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13．TYRION
第十三章 提利昂
The north went on forever.
北境漫漫，一望無涯。
Tyrion Lannister knew the maps as well as anyone, but a fortnight on the wild track that passed for the kingsroad up here had brought home the lesson that the map was one thing and the land quite another.
提利昂·蘭尼斯特雖然熟讀地圖，但經過兩周以來的一徑北行，他深切體會到地圖上說的是一回事，實際上卻另有蹊蹺。
They had left Winterfell on the same day as the king, amidst all the commotion of the royal departure, riding out to the sound of men shouting and horses snorting, to the rattle of wagons and the groaning of the queen’s huge wheelhouse, as a light snow flurried about them. The kingsroad was just beyond the sprawl of castle and town. There the banners and the wagons and the columns of knights and freeriders turned south, taking the tumult with them, while Tyrion turned north with Benjen Stark and his nephew.
他們和國王的隊伍于同一天離開臨冬城，冒著細雪，穿過那一片人聲馬嘶、馬車嘎吱和王后輪宮的呻吟。國王大道緊鄰著主堡和城下市鎮。國王的旗幟與車隊，騎士和自由騎手就在該處轉向南行，提利昂則與班揚·史塔克和瓊恩叔侄二人往北走。
It had grown colder after that, and far more quiet.
在那之后，天氣越趨凄冷，四周更顯沉寂。
West of the road were flint hills, grey and rugged, with tall watchtowers on their stony summits. To the east the land was lower, the ground flattening to a rolling plain that stretched away as far as the eye could see. Stone bridges spanned swift, narrow rivers, while small farms spread in rings around holdfasts walled in wood and stone. The road was well trafficked, and at night for their comfort there were rude inns to be found.
國王大道逐漸變成一條比森林小路大不了多少的小徑。道路西邊是崎嶇的灰巖丘陵，矮丘頂高聳著一座座守望臺。東邊則地勢低緩，平坦曠野無限伸展，直至極目盡頭。石橋跨越洶涌的狹窄激流，農場圍繞石墻木梁的聚落。路上來往頗為頻繁，日落后極易找到歇腳旅店。
背景介紹：
《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。喬治·雷蒙德·理查德·馬丁是歐美奇幻小說大師。馬丁的作品主要以人物為關注點，描寫細膩豐富，突破了幻想文學界固有的創作模式，多次引領閱讀潮流。由于馬丁的輝煌成就，他被譽為美國的托爾金和新世紀的海明威。從1989年開始，馬丁淡出文學界，轉而投身演藝界發展，1996年他才重返文壇而開始奇幻文學的創作，處女作便是《權力的游戲》，即為《冰與火之歌》的首部曲?！稒嗔Φ挠螒颉犯Τ霰隳孟铝薆ritish Fantasy Society、 世界奇幻獎和星云獎年度最佳幻想作品提名，在非官方的不記名奇幻作品投票中，《冰與火之歌》儼然已經可以和《魔戒》平起平坐，作者網站的訪問量也是和斯蒂芬·金、J.K.羅琳等不相上下，其受歡迎的程度可見一斑。喬治馬丁被時代雜志評選為2011年影響世界的一百人之一。
