Isithombe: I-Tarnished vs. World-Serpent of the Molten Deep

Lo msebenzi wobuciko uveza umbono wesineke wokungqubuzana okungenakwenzeka—iqhawe elilodwa elincane LeTarnished emi lodwa phambi kwenyoka yesikali esinjengentaba phakathi ekujuleni komhume wentaba-mlilo. Ikhamera iphakanyisiwe futhi ihlehliselwa emuva, iguqulela isibukeli endaweni ephakeme efana nekankulunkulu, ithuthukisa ubukhulu obugcwele bomhlaba ongaphansi komhlaba. Kusukela lapha isigameko sizwakala sibhekisisa, cishe siyinganekwane: isikhashana esiqandisiwe emaphethelweni embubhiso.

I-Tarnished ivela eduze naphansi kohlaka, i-silhouette emnyama evezwe kalufifi ngokumelene nokukhanya okuvuthayo ngaphansi kwayo. Umi phezu kwedwala elimnyama eliqhekekile, elikhungethwe ukushisa, insimbi yakhe yezempi ethulisiwe ethambe umlotha, umule nempi. Ijazi lakhe lilenga emiphethweni emibi, edabukile, emaphethelweni lisanyakaza ngenxa yokuphefumula komoya oshisayo. Esandleni salo sokunene, iqhawe liphethe inkemba eqondile, engahlotshisiwe—hhayi ubuqhawe, engakhazimulayo, engenkulu ngokweqile, inkemba nje. Isikhali somuntu somlingisi oyinhloko wesikali somuntu. Lo mehluko wesilinganiso, owenziwe ngamabomu futhi oqinile, ukhuluma ngokungabi nathemba kokuhlangana. Inyoka ayisona isitha okufanele kuliwe ngaso—iyinhlekelele yemvelo lapho umuntu esazi.

Inyoka ibusa isikhungo kanye ne-arc engenhla yesithombe njengokwakheka okuphilayo kwe-geological. Amakhoyili ayo aphumela ngaphandle ngaphesheya kwechibi le-lava, egeleza emanzini ashisayo njengemifula eqinile ye-obsidian nensimbi. Ukushisa kukhishwa ngokusobala esikhumbeni sayo, amazenga acwebezela nge-pulse efiphele ye-magma ngaphansi kwetshe. Isikali ngasinye sinokuthungwa, ukujula, isisindo-azenziwanga isitayela noma zifana nekhathuni, kodwa zihunyushwa ngendlela engokoqobo yento yakudala nentaba-mlilo. Ikhanda layo liphakama kakhulu ngaphezu kwe-Tarnished, imihlathi ivuleka ngokubhonga okuthule, amazinyo acwebezelayo njengama-blade akhiwe kabusha. Amalahle amabili lapho amehlo kufanele acwebezele abheke phansi ngokuqiniseka kobulwane.

Umhume ngokwawo unwebeka ngaphandle kuzo zonke izinhlangothi, umkhulu futhi ufana nesonto lombhishobhi kodwa ungokwemvelo ngokuphelele—azikho izindonga ezibushelelezi ngethuluzi, azikho izinsika eziqoshwe ngesandla. Kunalokho, amawa amawa abheke phezulu akhuphuka aphume ohlakeni, amatshe amatshe athambekele kuphela ngenxa yebanga kanye nenkungu esemkhathini. Usilingi awubonakali, umbozwe ukuhlanekezelwa kokushisa nomlotha okhukhulekayo. Amalahle akhuphuka ngokuqhubekayo emoyeni oncibilikisiwe njengezinkanyezi ezifayo, enikeza umuzwa wokunyakaza onenensa, wangempela. Udaka lumboza umhlabathi emathafeni acwazimulayo, ukukhanya kwawo kuveza okuwukuphela kokukhanya kwangempela. Ukukhanya kugeleza ophahleni lomhume njengokuboniswa kwamanzi, kugcizelela isimo esingazinzile, esiphilayo semvelo.

Kusukela phezulu, ukwakheka kanye nokukhanyisa kuqinisa ubuncane uma kuqhathaniswa nobukhulu: I-Tarnished iyindawo eyodwa yobumnyama endaweni yomlilo; inyoka, izwekazi lemisipha nesikali. Ibanga eliphakathi kwawo lakha umhosha othule, oshubile—kude kakhulu ukuba ungagadla, usondele kakhulu ukuba ungaphunyuka. Asikho isiqiniseko lapha, kuphela ukungagwemeki.

Umkhathi uyasinda, uthulisiwe, unesizotha. Hhayi ukunqoba kobuqhawe—kodwa ukulwa, ukwesaba, nokwenqaba okuthule, nenkani ukufulathela. Kungumfanekiso wesibindi obekwe ngokumelene nokungenzeki, kanye nomhlaba omkhulu ngokwanele ukuthi ungagwinya kokubili inganekwane kanye nomzimba ofayo.

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