拒神者Kir-Lanan
区域：北地、西央土Regions: The North, Western Heartlands.
种族专长：飞掠攻击(见怪物手册)，盘旋(龙专长：见怪物手册)，强化飞行，横滚 (龙专长：见怪物手册)。
种族生命骰：4d8
等级调整：+4
Racial Feats: Flyby Attack (see Monster Manual), Hover (dragon feat; see Monster Manual), Improved Flight, Wingover (dragon feat; see Monster Manual).
Racial Hit Dice: 4d8
Level Adjustment: +4
拒神者被一些人错误地贴上了“石像鬼”的标签，实际上他们是在混乱之年来到费伦的。他们的任务是优先处死所有相信托瑞尔神祗的人，从而摧毁这些神祗。在一个宗教在许多人的生活中扮演主要角色的世界里，这是一项不小的任务。它本质上要求谋杀星球上几乎每一个人。
Falsely labeled gargoyles by some, kir-lanans are actually creatures who arrived on Faerun during the Time of Troubles (1358 DR). They have made it their mission to destroy the gods of Toril by first executing all who believe in them. In a world in which religion plays a central part in the lives of so many people, this is a no small task. It essentially calls for the murder of just about every person on the face of the planet.
拒神者与真正的石像鬼只有模糊的相似之处。它们有人形和蝙蝠一样的大翅膀。它们大约6英尺高，220磅重。他们精致的鳞片都是暗色的，通常是从深蓝色到深紫色再到黑色。一些罕见的个体有深红色、翡翠色、暗褐色或灰色的鳞片。它们的嘴都长着锋利的尖牙，太阳穴上方有又小又钝的角。他们不穿传统服装，而是用金属、象牙或石头编织的衣服包裹身体。
Kir-lanans are only vaguely similar to true gargoyles. They have a humanoid form and large, batlike wings. They stand about 6 feet tall and weigh around 220 pounds. Their finely scaled hides are all dark in color, normally ranging from midnight blue through deep purple to black. Some rare individuals come in deep crimson, emerald, dun, or gray colors instead. They all have mouths full of sharp, pointed teeth, and they have small, blunt horns just above their temples. They eschew traditional clothing, instead binding their torsos with cloth wrappings interwoven with strips of metal, ivory, or stone.
拒神者没有确定的预期寿命或年龄类别，因为年龄最大的成员只有15岁左右。它们在出生后的一年内就完全长大了，而且还没有随着年龄的增长而退化的迹象。他们的寿命可能有多长，没有人知道。
Kir-lanan have no established life expectancy or age categories, as the oldest members of the race are only about 15 years of age. They are fully grown within one year of birth, and as yet show no signs of deterioration from aging. How long their lifespans are likely to be, none can say.
历史History
即使是费伦最有学问的生灵，也没有多少线索可以揭示出拒神者的真正本性。他们所知道的是，这些生物决意要杀死牧师和其他神的仆人——或者拒神者称他们为“神的奴隶”——越快越好。拒神者是最近费伦许多谣言的来源。在任何地方蹲着一个石像鬼，人们都会窃窃私语，说它实际上是这些邪恶的野兽中的一个，正在静静地注视着小镇，等待着它的同胞们到来，这样他们就可以攻击了。这些生物被认为拥有各种各样的能力，包括对魔法的完全免疫（不是真的）和从敌人身上吸取力量的能力（至少部分是真的）。
Even the most learned souls of Faerun have few clues as to the true nature of kir-lanans. All they know for sure is that the creatures are bent upon killing off priests and other divine servants— or “godslaves,” as the kirlanans call them—as quickly as possible. The kir-lanans are the source of a great deal of rumor in Faerun these days. Anywhere there squats a stone gargoyle, people whisper that it’s actually one of these evil beasts watching silently over a town, waiting for its brethren to arrive so they can strike. These creatures are reputed to have all sorts of powers, including a complete immunity to magic (not true) and the ability to drain the strength from their foes (true at least in part).
关于拒神者从何而来，有几个可信的理论。最流行的说法是这些生物来自另一个完全由负能量组成的世界或位面，但事实上，拒神者是由三位神的死亡所释放的不可言喻的能量所组成的：班恩、巴尔和米尔寇。这三位命运多舛的神是在混乱之年被杀害的，他们的死亡本身表现出了许多破坏性的现象。其中一些能量并没有如同死去的神永诀托瑞尔那样简单地消散。相反，它在某个很深的秘密空间中凝聚成一个沸腾的混沌之球。第一个拒神者从这个危险的球体中爆发出来，完全成形并意识到自己的可怕起源。几百个拒神者就是这样产生的。然而，由于他们的创造方式，他们被神抛弃了，他们知道这一点。他们注定永远不能得到神的青睐而进入来世。相反，他们的死亡将是他们的终结。
There are several credible theories as to where the kirlanans come from. The most popular is that the creatures hail from another world or plane composed entirely of negative energy, but in truth the kir-lanans sprang whole from the ineffable energies unleashed by the death of three gods: Bane, Bhaal, and Myrkul. This trio of ill-fated deities were slain during the Time of Troubles, and their passing manifested itself in a number of various destructive acts. Some of that energy didn’t simply dissipate as the dead deities passed from Toril. Instead, it coalesced in some deep, secret chamber into a seething ball of furious chaos. The first of the kir-lanans erupted from this dangerous sphere, fully formed and aware of its terrible origins. Several hundred kir-lanans came into being in this way. However, due to the manner of their creation, they were forsaken by the gods, and they knew it. They were doomed to never be able to gain the favor of the divine and pass into the afterlife. Instead, their deaths would literally be the end of them.
拒神者被这个痛苦的事实激怒了，没有灵魂的拒神者决定，如果诸神直接谴责他们，那么他们也会对诸神做同样的事。由于无法直接对抗众神的力量，这些生物决定以唯一的方式攻击众神：通过那些崇拜托瑞尔诸神的人。在他们到达费伦的那些年里，拒神者已经实现了他们的计划，即在那些向神祗许诺过他们的灵魂的人的心中制造恐怖。起初，他们袭击牧师、导师和他们的礼拜场所，但近年来，他们扩大了他们可怕活动的攻击范围，把那些寺庙、教堂或小教堂的所有礼拜者都包括在内。拒神者对费伦人民的威胁与日俱增。
Angered by this painful fact, the soulless kir-lanans decided that if the gods were to condemn them outright, then they would do the same to the gods. Unable to directly match the power of the gods, the creatures decided to instead attack the deities in the only way they could: through those who worshiped the gods of Toril. In the years since their arrival in Faerun, the kir-lanans have made good on their plans to wreak terror in the hearts of those who have promised their souls to the gods. They originally started with raids on clerics and adepts and their houses of worship, but in recent years they have extended their horrific campaign to include all worshipers in those temples, churches, or chapels. The threat the kir-lanans pose to the people of Faerun grows every day.
性格Outlook
拒神者不太关心生活——他们自己的或其他人的生活。它们的存在仅仅是为了给诸神和那些呼唤这些软弱善变的神祗的人带来痛苦。
Kir-lanans don’t care much for life—their own or that of anyone else. They exist solely to cause misery for the gods and those who call upon these feckless and fickle deities.
拒神者出生在僻静的小木屋里，长大成人的拒神者称这里为家。它们在怀孕三个月后就出生了，一年之内就完全长大了。在这个痛苦短暂的童年，这些新拒神者被灌输了他们的长辈对神的仇恨。当这些新的成人准备展翅飞翔的时候，他们对那些诅咒他们的神灵就像其他拒神者一样充满了仇恨。
Kir-lanans are born in secluded rookeries and raised by all the adult kirlanans who call the place home. They come into the world only three months after conception, and they are fully grown within a matter of only one year. During this painfully short childhood, these new kirlanans are indoctrinated in the hatred that their elders hold for the gods. By the time these new adults are ready to stretch their wings, they bear as much hatred toward the deities who have damned them as any other kir-lanan.
一些稀有的拒神者不会整天屠杀神的追随者。相反，他们从远处观察费伦人民的行动，希望了解他们的长处和短处。然后他们把这些新发现的知识带回给他们的人民，这样拒神者就能找到一种更好的方式更有效地杀人。
Some rare kir-lanans do not spend their days slaughtering the followers of the gods. Instead, they observe the actions of the people of Faerun from a distance, hoping to learn their strengths and weaknesses. They then bring this newfound knowledge back to their people so that the kirlanans can figure out a better way to murder people more efficiently.
拒神者角色KIR-LANAN CHARACTERS
拒神者喜欢战士职业，因为这和他们与生俱来的能力一样，给了他们在任何时候对最多不幸的信徒造成最大伤害的机会。咒语会用完，但利爪却永远杀人。他们通常是战士/术士或者战士/死灵法师。他们可以很好地操纵奥术能量，而且他们天生也适合处理负能量。
Kir-lanans favor the fighter class, as this—along with their innate abilities—gives them the chance to do the most damage to the largest number of hapless believers at any given time. Spells run out, but claws keep killing forever. They most often multiclass as fighter/sorcerers or fighter/necromancers. They can manipulate arcane energies just fine, and their nature lends itself to handling negative energies.
拒神者社会Kir-Lanan Society
拒神者的生活残酷无情。它们的存在只是为了杀戮，繁殖，以及学习如何变得更擅长杀戮。在拒神者社会，男性和女性都受到平等对待。他们实行精英统治。无论是谁，最强者决定一切。大多数拒神者都在两到五种生物的翼来区分的部族中在世界各地游荡。这些翼族很少有稳定的阵容，拒神者的加入和离开都取决于他们的心情。这些翼族的领导者是通过战斗来选择的，当领导者让自己变得脆弱的时候，那些不是领导者的拒神者会不断地移动到在正确的位置去挑战领导者。拒神者的翼族在他们称之为栖息地的繁殖地之外活动。在一年中的某些时候——根据只有拒神者知道的时间——一个翼族的个别成员会离开同伴，回到它们的巢中繁殖。
Life as a kir-lanan is relentlessly harsh. They exist only to kill, to breed, and to learn how to become better at killing. Both male and females are treated equally in kir-lanan society. This is a meritocracy. The strongest rule, no matter who they are. Most kir-lanans wander about the world in wings of two to five creatures. These wings rarely have a stable roster, with kirlanans joining and leaving as the mood suits them. The leaders of these wings are chosen by combat, and those who are not the leaders constantly jockey to be in the right position to challenge the leader the moment she leaves herself vulnerable. Wings of kir-lanans mount their operations out of breeding grounds known as rookeries. At certain times of the year—based on a schedule of which only the kir-lanans are aware—individual members of a wing leave their fellows and travel back to their rookeries to breed.
除了这些翼族的成员，在拒神者文化中还有另外两个位置：瓦尔拉克（valrak）和基瓦（kivar）。这两种职业都不属于翼族的传统结构，这使得瓦尔拉克和基瓦避免了通常争夺领导权的竞争，这种竞争导致很多翼族在内部斗争上浪费时间和精力。拒神者的注意力最好花在将战斗带给信徒上，而瓦尔拉克和基瓦的职责就是帮助引导这场。“瓦尔拉克”在拒神者的语言中是“眼睛”的意思。这些生物独自在费伦周围旅行，观察当地居民，了解他们所能了解的一切以及他们丰富而复杂的历史。通过这样做，瓦尔拉克释放了其他拒神者的精力去制造尽可能多的破坏，同时瓦尔拉克也在寻找新的受害者和地点。另一方面，“基瓦”的意思是“声音”。基瓦是拒神者的士气军官和战略规划人员的结合体。虽然他们花了大部分时间在野外，劝勉翼族去尝试更大更可怕的破坏行为，但当他们回到巢穴时，基瓦会聚集在一起，吸收并讨论瓦尔拉克收集的信息。他们用这个来指导拒神者对抗众神。基瓦还会与其他对神的崇拜不那么虔诚的人组成临时联盟。当然，一旦这些盟友达到了他们的目的，他们也会被杀害，但是基瓦愿意让他们暂时达到他们的目的。
Other than the members of these wings, there are two others positions in kir-lanan culture: the valrak and the kivar. Both of these vocations stand outside the traditional structure of the wing, allowing the valraks and kivars to avoid the normal rivalry for leadership that causes so many of the wings to waste time and energy on internal struggles. The attention of the kir-lanans would be better spent on taking the battle to the believers, and it’s the duty of the valraks and kivars to help direct this. The word “valrak” means “eye” in the guttural kir-lanan tongue. These creatures travel around Faerun individually, watching the native peoples and learning everything they can about them and their rich and complex history. By doing this, the valraks free up the others to cause as much destruction as they can, while the valraks scout out new victims and locations. “Kivar,” on the other hand, means “voice.” The kivars are a combination of morale officers and strategic planners for the kirlanans. Although they spend most of their time in the field, exhorting the wings to attempt greater and more terrible acts of destruction, when back at the rookery the kivars gather to absorb and discuss the information gathered by the valraks. They use this to guide the kir-lanan campaign against the gods. Kivars also are the ones who negotiate temporary alliances with other groups of people who are less devout in their worship of the gods. Of course, once these allies have served their purposes, they are to be murdered as well, but the kivars are willing to let them serve their purpose for a time.
新的拒神者出生在这些栖息地，并由基瓦们抚养长大。当它们长到一岁左右的时候，就会被释放到野外，被派去组成新的翼族，或者去加强旧的翼族。没有人知道随着年龄的增长，拒神者会发生什么。他们中最年长的只有15岁，而许多参与种族创造的拒神者要么被他们的攻击目标杀害，要么在对领导挑战中被杀害。
New kir-lanans are born in these rookeries and raised by the kivars. Once they are one year or so in age, they are released into the wild and sent to join up with a new wing or to reinforce an old one. No one knows what happens to kir-lanans as they get older. The eldest ones are only 15 years old, and many of those who were part of the race’s creation have been killed off by either their intended victims or in leadership challenges.
语言和文字Language and Literacy
拒神者说着他们自己的粗劣的语言（拒神者语）和通用语。当他们彼此交谈时，他们坚持使用拒神者，但是他们使用有着浓重的重音的通用语来和其他人交谈。一些瓦尔拉克实际上还会学习其他几种语言（对于一个你不懂其语言的民族，你很难了解更多）。
Kir-lanans speak their own harsh language (Kir-lanan) and Common. When speaking with each other, they stick to Kirlanan, but they use thickly accented Common to converse with everyone else. Some valraks actually pick up several other languages (it’s hard to learn a great deal about a people whose language you don’t understand).
拒神者通常不怎么说话。他们喜欢行动胜于言语。
Kir-lanans don’t normally talk a great deal. They prefer action to words.
除了野蛮人，所有的拒神者都有读写能力。
All kir-lanans are literate, except for barbarians.
能力与种族特征Abilities and Racial Features
拒神者有以下种族特征:
•+4力量，+2敏捷，-2感知。拒神者强壮而迅捷，他们不怎么费心与周围的世界保持联系。他们通常喜欢直接解决大多数问题。
•中等体型
•拒神者的陆地速度是30英尺。飞行速度90英尺，机动性好。
•黑暗视力60英尺。
•+3天然护甲。
•+4隐藏检查种族奖励。
•精通所有简易武器和轻甲。
•巨大类人生命骰：拒神者拥有4d8种族生命骰。一个拒神者角色在她的第一个巨大类人生命骰中获得最大生命点，并正常地滚动她的其他巨大类人生命骰。她从职业等级掷出所有生命骰，并且在她的第一个职业级别生命骰上不会自动获得最大生命值。拒神者的种族生命骰还提供+4基础攻击加值和强韧+1、反射 +4和意志 +4的豁免投掷。拥有职业等级的拒神者将他们的职业攻击加值和豁免值加到种族攻击加值和豁免值中。
•巨大类人技能：拒神者的巨大类人生命骰给予她等于(2 + Int调整值,最低1)×7的技能点。这些技能点的职业技能是逃脱、隐藏、倾听、无声移动、定位和使用魔法设备。拒神者在他的第一个职业等级不获得技能点×4。
•巨大类人专长：拒神者的巨大类人生命骰授予她2个专长。典型的拒神者选择飞掠攻击和武器专注（爪）。一个拥有职业等级的拒神者基于她的总生命骰获得专长，如引言中的表2所示。
•天生攻击：拒神者可以用2个爪子攻击，每个爪子造成1d4点伤害。拒神者可以在正常攻击加值下使用单手武器攻击，并且可以在第二次攻击时使用爪攻击（攻击骰上减5点，伤害骰上加力量×1/2）。
•负能量之触(Su)：拒神者每天可以使用三次类似于冻寒之触法术的触碰攻击。如果她使用近战触碰攻击，她造成2d6点伤害和1点暂时的力量值伤害。强韧豁免(DC + 12 + Cha修正)可以抵消力量值伤害。拒神者可以治疗与这个攻击的伤害数值相同的伤害，但不能超过他的正常最大生命值。拒神者可以将此异能与爪击结合使用，但必须使用近战攻击。她造成的爪击伤害不能恢复生命值。
•衰弱射线(Sp)：拒神者每天可以使用三次衰弱射线，相当于4级法师施放法术。
•呵斥不死生物(超自然)：拒神者可以像一个邪恶牧师一样，每天呵斥或命令不死生物三次，等级与拒神者生命骰的等级相同。
•正能量伤害：拒神者受到治疗创伤法术、圣水和祝福武器的伤害，就像她是不死生物一样。相反地，她可以通过施加伤害法术和其他负能量进行治疗。拒神者不是不死生物，但他们的身体充满负能量。他们不能被驱散，但他们对这样的行为感到不舒服，通常会设法避免一个驱散他们的牧师。
•无灵魂：拒神者不能成为牧师、德鲁伊或圣骑士，也不能使用任何正能量。他们永远不能使用神术。他们可能会成为游侠，但他们永远不会获得这个职业的施法能力。然而，拒神者吟游诗人可以学习造成伤害的法术而不是治疗伤害的法术。因为拒神者没有灵魂，他们只能像一个异界生物人一样，通过一个愿望术或者奇迹术从死亡中复活。
•母语：拒神者语，通用语。额外语言:按地区划分。
•适合职业：战士。
•级别调整：+4。由于她的4个种族生命骰和她的超自然和类法术能力，一个拒神者的有效角色等级是8 +他的职业等级。因此，一个7级拒神者战士的ECL值为15。见引言中的表1。
Kir-lanans have the following racial traits:
• +4 Strength, +2 Dexterity, –2 Wisdom. Strong and fast, kirlanans don’t bother much with keeping in touch with the world around them. They usually prefer the direct approach to most problems.
• Medium-size: As Medium-size creatures, kir-lanans have no special bonuses or penalties due to their size.
• Kir-lanan land speed is 30 feet. Their fly speed is 90 feet, with good maneuverability.
• Darkvision 60 feet.
• +3 natural armor.
• +4 racial bonus on Hide checks.
• Proficient with all simple weapons and light armor.
• Monstrous Humanoid Hit Dice: A kir-lanan has 4d8 racial Hit Dice. A kir-lanan character receives the maximum hit points for her first monstrous humanoid Hit Die and rolls her other monstrous humanoid Hit Dice normally. She rolls all Hit Dice from class levels and does not automatically get maximum hit points on her first class-level Hit Die. A kir-lanan’s racial Hit Dice also provide a +4 base attack bonus and saving throws of Fort +1, Ref +4, and Will +4. Kir-lanans with class levels add their class attack bonus and saves to their racial attack bonus and saving throws.
• Monstrous Humanoid Skills: A kir-lanan’s monstrous humanoid Hit Dice grant her skill points equal to (2 + Int modifier, minimum 1) ×7. Class skills for these skill points are Escape Artist, Hide, Listen, Move Silently, Spot, and Use Magic Device. A kir-lanan does not get the ×4 multiplier for skill points acquired from her first class level.
• Monstrous Humanoid Feats: A kir-lanan’s monstrous humanoid Hit Dice grant her 2 feats. A typical kir-lanan chooses Flyby Attack and Weapon Focus (claw). A kir-lanan with class levels gains feats based on her total Hit Dice, as shown on Table 2 in the Introduction.
• Natural Attacks: A kir-lanan can attack with 2 claws, dealing 1d4 points of damage each. A kir-lanan can attack with a onehanded weapon at her normal attack bonus and make a claw attack as a secondary attack (–5 penalty on the attack roll, and half Strength bonus on the damage roll).
• Negative Energy Touch (Su): Three times per day, a kir-lanan can use a touch attack similar to the chill touch spell. If she hits with a melee touch attack, she deals 2d6 points of damage and 1 point of temporary Strength damage. A Fortitude save (DC 12 + Cha modifier) negates the Strength damage. The kir-lanan heals the same number of points of damage as she deals with this attack, although she cannot exceed her normal maximum hit points. The kir-lanan can use this power in conjunction with a claw attack, but she must hit with a melee attack to do so. She does not regain hit points for the claw damage she deals.
• Ray of Enfeeblement (Sp): Three times per day, a kir-lanan can use ray of enfeeblement as if the spell had been cast by a 4th-level sorcerer.
• Rebuke Undead (Su): A kir-lanan can rebuke or command undead three times per day as an evil cleric with as many levels as the kir-lanan has Hit Dice.
• Harmed by Positive Energy: A kir-lanan suffers damage from cure wounds spells, holy water, and blessed weapons just as if she were undead. Conversely, she is healed by inflict wounds spells and other applications of negative energy. Kir-lanans are not undead, but their bodies are infused with negative energy. They cannot be turned, but they are uncomfortable around such displays and usually seek to avoid a turning cleric anyhow.
• Soulless: Kir-lanans cannot become clerics, druids, or paladins, and they cannot use positive energy of any kind. They cannot ever use divine magic. They may become rangers, but they never gain that class’s spellcasting abilities. A kir-lanan bard, however, can learn inflict wounds spells instead of cure wounds spells. Since kir-lanan don’t have souls, they can only be brought back from the dead with a wish or miracle spell, just like an outsider.
• Automatic Languages: Kir-Lanan, Common. Bonus Languages: By region.
• Favored Class: Fighter.
• Level Adjustment: +4. Due to her 4 racial Hit Dice and her supernatural and spell-like abilities, a kir-lanan has an effective character level of 8 plus her class levels. Thus, a 7th-level kir-lanan fighter would have an ECL of 15. See Table 1 in the Introduction.
拒神者魔法和知识Kir-Lanan Magic and Lore
拒神者种族本身没有特殊的咒语。作为施法者，拒神者只能操纵奥术——无法使用神术。他们更喜欢破坏和腐蚀灵魂的法术，尤其是死灵法术。作为负能量生物，他们对死亡魔法有一种亲和力。
Kir-lanans have no special racial spells of their own. As spellcasters, kir-lanans can only manipulate arcane—never divine—magic. They prefer spells that destroy and corrupt the soul, particularly necromantic spells. As creatures of negative energy, they have an affinity for death magic.
拒神者神祗Kir-Lanan Deities
拒神者没有神灵，但是一些拒神者主张与莎尔的崇拜者建立临时联盟。他们欣赏这位神对其他神发动战争的渴望，所以他们觉得只要他们的利益一致，他们就可以一起工作。然而，一旦其他的神都消失了，莎尔肯定会成为拒神者名单上的下一个目标。
Kir-lanans have no deities, although some kivars advocate striking a temporary alliance with worshipers of Shar. They appreciate this god’s desire to wage war on the other gods, so they feel that they could work together for as long as their interests coincide. Once the other gods are gone, though, Shar is sure to be the next target on the kir-lanans’ list.
拒神者憎恨所有的神和崇拜他们的人。他们对那些只是口头上信神的人有一定的宽容，但最终拒神者也想杀害这些人。与神完全断绝关系的人也许可以与拒神者一起工作，而不用担心被背叛，但这样做会使他们的灵魂处于致命的危险之中。
Kir-lanans hate all the gods and the people who worship them. They have some tolerance for those who simply pay lip service to the gods, but in the end the kir-lanans want to murder these people too. People who renounce the gods entirely might be able to work with the kir-lanans without fear of betrayal, but by doing so they put their souls in mortal peril.
与其他种族关系Relations with Other Races
拒神者想杀了所有人。他们并不特别针对一个种族。然而，一个人越虔诚，就越有可能感受到拒神者的愤怒。虔诚是通过对一个角色的宗教仪式的观察和对他的神的服务的热情来衡量的，而不是他的阵营。瓦拉克斯在报告他们的观察结果时考虑到了这一点，并建议拒神者各个翼族可能的袭击受害者。在瓦拉克斯报告了一个特别重要的目标的情况下，基瓦有时可以协调多个翼族，让数十名拒神者同时处理这个问题。
Kir-lanans want to kill everyone. They don’t particularly target one race over another. However, the more pious a person is, the more likely it is that he may feel the kir-lanans’ wrath. Piety is measured by a character’s observations of religious rites and zeal in his deity’s service, not his alignment. The valraks take this into account when they report their observations and suggest possible victims for kir-lanan wing raids. In cases in which the valraks report a particularly important target, the kivars can sometimes coordinate a multi-wing attack, bringing dozens of kir-lanans to bear on the problem at once.