两天前，DoR（Day of Reckoning）项目组在Facebook主页对项目进展做了简短更新。以下文字引自项目主页。
Hi again Heroes Community!
Thanks to you all for the very kind feedback towards the first short teaser for Heroes III: Day of Reckoning. It's been great to see all of the excitement and speculation around the web.
As you can probably tell, this was a particularly humble, work-in-progress item we put together with expert Haste during the holidays. If you're impressed or intrigued, be sure to stay tuned, as we have plenty of material cooking yet for this project - and further content will hopefully continue to entertain.
You ain't seen nothing yet.
We're working hard, and are still some time away from a more comprehensive reveal, but as thanks to you all for the warm reception to our efforts, I'd like to shed some early light on one of the new races you'll be sure to encounter when you revisit Antagarich in DoR.
Be sure to check out the comments, where we are unveiling the lore of the Snow Elves of Vori.
英雄社区的朋友们，大家好!
感谢大家对《英雄无敌3：最后的审判日》第一个短预告片的友好反馈。看到网络上所有的兴奋和猜测真是太棒了。
正如你可能知道的，这是一个特别低调的、正在工作的进展项目，我们利用假期在专家级加速魔法加持下奔忙。如果你对此印象深刻或感兴趣，请不要停，因为我们已经为这个项目准备了大量的素材——希望更多的内容会继续吸引你。
毕竟，你还没见识到什么呢，不是吗。
我们正在努力工作，距离更全面的项目展示还有一段时间，但感谢你们大家对我们工作的热情期待。我想揭示的一些你再次造访DoR的安塔加里奇大陆时，你一定会遇到的新种族。
请务必查看评论，我们将在这里揭开沃里雪精灵的传说。
以下，传说来了……
The Snow Elves of Vori
Many players will recall Gelu, the half-human, half-Snow Elf protagonist of Heroes III: Armageddon's Blade and subsequent campaigns. With the exception of Gelu himself, and a somewhat hampered and nebulous presence in Heroes Chronicles: The Sword of Frost (in which they are represented by the Rampart faction), the Snow Elves have been repeatedly heard of but not seen in the world of Enroth. DoR will finally shift the spotlight towards this mysterious, isolationistic race for the first time.
According to Heroes lore, the Snow Elves are the ancestors of the Wood Elves of AvLee (Rampart), dwelling in deliberate and zealously defended seclusion upon the magically frozen elven homeland of Vori, due northwest of the continent of Antagarich. Centuries of tension and philosophical divergence between these Elven societies attest for us that the Snow Elves are best represented as an individual faction, one you will discover for yourselves in the mod.
The Snow Elf of DoR derives inspiration from the most classical real-world concept of an Elf - the Norse "Ljósálfar" (Light Elves), semi-angelic beings who dwell in a realm likened to heaven. We feel that this mythological rooting and contextualisation is key to an authentic Heroes creature. In this way, the Snow Elves are both internally and mythologically positioned as the forefathers of all other Elves; effectively "one-upping" their Wood Elven descendants, who owe much to Tolkien's interpretation of the Norse myths.
Snow Elven society orients itself around worship of the long-silent Ancients, and grandiose manipulations of time, destiny, and mortality. Ostensibly the favoured chosen ones of the gods, they defend their homeland with all their worth at the direction of the higher powers' representatives on Enroth. In exchange, they are blessed with exceptional powers... and significant responsibilities. This paradigm will be explored in greater detail via future updates.
Gameplay-wise, the Snow Elves are tactically robust. Wielding an oracular crystal ball (New World Computing's writings state that the elven race originally invented these magical tools to rebuke invading armies), the basic Snow Elf can not only initiate their own ranged attacks, but retaliate against ranged enemy strikes. Its upgrade, the most noble and decorated High Elf, influences the speed of all adjacent creatures. "If a human watched the dance of the elves, he would discover that even though only a few hours seemed to have passed, many years had passed in the real world. Humans being invited or lured to the elf dance is a common motif transferred from older Scandinavian ballads."
Snow Elves are, appropriately as ever, born with characteristic blanched, snow white skin - a motif commonly encountered in snow- and ice-oriented myths and tales, the character of the White Witch from The Chronicles of Narnia serving as one prominent example.
Continuing some of the Heroes games' running parallels with Tolkien's Legendarium, the Snow Elf / Wood Elf / Dark Elf trinity might be likened to the dynamics of the Vanyar, Noldor, and Teleri respectively. Like the Vanyar, the Snow Elves harbour far stronger devotion - and benefit from a far closer connection - to the cosmic powers that be (the Ancients), compared both to their "renegade" Elven brethren and any of the other races in Antagarich.Vori has always had a special place in our hearts, along with Gelu of course!
译文（By yunings）：
沃里的雪精灵
相信很多玩家会记得《英雄无敌3：末日之刃》和随后的战役中的半人半雪精灵的主角格鲁。除了格鲁本人，以及《英雄无敌历代记：冰霜之剑》中存在的一些被阻碍和模糊的存在(在《英雄无敌历代记：冰霜之剑》中，他们以壁垒势力为代表)，雪精灵多次被提及，但在恩罗斯的世界中没有出现过。DoR最终将首次将聚光灯转向这个神秘的、孤立主义的种族。
根据英雄传说，雪精灵是阿夫里(壁垒)森林精灵的祖先，他们居住在安塔加里奇大陆正西北方向的被魔法冰冻的精灵家园沃里。几个世纪以来，这些精灵社会之间的紧张关系和哲学分歧向我们证明，雪精灵作为一个独立的派别是最好的代表，一个你将在此mod中自己发现的派别。
DoR的雪精灵的灵感来自最经典的现实世界的精灵概念——挪威的“Ljósálfar”(光明精灵)，半天使的存在，居住在一个被比作天堂的领域。我们认为这种神话的根源和背景化是真正的英雄无敌生物的关键。通过这种方式，雪精灵在内部和神话中都被定位为所有其他精灵的祖先；比他们的森林精灵后代“更胜一筹”，这在很大程度上要归功于托尔金对挪威神话的诠释。
雪精灵社会将自己定位于对沉默已久的古人的崇拜，以及对时间、命运和死亡的宏大操纵。表面上，他们是神的宠儿，在恩罗斯的高级权力代表的指导下，他们用自己的全部价值保卫自己的家园。作为交换，他们被赋予了特殊的能力……和重大责任。这个范式将在以后的更新中进行更详细的探讨。
在游戏玩法方面，雪精灵的战术非常强大。挥舞着神谕般的水晶球(新世界计算机公司的文字表明，这些魔法工具最初是精灵种族发明的，用来抵御入侵军队)，未升级的雪精灵不仅具有远程攻击能力，还可以对敌人的远程攻击进行反击。升级后的拥有高贵血统和装饰的高等精灵，则可以影响所有邻近生物的速度。“如果一个人观看精灵们的舞蹈，他会发现，尽管看起来只是几个小时，但在现实世界中已经过去了很多年。人类被邀请或吸引到精灵舞蹈中，这是一个从古老的斯堪的纳维亚民谣中的常见主题。”
与以往一样，雪精灵生来就有着典型的白皮肤——这是与冰雪有关的神话故事中常见的主题，《纳尼亚传奇》中的白女巫就是一个典型的例子。
继续谈论《英雄无敌》系列游戏与托尔金传奇馆的相似之处，雪精灵、森林精灵、黑暗精灵这三个精灵可以分别比作万亚尔、诺尔多和泰勒里。和万亚尔人一样，雪精灵对宇宙的力量(古人)有着更强烈的忠诚，并受益于更紧密的联系 - 相较于他们“叛变”的精灵同胞和安塔格里奇的任何其他种族。
沃里在我们的心中一直有一个特殊的位置,当然还有格鲁！
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