来自劳拉·克劳馥祖先T.E.克劳馥的信
A letter from T.E. Croft, Ancestor of Lara Croft
2026年7月16日
Jul 16, 2026
克劳馥庄园，1887年
Croft Manor, 1887
致我血脉的继承者，
To the heirs of my blood,
你将继承这些石墙与头衔，但你也将继承一份重负。一个永不会满足的问题：什么隐藏着未被发现，而它应该继续被隐藏吗？
You will inherit these stone walls and titles, but you will also inherit a burden. A question that will never be satisfied: what lies hidden, and should it remain so?
在我那个年代，我寻找志同道合的伙伴。学者、盗贼、贵族……被一份比传统盟约更古老、更深沉的契约所连结。我们自称为“掠夺者协会”，因为朴实之言往往承载最重的分量。我们寻求世人所畏惧之物，将他人妄图埋入黑暗之物带入光明。
In my time, I sought companions who shared this hunger. Scholars, thieves, nobles… bound by a covenant older and deeper than traditional pacts. We styled ourselves the Society of Raiders, for plain words oft bear the greatest weight. We seek what many fear and bring to light what others would consign to the darkness.
请理解，协会是那些游离于国家法律之外者之间的荣誉契约。它的法则虽少，却恒久不变；若没有它们，我们的野心将吞噬我们。背叛同伴的契约，即是背叛协会本身。流血而不还偿，则将继承死者的债务。破坏庇护所者，将被放逐，失去一切援助与慰藉。
Understand this, the Society is a pact of honor among those who live outside the laws of nations. Its laws are few, yet enduring; for without them, our ambitions would consume us. To betray a fellow Raider’s contract is to betray the Society itself. To spill blood without recompense is to inherit the debt of the slain. And to break sanctuary is to exile yourself from all aid and comfort.
我们流通协会印记……一种通过行动获得的代币，在我们之间作为货币流通。它们是我们价值的帐簿，比黄金或土地更恒久。在一个缺乏信任的世界里，它是信任的货币。
We trade in Society Marks… tokens, earned through deeds, exchanged as currency among our kind. They are a ledger of our worth, more enduring than gold or land. A currency of trust in a trustless world.
然而，驱动我们的并非仅仅是财富。我曾站在地下墓穴中，那里的空气仍承载着死者的祈祷。我曾揭开由史前之手雕刻的石块。在那些时刻，人得以瞧见真理最纯粹的形态，剥离一切装饰与伪装。协会的信条指引我们追寻它：Verum Invenire, Virtus Revela —— 发现真相，发掘力量。
And yet, it is not wealth alone that drives us. I have stood in catacombs where the air still carried the prayers of the dead. I have uncovered stones carved by hands that lived before history. In such moments one glimpses truth in its purest form, stripped of all ornament and pretense. The Society’s credo binds us to seek it: Verum Invenire, Virtus Revela -- Discover Truth, Uncover Power.
读到这里的你，无论你自豪地背负克劳馥之名，还是渴望将其抛弃，请知晓，这份渴望是你的继承之物。它或许会引你走向伟大，或毁灭，或两者兼具。你的热情可能使你趻身掠夺者与盗墓者之列。但你会认清自己的本质……一个真相的追寻者，如我一般。
To you who read this, whether you bear the Croft name proudly or seek to cast it aside, know that this hunger is your inheritance. It may call you to greatness, or ruin, or both. Your passion may place you among plunderers and grave-robbers. But you will know what you are… a seeker of truth, as I was.
若你追随我的足迹，你将走上一条充满险境与竞争的道路，一条涉及能如利刃般伤人的秘密之路。但你也将行走于奇迹与发现之中，拥有超越君主的力量。
If you follow in my footsteps, you will walk a path of peril and rivalry, of secrets that can wound as deeply as any blade. But you will also walk in wonder and discovery, in power beyond the grasp of monarchs.
若你曾怀疑为何必须走这条路，请记住：真理在黑暗中等待。力量与它同在。没有什么是永远埋藏的。与其让那些心怀不轨者发掘它们，不如由我们来发现。
And if ever you doubt why such a path must be walked, remember this: Truth waits in the dark. Power waits with it. And nothing stays buried forever. Better we uncover it than those who would wield it for ill.
就此，我将这份传承托付于你。好好承载它。
With this, I entrust our legacy. Carry it well.
T.E.克劳馥
T.E. Croft
