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4．EDDARD
第四章艾德
The visitors poured through the castle gates in a river of gold and silver and polished steel, three hundred strong, a pride of bannermen and knights, of sworn swords and freeriders. Over their heads a dozen golden banners whipped back and forth in the northern wind, emblazoned with the crowned stag of Baratheon.
來訪的隊伍如同一條由金、銀和鋼鐵交融而成的璀璨河流，浩浩蕩蕩涌進城堡大門。他們為數一共三百，由讓人引以為傲的家臣、騎士和流浪武士所組成。冰冷的北風拍打著他們頭頂高舉的十數面金色旗幟，上頭繡了象徵拜拉錫安家族的寶冠雄鹿。
Ned knew many of the riders. There came Ser Jaime Lannister with hair as bright as beaten gold, and there Sandor Clegane with his terrible burned face. The tall boy beside him could only be the crown prince, and that stunted little man behind them was surely the Imp, Tyrion Lannister.
隊伍中有不少奈德熟悉的面孔。一頭亮眼金發的是詹姆·蘭尼斯特爵士，以及臉曾被燒傷的桑鐸·克里岡。他身旁的高大男孩一定是王儲，而他們身後的那個畸形矮子則毫無疑問是「小惡魔」提利昂·蘭尼斯特了。
Yet the huge man at the head of the column, flanked by two knights in the snow-white cloaks of the Kingsguard, seemed almost a stranger to Ned. until he vaulted off the back of his warhorse with a familiar roar, and crushed him in a bone-crunching hug. “Ned! Ah, but it is good to see that frozen face of yours.” The king looked him over top to bottom, and laughed. “You have not changed at all.”
然而那個走在隊列前頭，兩名雪白披風御林鐵衛隨侍左右的人，在奈德眼里竟像個陌生人。一亙到對方翻身跳下戰馬，發出熟悉的大聲吶喊，然後一把抱住他，差點把他全身骨頭拆散，他才認出來者是誰。"奈德！啊，見到你更好，尤其是看到你那張凍得發紫的臉。"國王仔細地上下打量他一番，然後朗聲笑道：「你真是一點都沒變。」
Would that Ned had been able to say the same. Fifteen years past, when they had ridden forth to win a throne, the Lord of Storm’s End had been clean-shaven, clear-eyed, and muscled like a maiden’s fantasy. Six and a half feet tall, he towered over lesser men, and when he donned his armor and the great antlered helmet of his House, he became a veritable giant. He’d had a giant’s strength too, his weapon of choice a spiked iron warhammer that Ned could scarcely lift. In those days, the smell of leather and blood had clung to him like perfume.
要是奈德也能對他說同樣的話就好了。十五年前，當他們并肩為王位奮戰的時候，這位風息堡公爵是個面容修整干凈，眼神清澄，如同懷春少女夢寐以求的精壯男子。他身高六尺五寸，有如巍然巨塔般鶴立雞群。當他身披戰甲，頭戴雙叉鹿角巨盔，則成了個名副其實的巨人。他的力氣也不輸巨人，慣用的那柄鐵刺戰錘連奈德都只能勉強舉起。在那些個日子里，皮革和血的氣味就像香水般和他如影隨形。
讀物介紹：
《權力的游戲》是一部中世紀史詩奇幻題材的電視連續劇。該劇以美國作家喬治·R·R·馬丁的奇幻巨作《冰與火之歌》七部曲為基礎改編創作，由大衛·貝尼奧夫和丹尼爾·威斯編劇、HBO電視網推出。本劇第一季于2011年4月17日開播，第二季于2012年4月1日回歸，第三季于2013年3月31日開始播出，第四季已獲得預定，將在2014年春季回歸。
