Lore:Pyandonea

　　Pyandonea is an island-continent located to the far southwest of Tamriel which is home to the elusive Maormer, who had been exiled there by the ancient Aldmer during the days of Aldmeris. Theisland is covered mostly in dense rain forests which provides a habitat for thesouthern water spirits. It was also marshy, and full of insects. The Maormeripractice a powerful form of snake magic which they use to tame the sea serpents of Pyandonea for use as mountsand warbeasts. KingOrgnum, famous for his coffer, was from thisland. Pyandonea translates to "The Veil of Mist", and according tolegend, Orgnum and his followers were banished to this place after he tried tolead a rebellion against the Aldmer, and an impenetrable mist would foreverkeep them from Aldmeris. However, this mist would not keep them from targetingSummerset and southwestern Tamriel.

　　History

　　In the Middle Merethic Era,an Altmeri exploratory ship, the Pasquiniel, setsail south from the Summerset Isle in the direction of Pyandonea. It wasnever heard from again, and it's popularly assumed that they were lost at seaor died at the hands of the Pyandoneans.

　　At one point, Pyandonea may have become alliedwith theAldmeri Dominion, though they'd made countless attempts to invade the Summerset Islethroughout the course of history. For almost every year of the First andSecond eras, Pyandonean forces led by King Orgnum harassed the coastlines ofSummerset. They were known to have pushed further north, as well, and harassedthe coastline of Valenwood during the Interregnum.

　　In 2E 582, theGreen Lady Finoriell swam to Pyandonea, seeking vengeance for the murder of theSilvenar Edhelorn on Khanerthi's Roost. She killed the Maormer indiscriminatelyuntil she was spent. As she lay dying atop the highest sea-tower, the SeaElves' greatest warrior came to claim her head as a trophy. Instead, shegrabbed him and threw herself to the waves far below.

　　One of the only glimpses into the actuallandscape of Pyandonea came in 2E 486,when a small Maormeri fleet was sighted off the coast of Alinor and King Hidellithorderedhis navy to give chase. The navy followed the ships through uncharted watersand were ambushed at Pyandonea itself. Most of the fleet was destroyed, but asingle warship returned to Summerset. They described Pyandonea as a "seajungle" barraged by mist storms. Massive plateaus spill over withvegetation which form mazes around valleys of ocean. Waving tendrils of kelptrap all but the Maormer's own ships, and provide a well-camouflaged home forthe sea serpents that are Orgnum's guards and occasional mounts.

　　The last contact with the continent was in 3E110 during the War of the Isle, when the Altmer, with the help of the Imperial Navy and the PsijicOrder, eventually vanquished a Pyandoneanarmada. Legend credits the Psijics with creating a freak storm that decimatedthe Pyandonean fleet.

　　The historical fiction The Wolf Queen, v4 gives some details of unknown veracityon Pyandonea. The Pyandoneans have insect-like ships made with membranous sailsand chitinous hulls, somewhat similar to some ships in Morrowind. The text also suggests that it was QueenPotema's machinations which led to the intervention of the Psijic Order duringthe War of the Isles.

　　注釋

　　【1】是在想不到Green Lady該怎么翻譯，胡謅了個青翠女士

　　【2】此處的青翠女士游泳前往潘多尼亞的原文是the Green Lady Finoriell swam to Pyandonea,，或許可以理解為“航往”，但大概是覺得在此處用“swim”一詞顯得更有傳奇色彩吧，于是保留了swim的本意，譯為游泳。

　　【3】原文為The Silvenar，按UESP上的解釋是”The Silvenar is the Voice of the People for the Bosmer”

　　【4】Khenarthi’s Roost，原文寫作Khanerthi’s Roost，我認(rèn)為是原文筆誤，因?yàn)椴檎伊艘恍┵Y料后發(fā)現(xiàn)只有Khenarthi(暫譯為：凱納茜)拼寫方式。Khanerthi是Khajiit(卡吉特，艾斯維爾的原住民，游戲中將其翻譯成“虎人”，但結(jié)合設(shè)定來看，“虎人”的翻譯是錯誤的。)對Kynareth(吉娜萊絲)的稱呼方式。