In the Age of Ancients,
在远古时代，

the world was unformed, shrouded by fog.
世界还未分化，一切都笼罩在大雾之中。

A land of grey crags, archtrees, and everlasting dragons.
四处都是灰色的岩石，高耸的大树，与不朽的古龙。

But then there was Fire.
但是有一天，（在黑暗的地下），燃起了第一团火焰。

And with Fire, came Disparity.
火起，所有的差异因此而生……

Heat and cold,
冷与热，

life and death,
生命与死亡，

and of course... Light and Dark.
以及...光明与黑暗。

Then, from the Dark, They came,
然后，从黑暗中，它们被这最初的火焰引诱而来，

and found the Souls of Lords within the flame.
并在火中找到了王魂。

Nito, the first of the dead,
尼特，最初的死者，

The Witch of Izalith, and her Daughters of Chaos,
伊札里斯的魔女, 和混沌的女儿们，

Gwyn, the Lord of Sunlight, and his faithful knights,
葛温，阳光之王，及他麾下的骑士团，

and the furtive pygmy, so easily forgotten.
以及被遗忘的矮人。

With the Strength of Lords, they challenged the dragons.
拥有了王的力量之后，他们便向古龙宣战。

Gwyn's mighty bolts peeled apart their stone scales.
葛温的雷枪贯穿了古龙那岩石般（不朽）的鳞片，

The witches weaved great firestorms.
魔女们的火焰形成了风暴，（燃烧了古龙的居住地，大树）

Nito unleashed a miasma of death and disease.
尼特则将死亡与疾病的瘴气（向古龙与大树）释放而出。

And Seath, the Scaleless betrayed his own,
而没有鳞片（而无法不朽）的白龙希斯背叛了古龙，

and the dragons were no more.
古龙时代不再。

Thus began the Age of Fire.
火的时代于此开启。

But soon, the flames will fade, and only Dark will remain.
但，火焰终会有熄灭的时候，那时，将只有黑暗永存。

Even now, there are only embers,
（千年之后的）如今，（初火将熄），唯有余烬，

and man sees not light, but only endless nights.
光明无法照耀人世，只有永无止境的夜晚。

And amongst the living are seen, carriers of the accursed Darksign.
而人群之中，浮现了受诅咒的黑暗之环。

Yes, indeed. The Darksign brands the Undead.
是的，黑暗之环代表了不死的诅咒。

And in this land,
所以，在王国里，

the Undead are corralled and led to the north,
不死人会被逮捕，送到北方（的不死院），

where they are locked away, to await the end of the world.
他们将会被关到大牢里，直到世界之末。

...This is your fate……
...这也是你的命运……

Only, in the ancient legends it is stated,
但是只有（一个特例），根据古老的传说所述，

that one day, an Undead shall be chosen,
有一天，有一位被选上的不死人，

to leave the Undead Asylum, in pilgrimage,
可以离开不死院，前往远土巡礼，

to the land of the Ancient Lords,
那里是古代诸王之地……

Lordran.
罗德兰。