本文只是基于个人经验与龙腾wiki的个人解读。
1. Harrowing 痛苦仪式/劫礼
When they do so the apprentice is taken, without warning or preparation, to face the Harrowing. It can come at any time, and so one must always be ready. - Dragon Age Wiki
First, the apprentice enters the Fade through ritual use of lyrium. Once across the Veil, the subject must face and overcome a demon that wishes to possess the apprentice's body and enter the living realm. This involves navigating whatever challenges have been set up and seeing through whatever ruse the demon puts on. - Dragon Age Wiki
There is a possibility that demons invoked in harrowings are actually benign spirits. According to Solas, a spirit often manifests as what its mortal viewer expects it to be. - Dragon Age Wiki
法师学徒在被带去进行痛苦仪式前是没有准备时间的。仪式开始后,学徒使用lyrium进入Fade,然后面对一个最被该学徒吸引的Demon/Spirit,面对该Demon/Spirit设出的任何挑战。Spirit由于学徒本身具有倾向性的观点,可能会变成Demon的样子出现。未成功通过仪式的人会变成Abomination,并会在Fade外被standby的Templar斩杀。成功者则顺利变成法师。
1.1. 仪式本身
痛苦仪式没有准备时间,如同现实世界中由于现实冲突而引发的自身道德取向的挑战,没人知道什么时候会发生,但一旦发生,过程将是激烈的,结果也是严重的。假设挑战失败,人自身就会被腐坏的理念占领,对自身和周遭都是威胁。游戏中的设定是戏剧性的,一次挑战就会决定生死。而我认为现实世界中的挑战大部分是琐碎细小的,一点一点侵蚀人自身,每次的影响都很小,如同温水煮青蛙吧。我不禁想,如果把社会或集体作为这件事的主体,那结果就是灾难性的……
仪式同时也和魔法联系在一起。如果说魔法代表了现实世界的创造力,那么就可以解释为什么一个Abomination对周遭的威胁这么大。人体实验有用吗?有用。各种用人体做实验的科学家有创造力吗?太有创造力了。共同毁灭原则M.A.D.有用吗?有用。想出这个机制的人有创造力吗?太有创造力了。但我觉得他们已经失去为人最基础的东西了。想起Dr. Jordan Peterson所说:"Intelligence is not wisdom."
1.2. Templar的角色
斩杀了Abomination的Templar圣殿骑士,我认为象征着culture中的judgement。我倾向于认为人类有内在统一的道德准则。是这项准则,最终有权力、有能力消灭真实的Abomination。之后也会说到Templar Order圣殿骑士团的象征。
1.3. 仪式名
harrowing: acutely distressing or painful a harrowing experience.
但它的英文发音[ˈherōiNG]和一个危险的化学物质的发音尤其相似,搞得我经常听错哈哈哈,不过这一化学物质本身实际并不致幻,且痛苦仪式的进行需要学徒使用lyrium进入影界,因此估计与仪式取名相关的可能性并不大。小yy罢了。
2. The Rite of Tranquil 静默仪式
"I find it ironic the Rite of Tranquility cuts one off from the land of dreams, because a dream is exactly what it feels like. <..> It follows its course, and you follow it believing nothing is real. You will turn the corner and awaken, safe and sound. Yet you never do. Instead you are slowly smothered in a crystal-clear silence that has no meaning." - Pharamond, Dragon Age Wiki
The Rite cuts off the connection to the Fade, and the Tranquil can no longer dream nor draw on the Fade to perform magic. As a side effect, their emotional center is utterly removed, which makes them undesirable to be possessed by demons in the first place. - Dragon Age Wiki
However the Rite has been used by the Chantry and the Templars for punitive and political purposes to silence dissent and inhibit civilized discourse among discontent mages. - Dragon Age Wiki
The Rite of Tranquil剥夺了经历仪式者做梦的能力,这样他们就无法从Fade中获取能量来施放魔法。这些被静默的法师被称为Tranquil。Tranquil没有情感和灵感,只有基本逻辑思维的能力。有人自愿变成Tranquil,因为害怕或不想成为法师,或者不想经历Harrowing。如果一个法师被认为意志太弱或精神不稳定,会被强制进行静默仪式。该仪式也曾被教会和圣殿骑士作为政治工具。
2.1. 仪式本身
现实生活中完全不做梦其实是一种病态,说明脑部可能受到损伤。游戏中的设定是戏剧化的,静默者完全失去了情感和创造力,只有逻辑观点和工作能力。如果放在现实生活中,我认为更像在说如果一个人主动放弃面对自我的机会的话,也就失去了与自我的联系,徒有逻辑观点而没有整合的能力。
静默者不会魔法,毫无威胁。这里需要引用Dr. Peterson的一段话,简直再合适不过了。
"If you're harmless, you can't be virtuous. You just can't do anything except getting eaten. If you're a monster and you don't act monstrously, then you're virtuous. Just look at Harry Potter..." - Dr. Jordan Peterson
2.2. 教会和圣殿骑士的角色
过度使用该仪式,在现实生活中的体现就是culture对nature的过度抑制和扼杀。创造会破坏现有结构,一定时间内造成混乱。有很多人出于或是天性或是利益相关,讨厌这样的混乱,因此下意识地拒绝并打击有创造力的人或者创造的产物。
结语
其实最令我好奇的是,我这样居然能听上去挺合理的瞎扯,是原作在设定时的目的还是巧合呢?
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