D2中凡是带有Hell 字样的装备都与火属性相关,Plague这个词,既可以指"瘟疫",也能指"死亡",而Hades 即地狱的主宰。这把剑喻示着末日时"瘟疫"在前,冥王在后,阴火幽幽,毒氛沉沉的景象。 《圣经》中"启示录"第六章有云:揭开第四印的时候,我听见第三个活物说:"你来!"我就观看,见有一匹灰色马,骑在马上的,名字叫做瘟疫,阴府也随着他;有权柄赐给他们,可以用刀剑、饥荒、瘟疫、野兽,杀害地上四分之一的人。 (When he broke the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth animal shout, 'Come.' Immediately another horse appeared, deathly pale, and its rider was called Plague, and Hades followed at his heels. They were given authority over a quarter of the earth, to kill by the sword, by famine, by plague and wild beasts.)