The Palatine Blades, known officially as the Brotherhood of the Palatine Blades, was a warrior fraternity of the Emperor's Children Legion during the Great Crusade and Horus Heresy eras of the 30th and early 31st Millennia. 宮廷劍士，官方稱呼宮廷劍士兄弟會(huì)，是大遠(yuǎn)征和大叛亂時(shí)期的戰(zhàn)士同志會(huì)。

Drawn from the finest swordsmen of the IIIrd Legion, the Palatine Blades were perhaps the most famous example of Emperor's Children specialist troops whose renown spread outside their own Legion. 宮廷劍士們從第三軍團(tuán)最優(yōu)秀的劍士中選出，他們可能是帝子那些名聲在外的特化部隊(duì)最著名的例子。

The Palatine Blades existed outside the rigid formations of the IIIrd Legion's standard military order. 宮廷劍士們處于第三軍團(tuán)的標(biāo)準(zhǔn)指揮鏈之外。

They were a duelling society to whose ranks many aspired and on whom the Primarch Fulgrim looked with particular favour. 他們是一個(gè)渴望被原體偏愛的決斗結(jié)社，而原體福根確實(shí)對(duì)他們有格外的寵愛。

At the discretion of the lords of the Legion, members of the Palatine Blades without their own command fought together in battle as well, serving as a shining example to their Battle-Brothers of excellence and perfection in the arts of war, often seeking out the finest enemy warriors in the field against which to prove their superiority.在軍團(tuán)領(lǐng)主們的默許之下，宮廷劍士們并不與他們自己的指揮官一起作戰(zhàn)，而是經(jīng)常作為戰(zhàn)斗兄弟們耀眼的榜樣，憑著自己卓越高超的戰(zhàn)技和對(duì)戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)藝術(shù)的深諳，尋找戰(zhàn)場(chǎng)上最為強(qiáng)大的敵軍戰(zhàn)士并與之決斗，以此來(lái)證明自己的優(yōu)越。

These units were not permanent formations, but were formed for particular battles against foes deemed worthy, and whose membership existed outside of the usual rigid rank structure that characterised the IIIrd Legion.宮廷劍士們并非永久的編制，而是在被認(rèn)為有價(jià)值的敵人出現(xiàn)時(shí)組織起來(lái)進(jìn)行特定戰(zhàn)斗。他們獨(dú)立于第三軍團(tuán)的通常序列。

When such an enemy was encountered, the senior commanders would draw together the finest swordsmen from amongst the Emperor's Children forces present, a selection made easier by the relentless sparring and duelling that took place between battles to hone the Legion's skills. 當(dāng)遭遇到有價(jià)值的敵人之后，中層指揮官會(huì)召集現(xiàn)場(chǎng)的帝子這最為優(yōu)秀的劍客 ，戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)中間無(wú)情的格斗與決斗磨礪了軍團(tuán)，這讓決定人選變得容易。

Armed with duelling blades, sabres and trophy weapons, the Brotherhoods would then seek out the finest warriors amongst the enemy on the field of battle. 配備了決斗之刃，軍刀和紀(jì)念品后，兄弟會(huì)成員們會(huì)找出戰(zhàn)場(chǎng)上最優(yōu)秀的敵軍戰(zhàn)士

The number and quality of such squads depended on how many of the Emperor's Children were present in a given warzone and the quality of their foe. 宮廷劍士小隊(duì)的人數(shù)和素質(zhì)取決于戰(zhàn)區(qū)中在場(chǎng)的帝皇之子戰(zhàn)士數(shù)量以及敵人的戰(zhàn)斗力。

When twenty Millennials (Chapters) of the Legion came together under Fulgrim to destroy the Golden Kings of the Moraeb Drifts, over a hundred of the Blade Brotherhood took to the field.當(dāng)?shù)圩拥亩B長(zhǎng)追隨福根誅滅莫萊德淺談的黃金王者時(shí)，數(shù)百名宮廷劍士參與其中。

Amongst them were warriors who had already writ a legend among their Legion; Lucius, Akurduana, Irmandus and Fulgrim himself led them against the bodyguards of the Heretek kings.他們當(dāng)中的戰(zhàn)士都在軍團(tuán)中寫下了自己的傳奇：盧修斯，阿庫(kù)杜拿，伊爾曼都斯…福根曾經(jīng)親自率領(lǐng)他們對(duì)抗機(jī)械異端的諸王。

The weapons the Emperor's Children Leigon used to duel with were a key part of their martial culture, and spoke to their aesthetic appreciation. 帝子軍團(tuán)使用的決斗武器是他們尚武文化的關(guān)鍵部分，也顯示了他們的審美。

Many of the Emperor's Children bore swords crafted by the blade-smiths of a thousand worlds. 數(shù)以千計(jì)的世界的刀劍工匠們打造的配劍也無(wú)法滿足許多帝子的需要。

Among these, the Charnabal sabres of the Old Terran tradition were a particular mark of quality within the IIIrd Legion; forged to ancient rituals and alchemical formulae each blade was a unique product of a master sword maker. 這些刀劍中，舊泰拉的Charnabal軍刀是第三軍團(tuán)武器質(zhì)量的標(biāo)志，這些軍刀按古老的儀式和煉金技藝鑄造，每把刀劍都是鑄劍大師獨(dú)一無(wú)二的作品。

Examples of this regard could be seen in several well-recorded incidents, such as when the Primarch Fulgrim gave six Charnabal Sabres, forged by Yelena Mordant, to the survivors of the Cyberseer Insurrection as an award of valour.帝子對(duì)于這些刀劍的敬重喜愛可以從一些詳細(xì)記錄的事件中看出：福根將六把Charnabal軍刀贈(zèng)予Cyberseer叛亂中的幸存者，這些由鑄劍大師Yelena?Mordant鑄造的寶刃是對(duì)于幸存者們勇氣的獎(jiǎng)賞。

While Akurdana -- before his death reckoned to be the finest swordsman of the IIIrd Legion -- fought most often with paired Charnabal sabres, it was also well known that he possessed a personal collection of 360 swords taken from defeated foes. 而阿庫(kù)杜拿（貌似就是考爾大賢者加納迪爾系列里的A哥），犧牲前他被認(rèn)為是帝子的最強(qiáng)劍客，便經(jīng)常用一對(duì)Charnabal軍刀作戰(zhàn)，他也因?yàn)閾碛?60把繳獲自被擊敗的敵人的私人收藏而聞名。

This habit of taking particularly fine weapons from defeated enemies was a strong characteristic of the wider Legion. 從敵人手中繳獲極其優(yōu)質(zhì)的武器是帝子軍團(tuán)的愛好。

If a renowned swordsman encountered a weapon of surpassing quality in the hands of an enemy he would take it as a trophy. 如果一位著名的劍客從敵人手中偶然發(fā)現(xiàn)了質(zhì)量卓越的武器，他會(huì)把這件紀(jì)念品帶走。

The swordsman would then practice with the trophy weapon until he wielded it with more skill than its makers, this act representing an almost kabbalistic ritual absorbing and defeating the enemy in spirit. 之后劍客會(huì)用自己的紀(jì)念品進(jìn)行訓(xùn)練，直到自己能比原主人更好地使用這件武器。這種行為顯示了卡巴拉儀式的吸取和在精神上徹底擊敗敵人。

So it was that the champions of the Emperor's Children wielded Racathian glass glaives, friction axes from the Norvik Sinks, Aegisine "saintie", Tuonela mortuary swords, Terran Gladius and Martian-forged Power Swords to name but a few. 所以帝子的冠軍們會(huì)使用Racathian玻璃闊劍，來(lái)自Norvik沉沒之地的戰(zhàn)斧，Aegisine 圣劍，Tuonela斬首劍，泰拉的羅馬短劍以及火星鑄造的動(dòng)力劍這些稀有的武器。

No prohibition existed against weapons taken from aliens or cultures that were otherwise worthy only for destruction; all that mattered was the quality of the weapon itself.奪取異形或者其他只能被毀滅的人類文明的武器并不被禁止，這一切只取決于武器本身的質(zhì)量。

To the Emperor's Children, before their fall from grace, war was a matter of perfection incarnated in violence, intent and action. 對(duì)墮落前的帝子而言，戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)是對(duì)于暴力，意圖和行動(dòng)的完美體現(xiàn)。

The Legion took great pride both in its excellence on any battlefield, and its ability to systematise and replicate and tactic or strategic deployment it needed, and execute them flawlessly on command. 帝子軍團(tuán)為他們?cè)趹?zhàn)場(chǎng)上的卓越表現(xiàn)以及他們系統(tǒng)化重現(xiàn)戰(zhàn)略戰(zhàn)術(shù)部署的能力感到驕傲，而且他們能完美地執(zhí)行命令。

Of the innumerable such formations and tactics the Emperor's Children operated, one that found favour with the Legion's Praetors looking to achieve faultless victory -- and thereby glory in the eyes of their peers and Primarch -- was the Maru Skara or "Killing Cut". 在無(wú)數(shù)使用這些編制和戰(zhàn)術(shù)的帝皇之子中，馬魯 斯卡拉（或者是殺戮之人）發(fā)現(xiàn)軍團(tuán)執(zhí)政官們期待實(shí)現(xiàn)無(wú)偏差的勝利以及原體和戰(zhàn)斗兄弟們眼中對(duì)這種榮譽(yù)的渴望之人。

Named after one of the most difficult strikes in the lore of the Terran Pan-Europic duelling cults, it called for a precisely timed, rapid-moving feint designed to engage an opponent's guard so that a second, invariably fatal, blow could be dealt against it from which there could be no defence.馬魯?shù)玫竭@個(gè)外號(hào)是在泰拉泛歐羅巴決斗教派傳說(shuō)中最艱難的一次突襲之后，那次行動(dòng)需要精確的時(shí)間計(jì)劃，一秒鐘就能與對(duì)手的護(hù)衛(wèi)交戰(zhàn)的高機(jī)動(dòng)性進(jìn)攻，要做到一擊致命，敵人對(duì)于這種進(jìn)攻是無(wú)法防御的。

Composition組成

4 Palatine Warriors (Squad Members)四名宮廷劍客（小隊(duì)成員）

1 Palatine Prefector (Squad Leader)一名劍客領(lǐng)軍（小隊(duì)領(lǐng)袖。）

Charnabal Sabre - These elegant and deadly melee weapons relied on speed and dexterity rather than brute force for its lethality. These specially-forged blades were favoured by certain Space Marine Legion officers, most notably the elite Palatine Blades of the Emperor's Children Legion, who preferred these superbly crafted swords over the more "clumsy" Power Weapons

.Charnabal軍刀：這種優(yōu)雅而致命的武器的殺傷力依靠的是速度和熟練度，而非野蠻的力量。這些特制的武器被某些星際戰(zhàn)士軍官所偏愛，尤其是帝子軍團(tuán)的精英部隊(duì)宮廷劍士們，他們對(duì)于這些工藝上等的刀劍的喜愛勝過了更為“笨拙”的動(dòng)力武器。