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2020-11-07 11:28 作者:Mirandus_  | 我要投稿

Bonfire Night节日活动,主题风格道具出场


节日主题的将军炮、兵团时装(头饰)、烟花

每个角色免费送5个烟花、5个将军炮、1个时装。可以商城额外购买。(国服不一定有这个活动)

 

一段展示兵团时装的视频:


不了解的将军可以看一下下面的来自维基中文版的内容:

篝火之夜(英语:Bonfire Night),又称盖伊·福克斯之夜(Guy Fawkes Night)是指每年11月5日在英国举行的庆祝活动。按照传统习俗,当天人们会搭建篝火,燃放焰火,焚烧火药阴谋的策划者的假人。

节庆渊源可追溯至1605年11月5日,盖伊·福克斯和他的天主教教友们在议会大厦地底的一个地下室内存放大量炸药,计划在11月15日议会大幕当天引爆炸药炸死詹姆斯一世和其他议员,但被议会的保卫队长抓获,于次年2月10日在伦敦塔处死。为了纪念国家面临的这个迫在眉睫的危机,詹姆斯一世决定将11月5日定为篝火之夜[1]。

该庆祝活动也应后来的殖民扩张而传播的世界各地,如英联邦国家的澳大利亚、新西兰、加拿大和一些加勒比地区的国家。加勒比地区的安提瓜和巴布达在20世纪90年底因为颁布了烟花禁令而使得庆祝活动不如以往那样热烈。

时至今日,在当天被焚烧的假人变得多种多样,甚至连萨达姆·侯赛因、前首相戈登·布朗、托尼·布莱尔等人也成为了假人。

战争史:希腊火


HISTORY OF WAR: GREEK FIRE

 

 

“It is stern work, it is perilous work, to thrust your hand in the sun

And pull out a spark of immortal flame to warm the hearts of men:

But Prometheus, torn by the claws and beaks whose task is never done,

Would be tortured another eternity to go stealing fire again.”

‘The Proud Poet’, Joyce Kilmer (1917)

 

 

 

In all of human history, few discoveries have been as important as that of fire. Both a versatile tool and a deadly weapon, fire continues to shape the fortunes of humankind with its potential to create, sustain, and destroy. As the United Kingdom celebrates Bonfire Night on November 5 with fiery festivities, join us as we delve into the ancient history that inspired the fire-based weapons and units featured in Season V: Legacy of Fire!

 

Prior to the events of Season V, King John of the Kingdom of Empyros commissioned his alchemists to create the liquid hellfire in order to maintain superiority over the Symmachean Brotherhood. This deadly composition fuels the weapons of the Zykalian Militia and the Siphonarioi.

 

As history buffs may have guessed, hellfire is actually based on Greek fire, a historic invention used by the Byzantine Greeks starting in the 7th century CE. This incendiary substance remained an instrumental weapon for the Byzantine Empire for over seven centuries, and its value was said to be so great that Emperor Romanos II declared Greek fire one of three things, alongside imperial regalia and royal princesses, that should never be allowed to fall into enemy hands.

 

Byzantine ships primarily used Greek fire in naval battles. Using a complex propulsion system, crews would jettison streams of the substance at enemy ships to start blazes which water had no effect on. In defence of the city of Constantinople, uncrewed ships laden with Greek fire were reportedly even sent upwind into the heart of enemy fleets to cause chaos from within. Wood and flesh burned alike in the undying flames, and the Byzantines leveraged this infamy and destructive power to safeguard their empire and Constantinople from centuries of sieges and repeated naval attacks.

 

Portable versions of the propulsion system used on Byzantine ships, much like the cheirosiphon (Greek for ‘hand siphon’) carried by the Siphonarioi units in Conqueror’s Blade, were later developed for use on land. Certain innovations led to further portability, with clay grenades being filled with Greek fire and thrown at enemies. Indeed, tzykalia is the Greek word for ‘clay pot’, with this particular iteration of the Byzantine weapon serving as the inspiration for the Zykalian Militia grenadiers in Conqueror’s Blade.

 

The secrets of Greek fire are now lost, as the weaponised liquid all but disappeared into the pages of history following the Fourth Crusade and the sacking of Constantinople in 1204 CE. However, stories of its potency and power continue to burn just as brightly.

 

Zykalian Militia Unit Challenges are now available in Conqueror’s Blade. The Siphonarioi Unit Challenges will be active from November 9.

 

Further Reading: ‘Greek Fire’ by Mark Cartwright, Ancient History Encyclopedia: https://www.ancient.eu/Greek_Fire

 

 

下面是机器翻译

 

“这是严厉的工作,是危险的工作,将手伸入阳光下

拔出永生的火焰,温暖人心:

但是普罗米修斯却被永远无法完成的爪子和喙撕裂,

会遭受另一个永恒的折磨,再次去偷火。”

 

“骄傲的诗人”,乔伊斯·基尔默(Joyce Kilmer,1917年)

 

 

 

在整个人类历史上,很少有发现像火一样重要。火既是一种多功能工具,又是一种致命武器,它具有创造,维持和破坏的潜力,继续塑造着人类的命运。当英国以热烈的庆祝活动庆祝11月5日的篝火之夜时,请加入我们,深入探讨启发第V季:火力传承中以火为基础的武器和单位的古老历史!

 

在第V季之前,Empyros王国的约翰国王(King John)委托炼金术士制造液体地狱之火,以保持对Symmachean兄弟会的优越性。这种致命的成分助长了Zykalian民兵和Siphonarioi的武器。

 

正如历史爱好者所猜测的那样,地狱之火实际上是基于希腊大火,这是公元7世纪开始由拜占庭希腊人使用的历史性发明。这种燃烧的物质在七个多世纪以来一直是拜占庭帝国的工具武器,据说其价值是如此之高,以至于罗马诺斯二世宣布希腊开火为三件事之一,除了帝国皇室和皇室公主外,绝对不允许这样做。落入敌人之手。

 

拜占庭式战舰主要在海战中使用希腊大火。使用复杂的推进系统,机组人员会在敌舰上抛弃该物质流,以起火,而水对火没有影响。据报道,为捍卫君士坦丁堡市,满载希腊大火的无人船甚至被顺风送入敌方舰队的心脏,造成内部混乱。木头和肉在不间断的火焰中燃烧着,拜占庭人利用这种臭名昭著的破坏力来保护自己的帝国和君士坦丁堡免遭数个世纪的围攻和反复的海上攻击。

 

拜占庭式舰艇上使用的便携式推进系统,就像征服者之刃的Siphonarioi部队携带的cheirosiphon(希腊语为“手动虹吸管”)一样,后来被开发用于陆地。某些创新导致了进一步的便携性,粘土手榴弹被希腊大火充满并向敌人投掷。的确,tzykalia是希腊语中的“煲”一词,拜占庭式武器的这一特殊迭代为征服者之刃中的Zykalian民兵掷弹兵提供了灵感。

 

随着第四次十字军东征和公元1204年君士坦丁堡被解职之后,武器化的液体几乎消失在历史的记载中,希腊大火的秘密现在已经消失了。然而,有关其效力和力量的故事仍在继续燃烧。

 

征服者之刃现在可以提供Zykalian民兵部队的挑战。 Siphonarioi单位挑战赛将从11月9日开始。

 

延伸阅读:https://www.ancient.eu/Greek_Fire


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