第1章 命运拐角的银王子

The Silver Prince at the Corner of Fate

Rhaegar Targaryen.

The Silver Prince, son of the Mad King, brother of the Beggar King and the Mother of Dragons, and the last true dragon.

His life ended too soon on the riverbank named after the ruby ​​on his breastplate, like "stars weeping blood" during a "wrong spring".

People couldn't even tell which side of the coin he was—"Whenever a Targaryen was born, the gods would toss a coin."

Will he become the wise king people expect, inheriting the Seven Kingdoms conquered by his ancestors? Or will he become the next Mad King, as he did in his final act of taking Lyanna Stark away and igniting the War of the Seven Kingdoms?

Westeros made the Targaryens what they were, and it made this middle-class dragonflight family, a freehold in Valyria, what it was.

But perhaps Westeros also ruined them.

His descendants were trapped in Westeros—the edge of the known world, this vast, isolated island.

The Targaryens, riding dragons, should have been the freest people in the world.

But that ugly iron chair, like a child holding a kite string, easily caught the last real dragon.

The giant dragons were trapped in a cage-like dragon's lair, and the true dragons were trapped in the stinking King's Landing.

Perhaps, the title of Conqueror could be followed by "Second," there could be two Mothers of Dragons, "Cruel Mago" could become "Heavy Mago," the Blackfire sword would no longer be pointed at Westeros, and Valyria's glory would no longer be confined to the Citadel of Ancients.

Perhaps, A Song of Ice and Fire could be even grander.

雷加•坦格利安。
银王子，疯王之子，乞丐王和龙之母的兄长，最后的真龙。
他的生命在那个以他胸甲上红宝石命名的河滩上终结，太过短暂，像是发生在“错误的春天”时的“星辰泣血”。
人们甚至无法分辨他究竟是硬币的哪一面——“每当一个坦格利安降生，诸神就会投掷一枚硬币”。
他究竟会是如同人们期望的那样，成为一个英明的国王，继承他祖先征服下来的七大王国。还是会如同他最后自顾自带走莱安娜•史塔克，点燃七国战火时的疯狂行为那样，成为下一个疯王。
维斯特洛成就了坦格利安，成就了这个瓦雷利亚自由堡垒的中下流龙王家族。
但或许，维斯特洛也毁了他们。
他的后代们被困在了维斯特洛——这个已知世界的边缘，这个巨大的孤岛。
坦格利安们骑着龙，本该是世界上最自由的人。
但那张丑陋的铁椅子像是牵着风筝线的小孩子那样，轻而易举地牵住了最后的真龙。
巨龙被困在了牢笼般的龙穴，真龙们被困在了臭气熏天的君临。
或许，征服者的名号后可以加上一个“二世”，万龙之母可以有两位，“残酷的梅葛”可以变成“沉重的梅葛”，黑火的剑锋不再指向维斯特洛，瓦雷利亚的辉煌不再局限于学城的古本。
或许，冰与火之歌，可以，更宏大一些。