【整理】伏地魔的独特魔法创造统计

嗯,我今天就来吹一发Voldy

楼主 恋上夜の色  发布于 2019-09-01 14:37:00 +0800 CST  
Lord Voldemort,是有史以来最危险的黑巫师。这句话当然不是我说的,也并非粉丝发言,而是来自Albus Dumbledore的权威言论。


「"Did I know that I had just met the most dangerous Dark wizard of all time?" said Dumbledore. "No, I had no idea that he was to grow up to be what he is. ... "


(Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Cha. 13)」


这不得不说是个极高评价,尤其考虑到Dumbledore对于黑巫师并不陌生。当然啦,Dumbledore的观点并不是一家之言,在原著中,我们看到这在魔法界其实是个普遍认知。


「The name of Grindelwald is justly famous: In a list of Most Dangerous Dark Wizards of All Time, he would miss out on the top spot only because You-Know-Who arrived, a generation later, to steal his crown.


(Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Cha. 18)」


而即便在麻瓜世界中,也没人会反驳这个,比方说如果你打开Pottermore官网,就能看到Voldemort被官方盖章认证为“the most powerful Dark wizard of all time”。但这不是我们今天要关心的问题,毕竟战力认证是个玄而又玄的事,我们今天来讨论战力背后的故事,支撑Voldemort立于黑巫师天花板的根基所在——他难以比拟的魔法创造能力。


以下是原著中由Voldemort创造的,或者改进的,或者仅被他一人使用过的,独特魔法事物/咒语列表。史上第一黑巫师的魔法研究成果,究竟与普通巫师有何不同呢:


1. 无辅助飞行


很多没看过原著的人不知道无辅助飞行是多么bug的事,毕竟在电影中飞行似乎并不困难,就像是魔法界任何一件不值一提的普通事物。这当然是为了画面效果考虑。但在真正的HP设定中,无辅助飞行几个世纪以来都被认为是不可能的。著名的Quidditch Through the Ages一书,开篇第一句话便是,“迄今为止从未有任何魔咒能使巫师在无辅助状态下以人类姿态飞行”。


「No Spell yet devised enables wizards to fly unaided in human form.


(Quidditch Through the Ages Cha. 1)」


巫师界早在几千年前便开始渴望飞行,他们发明了悬浮咒,但那并非真正的飞翔,此后他们发明了飞天扫帚(时间早于AD 962),终于能够从此自由地触及天空。但直到飞天扫帚被发明了一千年之后,真正的无辅助飞行才终于出现。


「Voldemort was flying like smoke on the wind, without broomstick or thestral to hold him, his snakelike face gleaming out of the blackness, his white fingers raising his wand again -


(Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Cha. 4)」


这不得不说是个突破性的成就。只可惜,如果不把被诅咒的孩子算作官设,那么在原著之中,我们只知道Voldemort将无辅助飞行咒教给了Snape,而随后Snape便光荣牺牲。所以,除非这一魔咒被黑魔王本人或者Snape用任何方式记录了下来,不然这一伟大魔法研究突破可能又要失传了,不知还要再过几个世纪才能重新被人发现。




2. 黑魔标记


黑魔标记是Voldemort的标志和象征。而与黑魔标记相关的魔法分为两部分:其一,是"Morsmordre"这一咒语所创造出的大型绿色焰火……啊不,魔法标志。


「For a split second, Harry thought it was another leprechaun formation. Then he realized that it was a colossal skull, comprised of what looked like emerald stars, with a serpent protruding from its mouth like a tongue. As they watched, it rose higher and higher, blazing in a haze of greenish smoke, etched against the black sky like a new constellation.


(Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Cha. 9)」


当然,召唤一个大型标志本身并没有什么特别。真正特别的是烙印在食死徒身上的黑魔标记,这一标记如同红色的文身一般,在启动时变为黑色。


「Voldemort bent down and pulled out Wormtail's left arm; he forced the sleeve of Wormtail's robes up past his elbow, and Harry saw something upon the skin there, something like a vivid red tattoo - a skull with a snake proturding from its mouth - the image that had appeared in the sky at the Quidditch World Cup: the Dark Mark.


(Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Cha. 33)」


黑魔标记烙印的作用有两重——由食死徒用来召唤黑魔王本人,和由Voldemort使用,召集所有其他食死徒。可以说这既是个有用的传信工具,也是Voldemort掌控下属的残酷方式(黑魔标记启动时是可是超痛的,你猜这是个bug还是个feature?)。后来Hermione受此启发,使用N.E.W.T.难度的变化咒制造了DA金币,而这就是……该怎么说,魔法研究成果引领学术创新的优秀范例了。




3. 复数魂器制造&生体魂器制造


「As far as I know - as far, I am sure, as Voldemort knew - no wizard had ever done more than tear his soul in two. ——Albus Dumbledore


(Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Cha. 23)」


魂器并不是Voldemort的发明,但他是史上第一位制作多个魂器的黑巫师,还很可能是第一位将生物制作为魂器的黑巫师,而可怕的是,制作魂器这一邪恶而艰深的黑魔法,他在16岁时便掌握成功,甚至很可能在在校期间已经制作了第二个魂器。事实也证明了复数魂器的有效性,如果他只制作了一个魂器的话,早就死在1993年了(但也不好说,如果他只制作了一个魂器,大概也不会那么随意地处置日记本了)。




4. 魂器保护手段——岩洞中的魔药


比起魂器本身,Voldemort发明出来保护魂器的方式则更加有趣,也更加危险。岩洞中的碧绿魔药就是个典型的Voldemort式发明——并非直接杀死服用者,而是一定要先让服用者体验到足够残酷的生理和心理折磨再说。而这个魔药也足够强大,因为即便是Dumbledore,也没能找到破解其作用的方法。


「"Out of the way, please, Harry," said Dumbledore. He raised his wand and made complicated movements over the surface of the potion, murmuring soundlessly. Nothing happened, except perhaps that the potion glowed a little brighter.


...


"... This potion cannot be penetrated by hand, Vanished, parted, scooped up, or siphoned away, nor can it be Transfigured, Charmed, or otherwise made to change its nature.”


(Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Cha. 26)」


当然,Dumbledore毕竟是原著中的魔法界战力天花板,和因此悲剧死去的Regulus不同,即便是在被魔药严重削弱的状况下,他也依然能够放出驱散阴尸的火焰,带Harry逃离岩洞。只可惜,他成功逃过了这一个魂器保护手段的威胁,却没能逃过另一个。




5. 魂器保护手段——复活石戒指上的恶咒


最终杀死Dumbledore的是受其嘱托的Snape,但真正致使Dumbledore不得不面对死亡的,是Voldemort在复活石戒指上留下的残酷恶咒。


「"It is a miracle you managed to return here!" Snape sounded furious. "That ring carried a curse of extraordinary power, to contain it is all we can hope for; I have trapped the curse in one hand for the time being -"


...


"... There is no halting such a spell forever. It will spread eventually, it is the sort of curse that strengthens over time."


(Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Cha. 33)」


即便在Dumbledore和Snape两个人的努力下,恶咒所带来的死亡也只能被延缓,不能被阻止,还会随着时间发展逐渐加强(有人将其类比为蛇毒,这还是个挺合适的说法)。Snape用他超凡的黑魔法知识为Dumbledore赢得了一年的时间,这是唯一值得庆幸的事。而虽然亲手杀死Dumbledore的是Snape,计划死亡的是Dumbledore自己,但最终,真正害死世界上最伟大的巫师这一并不光辉的荣誉,大概还是得属于Voldemort才公平。

楼主 恋上夜の色  发布于 2019-09-01 14:41:00 +0800 CST  

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