Settei book translations/World section
グラスノインフェリアにより天と地を失った。1本の塔と浮遊大陸が、ソル シエー ルのすべてである。
Because of the Grathnode Inferia, both the land and the sky were lost. One tower and a floating continent are all that still exists on Sol Ciel.
Geography of the Tower
Rinkernator ~ Observatory
リンカーネイション ~ 天文台 成層圏を突破している全部で、すでに半分『宇宙』である。彩音回廊が機能して いるおかげでふつうに生存できるが、気温は常時マイナスであり、まるで宇宙ス テーションのようである。主塔から顔をのぞかせる球と筒は天文台。巨大な望遠 鏡があり、ここから空の先を見ることができるのだ。また、セジュリティプロト コルといわれる、塔のゲート通行管理を行うシステムもこの区画にある。
This part is located above the stratosphere, and it's partly on the [Space].
Thanks to the functions of the Musical Corridor, it's possible to continue living normally here, though the atmospheric temperature here is lower than in the other areas, similarly to how it's in a space station. Lodged in the head of the Tower itself, there is a section that looks like an spherical cylinder, that is the Observatory. There is an enormous telescope here, and it can be used to look to whatever could be beyond the space.
The Security Protocol called Meimei, who is charged with the control of the people that passes through the Dividing Gates, also resides in this place.
Blastline
ブラストライン ゆうらん線 (ブラストライン) は、まぶしいプリズムのような虹色の光あふれる 空の海。その正体は砕けたグラスノであり、そこから放出される導力が高濃度の プラズマを発生させている。この海を越えて上に行った者はおらず、中に入った 者は身体の水分が蒸発し、数分も生きていられないという。
The Blastline is a radiant, rainbow-colored and prism-like sea on the sky.
But it actually is an extremely high concentration of Plasma on the atmosphere, originated when the Grathnode Discs shattered and the released energy surged to the skies. Many people have tried crossing this sea to go to the higher zones of the Tower, however, when someone enters in this area, their body moisture is evaporated inside of it, and this kills them off in a few minutes.
Platina ~ Frozen Eye
プラティナ ~ 氷の瞳 ブラストラインからわずか数十メートル下にあるのが、プラティナの街。その間 の区域は、層雲によってもたらされる水分で常に氷に覆われている。アルトネリ コは氷の瞳ことアーデルベルグ緩衝帯で上下に分断されている。つまりそこから 上は厳密にいうと『浮いている』状態。氷の瞳は、超強力な導力を安定させるた めのガイシのような機関であり、塔の稼働時は水晶が常にスパークしていた。
Located some hundred meters below the Blastline, there is the city of Platina.
It's located in a stratum where the the moisture rate on the air is pretty high, and it's usually covered in ice. Ar tonelico is separated in Lower and Upper Parts by the Ardelberg Buffer Band, also known as the Frozen Eye. Strictly speaking, the entirety of the area above the Frozen Eye is actually [floating].
The Frozen Eye is basically a regulator for all the immense power that goes through the Tower, and during the times when the Tower was still functional, its crystals were always covered in sparks from all the energy that used to flow through it.
Ion Plate ~ Crescent Chronicle
イオンプレート~クレセンビクロニクル 乱層雲圏。ほとんど毎日どんよりした灰色の雨雲に覆われ、雲の中のは常に雷が 発生し、下のほうでは雨が降り注ぐ。中ほどにある彩音回廊はこの世界の天候、 気圧、放射線などをコントロールしている。
This area is located in the nimbostratus. It's covered almost everyday by heavy gray rain clouds, and it's usual for them to produce thunders and lightnings, and downpour rain upon the lands below.
The Musical Corridor, which is the Control Center for the Weather, Atmospheric Pressure, Radiation and other atmospheric parameters of this world, it's also located deeper inside of this area.
Em Pheyna ~ Plasma Bell
イム フェーナ~プラスマベル 浮遊大陸ホルスの翼は、非常に穏やかで乱雲もない場所。人が住むのに一番快適 な場所である。ただしいったんホルスの翼の下に乱雲ができると、ものすごい上 昇気流が発生する。
The floating continent of the Wings of Horus is generally a peaceful, and cloud-less place, and its inhabitants live in the most pleasant locations of it.
However, once in a while, rain clouds form below the continent, creating a great number of ascending air currents that cause great shaking to the area.
Falcon's Claw ~ Firefly Alley
たかのつめあと~ほたる横丁 比較的安定した気候だが、夏場には乱雲がでることもある。たかのつめあとは空 中に浮いた無数の岩石で形成されている。湿度が高く、岩肌にはコケや灌木が生 まえるが、大木などは生まえるそうにない痩せた土地だ。死の雲海のすぐ上には、 世界で一番最初に作られた浮遊人工島のほたる横丁がある。滞空岸壁はネモやほ たる横丁間のエアバスの待機バースとして利用されている。
This area has a relatively stable weather, though during the summertime it's also common to see rain clouds in there. The Falcon's Claw is one of the countless floating rock formations that are suspended in the air. And since the humidity level in that place is so high, the grass and bushes sprouted over the rock surfaces, but since it's a rather infertile land, the trees can't sprout here.
The first man-made floating island, Firefly Alley, is located just a little over the Sea of Death. And the Floating Wharf, which acts as an airbus station between Nemo and Firefly Alley, it's always on standby to give its services to the travelers.
The Sea of Death
死の雲海 グラスノインフェリアで舞い上がったガスが作った雲の層。雲海付近の土地は、 岩山と巨大樹のツルに覆われているような感じだ。そのツルのひとつひとつはそ の上に森や川などが形成されるほど大きく、いろいろな生命体が棲むことも可能 なほどである。
This sea of clouds was made when the gases that spouted from the Grathnode Inferia elevated to the atmosphere. The sea of clouds later on ended covering all of the surrounding land, like how the trees and rocks are covered by vines. However, the people managed to recreate largely the forest and rivers in the new continents, allowing the existence of many kinds of life-forms in it.
Platina
プラティナ ホルスの住人が『エレミアの使徒』と呼ぶ、神に近 い人々の住まう町。実態は、特A級情報ウイルス体『シ ャドウ』を封印した人々が『エレミア誓約書』に従っ て集った街である。だが、『エレミアの使徒』さえも『シ ャドウ=ミュール』であることは知らずにいる。
This city is the place of residence to the people closest to the Goddess, called the [Apostles of Elemia] by the inhabitants of Horus. Actually, this city is where all the descendants of the people that sealed the Special A Class Virus [Shadow] are gathered. However, there is no one between the [Apostles of Elemia] that knows that [Shadow is Mir].
Symphonic Reactor
導力プラグ ここは現時点において唯一、誰でも塔の中枢にアクセス できる場所。バグの実体化は9割方ここで発生しており、 それを駆除するのがエレミアの使徒の役割である。
At the present time, this is the only place where anyone can access to the center of the Tower. The viruses are always materializing in this place, and the duty of the Apostles of Elemia is exterminating them.
Beyond the Stratosphere
成層圏をこえて ほとんど宇宙に突きでている階層には、プリス ムガーデン、天文台といった場所がる。シュレ リアはほとんどの時間を、プリスムガーデン最上 階のリンカーネイションで過ごす。
In the stratum that it's almost on the space, there are the places known as the Prism Garden and the Observatory. Shurelia spends almost all of her time in the topmost floor of the Prism Garden, the Rinkernator.
Em Pheyna
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イム フェーナ シルヴァホルンと塔をつなぐ桟橋に乗 っているテル族の街。エレミア誓約書を 遵守するテルは、塔の探索をする人間に 対して容赦なく攻撃をしかける。 テルは万物の現象はすべて同じ『運命 大輪』の成せる業であるとの運命感を持 っており、人災も自然災害も同じ『運命 が引き起こした事象』として見る傾向が ある。
Wrapped around the Silver Horn and the Tower, and acting as a bridge, this the town of the Teru Tribe. Following the conditions that were written in the Covenant of Elemia, the Teru ruthlessly attack any adventurers that try to explore the Tower.
The symbolisms for the Teru are all based under the same concept: they are created by [the Great Wheel of Fate], which is their concept of unavoidable fate, and it says that both natural and artificial disasters are all [Acts Caused by Destiny], which is also the perspective the majority of the Teru have on life.
About the former Grathnode Discs
かつてのグラスノ盤 プラティナ上空のブラストラインは4枚のグラスノ盤が砕けたも のだが、第一紀では次のように機能していた。上から1、2、3、 4チャンネルと呼ばれ、1ー2が軍事用、3が国家政策用、4が公 共サービス用である。各盤は非常に細かく管理され、1枚のグラス ノ盤で数億というプロセスを同時に実行できた。グラスノ盤1枚は、 互いに共振しないグラスノによる6トラック構成で、1トラックの 中でさらに結晶間にサイレントキャップ (相殺線) という仮想的な 仕切りを作り、数千万セクタまで分けて使用。 一盤市民が魔法を使う場合『チャンネル 4 トラック5 セクタ 18403で実行』のように実行され、そこから発信される力が要求 先に届く。また、チャンネル1、2は特に軍事能用として強大な力を 使うため、3トラック同時実行などを行うことが多かった。史上最 大の戦略利用としては、2チャンネル全域を使用したソル クラスタ 極西紛争時が最高であった。
In the sky over Platina, where the Blastline is located currently, there are four broken Grathnode discs, though they had their own functions back in the First Era.
Each disc is called a Channel, and from the uppermost disc to the lowermost one, they are called Channel 1, 2, 3 and 4, with Channels 1 and 2 being used for military purposes, Channel 3 being used for political purposes, and Channel 4 being used by services for the general public.
Each one of the discs was very strictly administrated, and one of these discs alone could execute several millions of processes at the same time. And to avoid that the discs resonated with each other in a harmful way, they were divided in six tracks, with the divisor between each track being a crystal space called the Silent Gap (a Counterbalance Line), and each of the tracks was also subdivided into several millions of small sectors for specific purposes.
When a person used magic in these times, it would be [Executed in Channel 4, Track 5, Sector 18403], and from that section, the disc would emit energy until it reached the person that requested the execution of magic. Channels 1 and 2 were especially created for use by the military because they could use up to three of its Tracks for the execution of multiple processes, generating an immense amount of power.
During the greatest battle that took place in the story, the Climax of the West War with Sol Cluster, the two Channels destined for war purposes were used completely, and up to their max capacity.
セクタサイズは使用する詩魔法により可変 それによって使用料会も変わってくる。
The size of the Sectors varied in function of the Song Magic that was being used, and that also changed depending on how much of their space was rented beforehand.
Frozen Eye
氷の瞳 正式名称はアーデルベルグ緩衝帯。唄石をグラスノとパラメ ノに分離した後、それを再度くっつけるためにはアーデルとい う素材を間にはさむ。半導体といわれるものと同じであり、片 方の振動のみ伝え、逆は伝えないのだ。アルトネリコも原理は 同じで、ここを境に上側にグラスノ、下側にパラメノがる。 氷の瞳にある八面体は純アーデル結晶で、極性を上に向けてあ るため、下から上へしか波が伝わらないようになっている。グ ラスノインフェリア時、アーデル結晶周囲にグラスノ盤への放 電が発生。通常時には起こらない大気吸収が行われ、結果グラ スノ盤は許容値以上のエネルギーが貯まり自己破砕した。
It's official name is the Ardelberg Buffer Band.
After separating a Songstone into Grathnode and Parameno, there is still another material attached, separating both parts of the Songstone, called Ardel. It's essentially a semiconductor material, and it only transmits the vibrations of the waves in one direction, but it can't send them in the reverse direction. Ar tonelico is also ruled by this principle, given that the Frozen Eye is the border that separates the lower part containing Parameno, and the upper part containing Grathnode. The Frozen Eye itself is an octahedral Ardel Crystal of the highest purity, and its polarity is set to point upwards, so it can only send waves upwards, but it can't send them downwards through the Tower.
During the Grathnode Inferia, the Ardel Crystals that surrounded the Grathnode Discs released a massive amount of electricity. Then, they ended creating an atmospheric vacuum (an impossibility under normal circumstances), which ended sending more energy to the Grathnode Discs than what they were designed to handle, and as a result, the Discs ended shattering.
Silver Horn
シルヴァホルン シルヴァホルンと呼ばれる塔壁に巻き付ける形で設計 されたため、シルヴァホルンと命名された。第二紀におい ては、グラスノインフェリアで失われた音科学を復活させ、 魔導サービスで人々に繁栄をもたらした。第三紀ではシュ レリアによって機能を変えられ、新しい技術体系 "グラス メルク" を提供するために稼動している。シルヴァホルン の恩恵により、第三紀の世界は一気に発達した。
The Silver Horn is a machine that was entwined around the walls of the Tower, and it took its name from the design it had during its planning phase. During the Second Era, it was made to resurrect the Sound Science that was lost to the Grathnode Inferia, and the magic power service that it gave to the people brought forth a great prosperity. In the Third Era, Shurelia modified the machinery and put it into operation to allow the usage of a new technological system called "Grathmeld". Thanks to the blessings of the Silver Horn, the world of the Third Era could grow very quickly.
The Musical Corridor
彩音回廊 彩音回廊は、高い高度における気温の安定、気圧の安定、重力場 の安定を目的とし、アルトネリコ建造時にその機能の1つとして設 計された。コンソールがある中央制御部と、実際にエネルギーを出 して制御する『響板』という7枚の浮遊盤にわかれている。
The Musical Corridor is a mechanical system that was planned when Ar tonelico was still in construction, and it was built upon its completion with the purpose of being a controller to keep the temperature, atmospheric pressure, and gravitational fields around the Tower stable. There is a console called the Central Controller, which actually only sends the energy and signals necessary to control each one of the 7 floating discs that surround it, called the [Resonance Boards (Hexagonal Plates)].
Light Circuits
光回路 塔の表層部からコンソールのある中心部まで続く光回路。太陽の光を 大きめのクリスタル (プリズム) で屈折させ、レンズで増幅させながら 中心まで導く。プリズムが安置されているプリズム部屋、クリスタルブ ロックがつながる光ライン、高層プリズム部屋。光はここでプリズム が集中させた先にあるコンソール下部へ入る。コンソールでは、その光 から現在の温度湿度、気圧などを解析し、結果を自動制御に回す。
The light circuits are a system that controls the flow of the light from the Tower's surface to the Central Console, located inside the Tower itself. The light of the sun is refracted by using a large crystal (a Prism), and a Lens amplifies and redirects the light in a way it reaches the center of the Tower. The Prisms are installed in various areas called the Prism Rooms, and each one of them is connected to a Upper Prism Room through special light lines, which transmit the light from a place to other. The light is then concentrated in the Prisms of this room and sent to the lower part of the Central Console. And that console, by receiving that light, it's then able to analyze and automatically control the current temperature, humidity, and atmospheric pressure.
Junctions (7)
ジャンクション (7基) 彩音回廊の塔側の外壁近くに、円周に均等に7基の『ジャンクション』 と呼ばれるシステムがある。これらは7枚ある『響板』と対になってお り、塔からの指示を響板に送る役目をはたしている。それ以外にも、響 板を上下に移動させたり、バランスを保ったりする機能もはたす。現在、 彩音回廊の響板の1枚 (第六響版) が落下してしまっているが、それは このジャンクション第6が壊れてしまったためである。
The Musical Corridor is located in the outer walls of the Tower, and around of it there is a system composed by 7 equal parts called the [Junctions]. They are made up from the seven [Hexagonal Plates], and each one accomplishes an specific function according to the signals sent to them from the Tower.
However, there is an exception to this: if one of the Plates was removed by any reasons, the balance would have to be restored so this system could continue fulfilling its functions. At the present time, the Musical Corridor only has 6 Hexagonal Plates because one of them collapsed, breaking its Junction with the other 6 ones.
Geometric Balancer
ジオメトリックバランサー 彩音回廊の7つの響板を調整するメカニズ ム。響板位置は、ジャンクション自身からの 相対位置によって決定されている。だが、塔自 体の微妙な歪みによる対地球絶対位置の誤差は 測れない。バランザーは、東西南北4力所の『3 次元相互相対補正ジャイロ』総称で、常に地 球と塔のゆがみを計算し続けている。重力場の 計測も行い、歪みが生じた場合、その情報を『プ ラズマベル』に送って力場補正を行わせるのだ。
This is the mechanism that regulates the functioning of the seven Hexagonal Plates of the Musical Corridor. The position of the Hexagonal Plates is always decided according to the relative positions of the Junctions themselves. However, the Tower is very sensitive to even the smallest distortions that may sprout between it and the relative position of the planet, and it's not able to measure these calculation errors. The Balancer is a system that is constantly calculating these distortions, its official name being the [Tridimensional Mutual Relative Correction Gyroscope]. It always calculates the gravitational fields, and in the case that a distortion appears, it sends a signal to the [Plasma Bell] to initiate the correction of said distortion.
Route Bus
ルートバス 彩音回廊の中心にあるコンソールからジャン クションへと延びる、7体の放射状ケーブル群。 非常に重要なケーブルで、これが断線すると響 板が落ちて天候が制御できなくなるため、固い 装甲に守られている。ルートバスはかなりの直 経をもつ、ユーテリアとケーブルが詰まっている のだ。ユーテリアとは、古代文明が生んだ、セ ラミックスより固くて軽い金属のことである。
The Central Console of the Musical Corridor is connected to the Junctions by a network of seven electrical cables. These cables are of extreme importance because if even one of these was cut off, the Plates would fall, making it impossible to control the weather, so they are protected by a very strong cover. The Route Bus are the protections that these cables have, which is essentially a Yuteria cover wrapping the cable. The Yuteria is a metal that was created in the ancient civilizations, and its lighter and harder than ceramics.
The Hexagonal Plates
響板 塔を囲むように存在し、指向性をもつ波動を 発する7枚の振動板。一定の場所を集中して導 体D波 (ー》P. 114) を発生させることで、そ の場を共振させ、温度を上げ下げしたり、湿度 を極端に上げたりする。また、雲を出したり、 嵐を消し飛ばすこともできる。普段は低出力で 波動が集中しても目に見える変化は起きない が、リミッタが外れて無制限に振動した場合、 集中ポイントにプラズマを作ることもできる。
These are the seven plates that surround the Tower, and the directionality that their waves have depends on the vibrations of each of them. Upon a fixed point, they concentrate the Dynamic D-Waves (more info on page 114) they produce, and then, these waves begin resonating with other, said resonance being the factor that allows the controlling of the temperature and the level of humidity. This also allows to control the apparition of the clouds and the clearing of the storms. Usually, the output of the waves is so low that even in the point of concentration, they can't be seen by the naked eye. However, when the limiter is turned off and the vibrations turns limitless, the point of concentration is forced to resonate so intensely that it can even produce plasma.
Information about the Wings of Horus
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ホルスの翼概要 ホルスの翼は、第一紀に大陸剥離により形成された、 高度上空に存在する浮遊大陸である。第三紀現在での 大きさは、長辺で140000ストン (420km)、短辺で 115000ストン (350km)、ほどの巨大なもので、『彩音回 廊』の環境アセスメント機能により、半径120000スト ンに渡り、海抜0ストンと同じ環境での生活を可能と している。ホルスの翼の大陸剥離は第一紀A.D.3000 年に始まり、3020年頃に現在の高度に到達した。剥離 当時アルトネリコ周辺の地上は、都市圏から離れた位 置にあったが、その後都市化が進み、塔を取り巻く大 都市となっていく。後にここが、ソル シエール地域 の首都エル エレミアになっていくのである。
The Wings of Horus are a detached continent that was created back in the First Era, and in current times is floating at a great altitude over the world's surface. Its dimensions in the current times (the Third Era) are as follows: 140000 Stons (420 km) long per 115 Stons (350 km) wide, making it a considerable landmass, and thanks to the environmental impact assessment machine, the [Musical Corridor], it simulates the same kind of environment found at 0 meters AMSL (above sea level) in a 120000 Ston radius around it, making it habitable for any kind of life form. The detaching of the Wings of Horus began in the 3000 AD year (during the First Era), and around the 3020 AD year it reached the altitude where it's located currently.
During the time of its detaching and elevation, Ar tonelico was surrounded in its base by a great city, the detached land being the land of its outskirts, and later on, when the Wings of Horus reached their planned elevation, an urbanization plan was launched, surrounding the Tower by other great city in the heights. This two-part city later on turned into the capital of the region of Sol Ciel: the city of El Elemia.
The Purpose of the Wings of Horus
ホルスの翼の目的 ホルスの翼の第一の目的は浮遊大陸実用化への試験だった が、彩音回廊がさまざまな気候、環境を作り出せるため、幅 広い研究の臨床試験の場となっていった。最先端の音科学 波動科学、そして第一紀当時騒がれていたバイオテクノロジ ーの研究施設もほとんどがこの地に移転した。これらは一歩 間違えば世界規模ハザードが発生する危険性をもつため、 当然ホルスの翼は『隔離大陸』とされた。その後、大陸が安 定した第一紀末期には、進化実験の安全性も確保できてくる。 そして一般公開が許可され、リゾートシティの建設が着手さ れた。このリゾートシティは建設中にグラスノインフェリア に見舞われたため、完成を見ることはなかった。 ホルスの翼での人工生命体の研究は負の遺産を残した。そ れは波動科学で造りだした生きた兵器である。さまざまな怪 物達、例えば飛竜やウルフ、ポムなどは、すべて第一紀に開 発されている戦闘生命なのだ。グラスノインフェリア後、 ホルスの翼に避難してきた人々は、管理不能になったそれら の実験体『異形の者』に怯えて暮らさざるを得なかった。 しかし研究の最大の目的は、生命体研究の結晶ともいうべ き『レーヴァテイル』の開発であった。レーヴァテイルは第 一紀終焉間近に初号体エオリアが完成、続いて2体が製造さ れたほか、β試験によって多数のベータ純血種が生まれた。 つまりホルスの翼はレーヴァテイルの故郷なのである。
The purpose for the Wings of Horus during the First Era was making a floating continent for doing a practical study of the functions of the Musical Corridor and its capacity to alter the environment and weather, so it actually was made as a field for a wide variety of clinical studies on the Corridor and its functions.
Also, the leading-edge institutions on Sound Science, Wave Physics, and the biggest interest of the First Era, Biotechnology moved to Horus to make new kinds of experiments. This was also for the safety of the world, given that some of these experiments were very hazardous, and naturally, as Horus was an [isolated continent], that also diminished these risks. After that, the continent gradually became more stable, and near the end of the First Era, the researchers were already able to guarantee that all of their experiments and investigations were safe, and that they didn't pose any kinds of risk anymore.
Thus, the general public was authorized to inhabit Horus, and the plans for building a resort city in it were set in motion. However, this resort city was still being built when the Grathnode Inferia happened, so this was a project that never saw completion.
And there were many remains of the investigations that were performed in Horus. These were creatures created by Wave Physics that were planned to be used as weapons. They were the various monsters we commonly see in the Third Era, such as the Dragons, Wolves, and Poms, all of them were creatures that were being designed in the First Era as bioweapons. After the Grathnode Inferia, the people took shelter in the Wings of Horus, but they began to be continually attacked by these uncontrollable experiments, which they called as [Abnormal Beings], and they were fearing for their lives because they couldn't defeat them.
However, what should be called the most important purpose of the Wings of Horus was the crystallization of the investigations on artificial life forms: the [Reyvateils]. Near the end of the First Era, the first Reyvateil, Eolia, was created in this place, and following her, two other Reyvateils were also created. Afterwards, the trial β-type Reyvateils, and later on, countless numbers of Pureblooded β-type Reyvateils were born. In few words, the Wings of Horus are the birthplace of all the Reyvateils.
Disaster of the Wings of Horus
ホルスの翼の災厄 第二紀以前、ホルスの翼は面積比で第三紀の1.5倍の大き さがった。『ミュールの反乱』によって、ホルスの右翼が落 とされ、それに引っ張られるように左翼の一部も崩落したの である。その一部がプラズマベル左翼によって引っ張られた ものが、『たかのつめあと』と言われている場所になる。
During the Second Era, the Wings of Horus were approximately 1.5 times larger than how they are in the Third Era. Because of [Mir's Rebellion], the Right Wing of Horus fell off, and several parts of it broke off and were pulled by one part of the Left Wing. That part was the Plasma Bell, and the broken pieces ended forming some small floating islands, such as the place called the [Falcon's Claw].
The Right Wing and the Left Wing
右翼 左翼 第一紀には市民が近づくことも許されなかったホルスの翼 も、第二紀は人の営みで溢れかえった。主な都市は、平坦部 の多かったホルス右翼に偏り、第二紀最大の都市『ネオエレ ミア』は、右翼の塔に隣接する付近にあった。ここ以外にも 右翼は多くの人達が住み、大都市が形成された。逆に左翼は 丘陵地帯や山間部が多く、穀倉地帯として農業が盛んに行わ れた以外は、目立つ都市もなくいわゆる田舎であった。
During most of the First Era, the people wasn't allowed to even approach the Wings of Horus, but during the Second Era, everyone was already living on them. Its main city, which was built in the most flat terrain that was available on the Right Wing of Horus was the biggest city ever built on the Second Era: [Neo Elemia], and the city was built adjoined to the Tower. The Right Wing is where the majority of the population of Sol Ciel lived, and where the largest cities were built. In contraposition, the Left Wing of Horus was an area formed by numerous hills and mountains, where there only were rural towns and villages dedicated to agriculture, without any large cities standing out from them.
The Materials of the Wings of Horus
ホルスの翼の建材 第二紀においてホルスの翼では金属類などは貴重な資源であった ので、建物に使うことはためらわれた。最初は木材が使われていた が、しだいにそれも問題視され、かわりに開発されたのがユーテリ アという素材だ。これは土と石と少しのグラスノで作れ、資材不足 のこの時代には大いに重宝した。引っ張り強度が大きく、他の骨材 とあわせて使うと使い勝手がいいため、おもに高層建築に使われた。 だが、ごみごみした下町の家々は、やはり木造が主流だった。ネオ エレミアは現在の上海と同じような雰囲気かもしれない。
During the Second Era, a great number of valuable metal deposits were found in the Wings of Horus, and they were used for construction works. Initially, these materials only caused problems when the people tried to use them, until the time when the Yuteria was developed. This material is made from dirt, stones and some little doses of Grathnode, and since it was so scarce in these times, it began to be treated as a treasure. However, once it was mixed with other materials, it became much easier to use, and was used mainly for the construction of tall buildings. However, the most part of the houses of the lower part of the cities were still made from wood. Neo Elemia probably had a similar atmosphere to the one that Shanghai has.
Yuteria
建材としてだけでなく、機械を作 る際にもグラスメルクの材料として 重宝する素材である。武器の材料と して使われることも多い。
It's not only used as a construction material, given that currently is also used as a material for machines and Grathmeld, making it one of the most useful materials. It's also a material used in the creation of many kinds of weapons.
Plasma Bell (First Era)
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プラズマベル (第一紀) ホルスの翼を浮かせている唯 一つの動力源であり、第二紀、 第三紀の人々の命綱といえる。 大変重要な施設のため、他の施 設とは違う管理体制をとり、仮 に塔が停止しても、プラズマベ ルは稼働し続ける。これを止め るには全く別のプロセスを踏む 必要がある。もともと2基あつ たが、ミュールの反乱で破壊さ れ、第三紀に残るのは左翼側の 1基のみとなった。
This is the power source that keeps the Wings of Horus afloat, and it's pretty much the lifeline for the people that lived in the Second and Third Eras. And since it's such a vital facility for the Tower, it's managed under a separate administrative system from the other parts of the Tower, so even if the Tower is temporarily suspended, the Plasma Bell will continue functioning. This is such a vital process that it has never been stopped since the Plasma Bell was put into operation the first time. Originally there were two Plasma Bells, but during Mir's Rebellion one of them was destroyed, and the one that keeps the left wing of Horus afloat is the only one left.
Singing Hill (First and Second Eras)
謳う丘(第一紀/第二紀) 第一紀に波動科学+バイオテクノロジーの試験 (=生命兵器の開発) を行っていた施設で、飛竜やポムなどの『異形の者』の故郷である。第 二紀の人々がそれらの施設を発見、改築してレーヴァテイル (ベータ純血 種) の詩魔法研究開発機関とし、『謳う丘』と呼ばれるようになった。 ここではさまざまなヒュムノスワードが研究され、ヒュムノスエクスト ラクトもいくつか開発されている。例えば、ヒュムノスエクストラクト 『パージャ』は、ここで開発された成果の一つである。 もともと地下施設だった謳う丘は、グラスノインフェリアや詩魔法の 衝撃試験で大地が脆くなり、第二紀には施設の床が落ちて多数の研究員 とレーヴァテイルが死の雲海に消えるという惨事が起きている。今でも 謳う丘を下っていくと、突然空が見渡せる場所に出ることがる。
This was a facility made for investigations and experiments on Wave Physics and Biotechnology (and also, a development area for Bioweapons), so this is the place of birth of the Dragons, Poms, and the other so-called [Abnormal Beings]. When the people of the Second Era rediscovered these places, they changed it into a place for researching and developing the Song Magic of the newly modified Reyvateils (the Pureblooded Beta-types), and renamed it the [Singing Hill].
In this place, many kinds of Hymmnos Words were researched, and many other kinds of Hymmnos Extracts were developed. As an example, the Hymmnos Extract [Purger] was developed as a result from one of these researches.
However, the land where the Singing Hill was built was a very delicate piece of land because of the Grathnode Inferia and the continual tests for attack Song Magic, and during the Second Era, a disaster ensued when one entire floor of the facility, together with many researchers and Reyvateils, fell off from it, and disappeared forever under the Sea of Death. Even now, there are remnants of that disaster in the Singing Hill, since at one point, one goes out to a place that overlooks the sky in the lower floors.
Landbreak Line (Second Era)
大地破斬線 (第二紀) レーヴァテイル戦争でホルスの右翼が落下するとき、左翼にも相当なモ ーメント (曲げる力) が働いた。その際、左翼の大陸中央付近に亀裂が 走り、崖のように飛び出て大陸に歪みが生じた。その傷跡ラインのこと を 『大地破斬線』と呼ぶ。右翼が落ちるまでは深い深い地中だった部分 までも地表に現れ、大きな崖がそそり立っている。
When the Right Wing of Horus fell down during the Reyvateil War, the Left Wing also received a impact from the momentum that was released at that moment. In that instant, the areas near the center of the left wing cracked, and that crack starting running along the continent, similarly to a cliff sprouting, and created a large distortion on the land. The scar that remained after this is called the [Landbreak Line]. Until the fall of the right wing, it went deeper and deeper in the land until it manifested on the land's surface as an enormous chasm.
Memorial Monuments (Second Era)
慰霊碑 (第二紀) 第二紀の人達が、グラスノインフェリアによって亡くなった人達を偲 んで建てた慰霊碑。追憶の尾翼に今でも遺跡としと残っている。
These are the monuments that the people of the Second Era built in memory of the ones that died in the Grathnode Inferia. The ruins of one of them can be still seen in the Tail of Reminiscence.
Parabola Shield (First Era)
パラボラ シールド (第一紀) 二つの目的でホルスの翼に埋 め込まれている。一つは遠距離 層波(戦略兵器)の出力効率化 のためで、もう一つは、遠距離 層波などの行使時にその余波を 地上の都市が受けるのを防ぐた めである。遠距離層波などの超 高エネルギー波動は、どんなに 指向性を高めても、回り込みが 発生し地上にも影響が出る。そ こでホルスの翼自体を、地上に 住む人達の傘にしたのだった。
This is a device that was buried in the Wings of Horus for a double purpose. One was to increase the efficiency of usage of the LDSW (Long Distance Stratus Waves, which are strategic weapons), and the other purpose was to protect the cities and towns from that same kind of waves. The LDSW are waves with an extremely high energy output, and cause many kinds of dangerous effects in the areas over the ground that fall under their influence. Because of that, this device was created and buried in the Wings of Horus, in a way that it served as an umbrella to the people living in Sol Ciel.
The Rulers of Neo Elemia (Second Era) -> P. 84
ネロエレミア殿(第二紀) -> P. 84 第二紀の人々が心の拠り所にしていた『エレミア三謳神』。そのティ リア神が祀られている神殿である。第二紀において、伝説だけが残り誰 もその本体を見たことがないティリアとフレリアの存在は、特別なもの になっていった。風の噂では、ティリア、フレリアが移送された塔の周 辺では、今も人々が幸せに暮らしているとか、ティリア、フレリアはエ オリアの致命的欠陥を修正されているため、神のような存在であるなど、 様々な億測が飛び交った。後にその矛先はミュールに向けられ、ミュー るこそがレーヴァテイルの理想型、そしてミュールこそがティリアの再 臨であるという風潮が出てくる。そのため末期では、ここに祀られてい るのがティリアなのかミュールなのかわからない、混沌とした状態にま でなってしまった。第三紀では考えられないことだが、第二紀にはレー ヴァテオル崇拝 (厳密にはオリジン崇拝) が確かに存在していた。 ソル シエールの人々が、自分たちの神であるエオリアではなく、テ ィリアを崇拝したのは、エオリアに限界を感じたからに他ならない。半 端な噂とわずかな情報しかなく、初号体であるエオリアは、陰では失敗 作的な噂すらも飛び交っていた。ティリア崇拝は、苦しい現実から逃れ るための妄想でしかなかったが、それでもこの絶望的な世の中に救いを 求めるには、歪んだ希望をもって生きるしかない人もいた。 ちなみに、第二紀の人達は『エレミア三謳神』がレーヴァテイルと分 かって信奉しており、そのことを全く知らずに伝説として受け止めてい る第三紀の人達とは少し意識も異なっている。
The support for the hearts of the people in the Second Era was the [Trio of Singing Goddesses of Elemia (the Trio of Elemia)], although Goddess Tilia was the only one to have a temple for worshipping her. However, everything about the Godesses is only legends, since in the Second Era there was no one left that actually saw both Tilia and Frelia, and because of that, they turned them into special beings. According to the rumors, Frelia and Tilia were transferred to zones outside of the Tower, and Eolia needed corrections for some fatal flaws, so the people sought to create a god-like being, and devised thousands of plans for doing so. This was the main reason driving the creation of Mir, given that she was the idealized model of Reyvateil, and it turned into a trend to call Mir "the second coming of Tilia". Because of this, just before the end of the Second Era, no one was able to distinguish Mir from Tilia, and this ended causing a great confusion. Since the people of the Third Era didn't know anything about this, they continued worshipping the Reyvateils (though only the Origins) without knowing.
Eolia was never the Goddess for the people of her own Tower, and this was due to a rumor, which was supposed to be a fragment from classified information, Eolia was the First Reyvateil, but behind her back, there were an infinite number of rumors telling that she was only a mere failure from a experiment. However, in the middle of this era of despair, where the people was always looking for someone to save them, this twisted version of history gave to the people the hope they needed to continue living.
By the way, the people of the Second Era did believe that the [Trio of Elemia] were actually Reyvateils, but since they weren't able to confirm the veracity of that claim, they ended passing down to the people of the Third Era a somewhat different version of these legends.
Airport City of Nemo
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空港都市ネモ 『はじまりの海』と呼ばれるトネリコ湾の 空港を中心とした街。そこから放射状に幹 線道路と町並みが広がり、『しののめ通り (東雲)』『たそがれ通り (黄昏) 』『ほしの せ通り (星乃瀬) 』の3本には路面電車が 走っている。この街にホルスやスタンド ラインからさまざまな物資が集まる。それ を流通させる巨大な市場、モール、小売店 があり、中心部では重工業も盛んだ。
This city was at first used as the core airport for the Bay of tonelico, also called the [Sea of Beginnings]. Later on, and gradually, people began to come to this place, and the streets and the houses expanded on all directions, the three main routes for trolleys being the [Shinonome Avenue (Avenue of Dawn)], the [Tasogare Avenue (Avenue of Twilight)], and the [Hoshinose Avenue (Starry Avenue)]. There are always products coming from Horus and other places to this city. Because of this circulation of products, this city is like a huge market, filled with small shops and having a mall, and in its central part, there are a great number of industries.
Karulu and Other Villages
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カルル村ほか 唯一の土の大地となったホルス左翼。人々は この大陸の尻尾の方の緩やかな丘陵地帯に住ん でおり、いまだに未開の土地も山ほどある。一山越 えないと行けない頭の方 (塔から最も離れ た岬)に行った者はほとんどいない。カルル村 は森にほど近い集落で、異形の者の襲撃に 耐えながら人々が暮らしている。スクワート村は現 在は人のいない廃墟と化している。
The only land left in this world is the Left Wing of Horus. The people have spread throughout all the continent from its head to its tail, building towns and villages in the areas where the hills and mountains of this continent are easier to traverse, though even in the current days there are savage and unexplored regions. These are mostly the impassable mountains that are in direction to the Head (the farthest area from the Tower), and they aren't visited by people at all. Karulu Village is a settlement that is located between two forests, and because of that, its people has to endure attack from the monsters every now and then. There is also Skuwat Village, which is only a group of deserted ruins in the current times.
3 Episodes That Happened in the Tail of Reminiscence
追憶の尾翼3つのエピソード グラスノインフェリアの犠牲者を弔う慰霊碑が建つす追憶の尾翼。ここはミシャ とシュレリアの、大切な思い出の場でもあった。
To honor the people that died in the Grathnode Inferia, a memorial monument was erected on the Tail of Reminiscene. This site is a place that holds some precious memories both for Misha, and Shurelia.
Episode 1: The Parting of Misha and Lyner
エピソード1: ミシャとライナーの別れ ミシャが31代目の星詠となるためにプラ ティナを去る際、幼いライナーと別れたのが この場所だった。ライナーは、もう遊べなく なるミシャに手作りのオカリナを贈り、『エ レミアの騎士になって悪い魔物を倒し、ミシ ャを迎えにいく』と約束した。 星詠が世代交代をする特別な日、エレミア の使徒は育ててきた新たな星詠を連れて飛空 挺でホルスに下り、追憶の尾翼でテルに引き 渡す儀式を行う。プラティナの人間が氷の瞳 の下に来られる唯一の日で、参加できるのは ごく限られた者だけである。ライナーはプラ ティナ総帥の息子として随行したが、実際は レアードに無理を言って付いてきたのだっ た。ライナーにとっては、墜落するまでの間 でホルスの翼に下りた最初で最後の日だった。
When Misha had to leave Platina to turn into the 31st Hoshiyomi, this place was the stage of their parting. Realizing that Misha wouldn't be able to come back to play with him, young Lyner gave a hand-made ocarina as a present to her, and promised her [I'll turn into a Knight of Elemia, defeat all those evil monsters, and go to pick you up].
Since the Hoshiyomi succession was such an special day, the Apostles of Elemia were allowed to take the child that was raised as the next Hoshiyomi down to the Wings of Horus, and entrust her to the Teru after performing an special ceremony in the Tail of Reminiscence. This was the only day in which the people of Platina were allowed to go down the Frozen Eye, but only a few people were allowed to partake in this. Since Lyner was the son of the Platina Commander, he was allowed to go as an attendant, though Leard said at the time that it would be unreasonable to bring him along. This was the first and last time that Lyner came to the Wings of Horus before the fateful day in which he crashed into Viola Forest,
Episode 2: Shurelia's Love
エピソーソ2:シュレリアの恋 第二紀、シュレリアにとってこの地は恋の 思い出の場所であった。彼女は、ロヴァル ローニ、ニーズ レギンと3人で一緒に何か をすることが多くなっていた。3人には共通 が多く、それがさらに仲を睦まじいものに していたのだ。それは空が好きなことと、歌 が好きなこと。彼らにとってこの追憶の尾翼 は最高の遊び場で、ロヴァルとシュレリアが 設計した飛行機械でニーズがパイロットとな り、何度も空を飛んだ。この平坦な地はそれ が自由にでき、また転がり回っても平気なほ ど柔らかだった。特に塔の中でしか過ごした ことのないシュレリアは、この無限とも言え る世界に激しく魅了されていた。同時に、い つも冒険心を持ち、自由奔放に生きるニーズ に恋心を抱いていった。
During the Second Era, this place also was the setting for the memories of love that Shurelia had. She was always together with Rovar Lony and Neath Legin, doing many things. The three of them had many things in common, and because of that, they were very good friends. The most poignant features between them were their love for the sky and the songs. For them, the Tail of Reminiscence was their favorite playground of sorts, and in here, Rovar and Shurelia planned and designed a new model of airship, of which Neath ended being the pilot, and many times, they flew together in that airship. The flat terrain of this land also let them walk freely around it, and they were always going here and there in these days of calm and peace. Shurelia ended being extremely reluctant to spending her time inside of the Tower, mainly because she was told that this world was endless, and that fascinated her greatly. At that moment, she began having an adventurous spirit, and embraced her beloved Neath, who had the possibility of living however he wanted.
Episode 3: Encounter with Tastiella
エピソード3:タスティエーラとの出会い まだタスティエーラがおませな少女だった 頃、自身の "護" となる飛竜がなかなか見つ からずに70日も飲まず食わずで死にかけて いたところ、恋に悩んで呆けていたシュレリ アにこの地で出くわす。シュレリアはお弁当 をあげ、タスティエーラの命を救った。
When Tastiella was still a precocious girl, she went into a search for a flying dragon to turn it into her familiar, however, she wasn't able to find it after 70 days, and eventually found herself without any food or water to go on. When she was about to die from this, she came across with the befuddled Shurelia, who was still worrying for her loved one. Shurelia gave to Tastiella her lunch box, saving her life.
Firefly Alley
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ほたる横丁 天覇の『雲海調査のための 学術都市構想』により作られ た、雲の海上62ストン(約200 m)程度に浮く完全人工浮島。 人口は2000人程度。現在も町 は大きくなっており、さらに 外へと拡張されている。住人 はすべて移住者で、ほとんど は空港都市ネモの出身。快適 な大陸からわざわざこんな島 に移り住むだけあり、物好き な者たちが多いのはいうまで もない。雲海の下に夢を馳せ る冒険家や研究者、新しもの 好き、高度なグラスノ技術を 学ぶ者、雲の海に住む魚を釣 ってネモに輸出する者など、 さまざまである。ここの住民 は島の揺れに慣れて全く酔わ ず、高所も怖がらないように なってしまった。
This place was built according to Tenba's [Concept for a Academic City for the Cloud Sea Investigation], and it's an entirely artificial and floating island that is located around 62 Stons (roughly 200 meters) over the Sea of Death. Its current population is approximately 2000 people. In recent times, the town areas expanded, and a great number of immigrants came to live here. Now, most of the residents of Firefly Alley are actually immigrants that came from the Airport City of Nemo. And it goes without saying that most of them just changed their place of residence from a pleasant continent to a place like this out from simple curiosity. It was because a lot of adventurers and researchers dreamed with going below the Sea of Death, discovering new things, and studying more methods of using the Grathnodes, and like fishes being fished out from the Sea of Death, they exported an enormous variety of manufactured products to Nemo. All the residents of Firefly Alley have grown used to the tremors the island has, so they don't get sick at them, and they aren't afraid of heights anymore.
Outline of the Island
*島の概要 フリッパーと呼ばれるグラスノ製の浮遊盤を中心として、ヤジロべエ のように4つのアームで均衡をとっている。基本的に1つの建物が街に なったような構造をしているため、家を新築する場合はだれかの家の上 だったりすることが常である。そのため、構造は激しく複雑で、住んで いる住人ですら迷うこともしばしば。 一定の大きさで区切りながら拡張したため、ほたる横丁内の各ブロッ クは簡単には行き来できず、トロッコのような市電を使って移動する。 なお、この町は基本的に『天覇』の所有物であるため、市長にあたる 人物は『天覇』の社長となる。実際、自治は各町の区長が集まる『ほた る横丁商工会』で行われている。町のメンテナンスから拡張、規則や貿易レート まで、たいていはこの会で決定されるのだ。
This place keeps its balance thanks to 4 support arms, which together look similar to a four-armed Yajirobee*. Each arm has as its core a floating disc made from Grathnodes called the Flipper. Basically, the city started being just a layer of houses, and later on, as new families moved in, they built more houses over the old ones, and they continued doing this until the current times. Because of that, the structure of city got excessively complicated, and even the residents often get lost in it.
So, as the standard size for the areas of the city expanded, inside of Firefly Alley there were plans to simplify the navigation through its blocks, but none of them proved to be effective, until a railway similar to a trolley was established.
Furthermore, since this city is basically a property of [Tenba], the mayor of Firefly Alley is at the same time the President of [Tenba]. However, actually each one of the blocks of Firefly Alley have their own governments, which gather and hold a conference called the [Firefly Alley Commerce and Industry Meeting]. In this meeting, the decisions concerning various matters, such as the maintenance of the city, the laws governing its inhabitants and even the trade rates, are taken here.
* Yajirobee: Japanese balancing toy.
The Central Power Generator
*核動力部 中央にあるのがフリッパー。グラスノを用いた回転動力浮遊盤 といわれる技術で、グラスメルクで作られた。フリッパーは 回転させると強大な浮力を得る。半径が小さい円盤で大きなもの を浮かせるよう、推進器で回転させている。
It has a Flipper in its core. This is a floating and rotating disc made from Grathnodes, which was created using the Grathmeld technique. When the Flipper rotates, it gains a great buoyancy. Anything that comes near the radius of a rotating Flipper, no matter how small or big, will float, and because of that, its rotation it's used as the propeller principle for the airships.
Fashion in Firefly Alley
ほたる横丁のファッション ほたる横丁では風が強く、髪が顔にかかるようでは 仕事にならない。頭髪は短かく切るが束ね、帽子の着 用も多い。暑い日はメッシュの服で涼しくし、寒い時 期にはマントを羽織って風を防ぐ。マントは足にまと わりつかないよう腰くらいまでが多く、長い場合は下 の方で結んでしまう。服の素材は、さっぱりした麻系 を好む。ちなみに、化学繊維は存在しない。 上下に歩くことになるため、基本的にズボン着用。 ただし、その上に女性ならスカート、男性なら布を着 け、股部分は隠れるような服装をよしとする。女性の スカートはロングならタイトなものを着用、ミニスカ ートなら下にスパッツなどをなく。服には、物が落ち ないよう、深めて蓋付きのポケットをつける、 装飾の面では機能性と相反するものも多く、風に舞 う大きなりボンやスカーフ、音がするものなどが好ま れる。風を意識した直線形状のスマートな図案が好ま れ、くどい模様は暑苦しいので敬遠される。色はアイ ボリーや麻色基調で、原色はほとんど使わない。日光 が強いので目が痛い白は避け、蛍光系は皆無である。 工業品、工芸品が多い都市なので、人によってはトン カチ、レンチ等をポケットに入れて持ち歩く。
In Firefly Alley, the winds are so strong that inevitably the people need to have short hair, so it won't be an obstacle while they are working. In addition to keeping their hair short, a lot of people also use caps as part of their work gear. In the warm days, they wear a mesh of clothes to keep themselves fresh, while in the cold seasons they also wear mantles and cloaks to protect themselves against the cold winds. The mantles usually don't go beyond the waist in length, because if they were long to reach the feet, it could cause their owners to trip while walking. The materials preferred for clothing are almost always cotton, linen and some others. This also means that synthetic fibers are non-existent.
It has also become common to see people wearing trousers for walking. However, over that, the women prefer to wear skirts, while the men use other garments to cover themselves. As for the women, if they wear long skirts, they wear tights under them, while if they wear mini-skirts, they don't wear the tights. And in order to avoid damaging the clothes, they added deeper and covered pockets to them.
In contrast, they like a lot to use big ribbons and scarves, which dance when the wind blows, as ornaments, in special if they produce any kind of sounds when that happens. And they also like if they are patterned, mostly the ones with stylish straight lines, but they prefer to avoid sultry patterns. The preferred colors are ivory and the hemp-colored basic tones, though the primary colors are almost never used. Since the sunlight is so bright, white tones are avoided for not harming the eyes of other people, and fluorescent clothes are never used.
And because this city is rich on industries and artisans, the people almost always carry hammers and wrenches inside of their pockets.
Cielian Clothes
*シエール系の服装 シエール系 (ー》P.086)の人々の服装は 西洋風。湿潤な気候のため、足まわりの広い ズボンなど通気には気を配っている。靴は安 全のため着地面積の大きい靴やブーツを好 む。ハイヒール等は、この都市では危険だ。
The clothes of the Cielians (more info on P. 86) are western-styled. Because of the damp climate, they had to pay attention to the ventilation, and so, they wear trousers that stretch around the legs. And for safety reasons, because of how risky the terrain can be when it's damp, the preferred footwear are high shoes and boots. In this city, wearing high-heeled shoes is a risk.
Clusterian Clothes
*クラスタ系の服装 クラスタ系の人々の服装は和服のイメージ に近いが、着物に比べると、露出度や通気性 が高い作りになっている。背中に大きな風車 を帯どめとして付けるのが、このごろのクラ スタ系女性の流行りになっている。
The clothes that the Clusterians wear have a very similar image to the japanese traditional clothes, furthermore, they are comparable to the kimonos, and they are made in a way that they have a high grade for exposition and breathability. In the back, they tie the obis in a way in which they take the shape of a big pinwheel, and this style of clothing has gotten quite a popularity in recent times among the women.
The Feet of People "The Tram"
市民の足 "市電" ほたる横丁では、市電を使っての移動が一般的。路線によって市電は運行され、 それぞれの駅を中心に、一つのブロックがあるような形になっている。
In Firefly Alley, the most popular way of transport is the tram. This special railway travels through various routes, each one having an Station as its core, and there is one for each block of the city.
The Tram Wagons
*市電の車両 車両は柵と天 井のみで、すべ て立席である
The wagons aren't anything more than walls and ceilings, though they still have seats.
The Districts of Firefly Alley
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ほたる横丁の各地区 島全体の名前でもある『ほたる』を掲げた、この島の看 板ブロック。主空港である『かもめみなと』に隣接し、ま た町中でも中央に近いという立地から自然と栄えてきた。
The name of all the districts of the island was posted as [Firefly] in signs all over the blocks that form it. Its main airport is the [Seagull Port], and since it's located relatively close to the center of the city, because of its location, it served as an ideal entry point to Firefly Alley, which helped to raise its spontaneous prosperity.
The Problem of the Water
水問題 生活に必要な水は、塔から数個の中継島を経てパイプライン で送られてくれ。とても貴重なため、風呂は企業が管理する無 料の銭湯へ2日に一度くらい行き、洗濯は専門の業者に任せる のが一般的である。町にはクリーニングを専用に行なう 『大洗 濯岬』というブロックがあり、巨大な洗濯機で住民の洗濯物を 洗うのだ。洗濯物は鉄道で運ぶため、朝と夕の列車には洗濯物 専用車両が連結されている。住民はその市電に間に合うように 訳に走り、洗濯物を預けたり回収したりする。
Since the water is essential for living, it is drawn from the Tower, along with many other things, and sent to the island through a pipeline. Because it is so valuable, the enterprises that manage the public baths have to let the clients bathe free once each two days, and is normal to leave the laundry to specialists on the matter. In the city, in a block called the [Great Cleaner Cape], there is an enormous washing machine, in which the citizenry throw the clothes to wash them. The washing machine is transported through railways, and both the morning and evening trains have two cars that are exclusively used for this purpose. The people always rushes to the tram to get to the station in time, so they can drop the clothes they need to wash and pick up the already washed ones.
Seagull Port
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かもめみなと 飛空挺が発着する港。ここからほたる横丁の各町へ行ける出発点であ る。『天覇』の船ももちろんここに入港するため、人々はそれで、冒険 好きで外出しがちな亜耶乃社長の帰還などを知ることができるのだ。
The port to which the airships arrive and depart from. This was the starting point from which all of the city was established. The airships from Tenba also arrive and take off from here, and as such, the people always know whenever the adventure-loving president of Tenba, Ayano, returns from one of her trips.
Research Facility for Future Sciences
未来科学研究所 いちばん高い建物。中央部にある回転軸のてっぺんに居を構える、仰々し い名前の施設である。関係者以外は立入禁止。外からは登り口が見あたらず、 回転軸の中に螺旋階段がある。浮遊大陸や一人乗りグライダーの開発研究を しているらしい。
The highest building in Firefly Alley. It resides on the central part of the highest revolution axis of the island, and it's the institution with the most pretentious name. Entry is strictly forbidden to unauthorized personnel. From the entrance, there is a spiral staircase inside of the axis, which can't be seen from the outside. Currently, they seem to be working in developing a one-seater glider, and researching the buoyancy of the continent.
Residential Areas (Kitty Town)
常住町(猫町) ほたる横丁が大きく拡張されるまえに、もっとも多く人が住んでいたところ。 日当たりがとても良かったが、いまでは外側の新街区に日光を遮られ、昼でも 暗い。ほとんど住人はおらず猫の集会所と化しているので、通称 『猫町』とい われる。いつもごろごろ寝ているものの、非常に頭のよい巨大な猫『ねごろん』 が街中の猫を束ねている。
Before the great expansion of Firefly Alley, this was the most densely populated area in the island. It used to be an area bathed in sunlight, but since nowadays the new outer sectors of the city covers it, it's dark even during daytime. So, to the chagrin of a lot of people, this area turned gradually into an habitat for cats, so it's now popularly known as the [Kitty Town]. Since they only purr when they are sleeping, it's thought that an extremely intelligent cat called [Negoron] is the one that rules over them.
Moonlight Town
月の光町 現在、もっとも多くの研究者が住んでいるブロック。ほたる横丁の主空 港である『かもめみなと』からの交通がたいへん便利な地区である。『天覇』 に関連する企業体は、ほとんどこの区画にあるのだ。
This is the block where the majority of the researchers reside currently. Since the main airport for Firefly Alley, the [Seagull Port], is located in this block, it's the block with the most convenient transport system. Practically all the projects related to [Tenba] are always planned and designed in this block.
Rocket Plaza
ロケット広場 ほたる横丁ができたばかりのころ、月へ行くことを夢見てやまぬ若者たちが作 った研究施設。現在ではグラスメルクを利用した遠距離航行技術の研究をしたい という者たちのために、『天覇』が無償でこの場所を提供している。
When Firefly Alley was first completed, this place was built as an investigation facility for the young people that couldn't stop dreaming with someday going to the moons. In the current days, it's now used for people that wishes to do long-distance research on Grathmeld, and [Tenba] offered this place to them without any charges.
Other Areas of Interest
Horned Owl Time Laboratory
ミミズク時間研究所 洗濯機と同じ島にある。何を研究してるかは不明。頑固で不 可解な白衣の爺さんがいる。
It's located in the same block as the Great Washing Machine. Whatever they might be researching, it's a complete mystery. It's filled which stubborn old geezers that wear white lab robes.
Magic Plaza
魔法広場 市電『ほたる新線』の終着駅にある、グラスメルク試験場。元は 『天覇』系列のグラスメルク研究企業向けに作られた施設だが、 現在は一般市民にも有料で公開している。
This is the last station on the [New Firefly Line] line of the tram, and it's also the trial area for Grathmeld experiments. It used to be the institution that [Tenba] set up to research and develop the Grathmeld technology, but it was recently opened to the public, and now everyone can go without any cost.
Plunge Stand
とびこみ台 右側へ渡るための朝日大橋の根元にある、物騒な名前の駅。誰 も住んでいないが駅がある。
This station was originally the base for building the great Morning Sun bridge, which crosses to the right side of Firefly Alley, and because of that, it has such a disturbing name. This station is completely desert.
Sea Angling Central
海づり中央 『雲釣り師』といわれる者たちが『死の雲海』の生物を釣るスポ ット。橋の構に木の橋がかけられており、そこから62ストン (約 200m) 下の雲海まで糸を垂らして釣りをする。
This is spot where the people called the [Cloud Anglers] fish out creatures from the [Sea of Death]. Since in the past there was a wooden bridge in this place, and it ended collapsing and falling 62 Stons (approx. 200 meters) below into the Sea of Death, the anglers go to try and fish out anything that could be remaining of it.
Starseed City
星の実町 都会の喧噪から離れたいという人たちの町。
This is the place inhabited by the people that want to live away from the tumult of the city.
Observatory
天文台 朝日大橋からつながる、星を観測する天文台。
This place is connected to the rest of Firefly Alley through the great Morning Sun bridge, and it's used for observing the stars.
Transportation Methods for the Firefly Alley Specialties
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ほたる横丁名物の独自の移動法 上下に重なりあうように町が拡大 したこともあり、ほたる横丁には特 殊な移動手段が存在する。もちろん 階段もふつうに使われるが、上下移 動にはロープやゴンドラも使い、タ ーザンのようにロープで移動するの は特に子供が好む。冒険心旺盛なこ この住民は、他にもちょっと危険な 移動手段を楽しんでいるようだ。
Because of the way the city expanded by building new sections upon the old ones, there are special transportation methods for the merchandise and special products. Generally, while the stairs are still used, the transportations of merchandise through vertical routes is done through ropes and gondolas, and Tarzan-style ropes are especially popular among children. Since this city is inhabited by people filled with adventurous spirit, what could be seen as dangerous transportation methods by other people, for them is an extremely enjoyable experience.
Wind Tunnel Chute
風洞シュート 都市の随所にある風洞を、パラシュート のように布を使って縦に移動する。吹き上 げる風の力が強く、布の大きさを調整する ことで下降だけでなく上昇にも使える。
There wind tunnels everywhere in the city, and enormous pieces of cloth are used as parachutes to transport items vertically through these tunnels. Whenever a strong gust of wind blows, the enlargement of the cloth is regulated to control better the elevation. However, this method can be only used for elevating things, not for sending them downward.
Sylpheed
シルフィード 1 ~ 2 人乗りの小型グライダー。例える なら原付自転車の感覚である。ただし価格 が高いために普及はしておらず、一船市民 にとっては憧れのアイテムとなっている。
An small glider with a maximum capacity of two passengers. Basically, it gives the feel of being just a glider appended to a bicycle. However, its use is not widespread because of its expensiveness, so this is an item that the majority of the people wish to have.
Windboard
ウィンドボード いわば風用のスーケトボード。板の部分 に両足で乗り、ひもで右左の翼を調節しな がら風に乗る。主に風洞で使われる遊具だ が、それ以外の場所でも使える。
Basically, it's an skateboard used for riding the wind. The board is divided in a section for putting both feet (riding), while two wings at the sides control the altitude. It's mainly used as a equipment for playing inside of the wind tunnels, though in these places it's forbidden to play with the windboards.
Falcon's Claw ~ Floating Wharf
たかのつめあと ー 滞空岸壁 『たかのつめあと』はホルスの翼より下、ほたる横丁との間にある 浮遊岩群。数えきれないほどの大小さまざまな岩が浮いており、風の 影響で常に動いたりぶつかったりしている。また、飛竜の生息地とな っていて、どう猛な猛禽類が多数出現する。空港都市ネモからほたる 横丁までの船旅には必ずここを通る必要があるが、空のサルガッソー ともいうべきこの地帯の航行は、一流の船乗りでないと相当な危険を 伴う。この『たかのつめあと』はプラスマベル右翼が壊れた時、粉々 になって落下した左翼大陸の破片のいくつかがプラスマベル左翼の浮 力に捕まってできたもの。ホルス右翼の遺産といわれる遺跡もここに は多数あるが、それを知る者は少ない。 『滞空岸壁』は塔の最下部付近にあり、船の停泊に都合が良いため、 ほたる横丁の副港として『入島審査』『信号待ち』『資材創庫』の3つ の機能を受け持つ。資材創庫としての役割は大きく、ほたる横丁のコ ア建設時にはここをベースとして作業を行い、ここから浮かせて持っ ていった。その後もほたる横丁に入りきらない食糧や資材、その他購 買物品をここに一時ストックして、大きな店であれば自家用飛空挺で 取りに来たりする。最近は客船の停泊もあるため、ほたる横丁から臨 時で店を出しにくる商人もいる。また、入島審査ではねられた者たち が居を構えたりもするが、飛竜や猛禽類などによる被害が結構あるた め、現在でもこの地域は街として形成されていない。
The [Falcon's Claw] it's a group of floating rocks located halfway down between the Wings of Horus and Firefly Alley. These are rocks of various sizes floating in the sky, and due to the influence of the wind, they occasionally move and even crash into each other. Despite this, the dragons have turned them into their habitat, and one especially ferocious class of them, the Raptors, are easily sighted in great numbers. Since it's necessary for the airships to pass through it in any trips between the Airport City Nemo and Firefly Alley, they have to be extremely careful while piloting, given how extremely risky is a trip like this for any airship. The [Falcon's Claw] was created when the Plasma Bell for the Right Wing of Horus was destroyed, and while it was falling into the Sea of Death, some of the fragments that broke off from it were caught in the levitatory field of the Plasma Bell of the Left Wing of Horus. This also means that there also quite a number of historic ruins inherited from the Right Wing of Horus, though not much people actually know about them.
The [Floating Wharf] is located near the bottom of the Tower (from the parts that are over the Sea of Death), and for making more convenient for the airships to anchorage here, the administration of Firefly Alley installed three things here: the [Entrance Inspection], the [Traffic Lights], and the [Warehouse for Raw Materials]. The Warehouse had an extremely important role during the construction of Firefly Alley, given that the workers had their base here, and the materials were brought and taken from it. Now, this place is the warehouse for the merchandise and goods that can't be brought in the airships, such as food and raw materials, and it's used for restocking by the shops, so private airships from bigger shops always come here for resupplying. There's also an smaller shop for the travelers that are going to or returning from Firefly Alley. Still, not even the entrance inspection workers were able to take residence on this place, given that this place gets attacked everyday by dragons and raptors, so currently, it's impossible to build a town in this area.
Elemia Temple (Neo Elemia Temple)
*エレミア神殿(ネロエレミア殿) たかのつめあとの奥には、エレミア神殿が残っている。第二紀 の栄光をかいま見ることができる場所だ。
This is the only Temple of Elemia that still remains, located deep in the Falcon's Claw. It's still possible to see the glory of the Second Era in this place.
The Artifacts that Connect Every Place: Airships and Other Vehicles
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各地を結ぶ船路と乗り物 ホルスの翼、特に空港都市ネモを中継点として、 この世界にはさまざまな航路がある。ホルスの翼 周辺には、各町間航路と、シルヴァ航路といわれ る塔の岸壁との橋渡し航路があり、それらとは別 にスタンドライン航路という3本の長距離航路も 存在する。また、塔を冒険したくとも運賃が高い シルヴァ航路には乗れない者たちのために、カロ ンという舟渡がある。ただしこれはとにかく安い が、命の保証はない。航行中に突風が吹いたら、 ひっくり返ってアウト。まさに黄泉への渡し船だ が、意外に利用する冒険者は多い。カロンはテル 族の一派『プルーネ』によって運営されている。
In the Wings of Horus, especially in the relay spots of the Airport City of Nemo, there are various routes for traveling through this world by airship. Around the Wings of Horus there are various courses that interconnect each one of the cities and villages, being Silva Course the one that bridges the wharfs in the Tower with the ones in the inhabited areas, and there are 3 special long-distance airships that cruise it as an standard line. However, for these people that wish to adventure in the Tower, the ship rates would be extremely expensive, so for the ones that can't travel through the Silva Course, there is a ferry ship called Charon. However, even if it's very cheap to travel in it, it doesn't give any security guarantees. If during the journey an storm breaks out, the ship will end being turned upside down, and all of its passengers will end falling off it. Still, even after being named (and being somewhat similar) to the boat that crosses to the Hades, it's unexpectedly used by a great number of adventurers. Charon is under the management of one of the Teru schools, the [Plune] school.
Blue Sky Course (5 Round Trips per Day)
青空航路(毎日5往復) 別名『見果てぬ海の夢航路』。ネモ とほたる横丁を結ぶ。途中、荷物の積 みおろしと入島審査で滞空岸壁に停泊 する。この航路の船は、対飛竜用、対 ショック用の武装装甲を施している。 スタンドライン航路の中では最もクル ーズ感が強い、豪華客船タイプなのだ。
Also know as the [Dream of the Endless Sea Route], this is the route that connects Nemo to Firefly Alley. In the way, it also stops in the Entrance Inspection facility of the Floating Wharf to restock. The ships that take this route also carry special shock cannons, which are defensive measures against the flying dragons that reside in the Falcon's Claw. Between the routes, this is also the one that has the highest cruise feel, so there are many gorgeous ships for flying through it.
Jewel Course (Only 1 Trip per Week)
宝石航路 (週1本程度) 別名『光と氷の銀河航路』。ゲーム 中の時代から数年後に開通し、ネモと プラティナを結ぶ。行き交う船は、対 寒用装備とブラストラインからの誘電 を防ぐための装甲を施した大型装甲艦 のようなもので、ネモの港に停泊して いるときの威圧感はピカイチ。
Also known as the [Light and Ice Galaxy Course]. In the middle of the game, this route was reopened after centuries of being closed, and it connects Nemo with Platina. Since they have to be protected by an special armor to avoid getting frozen or shocked and destroyed by the sparks from the Blastline, the airships that take this route look like enormous warships, and they really stand out whenever they stop in the airport of Nemo because of their intimidating appearance.
Magical Flute Course (Indeterminate)
魔笛航路(不定期) 別名『優しさへ続く航路』。ネモと イム フェーナを結ぶ。船は小さく、 祀り船のように神秘的な模様が描かれ る。乗るには船賃ではなく『ペンタア ングル』というアイテムが必要。渡し 守はテル族だが、一言もしゃべらない。 本作から十数年後に開通する。
Also known as the [Course that Leads to Kindness], this route connects Nemo with Em Pheyna. The ships used in this course are small, portable shrine- like vessels with mysterious patterns drawn all over them. As for the riding, the ride is free, but it's necessary to carry an item called the [Pentangle] to be able to board the ship. The ferrymen are Teru, however, they don't speak even a single word.
This route was opened during the game as well, after several years of being closed.
Advertisement Ships
*広告船 上部にホログラムの広告を掲げている船。さまざまなものの宣伝 に使われる。
These are ships which carry an holographic advertisement projector. They are used for quite a variety of publicity.
