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*題名 [#name]
**原題 [#name_en]
-Myth or Menace?
**訳題 [#name_ja]
-【訳題記述エリア】
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<div align="left"><font face=1>Many investigators have attempted solve the riddle of the Thieves Guild. Despite repeated proofs that no viable Thieves Guild exists, the rumors persist. Whenever historians search for evidence of this shadowy organization, nothing is found. Witnesses know nothing. Safe houses are empty. Fences turn out to be simple businessmen.<br>
<br> Let me clarify by stating that thieves most certainly do exist. They rot in dungeons all across Tamriel. Certainly bands of thieves work together to commit crimes. On rare occasions there has even been documented cases were persistent bands of thieves have worked together for years at a time committing thefts and other crimes.<br>
<br> However, a guild is different than a band. A guild implies an organization with membership rolls. It would have a financial structure, which would include member dues or some other means of securing funds. It would have rules of conduct or behavior. It would have a hierarchical leadership structure. Within this structure there would be methods of advancement and succession.<br>
<br> The best documented case of a Thieves Guild was found in Morrowind. For a brief time Gentleman Jim Stacey ran a ring of thieves that robbed wealthy merchants and nobles all across that nation. During the recent Nevarine incident, the Fighters Guild and the shadowy Morag Tong eliminated this band of thugs. The final fate of Jim Stacey himself is not known.<br>
<br> The Morrowind Thieves Guild did have a financial structure and a leadership structure. It satisfied many of the conditions of a true guild. However, it was short lived. Public knowledge of Stacey's group lasted for only a few years at most. Although the Fighters Guild has claimed credit for wiping them out, some historians believe the group merely went deeper undercover.<br>
<br> The problem with determining the non-existence of the Thieves Guild is quite logical. It is not possible to prove a negative. I cannot prove definitively that the Thieves Guild does not exist, only that historians have been unable to document one.<br>
<br> If a Thieves Guild were to be operational in Cyrodiil, one would think that crime would be rampant, which it is not. The very nature of thieves makes it impossible for them to trust one another sufficiently to work together for very long. By nature a thief is a rule breaker. Therefore an organization that has rules would fail if all it's members were thieves. For these reasons, I dispute the existence of a modern day Thieves Guild in Cyrodiil.<br>
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<div align="left"><font face=1>多くの探究者が盗賊ギルドの謎を解明しようと試みてきた。Many investigators have attempted solve the riddle of the Thieves Guild. Despite repeated proofs that no viable Thieves Guild exists, the rumors persist. Whenever historians search for evidence of this shadowy organization, nothing is found. Witnesses know nothing. Safe houses are empty. Fences turn out to be simple businessmen.<br>
<br> Let me clarify by stating that thieves most certainly do exist. They rot in dungeons all across Tamriel. Certainly bands of thieves work together to commit crimes. On rare occasions there has even been documented cases were persistent bands of thieves have worked together for years at a time committing thefts and other crimes.<br>
<br> However, a guild is different than a band. A guild implies an organization with membership rolls. It would have a financial structure, which would include member dues or some other means of securing funds. It would have rules of conduct or behavior. It would have a hierarchical leadership structure. Within this structure there would be methods of advancement and succession.<br>
<br> The best documented case of a Thieves Guild was found in Morrowind. For a brief time Gentleman Jim Stacey ran a ring of thieves that robbed wealthy merchants and nobles all across that nation. During the recent Nevarine incident, the Fighters Guild and the shadowy Morag Tong eliminated this band of thugs. The final fate of Jim Stacey himself is not known.<br>
<br> The Morrowind Thieves Guild did have a financial structure and a leadership structure. It satisfied many of the conditions of a true guild. However, it was short lived. Public knowledge of Stacey's group lasted for only a few years at most. Although the Fighters Guild has claimed credit for wiping them out, some historians believe the group merely went deeper undercover.<br>
<br> The problem with determining the non-existence of the Thieves Guild is quite logical. It is not possible to prove a negative. I cannot prove definitively that the Thieves Guild does not exist, only that historians have been unable to document one.<br>
<br> If a Thieves Guild were to be operational in Cyrodiil, one would think that crime would be rampant, which it is not. The very nature of thieves makes it impossible for them to trust one another sufficiently to work together for very long. By nature a thief is a rule breaker. Therefore an organization that has rules would fail if all it's members were thieves. For these reasons, I dispute the existence of a modern day Thieves Guild in Cyrodiil.<br>
<div align="left"><font face=1>多くの探究者が盗賊ギルドの謎を解明しようと試みてきた。実行可能な盗賊ギルドは存在しないという証拠が繰り返し言われたにも関わらず、噂は残った。歴史家がこの影のような組織を調べるたびに、何も分からなかった。目撃者は何も分からず、隠れ家は無人で、盗品買受人はただの実業家だと判明するのである。<br>
<br> もっとも確かに、盗賊が存在することをはっきりと述べることで、明らかになるだろう。彼らは_Tamriel_の至る所にある地下牢で朽ち果てる。確かに盗賊集団は犯罪をするために協力して働く。稀に、数年間で続けざまに窃盗や他の犯罪を共同で行ったしつこい盗賊集団がこれまでに記録された事例はあった。<br>
<br> だが、ギルドは集団とは異なる。ギルドは会員名簿をもつ。会員費や、資金を確保する他の手段を含む財務組織があるだろう。また品行や行動について規則があるだろう。そして階層的な統率機構があるはずだ。この機構のなかに進歩と継承の方法がある。<br>
<br> 盗賊ギルドの最も良く記録された事例は_Morrowind_で見つけられた。一時、紳士_Jim_Stacey_は国中の豪商や貴族から略奪行為を働く盗賊の輪を運営した。最近の_Nevarine_事件の間に、戦士ギルドと、影のような組織_Morag_Tong_はこの悪党集団を排除した。Jim_Stacey_自身がどうなったのかは不明である。<br>
<br> Morrowind_の盗賊ギルドは財務組織と統率機構を持っていた。正当なギルドとしての条件の多くを満たしていたのである。しかし、ギルドは短命であった。Stacey_一味が周知されたのはせいぜい数年のことだった。戦士ギルドは一味の一掃を手柄として主張するが、歴史家のなかには一味はただ秘密裡に地下に潜っただけだと考える者もいる。<br>
<br> 盗賊ギルドの存在否定に伴う問題は極めて論理的である。否定を立証することは不可能だからだ。歴史家が１つしか証拠を提供できないということさえなければ、筆者は盗賊ギルドが存在しないということを明確には立証できない。<br>
<br> 仮に盗賊ギルドが_Cyrodiil_で活動しているなら、我々は犯罪がはびこっていると思うはずだが、そうでもない。また、盗賊の本性からして、長期間協力して仕事ができるに足るほどお互いを信用することは不可能であろう。そして本来、盗賊は規則を破る者である。それゆえ、組織構成員のすべてが盗賊であるならば、規則をもつ組織は立ち行かないであろう。上述の諸理由から、筆者は_Cyrodiil_における今日の盗賊ギルドの存在に疑問を呈する。<br>
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