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Jonos Bracken was wounded in the fighting amidst the ruins of his castle, and his nephew Hendry slain. Tytos Blackwood's swept the Lannisters off his lands, but they took every cow and pig and speck of grain and left him nothing to defend but Raventree Hall and a scorched desert. Darry men recaptured their lord's keep but held it less than a fortnight before Gregor Clegane descended on them and put the whole garrison to the sword, even their lord."
杰諾斯·布雷肯為保衛燒成廢墟的家堡，身負重傷，他的外甥亨德利戰死沙場。泰陀斯·布萊伍德雖將蘭尼斯特軍逐出自己的領地，卻被敵軍帶走了所有牲畜和糧草，只留給他鴉樹空城和一片焦土。戴瑞家的部隊起初進展順利，輕易奪回了他們的城堡，可不到半月，格雷果·克里岡便率兵攻至，把守軍殺個一干二凈，連他們的領主也不放過。”
Catelyn was horrorstruck. "Darry was only a child."
凱特琳聽了大驚失色，“戴瑞還是個孩子啊！”
Aye, and the last of his line as well. The boy would have brought a fine ransom, but what does gold mean to a frothing dog like Gregor Clegane? That beast's head would make a noble gift for all the people of the realm, I vow.
“是啊，而且是戴瑞家最后的傳人。用那孩子原本可換一筆高額贖金，可對格雷果·克里岡這種瘋狗來說，黃金有什么用呢？我發誓，這個畜生的頭是獻給全國百姓最好的禮物?！?/div>
Catelyn knew Ser Gregor's evil reputation, yet still... "Don't speak to me of heads, Uncle. Cersei has mounted Ned's on a spike above the walls of the Red Keep, and left it for the crows and flies." Even now, it was hard for her to believe that he was truly gone. Some nights she would wake in darkness, half-asleep, and for an instant expect to find him there beside her. "Clegane is no more than Lord Tywin's catspaw." For Tywin Lannister—Lord of Casterly Rock, Warden of the West, father to Queen Cersei, Ser Jaime the Kingslayer, and Tyrion the Imp, and grandfather to Joffrey Baratheon, the new-crowned boy king—was the true danger, Catelyn believed.
凱特琳知道克里岡爵士惡名昭彰，但這未免也太……“叔叔，不要提起頭。瑟曦把奈德的頭挑在槍尖，掛在紅堡墻上，任由烏鴉和蒼蠅糟蹋?！钡搅爽F在，她還是很難相信他就這么走了。有時她夜里醒來，半夢半醒之間，恍惚以為他就在身旁?！翱死飳贿^是泰溫大人的走狗罷了?！碧亍ぬm尼斯特——凱巖城公爵、西境守護，瑟曦太后、“弒君者”詹姆爵士和“小惡魔”提利昂的父親，新登基的幼王喬佛里·拜拉席恩的祖父——才是真正的亂源，凱特琳堅信。
