国际形势

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国际形势

“诸位法官阁下，地方治安官，还有受人爱戴的人民议会议员们。今天，我是带着来自切利亚斯平民的讯息而站到诸位面前。此时此刻，诸位都应已经听说过荣耀光复军，那些勇敢的艾奥梅黛骑士们从一群可耻的地狱骑士手中夺回了圣剑‘心之刃’(Heart’s Edge)，如今他们正试图推翻三重诅咒的特鲁恩家族！女士们还有先生们，我恳请诸位不要让他们的牺牲成为徒劳。让我们向这些勇敢的圣战军伸出我们的援手。让我们派出我们的灰海盗粉碎切利亚斯的奴隶航路，终结切利亚斯城市与世界上其他地区的隔绝！雄鹰骑士团将为我们地狱般邻国内生活的人民带来新生！让切利亚斯的奴隶——那些被锁链束缚、被暴政束缚的奴隶们——再一次呼吸自由的甜美空气，缺少我们的帮助，他们的事业无疑将会失败！”

——安多安最高总统寇德温一世向人民议会的演讲。

介绍

本篇章简要介绍在荣耀光复军叛乱期间，外国政府以及其他地区性组织对切利亚斯事件可能的反应。它们并非无法改变，但如果游戏主持人希望在地狱叛军与地狱复仇中提供一些包含国际背景的遭遇的话，它们将为游戏主持人提供些背景设定。

尽管在两个冒险之路中的遭遇都主要发生在切利亚斯国内，但荣耀光复军的行动所产生的影响却遍及整个内海地区。切利亚斯的盟友、敌人还有邻国都在切利亚斯这暂时虚弱的时刻里寻求着他们的利益。

对于荣耀光复军所带来的威胁，切利亚斯最初的应对是在所有的主要城镇宣布戒严令：寇兰庭(Corentyn)，艾格利安(Egorian)，辛集城(Hinji)，金塔格(Kintargo)，拉卡斯托(Laekastel)，玛奇尼(Macini)，欧斯坦索(Ostenso)，佩紮克(Pezzack)，瑞麦西纳(Remesiana)，维勒城(Vyre)以及西冠城(Westcrown)。这些聚居地位于切利亚斯核心地带以及南部与西部的海岸，对于维持政府和经济运作至关重要。之后切利亚斯的军队从边境地区调回分散到这些地区以阻止叛乱。直到叛军占领坎塔瑞亚并开始集中他们主力之后，政府才将重点转向同叛军在正面战场的决战。鉴于艾奥梅黛信徒的军队里没有海军，强大的切利亚斯海军被命令保护性地封锁由欧斯坦索到寇兰庭之间的所有港口，这项行动旨在确保辉煌光复军不会得到海外援助，并迫使他们去依赖更慢也更加危险的陆路来补给军队。

这些军事部署，还有叛乱所引起的混乱，以及地狱所支持的特鲁恩家族的统治将被终结的可能性，引起那些与切利亚斯有长期联系的国家跟组织的强烈反应。

劇透 -  原文:

“Your honors, magistrates, esteemed members of the People’s Council. I come before you today with a message from the common people of Cheliax. By now you have all heard of the Glorious Reclamation, those brave Iomedaean knights who wrested the holy sword Heart’s Edge from a group of disgraced Hellknights and now seek to topple the Thrice-Damned House of Thrune. I implore you, ladies and gentlemen, let not their holy sacrifices be in vain! Let us reach out our hands to these brave crusaders. May we send our Gray Corsairs to break the Chelish slave routes, and end the blockades that isolate Cheliax’s cities from the rest of the world. The Eagle Knights can usher in a new day for the people of our infernal neighbor. Let the slaves of Cheliax— both those in chains and weighted down by the yoke of despotism—once again breathe the sweet air of freedom, for without our help, their cause is surely doomed.”
——Address of Andoran’s Supreme Elect Codwin I to the People’s Council

Introduction

This article presents a brief look into how foreign governments and other regional organizations might react to the events in Cheliax during the rebellion of the Glorious Reclamation. They are not set in stone, but are provided as background for GMs who wish to include some international context to the events in the Hell’s Rebels and Hell’s Vengeance Adventure Paths.

Even though the events presented in both Adventure Paths take place primarily within Cheliax, the actions of the Glorious Reclamation create ripples that spread throughout the Inner Sea region. Cheliax’s allies, enemies, and neighbors pursue their own agendas during this temporary moment of Chelish weakness.

Cheliax’s first response to the threat posed by the Glorious Reclamation is to declare martial law in all of its major cities: Corentyn, Egorian, Hinji, Kintargo, Laekastel, Macini, Ostenso, Pezzack, Remesiana, Vyre, and Westcrown. These settlements are located in Cheliax’s heartland and along its southern and western coasts, and are vital to the continued functioning of its government and economy. Cheliax’s army is subsequently recalled from the border regions and dispersed throughout these areas in order to discourage insurrection. After the rebels seize the town of Kantaria and begin attracting a sizable military force of their own, the government’s focus shifts to fighting the rebel army in the field. Since the Iomedaean forces have no sea power, the powerful Chelish navy is ordered to form a protective blockade of all of its ports from Ostenso to Corentyn, designed to ensure that the Glorious Reclamation receives no support from abroad, and forcing it to rely on the slower, more hazardous overland routes to resupply its forces.

These military redeployments, the general chaos of the rebellion, and the possibility of the end of the Hell-backed House Thrune, elicit strong reactions from a number of nations and organizations with long ties to Cheliax. 

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安多安(Andoran)

自从安多安在AR4669年从切利亚斯的统治中独立之后，一直是切利亚斯在政治与意识形态上的主要对手。尽管两国并未进入战争状态，但之间却也不缺乏敌意。切利亚斯指责安多安将其思想传播至切利亚斯东部，同时指示灰海盗袭击切利亚斯的奴隶船。而安多安则谴责切利亚斯不仅拒绝承认其独立性，甚至还派遣小队越境抓捕归国的自由的安多安人民

安多安最高总统寇德温一世在听说一位艾奥梅黛的圣骑士向切利亚斯政府宣战之后，立即要求召开人民议会特别会议。寇德温本人也是艾奥梅黛的圣骑士，他本人希望援助叛军，但他知道，他必须先要说服政客以及国家的军事领导人，也就是军事执政官。他很快就发现，人民议会内部存在严重分歧，许多人指出支持这种草率努力的行为是非常愚蠢的。他也同军事执政官进行过会面，并得知虽然绝大多数人都同意增加安多安西部边境的军队数量，但只有少数人支持直接进行干涉。军事执政官们同意加强暮光之爪(the Twilight Talons)在东切利亚斯地区的间谍活动，并让一些谨慎的钢隼(Steel Falcons)去与荣耀光复军的领导者取得联系。如果没有人民或者军方的明确授权，寇德温只能眼睁睁地看着边境另端的事态发展。

当切利亚斯调动海军为南部城镇提供保护性地封锁，它的奴隶船失去庇护时。寇德温与军事执政官们抓住机会，下令安多安的废奴海军——灰海盗——扩大其行动。在不到一个月的时间里，灰海盗摧毁了切利亚斯的奴隶船队(参见67页的“内海地区的奴隶贸易”)。随着荣耀光复军在切利亚斯的行动扩大，寇德温敦促军事执政官同意派遣黄金军团(Golden Legion)去保护难民以及穿越边境的前奴隶。然而，在剩下的时间里，最高总统也无法再让政府进行更积极的行动。

如果特鲁恩家族获胜，切利亚斯政府将会把安多安对荣耀光复军的默许以及对帝国奴隶贸易的打击视为一种战争行为，并将在与安多安的边境上的常备军扩军一倍。虽然没有爆发正式战争，但两国之间的紧张关系将达到历史顶峰，许多忠于切利亚斯的人认为同一个由圣骑士所统治的国家开战已成定局。如果艾奥梅黛信徒们获胜，安多安将立刻承认新政权，甚至会派出雄鹰骑士小队协助维持切利亚斯全境的秩序。凭借其废奴的历史，安多安能帮助那些在荣耀光复军制度下获得自由的奴隶们在切利亚斯国内或国外寻找到自己的新生活

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Andoran

Andoran has been Cheliax’s main political and ideological rival since it first broke free from Chelish rule in 4669 ar. Even though the two nations have never been at war, there is no lack of bad blood between them. Cheliax accuses Andoran of spreading its ideals into eastern Cheliax, while using its Gray Corsairs to attack Chelish slave ships. Andoran denounces Cheliax for refusing to recognize its independence and sending teams across the border to capture free Andorens for repatriation.

Upon hearing that a paladin of Iomedae has declared war on the government of Cheliax, Andoran’s Supreme Elect, Codwin I, calls for an immediate special session of the People’s Council. A paladin of Iomedae himself, Codwin personally wishes to support the rebels, but knows that he must first convince the politicians and the nation’s military leaders, the Consuls. He quickly finds out that the People’s Council is strongly divided, with many pointing out the folly of backing such a rash endeavor. He also meets with the Consuls and discovers that although an overwhelming majority agrees to augment troop levels on Andoran’s western border, only a small minority supports direct intervention. The Consuls also agree to step up the espionage activities of the Twilight Talons in eastern Cheliax, and for a few discreet Steel Falcons to make contact with the heads of the Glorious Reclamation. Without a clear mandate from the people or the military, Codwin can do little but watch the events play out across the border.

When Cheliax moves its navy to provide a protective blockade for its southern cities, it leaves its slave ships undefended. Codwin and the Consuls jump at the opportunity and order Andoran’s abolitionist navy, the Gray Corsairs, to expand their operations. In less than a month, the Corsairs decimate Cheliax’s slave fleet (see Slave Trade in the Inner Sea Region on page 67). As the Glorious Reclamation expands across Cheliax, Codwin pushes the Consuls to agree to send the Golden Legion to protect the refugees and former slaves streaming across the border. Throughout the rest of the conflict, however, the Supreme Elect is unable to push the government to take a more active role.

If House Thrune wins, the Chelish government views Andoran’s tacit assistance of the Glorious Reclamation and its actions against the empire’s slaving operations as an act of war, and redoubles its standing army along the Andoren border. While no open fighting breaks out, tensions between the two nations reach an all-time high, with many Chelish loyalists viewing a war with a nation ruled by a paladin as a foregone conclusion. If the Iomedaeans prevail, Andoran quickly recognizes the new government and even sends detachments of Eagle Knights to help maintain order across Cheliax. With its abolitionist history, Andoran helps slaves freed under the Glorious Reclamation’s rule find new lives for themselves both within and beyond Cheliax.

伊斯嘉(Isger)

在登基之年的鼎盛时期，切利亚斯将安多安、伽尔特、伊斯嘉、摩尔苏恩、奈多、涅玛萨斯以及萨迦瓦等国家归于帝国统治。而在奥罗登死后席卷格拉里昂的混乱中，除伊斯嘉外，其他国家都宣布独立。特鲁恩家族在AR4640年确定他们在切利亚斯的统治后，成功地保持住伊斯嘉对女皇的忠诚，新生的切利亚斯承担不起失去伊斯嘉这条通往商业国杜鲁玛的重要陆路路线的代价。自那以后，切利亚斯一直确保着懦弱又忠诚的人在伊斯嘉掌权，他们中没有任何人敢说出“独立”这个词。

伊斯嘉跟切利亚斯的关系在最近的地精血战中变得有些紧张了，当时，伊斯嘉受到来自尖叫森林(Chitterwood)的强大力量的攻击。由于实力不济，伊斯嘉政府赶在类地精生物席卷整个地区之前，请求所有的邻国提供援助。做为属国，伊斯嘉希望得到切利亚斯大规模的军事援助，但却只得到少量的兵力跟物资。虽然在安多安，杜鲁玛以及地狱骑士的帮助下，威胁最终被遏制，但伊斯嘉的军队也同样损失殆尽。

当荣耀光复军开始行动并且切利亚斯看起来陷入困境的时候，许多伊斯嘉的贵族不确定他们是否应该去帮助切利亚斯。他们知道即便他们去帮助，他们的军队也起不到什么作用。现任总督海德溫德六世(Hedvend VI)给艾格利安送去了许多信件，保证他将会永远效忠切利亚斯，但他也同时告知，伊斯嘉的军队正忙于保护途径他国家的宝贵的贸易路线免受土匪的袭击。(而无法援助切利亚斯)

伊斯嘉的贵族中的某些人并不像总督那样被吓倒，他们开始秘密地向邻近的国家示好，包括杜鲁玛、摩尔苏恩甚至是安多安。他们知道伊斯嘉无法在目前虚弱的状态下独立生存，因此他们希望在特鲁恩家族垮台的时候迅速地(同其他国家)结成同盟。不过这些贵族没有同荣耀光复军的叛乱份子接触，因为他们认为这一举动可能会导致他们与获得的胜利的女皇阿波罗盖二世之间在未来的和解产生致命性地失败。

如果特鲁恩家族击败叛乱，海德溫德六世将赞颂女皇的力量，并暗自祈祷她没有发现他的贵族与外国政府的联络。如果荣耀光复军取得胜利，伊斯嘉的贵族很快就会让一位同地狱统治的切利亚斯毫无联系的新总督取代海德溫德，并试图与新切利亚斯政府或他们先前联络过的外国政府之一结成同盟。

劇透 -   :

Isger

In its heyday during the Age of Enthronement, Cheliax counted the nations of Andoran, Galt, Isger, Molthune, Nidal, Nirmathas, and Sargava as belonging to its empire. During the chaos that swept across Golarion following the death of Aroden, each of them declared its independence from the motherland—except for Isger. After House Thrune secured its rule in 4640 ar, newly resurgent Cheliax could not afford to lose Isger’s vital overland route to the merchant powerhouse of Druma, and successfully fought to keep it loyal to the crown. Since then, Cheliax has made sure that a succession of craven and loyal stewards has came to power in Isger, none of whom has even whispered the word “independence.”

Isger’s relation to Cheliax became somewhat strained during the recent Goblinblood Wars when Isger was attacked by a massive force from the Chitterwood. Unable to defeat it, the Isgeri government called to all neighboring nations for aid before the goblinoid flood engulfed the entire region. As a vassal state, Isger expected massive military support from Cheliax, but received only a small trickle of soldiers and matériel. The threat was eventually contained with the help of Andoran, Druma, and the Hellknights, although Isger’s army was nearly destroyed in the process.

Once the Glorious Reclamation begins and Cheliax looks like it is in trouble, many Isgeri nobles are unsure about whether they should come to its aid. They know that even if they did, their armed forces would be ineffective. The current steward, Hedvend VI, sends many missives to Egorian pledging his undying loyalty, but rightfully claims that his army is tied up protecting the valuable trade route through his country from bandit attacks.

Certain members of the Isgeri nobility are not as cowed as their steward, and begin to make secret overtures to neighboring nations, including Druma, Molthune, and even Andoran. They know that in its current weakened state, Isger cannot survive independently, and they therefore hope to make a quick alliance should it become obvious that House Thrune is collapsing. These nobles make no contact with the rebels of the Glorious Reclamation, however, believing that this action could fatally poison any future reconciliation with a victorious Queen Abrogail II.

Should House Thrune win the rebellion, Hedvend VI praises the Queen’s might, secretly hoping that she has not discovered that his nobles have been talking with foreign governments. Should the Glorious Reclamation triumph, the Isgeri nobility quickly replace Hedvend with a new steward with few ties to infernal Cheliax, and try to form an alliance with either the new Chelish government or one of the governments they had previously petitioned.

摩尔苏恩(Molthune)

另一个切利亚斯前属国，摩尔苏恩发现自己与伊斯嘉相比在政治与军事上大为不同，并且希望能够利用荣耀光复军所带来的动荡为自身谋取利益。它的主要对手并非它的前主人，而是北面的邻国涅玛萨斯，摩尔苏恩同涅玛萨斯已经打了长达七十年的游击战。在AR4632年脱离切利亚斯取得独立之后，摩尔苏恩的军政府对这个新生国家实施严酷而独裁的统治，希望让奥罗登死后25年仍存续的混乱得到缓解。然而独立人士，自给自足的林务官还有北锐齿森林的猎人开始反抗政府的残酷统治，并开始争取并成功独立建国让独立国家涅玛萨斯于AR4655年成立。摩尔苏恩力图将叛乱的涅玛萨斯重新收归羽下，但直到目前为止，智慧且坚毅的涅玛萨斯战士还有深邃以及难以跨越的锐齿森林妨碍着两方的统一。

摩尔苏恩现任统治者，帝国总督马克温·塔拉达斯是一位无情且聪明的人，他将切利亚斯当下的动乱视为推动国家计划的契机。当切利亚斯军队提出军事援助的时候，塔拉达斯同意了，但要求切利亚斯提供一个营数量的最优秀的士兵以及几个排的被束缚的魔鬼协助摩尔苏恩的军队去对抗叛乱的北方。

艾格利安方面虽然不情愿但还是同意了这个要求，并告知坎诺雷特(Canorate)方面他们急需摩尔苏恩军队的援助，因此不要让军队走绕过麦纳多山脉这条冗长的远路，为了能在对付叛乱中派上用场应选择直接穿过两国之间危险的high Pass of Dark Rain 。摩尔苏恩将军派遣他们最听指挥非人军队由年轻且野心勃勃的德妮菈·梅特琳上校指挥通过关隘。高级士官们指出必须应在攀登之前对the Pass of Dark Rain进行全面的调查，但这位固执的军官光顾着建功立业，却忽视麾下的忠告。当军队越过关隘时，四分之一的兵力在一场怪异的雪崩中丧命。现在，梅特琳不顾一切地试图逃离这危险的山脉，他率领剩余的军队走向一条小路，一条离the haunted ghost town of Finder’s Gulch非常接近的小路。鲜少有人知道，这处废弃的定居点已经成为一位名叫伊莱卡娜·阿隆诺(Illcayna Alonnor)(探索者战役设定：Undead Unleashed 60页)的厄加图娅(Urgathoa)的不死牧师的据点，她正在慢慢地组建一支军队，计划入侵伊斯嘉。当摩尔苏恩的军队夜间扎营的时候，尸妖发动袭击并屠杀了几乎所有的士兵，这大大扩充了阿隆诺的军队规模，并让她的计划推进了数年。

无论切利亚斯的冲突中哪一方获得胜利，摩尔苏恩政府都会是老样子。由于并未得到要求的军事援助，获胜的特鲁恩家族将会违背帮助摩尔苏恩的承诺。而一个新的艾奥梅黛信徒政府则会希望与坎诺雷特方面建立暂时的外交关系。

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Molthune

Another former vassal of Cheliax, Molthune finds itself in a different position politically and militarily than Isger, and hopes to use the upheaval caused by the Glorious Reclamation to its advantage. Its main rivalry is not with its former master, but with its northern neighbor, Nirmathas, with whom it has been fighting a seven-decade-old guerrilla war. After achieving independence from Cheliax in 4632 ar, the Molthuni military government imposed a harsh and autocratic rule on the young nation, hoping to gain some relief from the chaos that still lingered 25 years after the death of Aroden. The independent and selfsufficient foresters and hunters of the northern Fangwood Forest, however, rebelled against the government’s heavy-handed dictates, and began a successful struggle for independence that led to the founding of the independent nation of Nirmathas in 4655 ar. Molthune has endeavored to bring the rebellious Nirmathi back under its wing ever since, but so far the resourcefulness and tenacity of their fighters, combined with the thick and impenetrable Fangwood Forest, has prevented the reunification.

The current ruler of Molthune, Imperial Governor Markwin Teldas, is an intelligent and ruthless man who sees the upheaval in Cheliax as a way of furthering his nation’s agenda. When the Chelish military makes a request for military assistance, Teldas agrees, but demands in that in return, it must supply a battalion of its best soldiers along with several platoons of bound devils to serve in his armies against the rebellious north.

Egorian agrees, though reluctantly, but informs the government in Canorate that the Molthuni troops are needed immediately and must therefore not take the lengthy route around the Menador Mountains, but travel directly through the dangerous and high Pass of Dark Rain between the two nations in order to be of any use in fighting the rebellion. The Molthuni General Lords send their most disposable non-human troops through the pass, commanded by the young and ambitious Colonel Denira Mettering. The headstrong officer wishes to make a name for herself, and ignores the advice given to her by her senior non-commissioned officers, who counsel that a complete survey of the Pass of Dark Rain must be made before an ascent is attempted. When the troops rush through the pass, a full quarter of them perish in a freak avalanche. Now desperate to escape the treacherous mountains, Mettering sends the remaining forces on a path that passes too close to the haunted ghost town of Finder’s Gulch. Unknown to anyone, the abandoned settlement has become the lair of a powerful undead cleric of Urgathoa named Illcayna Alonnor (Pathfinder Campaign Setting: Undead Unleashed 60), who is slowly building an army of wights to invade Isger. When the Molthuni army makes camp for the night, the wights attack and slaughter nearly every soldier, greatly increasing the size of Alonnor’s forces, and moving forward her timetable by several years.

No matter which side of the conflict in Cheliax wins, the Molthuni government carries on much like before. Never having received its requested troops, a victorious House Thrune reneges on its promise to help Molthune, while a new Iomedaean government wishes to simply establish its own tentative diplomatic relationship with Canorate.

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奈多(Nidal)

奈多作为国家已经存在八千多年，比内海地区任何一个国家都更为久远。在这期间，它一直由一个神权组织所统治：阴影朝廷(the Umbral Court)。奈多人民生活在对阴影朝廷裁决的恐惧与敬畏之中，并且表现出格拉里昂上其他国家很少能见到的宗教精神。

尽管奈多人有着强烈的牺牲精神，但还是在AR4338年的永恒战争(the Everwar)中落败于切利亚斯帝国，并受到切利亚斯长达300年的统治。就如同其他国家一样，奈多在登基之年开始的切利亚斯内战期间恢复独立，而当特鲁恩家族赢得战争，阴影朝廷发现这个家族有着一位兴趣相同的the Hell-inspired女皇阿波罗盖一世。虽然双方相似，但阴影朝廷还是加强了边境力量，不愿意再接受外国的统治。

阴影朝廷紧张地注意着荣耀光复军的动向，他们担心一旦由圣骑士掌权，将可能会领导对奈多的圣战。在女皇阿波罗盖二世宣布戒严令之后，奈多命令其外交官返回帕格莱斯(Pangolais)，并在南部边境增派了一倍的兵力。由于不愿意让他们的唤影者们在间谍活动中冒风险，阴影朝廷在冲突期间封闭了奈多的边境，并相信宗库山(以及偶尔使用的预言法术)将来拯救奈多，就像黑暗之年拯救奈多人那样。任何由切利亚斯女皇提出的援助请求都会被忽略。

如果女皇阿波罗盖二世继续掌权，奈多最终会向切利亚斯重新开放边境并恢复外交关系。如果女皇被击败，那么在那之后的几年甚至几十年里，奈多将继续闭关锁国，拒绝与新的政权建立任何关系。多年后，它会变得越加狭隘与偏执，直到地狱所统治的切利亚斯被击败的50年后，奈多整个国家仿若已经完全被抛弃，每个城市都已经变为空无一人的鬼城，丝毫没有以前住民的踪迹的传闻开始慢慢扩散。

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Nidal

Nidal has existed as a nation for over 8,000 years, longer than any other country in the Inner Sea region. During all that time it has been ruled by a single theocratic organization: the Umbral Court. The people of Nidal live in fear and awe of the Umbral Court’s decisions, and display a religious spirit found in few other nations on Golarion.

Despite their intense devotion, Nidal fell to the armies of Imperial Cheliax during the Everwar in 4338 ar, leading to 300 years of Chelish domination. Like its other subjects, Nidal regained its independence during the civil war at the beginning of the Age of Enthronement, but when House Thrune won the war, the Umbral Court discovered that it had a kindred spirit in the Hell-inspired Queen Abrogail I. Despite their similarities, however, the Umbral Court fortified its border with Cheliax, unwilling to ever fall under foreign domination again.

The Umbral Court grows increasingly nervous watching the actions of the Glorious Reclamation, fearing that should its paladins come to power, it might lead a second crusade against Nidal. The nation orders its diplomats to return to Pangolais after Queen Abrogail II declares martial law, and doubles its soldiers along the southern border. Unwilling to risk any of its Shadowcaller operatives on espionage missions, the Umbral Court closes the borders of Nidal for the duration of the conflict and trusts in Zon-Kuthon (and the occasional divination spell) to save Nidal, just as the Nidalese did during the Age of Darkness. Any request for assistance by the Chelish crown is ignored.

拉哈多姆(Rahadoum)

拉哈多姆，这个不信仰神祇的国度同切利亚斯之间曲折的历史可以追溯到永恒战争(The Everwar)期间。为了掌握Hespereth海峡，控制内海出入口，帝国入侵奥罗登拱桥远端的拉哈多姆西北领土，并在AR4314年征服Khari城。直到现在切利亚斯还统治着这片狭长的土地(称呼作Kharijite)。拉哈多姆人依然认为Kharijite是属于他们的土地，但由于切利亚斯海军的力量以及驻扎在Khari城的切利亚斯军队，他们无力夺回这片土地。

切利亚斯军队对荣耀光复军的反应让情况发生改变。当特鲁恩家族将军队调至核心地带，海军开始保卫南部海岸的时候，Khari城里只剩下一支象征性的部队保护它。Malduoni以及拉哈多姆的长老议会的其他成员迅速开会并决定下作战计划，他们召集众多游牧部族的战士，在最近的城市Azir, Botosani以及Manaket集结军队。这支军队向Khari城进发，用不到一周的时间就包围了Khari城。驻扎在寇兰庭(Corentyn)的切利亚斯海军接获警报却因为没有足够的地面部队重新占领该城镇，他们只能从船上轰击拉哈多姆的阵地。议会的长老们针对是否要发动一次海战入侵寇兰庭，完全控制海峡进行简短的讨论，最终决定不这么干，他们认为拉哈多姆的舰队无法与切利亚斯海军的重型舰队为敌，而他们主要由轻装沙漠劫掠者(light desert raiders)组成的地面部队也没有耐力或专业知识来进行一场额外的围攻。

如果特鲁恩家族在叛乱中获胜，它将加强寇兰庭但因为遭受损失的缘故而无法立即夺回Khari城。而如果荣耀光复军取得成功，那么它的第一个行动便是承诺再也不会入侵Garund。

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Rahadoum

The godless nation of Rahadoum has had a mixed history with Cheliax stretching back to the Everwar. Wishing to secure the Hespereth Strait and control access into and out of the Inner Sea, the empire invaded the northwestern-most tip of Rahadoum on the far side of the Arch of Aroden, and conquered the city of Khari in 4314 ar. It has held this small strip of land (known as the Kharijite) ever since. The Rahadoumi still consider Kharijite to be their land, but have been prevented from taking it back by the power of the Chelish navy and the presence of a large battalion of Chelish troops stationed in Khari.

The Chelish military response to the Glorious Reclamation changes all this. As House Thrune moves its army into the heartland and its navy to defend its vital southern coast, the city of Khari is left with only a token force to protect it. Malduoni and the other members of the Rahadoumi Council of Elders quickly meet and decide on a plan for action, calling in the warriors from the numerous nomadic tribes and raising the armies in the closest cities of Azir, Botosani, and Manaket. These forces march upon Khari, and take it in less than a week of sieging. The Chelish navy stationed at Corentyn is alerted, but without sufficient ground troops to retake the town, can only bombard the Rahadoumi positions from their ships. The Council of Elders briefly discuss launching a marine invasion of Corentyn in order to gain complete control of the strait, but in the end decide against it, concluding that the Rahadoumi fleet is no match for the heavy warships of the Chelish navy, and that their ground troops are predominantly light desert raiders who don’t have the patience or expertise to conduct an extended siege.

If House Thrune emerges victorious after the rebellion, it reinforces Corentyn but cannot immediately retake Khari because of the losses it sustained. If the Glorious Reclamation is successful, one of its first acts is to promise never to invade Garund again.

萨迦瓦(Sargava)

萨迦瓦国于AR4138年做为切利亚斯的殖民地建立，但在预言破灭之年初期切利亚斯政府崩溃后获得独立。特鲁恩家族赢得内战之后，曾经两次派遣舰队前去夺回对这个充满利益的殖民的统治地位，但两次都被萨迦瓦从镣铐群岛中雇佣的海盗击败。在过去的六十年里，两国保持友好的和平关系，虽说关系紧张，但两国也都从贸易中获利。

荣耀光复军并没有提供萨迦瓦的现任统治者，Utilinus男爵任何理由来改变两国关系的现状。虽然男爵以及其他在萨迦瓦的切利亚斯贵族并不喜欢特鲁恩家族，但他们也觉得自己没有资格去对抗它。萨迦瓦目前正在处理在Kalabuto的自身公民与镣铐岛海盗们之间不断出现的问题。萨迦瓦政府乐于在切利亚斯内乱汇总保持中立，如果特鲁恩家族控制住局面，它将毫无问题地恢复与特鲁恩家族的贸易；如果荣耀光复军获胜，它也会毫无疑问地支持这个新政权。

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Sargava

The nation of Sargava was founded as a Chelish colony in 4138 ar, but gained its independence after the collapse of the Chelish government at the beginning of the Age of Lost Omens. After House Thrune won the civil war, it twice sent flotillas of warships to regain dominance over the profitable colony, but was rebuffed both times by pirates from the Shackles hired by the Sargavans. For the last 60 years, both governments have retained a cordial, if strained, peace and have profited from trade between them.

The Glorious Reclamation has not given the current ruler of Sargava, Baron Utilinus, any reason to make drastic changes in Sargava’s relation vis-á-vis Cheliax. Although the Baron and the other Chelish nobles of Sargava have no great love for House Thrune, they feel that they are not in a position to oppose it, either. Sargava is dealing with its own ongoing problems with the pirates of the Shackles and its own citizens in Kalabuto. The government is happy to remain neutral in Cheliax’s internal struggle, and will have no problem resuming trade with House Thrune should it regain power, or any ruler the Glorious Reclamation puts on the throne should it succeed.

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其他势力

除了切利亚斯邻国，内海地区其他的强大势力也以不同方式应对荣耀光复军对帝国的战争

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Other Factions

Beyond Cheliax’s neighbors, other powerful organizations of the Inner Sea region react in different ways to the Glorious Reclamation’s assault on the empire.

盾徽财团(Aspis Consortium)

盾徽财团是该地区最大的商业组织之一，与特鲁恩家族有着长期互利互惠的关系。该财团利用切利亚斯政府邪恶道德以及对商业团体的放任主义，在过去几十年里实现了跨越式的扩张。这让一部分人相信，盾徽财团是切利亚斯政府强力的盟友，但从事实上来说虽然盾徽财团经常会与特鲁恩家族的目标一致，但归根到底该财团只对一件事情感兴趣：利益。

当荣耀光复军开始行动时，盾徽财团中的一些人看到了通过向双方都售卖军火来赚钱的机会。由于除了底线外啥也没有，整个内海地区的盾徽财团专员集中起来致力于推动战争剧烈化，并利用该组织复杂的空壳公司网络以及秘密特工来支持着特鲁恩家族与荣耀光复军双方并同时隐瞒着双方。

不管双方谁在这起冲突中获胜，他都会发现盾徽财团的两面三刀并对切利亚斯境内所有已知的财团专员实施严厉的制裁。盾徽财团会发现他们设在欧斯坦索(Ostenso)的总部会被政府特工包围，被恼人的政府机构骚扰，被不必要的规则所束缚。为了解决这个问题，组织内部就将组织核心搬到内海地区另一个城市展开讨论，但他们最终无法对新地点达成一致。他们内部开始流传起组织即将分裂的谣言，并且从Kalsgard 到 Niswan的专员都开始为动荡的时间做起准备。

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Aspis Consortium

The Aspis Consortium is one of the largest business organizations in the region and has had a long and beneficial relationship with House Thrune. The Consortium has taken advantage of the Chelish government’s low morals and laissez-faire attitude towards business, and expanded by leaps and bounds in the past few decades. This has lead some to believe that the Consortium is a strong ally of the government, but in truth, even though the Consortium’s goals often overlap with those of House Thrune, in the end it is interested in only one thing: profit.

Regardless of who emerges victorious from the conflict, the party in power discovers the Aspis Consortium’s duplicity, and bring harsh sanctions upon all known Consortium agents within Cheliax. The trade conglomerate finds its headquarters in Ostenso besieged by government spies, hounded by annoying bureaucrats, and hampered by unnecessary levels of red tape. To counter this, the Patrons debate moving the organization’s core to another city in the Inner Sea region, though they cannot agree on a new site. Rumors spread within the organization of a pending schism within the ranks, and agents from Kalsgard to Niswan begin preparing for tumultuous times.

铃花会(Bellflower Network)

铃花会在切利亚斯所有主要城市之外运营着一系列安全屋(或称“barns”)，并通过假扮奴隶渗透进切利亚斯家庭。当时机成熟之后，铃花会特工(或称“阡陌客”)会将奴隶带至barns，从那里将他们从切利亚斯运出。特鲁恩家族的特工一直试图摧毁铃花会，当由于每位阡陌客只与一两个其他联络人保持单线联系，所以他们的努力一直徒劳无功。

荣耀光复军的行动给铃花会带来新的机会以及障碍。当整个切利亚斯宣布戒严令之后，这个国家许多城市的“tillers”开始停止活动，因为他们不愿意让组织在政府日益严格的审查下暴露，虽然他们知道艾奥梅黛信徒是他们的天然盟友。在切利亚斯偏远城市行动的人则相反：随着当地统治者前往更大的聚居点或者与荣耀光复军战斗的前线，阡陌客们能够更自由地从事他们的秘密活动。那些位于切利亚斯东部边境的人则利用他们同暮光之爪的联络(见63页的安多安)，将更多的半身人送至自由之地。一旦荣耀光复军控制这些城镇，阡陌客就会开始光明正大地开始行动，号召艾奥梅黛的士兵们保护前奴隶难民们。

回到仍在特鲁恩家族控制下的城市，阡陌客们利用他们隐秘行动的能力向荣耀光复军传递信息，提供情报，帮助扭转战斗的局势。

如果特鲁恩家族获胜，阡陌客们会重新将他们的活动转入地下。如果特鲁恩家族输了，铃花会将与新生的艾奥梅黛信徒的政府合作，帮助所有希望留在切利亚斯的半身人融入一个奴隶制被废除的新社会，同时为那些希望离开的人提供安全的途径。他们在切利亚斯的使命完成后，铃花会将会把注意力转向国外，并将行动扩展到拉哈多姆，苏比亚，卡塔佩什，卡蒂亚以及奥斯里昂，尽管它在这些地区的实力从未达到切利亚斯的程度。

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Bellflower Network

The Bellflower Network operates a series of safe houses (or “barns”) outside of all of Cheliax’s major cities and infiltrates Chelish households by posing as slaves. When the time is right, Bellflower agents (or “tillers”) lead slaves to the barns, and from there transport them out of Cheliax. Agents of House Thrune have long sought to break up the Bellflower Network, but because each tiller knows only one or two other contacts, this has been unproductive.

The Glorious Reclamation presents the network with several new opportunities and obstacles. When martial law is declared throughout Cheliax, the tillers in many of the nation’s cities go dormant, as they are generally unwilling to expose the network to increased governmental scrutiny, even though they understand that they are natural allies of Iomedae’s faithful. Those who operate in Cheliax’s more outlying cities do the opposite: as government agents leave for the front lines of the Glorious Reclamation or larger settlements, the tillers are able to conduct their clandestine business with greater freedom. Those who live along the eastern border use their connections with the Twilight Talons (see Andoran on page 63), to ferry greater numbers of halflings to freedom. Once these towns come under the control of the Glorious Reclamation, the tillers begin operating in the open, calling on Iomedaean soldiers to protect ex-slave refugees.

Back in the cities still under control of House Thrune, the tillers use their clandestine skills to pass information to the Glorious Reclamation, providing intelligence that helps turn the tide of a number of battles.

If House Thrune wins, the tillers simply restart their abolitionist efforts in secret. If House Thrune loses, the network works with the new Iomedaean government to help integrate all halflings who wish to stay in Cheliax into a new society where slavery is outlawed, while providing safe passage to those who want to leave. Their mission in Cheliax complete, the network turns its attention abroad and expands its reach to include operations in Rahadoum, Thuvia, Katapesh, Qadira, and Osirion, though it never reaches the same level of ubiquity and effectiveness as it had in Cheliax in these new lands.

探索者协会(Pathfinder Society)

虽然在政治立场上保持中立，探索者协会还是能从切利亚斯的政权更迭中获利，其中最注目的就是能重新开始探索切利亚斯丰富的历史遗迹。自AR4767年以来，探索者协会一直被禁止在切利亚斯内部活动，协会在西冠城以及Delvehaven的分部小屋被切利亚斯政府关闭。在接下来的几十年里，协会要么被迫在切利亚斯内进行非法的秘密行动，要么通过驻扎在探索者本部的特鲁恩代表进行私下交易来获得前往切利亚斯帝国开展活动的特别许可。在不需要政府监督的情况下，再一次自由地探索切利亚斯，对探索者协会来说将会是一个巨大的收益。

为达目的，探索者们利用他们的外交关系在冲突期间明显地站在切利亚斯这方，执行对协会以及特鲁恩家族都有利的小任务。协会中的自由尖兵与银色十字军派系公开反对这种策略，敦促十人团将协会的深层资源用于支持艾奥梅黛信徒的起义。

要是女皇阿波罗盖二世以地狱女皇的身份存活，她会注意到探索者协会在这期间的帮助，并会至少在一段时间内放松对协会活动的控制。如果荣耀光复军推翻了女皇，那么在切利亚斯内部，尤其是在银色十字军与自由尖兵两派在冲突中成功地秘密协助起义的情况下探索者行动也将更容易进行。如果探索者协会协助揭露盾徽财团的两面三刀(见66页的盾徽财团)，新政权将会通过给予帝国内任何被扣押的财团财产来回报协会，着有助于探索者在切利亚斯帝国内重建起永久的分部小屋。

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Pathfinder Society

While generally neutral in political matters, the Pathfinder Society has much to gain from a Chelish regime change, most notably renewed access to the nation’s rich historical sites. Since 4767 ar, the Pathfinder Society has been forbidden from operating within the Chelish empire, and its expansive lodge in Westcrown, Delvehaven, has been shuttered by royal decree. In the intervening decades, the Society has been forced to either operate illegally and clandestinely in Cheliax, or gain special permission to conduct its business in the empire through backroom deals with representatives of House Thrune stationed in the Grand Lodge. To once again have free rein to explore Cheliax without the requirement for government oversight would be a huge boon for the Pathfinder Society.

 To this end, the Pathfinders use their diplomatic connections to make themselves visibly present in Cheliax during the conflict, undertaking minor missions that benefit both the Society and House Thrune. The Liberty’s Edge and Silver Crusade factions of the Society are openly opposed to such tactics, urging the Decemvirate to put the Society’s deep resources behind the Iomedaean rebellion.

Should Queen Abrogail survive as infernal majestrix, she notes the Pathfinder Society’s assistance during the engagement, and loosens her grip on the organization’s activities, at least for a time. If the Glorious Reclamation deposes the queen, it is much more amenable to Pathfinder operations within Cheliax, especially if the Silver Crusade and Liberty’s Edge factions are successful in secretly aiding the rebellion throughout the conflict. If the Pathfinder Society helps uncover the Aspis Consortium’s duplicity (see Aspis Consortium on page 66), the new ruling party after the conflict rewards the Society by granting it any seized Consortium holdings within the empire, which helps the Pathfinders reestablish a permanent presence in the empire with a new spate of lodges.