Attempting to Translate a Game Instruction Manual


I am currently trying to translate a game manual. Right now Im struggling with
the story part of it. Most of the grammar is at least somewhat familiar to me.
I think my confusion may be due to the syntax. Here is an excerpt:

プレイヤーの皆さんは、魔法が使える不思議な世界の住人です。強い力を秘めた瑪瑙の剣が眠っている古代都市が発見されたため、剣を手に入れようと各地から集まってきました。

The first sentence seems pretty straightforward. I translated it as "Players,
you are the inhabitants of a mystical and magical world." It is the next
sentence, and much of the rest of the the paragraph, that is confusing me a
bit. I can more or less translate fragments of this sentence. For example:

強い力を秘めた瑪瑙の剣- a sword of agate imbued with a strong power

眠っている古代都市- a sleeping (lying dormant?) ancient city

剣を手に入れようと- in an attempt to obtain the sword

I am having a hard time putting them together in a coherent sentence, though.
In this section "強い力を秘めた瑪瑙の剣が眠っている古代都市が発見されたため" I'm not sure if the sword or
the city it the subject of "発見された." Also, while I know the usual function of
"ため" is to give the purpose of an action, I'm having a hard time making that
work here. Perhaps it's serving a different function?

In the next section "剣を手に入れようと各地から集まってきました" I am not sure who/what the subject
of "集まってきました" is but I suspect it might be the players mentioned from the
previous sentence.

Any help with the above points would be extremely appreciated! :-)




> ［（強い力を秘めた）瑪瑙の剣が眠っている］古代都市が発見されたため

強い力を秘めた瑪瑙の剣が眠っている is a relative clause modifying 古代都市. So the subject of 発見された
is 古代都市.

The ため here expresses "reason" (≂ ので・から), not "purpose".

"Since/Because an ancient city [where a sword of agate (imbued with a strong
power) is sleeping/buried] was discovered, ... "

You're right that the subject of 剣を手に入れようと各地から集まってきました is the players
mentioned from the previous sentence (=「プレイヤーの皆さん」).




> ［（強い力を秘めた）瑪瑙の剣が眠っている］古代都市が発見されたため

強い力を秘めた瑪瑙の剣が眠っている is a relative clause modifying 古代都市. So the subject of 発見された
is 古代都市.

The ため here expresses "reason" (≂ ので・から), not "purpose".

"Since/Because an ancient city [where a sword of agate (imbued with a strong
power) is sleeping/buried] was discovered, ... "

You're right that the subject of 剣を手に入れようと各地から集まってきました is the players
mentioned from the previous sentence (=「プレイヤーの皆さん」).

