The visitors poured(倾泻:流出) through the castle gates in a river of gold and silver and polished steel, three hundred strong, a pride(自豪:骄傲) of bannermen and knights, of sworn swords and freeriders. Over their heads a dozen golden banners whipped(受到鞭打的…

Eddard Stark rode through the towering bronze doors of the Red Keep sore, tired, hungry, and irritable. He was still ahorse, dreaming of a long hot soak(浸:湿透:), a roast fowl, and a featherbed, when the king’s steward(管家:乘务员) told him that Grand Maest…

The summons(['sʌm(ə)nz]召唤:传票) came in the hour before the dawn, when the world was still and grey. Alyn shook him roughly from his dreams and Ned stumbled into the predawn chill, groggy(['grɒgɪ] 酒醉的,无力的) from sleep, to find his horse saddled and the…

The courtyard rang to the song of swords. Under black wool, boiled leather, and mail, sweat trickled icily down Jon’s chest as he pressed the attack. Grenn stumbled backward, defending himself clumsily. When he raised his sword, Jon went underneath i…

Eddard Stark had left before dawn, Septa Mordane informed Sansa as they broke their fast. “The king sent for him. Another hunt, I do believe. There are still wild aurochs in these lands, I am told.” “I’ve never seen an aurochs,” Sansa said, feeding a…

Ned and the girls were eight days gone when Maester Luwin came to her one night in Bran’s sickroom, carrying a reading lamp and the books of account. “It is past time that we reviewed the figures, my lady,” he said. “You’ll want to know how much this…

The north went on forever. 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 him the lesson that the map was one thing and the land quite another. They had left Winte…

Somewhere in the great stone maze(迷宫:迷惑) of Winterfell, a wolf howled. The sound hung over the castle like a flag of mourning(哀痛:服丧). Tyrion Lannister looked up from his books and shivered, though the library was snug(舒适的:温暖的) and warm. Something abo…

The hunt left at dawn. The king wanted wild boar at the feast tonight. Prince Joffrey rode with his father, so Robb had been allowed to join the hunters as well. Uncle Benjen, Jory, Theon Greyjoy, Ser Rodrik, and even the queen’s funny little brother…

Of all the rooms in Winterfell’s Great Keep, Catelyn’s bedchambers(['bedtʃeɪmbə]卧室,寝室) were the hottest. She seldom had to light a fire. The castle had been built over natural hot springs, and the scalding(['skɔːldɪŋ]滚烫的:尖刻的) waters rushed through it…