[翻译]灰色废墟 THE GRAY WASTE
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灰色废墟 THE GRAY WASTE
（中立邪恶）
THE GRAY WASTE
(Neutral Evil)
Oinos, Niflheim, 和Pluton －－这就是人们听说的最多的关于灰色废墟之“三重抑郁”。这片大陆只有邪恶盛行，它们毫不关心在这里自己是否是孤身一人还是集体行动。这里是血腥战争的主要战场，被某些主位面佬称为地狱的地方，但任何一个到过那里的家伙都会知道：“灰色废墟”这个名字说明了一切问题。
Oinos, Niflheim, and Pluton - these are the fabled "three glooms" of the Gray Waste that a cutter hears so much about. This land is evil solely, and them that's here don't care if they're in it alone or together. This is the great battlefield of the Blood War, called Hades by some primes, but anyone who's ever been here knows why "the Gray Waste" says it all.
三重抑郁说明了一切，可真是一个贴切的名字－－呆滞灰暗的世界。土地是灰色的，天空是灰色的，甚至在这里的灵魂也是灰色的。这里什么缤纷色彩都没有；当一个亡灵刚刚踏上这片大陆时，它身上的一切都会立即变为白、黑或是灰色。这里没有太阳，没有月亮，没有星辰－－只有灰色。
The three glooms are just that, or so the chant goes - dull gray lands. The earth is gray, the sky is gray, even the petitioners here are gray. There's no color here; as soon as a sod steps onto the plane, everything he's got turns white, black, or gray. There's no sun, no moon, no stars - just gray.
抑郁的色彩会完完全全的控制位于这里的亡灵的心境。它们象白痴一样不会有任何感觉和情绪。它们不会笑，不会哭，也对任何事情漠不关心。它们的绝望、生命力和希望都被完全抽离了。它们可以成为高明的说谎家，因为任何人都不能从它的脸上觉察出一丝情绪的变化，但在大部分时候它们不会被打搅（but they're too lost to bother with even that most of the time）。一个旅行者如果在这里待得够久的话，绝望最终也会控制住他，将其可怜的生命吸干。看看那个呆瓜死气沉沉的眼神就会明白，这不过又是一个灰色废墟里的抑郁的可怜虫而已。
The grayness reaches right into the hearts of the petitioners. They're a barmy folk without any feeling or emotion. They.don't laugh, don't cry, and don't care. All they do is despair, their life and hope sucked right out of them. They make great liars, because a basher can never see a whit of emotion in their faces, but they're too lost to bother with even that most of the time. That despair eventually reaches into the heart of travelers who stay too long, sucking a little life from them, too. See a berk with a dead-looking stare and he's a gloom-bug of the Gray Waste, for sure.
* OINOS. 在这个被一个称为ultroloth王子统治的层面里，到处是矮小的树木、可怖的恶魔和致命的疾病。他的住所是一座巨大的塔状要塞“Khin-Oin”。从远处望去这座塔就象是被剥了皮的脊柱骨，高耸的刺入天空。再近一些，你会发现它是由低一些的塔重叠而成。据说，它有20英里高，在地面以下则还有相同长度的地下城，但这不过是那些白痴的夸大其词罢了。这塔是如此必要，以便恶魔王子及早发现其领地被他的对手－冥河船夫（yugoloth）所功击。它们仅有的一次联合是一起来反对它们共同的入侵者：巴托恶魔和塔那里恶魔。这些家伙把这里当做战场，继续它们永无止尽的血腥战争。
* OINOS. This is a layer of stunted trees, roving fiends, and virulent disease, ruled by an ultroloth prince. His citadel is the great fortress Khin-Oin, the Wasting Tower. From a distance it looks like the spinal cord of some flayed beast, soaring into the air. Closer up, it takes on the form of a great tower encased by lesser towers. It's said to stand 20 miles high and have dungeons beneath it as deep, but this is some barmy's exaggeration. The tower is a necessity, for the prince of this domain constantly finds himself under attack by his rival yugoloths. The only time they unite is when threatened with another invasion of tanar'ri or baatezu troops, who use this layer as the battleground for much of their endless Blood War.
* NIFLHEIM.第二层和前一层比起来，要更有生气一些。尽管那些树木－主要是松树－更茂盛点，但依旧还是除了灰色就没有其它色彩了。厚重的雾气笼罩着远方灰白、灰黑色的交界处。这是Hel（就是挪威众神中掌管死亡及冥府的女神……）的国度。她的宫殿是座木制的大厅。那里，致命的毒药从天花板上滴下来，地上则盘踞着毒蛇。树木的国度（World Ash）－Yggdrasil的根处于这一层。在根的旁边栖息着一只巨大的无翼龙（wingless dragon）－－Nidhogg, 永恒的侵蚀着根，最终将会杀死那些树木。Nidhogg也许会被杀死，但她的地盘会被她的孩子所占据，那还不是一样？
* NIFLHEIM. The second layer is more alive than the first, being free of the wasting disease that holds the land. Though the trees - mostly pines - are more abundant, they sport no color but gray. Thick mists hang among the trunks, gray-white on the gray-black background. This is the realm of Hel, from the Norse pantheon. Her palace is a great hall of wood. Deadly poisons drip from the ceiling, and the floor writhes with serpents. Reaching into this layer is a root of Yggdrasil, the World Ash. Curled around this root is a great wingless dragon Nidhogg, who forever gnaws at the root and will ultimately kill the tree. Nidhogg could be slain, but her place would be taken by one of her children, so what's the point?
* PLUTON. 灰色废墟的第三层通过隧道与上层位面－天堂山相连。这一层有着柳树、橄榄树和白杨树，全部是黑色的，由于缺少照料而逐渐枯萎。这里是冥府，死亡之神Hades的王国。他居住的灰色大理石神殿被厚重的城墙所保护。冥府的青铜所制的大门，除了最伟大的英雄之外，没人能打开。在三头狗Cerberus（相信很多人在哈里波特里见过这只狗狗……）看守的入口后面，就是冥府的领域。被囚禁在这里的大多是堕落的暴君和愚蠢的“英雄”们。
* PLUTON. The third layer of the Gray Waste is connected to the Upper Planes by the tunnels of Mount Olympus. This layer holds willows, olives, and poplars, all black and slowly dying for want of care. This is the realm of Hades, Lord of the Dead. He lives within a palace of gray marble, protected by strong walls. The gates to his realm are beaten bronze, impossible for all but the greatest heroes to open. Just beyond is Cerberus, the three-headed dog who guards the entrance to Hades' domain. Imprisoned here are many fallen tyrants and vain heroes.
特殊物理环境
这个位面里的绝望不仅仅是象征意义那么简单，它能实实在在的从物理上改变来访者。每周，旅行者必须成功通过法术豁免判定，否则就会被灰色废墟吞噬，再也不能聚积起离开这里的希望。一旦豁免失败，他的身体就会在1d6个月里变为larva。绝望的旅行者只能被通过豁免判定的同伴所挽救。
Special Physical Conditions.
The despair of this plane is more than symbolic. It physically settles over all who come here. Each week, travelers must successfully save vs. spell or be trapped on the Gray Waste, unable to muster the desire to leave. Once trapped, a body becomes a larva in 1d6 months. Despairing travelers must be rescued by others if they are to be saved.
特殊魔法环境
因为所有的颜色在该位面都会被吸收掉，基于颜色的魔法（例如反射之球prismatic sphere）在这里是无效的。在该位面强烈的绝望情绪的影响下，其它控制情绪的魔法不会发挥什么效果。
Special Magic Conditions.
Since all color is drained on this plane, color-based magic (prismatic sphere, for example) is ineffective here. Neither can the intense despair of this plane be overcome by magical means such as emotion spells.
当地居民
Diakk, hordling, larva, night hag和冥河船夫（yugoloth）都居住在灰色废墟。巴托恶魔，塔那里恶魔和尤哥罗斯恶魔也出现在这儿，常常领导着大军攻打它们在血腥战争中的对手。Morgion（来自龙枪传奇）和Cyric，Mash和Shar（来自也被遗忘的国度设定）据悉也居住在这个位面。
Native Inhabitants. Diakk, hordling, larva, night hag, and yugoloth all live in the Gray Waste. Baatezu, tanar'ri, and gehreleth can also be found on this plane, often leading armies against each other in another assault of the Blood War. Morgion (of the DRAGONLANCE saga) and Cyric, Mask, and Shar (of the FORGOTTEN REALMS setting) are also known to occupy this plane.
