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They say you forged his warhammer, Jon remembered.
“听说他的战锤就是你打的。”琼恩想起来。
Aye. I was his man, a Baratheon man, smith and armorer at Storm's End until I lost the arm. I'm old enough to remember Lord Steffon before the sea took him, and I knew those three sons of his since they got their names. I tell you this—Robert was never the same after he put on that crown. Some men are like swords, made for fighting. Hang them up and they go to rust.
“没错，我曾是他的手下，拜拉席恩家族的部属，风息堡的铁匠和武器师傅，直到我少了这条胳膊。我还记得史蒂芬大人被大海卷走前的音容笑貌，他那三个儿子打从出生命名起，我就看着他们长大。我告诉你——劳勃戴上那顶王冠后，整个人就变了。有些人生来就该打仗，和剑一样，若把它们挂起来，就只等着生锈吧。”
And his brothers? Jon asked.
“他那两个弟弟呢？”琼恩问。
The armorer considered that a moment. "Robert was the true steel. Stannis is pure iron, black and hard and strong, yes, but brittle, the way iron gets. He'll break before he bends. And Renly, that one, he's copper, bright and shiny, pretty to look at but not worth all that much at the end of the day."
武器匠沉吟片刻，“如果说劳勃是真钢，那史坦尼斯就是纯铁，又黑又硬又坚强，却也容易损坏，和铁一样，弯曲之前就会先断掉。至于蓝礼嘛，他像是闪闪发光的亮铜，看起来漂亮，实际却不值几个钱。”
And what metal is Robb? Jon did not ask. Noye was a Baratheon man; likely he thought Joffrey the lawful king and Robb a traitor. Among the brotherhood of the Night's Watch, there was an unspoken pact never to probe too deeply into such matters. Men came to the Wall from all of the Seven Kingdoms, and old loves and loyalties were not easily forgotten, no matter how many oaths a man swore... as Jon himself had good reason to know. Even Sam—his father's House was sworn to Highgarden, whose Lord Tyrell supported King Renly.
罗柏又是何种金属呢？琼恩不敢问。诺伊从前是拜拉席恩家的人，恐怕他认为乔佛里才是合法的国王，罗柏则是叛徒一个吧。在守夜人的弟兄间，有个不成文的规定，决不能对这种事做深入讨论。长城守军来自七国各地，不论一个人发过多少誓，旧爱和亲情终究难以泯灭……这点琼恩自己便深有体会。就连山姆也有困惑：他的家族宣誓效忠高庭，而高庭的提利尔公爵如今支持蓝礼。
