The first rider through the gate carried a long black banner.The silk rippled in the wind like a living thing; across the fabric was blazoned a night sky slashed with purple lightning. Make way for Lord Beric! the rider shouted.Make way for Lord Beric! And close behind came the young lord himself, a dashing figure on a black courser, with red-gold hair and a black satin cloak dusted with stars.Here to fight in the Hand's tourney, my lord? a guardsman called out to him. Here to win the Hand's tourney, Lord Beric shouted back as the crowd cheered.
當(dāng)先穿過大門的人高舉一面長(zhǎng)長(zhǎng)的黑旗，絲織的旌旗在風(fēng)中飛揚(yáng)，仿如活物。旗幟上繡著一道劃過夜空的紫色閃電。"貝里大人駕到！速速回避！"來者高喊，"貝里大人駕到！速速回避！"緊跟在后的正是那位金紅頭發(fā)的年輕貴族，他身披黑緞星紋披風(fēng)，騎匹黑色駿馬，十足浮華模樣。"您是來參加首相比武大會(huì)的嗎，大人？"一名守衛(wèi)在他身后叫道。"我是來拿比武大會(huì)冠軍的！"貝里伯爵在群眾歡呼聲中高聲回應(yīng)。
Ned turned off the square where the Street of Steel began and followed its winding path up a long hill, past blacksmiths working at open forges, freeriders haggling over mail shirts, and grizzled ironmongers selling old blades and razors from their wagons. The farther they climbed, the larger the buildings grew. The man they wanted was all the way at the top of the hill, in a huge house of timber and plaster whose upper stories loomed over the narrow street.The double doors showed a hunting scene carved in ebony and weirwood. A pair of stone knights stood sentry at the entrance, armored in fanciful suits of polished red steel that transformed them into griffin and unicorn. Ned left his horse with Jacks and shouldered his way inside.
奈德離開廣場(chǎng)，轉(zhuǎn)進(jìn)鋼鐵街，沿著蜿蜒小路騎上長(zhǎng)長(zhǎng)的維桑尼亞丘陵，沿途經(jīng)過在鍛爐前干活的鐵匠，拿著盔甲討價(jià)還價(jià)的自由騎手，以及頭發(fā)灰白，兜售著馬車上各種舊鐵陳刀的鐵器販子。他們?cè)脚涝礁撸ㄖ镆哺@高大，城里絕大多數(shù)鐵匠都在此地。他們要找的人住在丘頂，有一棟用木材和石膏搭成、樓層足以俯瞰下方狹窄巷道的巨大屋子。房子的兩扇大門乃是黑檀木和魚梁木所制，上面刻畫著一幅打獵圖，一對(duì)石雕騎士守在入口兩側(cè)，披掛著造型天馬行空的紅鋼鎧甲，使他們有了鷹頭獅和獨(dú)角獸的形態(tài)。奈德把馬交給杰克斯，側(cè)身走進(jìn)屋內(nèi)。
背景介紹:
《權(quán)力的游戲》是一部中世紀(jì)史詩(shī)奇幻題材的電視連續(xù)劇。該劇以美國(guó)作家喬治·R·R·馬丁的奇幻巨作《冰與火之歌》七部曲為基礎(chǔ)改編創(chuàng)作，由大衛(wèi)·貝尼奧夫和丹尼爾·威斯編劇、HBO電視網(wǎng)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(guān)注點(diǎn)，描寫細(xì)膩豐富，突破了幻想文學(xué)界固有的創(chuàng)作模式，多次引領(lǐng)閱讀潮流。由于馬丁的輝煌成就，他被譽(yù)為美國(guó)的托爾金和新世紀(jì)的海明威。從1989年開始，馬丁淡出文學(xué)界，轉(zhuǎn)而投身演藝界發(fā)展，1996年他才重返文壇而開始奇幻文學(xué)的創(chuàng)作，處女作便是《權(quán)力的游戲》，即為《冰與火之歌》的首部曲。《權(quán)力的游戲》甫出便拿下了British Fantasy Society、 世界奇幻獎(jiǎng)和星云獎(jiǎng)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(jīng)可以和《魔戒》平起平坐，作者網(wǎng)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(shí)代雜志評(píng)選為2011年影響世界的一百人之一。
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