作为现在西方传统奇幻的巅峰作,默大多次表示出对《冰与火》的推崇。看到22里南岭游侠的誓言我不敬想到,这不就是《冰与火》的守夜人(一群为抵抗外族发誓永远守护长城的卫士)的设定吗。也许是巧合,也许是默大对马丁的致敬。且看誓言内容:
南岭游侠版:
“在南陵有群人,他们和你一样,流着高贵的凤凰之血^那是南方对‘义’ 之血脉的敬称,与南陵诸封国的国主,同属羽族最高贵的凤之族裔。为了捍卫这 份珍贵的信念之血,也为扫除世上的不公不义,他们发誓不娶妻、不荫子、不封爵、 不蓄财,荣辱休止,身无长物,终生不渝地奉行这个‘义’字,直到合眼。”
守夜人版:
长夜将至,我从今开始守望,至死方休。我将不娶妻、不封地、不生子。我将不戴宝冠,不争荣宠。我将尽忠职守,生死於斯。我是黑暗中的利剑,长城中的守卫。
我是抵御寒冷的烈焰,破晓时分的光线,唤醒死者的号角,守护王国的铁卫。我将生命与荣耀献给守夜人,今夜如此,夜夜皆然。
再来个英文原版,话说马丁真是好文笔:
Night gathers, and now my watch begins.
It shall not end until my death.
I shall take no wife, hold no lands, father no children.
I shall wear no crowns and win no glory.
I shall live and die at my post.
I am the sword in the darkness.
I am the watcher on the walls.
I am the fire that burns against the cold,
the light that wakes the sleepers,
the shield that guards the realms of men.
I pledge my life and honor to the Night's Watch,
for this night,
and all the nights to come.