There would be more now; the summer had been long and peaceful. North of here the kingsroad ran along the Green Fork of the Trident, through fertile valleys and green woodlands, past thriving towns and stout holdfasts and the castles of the river lords.
經(jīng)過漫長而平靜的夏季，如今村里的房舍想必更多了。由此向北，國王大道與三叉戟河的支流綠叉河平行，穿過肥沃谷地和青蔥林蔭，穿過繁榮市鎮(zhèn)、堅實農(nóng)莊以及河間貴族的城堡。
Catelyn knew them all: the Blackwoods and the Brackens, ever enemies, whose quarrels her father was obliged to settle; Lady Whent, last of her line, who dwelt with her ghosts in the cavernous vaults of Harrenhal; irascible Lord Frey, who had outlived seven wives and filled his twin castles with children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren, and bastards and grandbastards as well. All of them were bannermen to the Tullys, their swords sworn to the service of Riverrun. Catelyn wondered if that would be enough, if it came to war. Her father was the staunchest man who'd ever lived, and she had no doubt that he would call his banners,but would the banners come? The Darrys and Rygers and Mootons had sworn oaths to Riverrun as well, yet they had fought with Rhaegar Targaryen on the Trident, while Lord Frey had arrived with his levies well after the battle was over, leaving some doubt as to which army he had planned to join (theirs, he had assured the victors solemnly in the aftermath, but ever after her father had called him the Late Lord Frey). It must not come to war, Catelyn thought fervently. They must not let it.
凱特琳對每一位河間貴族都了若指掌：積怨已久的布萊伍德和布雷肯家族，每有紛爭她父親就得出面調(diào)停；身為家族最后傳人的河安伯爵夫人蟄居于赫倫堡空寂的地窖里，整日與逝者相伴；暴躁的佛雷侯爵死了七任太太，他巍立大河兩岸的孿河城里早已四代同堂，內(nèi)家、外家、私生、百系，難以盡數(shù)。他們?nèi)际峭嚼业姆獬?，宣誓效忠于奔流城。但倘若?zhàn)爭真的爆發(fā)，凱特琳卻不知道這樣的陣容夠不夠堅強。父親是世上最堅定最可靠的人，屆時他一定會召集封臣……然而諸侯們都會來么？戴瑞家、萊格家和慕頓家雖然也都是奔流城的臣屬，然而在三河之役中，他們卻與雷加·坦格利安并肩作戰(zhàn)。佛雷侯爵則是戰(zhàn)爭結(jié)束后方才帶著人馬姍姍來遲，不禁讓人懷疑他原本打算為哪一邊效力（事后，他鄭重其事地向勝利者表示自己一直站在他們這一邊，但從那以后父親便改口叫他"遲到的佛雷侯爵"）。不能開戰(zhàn)，凱特琳焦急地想，絕不能讓戰(zhàn)爭爆發(fā)。
背景介紹:
《權(quán)力的游戲》是一部中世紀史詩奇幻題材的電視連續(xù)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(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注點，描寫細膩豐富，突破了幻想文學界固有的創(chuàng)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(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?！稒?quán)力的游戲》甫出便拿下了British 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(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。喬治馬丁被時代雜志評選為2011年影響世界的一百人之一。
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