SNAKES OF AVALON

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游戏中那本书上讲的故事，隐寓还没有参透。
; N/ g6 @9 K0 O/ v6 H" ^' w$ eEveryone knows that Avalon is a mystical island where the greatest knights and kings come to recover from wounds and rest after their heroic toils.
6 v+ t; G: D( l! a9 H4 P, PBut the faires that did run the place for millennia after many centuries of careless spending lost the last bits of their money on gambling.
Thus Avalon was bought out by The Snakes.
; w" t9 O8 z, C. x, |The Snakes who are the nastiest, foulest creatures in the universe.
! n- A1 a3 n4 |8 ySome say they are closely related to dragons, others say that they are much much worse even.
Whatever they are, The Snakes had revolutionary plans for Avalon.
) d6 _% S- J7 I4 DThe Snakes feed upon human emotions and thoughts.
3 j6 f/ k# P* J9 n2 K5 RSo what they did with Avalon was making sure that people will want to stay there Forever!
3 @- V- i' [3 ]/ o. u) QHaving this goal in mind they slowly turned Avalon's famous refreshing and nourishing activities into addictive, brainwashing slumber.
. P. w* y9 T8 @# b- W5 t& U8 _" ?The Snakes carefully manipulated their guests' minds until their wills were overridden by dreadful, impotent apathy.
And with its power they broke even the most heroic of knights killing all their desires of action and adventure.
  u% {+ @) ?# n# HThe King of The Snakes----the biggest bastard of them all had a particular interest in a knight called Sir-...

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# i  }5 `4 C" D/ l6 M"Why am I even wasting my breath on you!?", spat out the spider and turned his back on him.
  E6 p) y$ w; J+ O% m"Is it possible it was all only a fool's errand?!", exclaimed the knight, not really in response to the spider's words, but to himself.
- H: T" w' v& GThen he sighed, "But at leat I don't  have to hurry to stop anything anymore", and saying that he groped The Fake Grail affectionately.
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以下内容来自古墓丽影中文站百科词条：传说中的阿瓦隆
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1 i4 n* m8 P0 U6 Y5 \阿瓦隆（Avalon）是亚瑟王传说中的精灵国度。亚瑟在与莫德雷德的激战中死亡（一说重伤），一艘船将他带到了阿瓦隆岛。在一些作者的笔下，亚瑟只是在那个岛长眠，总有一天他会回到英国重登王位。但另一些作者则没那么乐观，他们认为亚瑟确实是死了。
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亚瑟即将前往阿瓦隆
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, [% z9 i" v; I. M& |* Z( X3 x阿瓦隆的名字很可能是来自凯尔特语 abal，意思是“苹果”（apple）。在不列颠传说中，该岛以漂亮的苹果而闻名。还有人认为它是凯尔特语“Annwyn” 的英语化，Annwyn 意指仙女之地或冥间。在亚瑟王传说中，阿瓦隆四周为沼泽和迷雾所笼罩，只能通过小船抵达。岛上由精灵守护，没有时间和岁月，一切都不会老去。
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5 F3 N9 u4 ~# D1 p+ e阿瓦隆也是传闻中耶稣随利马太的约瑟来到英国时所到之岛。在那里建立了英国第一个教堂。在这个传说中，人们认为，阿瓦隆就是今天位于英格兰西南的格拉斯顿堡（Glastonbury）。在凯尔特语中，Glastonbury 又被称为“Ynis Witrin”，意即玻璃岛（The Isle of Glass）。一种有趣的解释是，古代的玻璃镜乃青铜打磨而成，而格拉斯顿堡青葱一碧，颜色具象，故有此名。
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. }! D  j( K% d" Y  }另一个可能的地点是圣米歇尔山（Mont St. Michel）。这个传闻中亚瑟与巨人激战的地方建立在沙丘之上。据说利马太的约瑟曾在那里经营马口铁生意。约瑟后来将圣杯带到英国，在萨默塞特（Somerset）的格拉斯顿堡（Glastonbury）建立了第一个教会。据说他也曾带着他的侄子耶稣前往过英国。而圣经上关于耶稣成圣之前的经历保持沉默。


圣米歇尔山建在海中，在低潮时期，才可步行到达。
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