A week later, preparations for the second competition on the Shining Plains began, and a large number of tourists began to flock to Tanaris.
Compared with three months ago, Gadgetzan gave tourists more shock. Because of Cenarius's previous visit, this desert city is now covered with flowers and plants, and even attracted some little ones from Thousand Needles.
bird.
The current Gadgetzan can be called the miracle city of Tanaris.
The goblin tourists were enjoying the fierce competition on the Shining Plains while enjoying the comfortable environment of Gadgetzan. But during the ten days of intense competition, the goblin tourists discovered that one day when they entered the stadium
.Along with the tickets to the game, they also got a leaflet.
Printed on the flyer is a promotional poster for the Gadgetzan Grand Theater. The picture shows a giant fighting a giant monster. In the middle of the good and evil sides, the title of the play is written in eye-catching large characters: [The Fall of Tyr]
.
Throughout ancient and modern times, there were two core expressions of art when it was first born: courtship and priesthood.
Either by showing one's strength and beauty to attract the opposite sex, or by creating a god as spiritual sustenance.
Among the two routes, Li De chose the latter. Although the former was undoubtedly more convenient to make money, in the Hanhai Protectorate with a diverse population, it was difficult to have a unified aesthetic standard on gender issues, and if it was not grasped well,
It is also likely to breed a pornographic industry, which goes against Li De's bottom line as a person.
What's more, when rehearsing dramas, making money is secondary. The main purpose is to enrich cultural construction. Li De is satisfied if he can ensure a balance of income and expenditure.
Rehearsing "The Fall of Tyr" simply means that Li De wants to create a god.
The history of the Titan Guardian period is vague in the mortal world. Even Zandalari has no precise records. It is more of a fragment of archaeological discoveries, plus some conjectures.
But the story of Tyr has indeed begun to circulate as early as the ancient times. In the ancient times, because Loken, one of the Titan Guardians, was bewitched and corrupted by the ancient gods, internal fighting among the guardians occurred.
Among them, Tyr and the other two guardians fled from Ulduar in the north of the continent with a group of Titan creations such as dwarf ancestors, dwarf ancestors and human ancestors.
During this process, the Faceless Men, minions of the Ancient God who colluded with Loken, launched a pursuit against Tyr and others. In order to cover the safe evacuation of his comrades and large forces, Tyr stayed alone to resist the pursuit.
In the end, Tyr killed one powerful enemy and defeated another. However, he also died of exhaustion, leaving only a huge silver hand standing on the ground.
Later, the Vrykul, the ancestors of the human race who escaped with their lives, returned to the place where Tyr was sacrificed. They worshiped the silver hand and told the story of Tyr.
It can be said that Tyr's sacrifice had a huge impact on the Vrykul. This race, which rarely records history seriously, only has Tyr's noble spirit engraved deep in its soul.
And Tyr's shaping of the human race goes far beyond that. The place where Tyr was sacrificed was what became Tirisfal Glades, which was the place where the human race truly rose.
As for the Silver Hand left by Tyr, it is regarded as a symbol of courage, sacrifice and other noble qualities. The "Knights of the Silver Hand" that appeared in later generations was named after this.
Such a well-known great guardian can be said to be the most suitable for artistic creation.
In the arrangement of this drama, Reed suggested that William could blur other characters, as long as they could reflect the evil of the villain, the danger of mortals and the greatness of Tyr.
This is the unique charm of dramatic art. It is not necessary to objectively restore the truth. It only needs to create deeply rooted characters and classic lines on a window-based stage, which is enough to move people.
Details like the fall of Loken, the Disc of Norgannon, the endings of other guardians... these histories are still in the dust, and it is not appropriate to appear in the mortal world now. And there is no need to pile them all up to add more to the audience.
Understand the burden.
Even in order to impress the audience even more, the mortal characters who follow Tyr in the story have been symbolized, and trolls and goblins have been added to them.
Takshiro once expressed his dissatisfaction with this. He believed that Li De was distorting history.
Li De admitted this frankly and proactively, but at the same time his reasons were also very sufficient: From a macro perspective, Tire's sacrifice cannot be viewed as a favor to those Titan creations, but for the peace of this world.
And sacrifice.
Regarding this point, Li De was really not wrong. In the battle of the origin of the Aspect Dragon, when the twisted ancestral dragon Galakrond endangered the world, it was Tyr who first stood up and led the five ancestral dragons to protect the world.
It was during that battle that Tyr's hand was bitten off by Galakrond, and a prosthetic limb was built after the war, which was the famous Silver Hand.
Moreover, Li De told Takshiro more frankly that drama is not history, its main purpose is to spread a value. If the drama is not good enough and the value spread cannot be accepted by the world, it will naturally disappear in time.
Or if this work is excellent enough to be passed down to future generations, then the fallacies in historical details can be pointed out generously for everyone to criticize and discuss.
In the process of continuous discussion, the historical truth will naturally be clarified, and this work of art can also receive a fair evaluation.
By then, these will become part of culture and art, part of civilization.
Li De's words finally convinced Takshiro, but then other different voices appeared. For example, Nogfuge and Angegagagu, they both believed that drama was false and had nothing but entertainment.
usefulness.
Niebuhr did not express his position because, as Li De's disciple, he was out of sentimental considerations. But acquiescing to Angagagu's remarks could also show his true thoughts.
In Niebuhr's view, this is a critical stage of preparation, and teachers should focus more on important things rather than insignificant dramas.
Everyone thought this thing was useless, but Li De said it was useful.
Only Li De knew that in another time and space, this thing developed a mature narrative structure, was named "soft power", and became part of the peaceful evolution strategy.
Li De didn't argue too much, he just waited for the actual effect when it came out.
In this way, under the vigorous publicity and operation of the officials of Hanhai Protector, on the fifth day of the official start of the competition, during the break of the competition, the play "The Fall of Tyr" officially started its first performance, and the theater was full of seats.
Other characters in the story have been blurred. Many guardians do not use their real names, but use nicknames such as "Storm Guardian", "Forged Guardian" and "Stone Giant".
Their main role in the story is to show the power of the Guardians and their important role in Azeroth in the three-minute "Genesis" chapter.
It has to be said that William is really a talent. With Li De's strong support, he used wood and animal skins to create very beautiful and atmospheric leather props, which combined with the goblin's fireworks effects created a shocking stage effect.
After establishing the audience's understanding of the Guardians, the fall of Loken, the "guardian of wisdom", became particularly dazzling. When Loken colluded with the minions of the ancient god to hunt down Tyr, many viewers hated it.
Teeth itching.
The holsters of Zakaki and Kissix, the two minions of the ancient god, are also carefully designed. Although Li De doesn't know what they look like, as long as they are made ferocious and terrifying enough, the purpose will be achieved.
In the last scene of the play, Tire sacrificed his life, killed Zakaki, and seriously injured Kisix. At this time, the stage went dark, all three leather cases came off, and then a huge silver hand prop came from the stage mechanism.
Slowly rising from the center, marking the fall of Tyr.
Humans, trolls and goblins, symbolizing mortals, walked onto the stage and walked slowly around the Silver Hand, commemorating the heroes and ushering in peace. The goblin fireworks also lit up the entire stage at this moment, and the play officially ended.
As the lights above the auditorium turned on, thunderous applause erupted throughout the theater!