚来到这个世界的新的守护者已经被他最大的敌人占据了。

Certain that her baby was healthy and sound, Aegwynn delivered young Medivh to the court of Azeroth and left him there to be raised by his mortal father and his people.

certain: 确定的 healthy: 健康的 sound: 强壮的 deliver: 交付 court: 宫廷 raise: 饲养 mortal: 凡人

在确认了麦迪文正在健康活泼地成长之后，艾格文将幼小的孩子送到艾泽拉斯的宫廷中，让他的人类父亲和其他人抚养他长大。

She then wandered into the wilderness and prepared to pass into whatever afterlife awaited her.

wander: 游荡 wilderness: 荒野 prepare: 准备 afterlife: 余生

她自己则漫游在荒野中，准备了却余生。

Medivh grew to become a strong boy and had no idea of the potential power of his Tirisfalin birthright.

grow: 成长 potential: 潜力 birthright: 天生的

麦迪文健康地成长为一个强壮的孩子，但他完全没有意识到他体内拥有多么强大的力量。

Sargeras bided his time until the youth's power manifested itself.

bide: 忍耐 manifest: 出现

萨格拉斯等待着时机，等待着这个年轻人体内的力量自动显现出来。

By the time Medivh had reached his teenage years, he had become very popular in Azeroth for his magical prowess and often went off on adventures with his two friends:

by the time: 到…的时候 teenage: 青少年的 popular: 受欢迎的 magical: 魔法的 adventure: 冒险

当麦迪文成长到了少年时期，他高超的魔法技巧让他在艾泽拉斯很受欢迎。同时，他也经常和他的两个朋友一起去探险，

Llane, the prince of Azeroth, and Anduin Lothar, one of the last descendents of the Arathi bloodline.

prince: 王子 descendent: 子孙 bloodline: 血统

这两个朋友一个是艾泽拉斯的莱恩王子，另一个是阿拉希血统的唯一传人，安杜因·洛萨。

The three boys constantly caused mischief around the kingdom, but they were well liked by the general citizenry.

constantly: 经常地 mischief: 恶作剧 general: 全体的 citizenry: 市民

虽然这三个小孩子经常在王国内搞恶作剧，但平民百姓都非常喜欢他们。

When Medivh reached the age of fourteen, the cosmic power inside him awakened and clashed with the pervasive spirit of Sargeras that lurked within his soul.

reach: 到达 cosmic: 超群的 inside: 内部 awaken: 觉醒 clash: 冲突 pervasive: 蔓延的 spirit: 灵魂 lurk: 潜藏 soul: 灵魂

当麦迪文到了14岁时，他体内强大的力量觉醒了，这股力量和潜藏于他灵魂中的萨格拉斯的灵魂发生了激烈的冲突。

Medivh fell into a catatonic state which lasted for many years.

fall into: 陷入 catatonic: 紧张的 state: 情况 last: 持续

麦迪文因此陷入了长达数年的昏睡。

When he awakened from his coma, he found that he had grown to adulthood, and his friends Llane and Anduin had become the regents of Azeroth.

awaken: 醒来 coma: 昏迷 adulthood: 成年 regent: 摄政王

当他从昏迷中醒来的时候，他发现自己已经长大成人，而他的朋友莱恩和安杜因也已经成为了艾泽拉斯的摄政王。

Though he wished to use his incredible newfound powers to protect the land he called home, the dark spirit of Sargeras twisted his thoughts and emotions towards an insidious end.