A Geography Of Haarth: High Tor
The A Geography of Haarth post series is traversing the full range of locales and places from The Wall of Night world of Haarth. Today we venture further into “H.”
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High Tor: a landmark in the Emerian hills
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“The chieftains exchanged a sidewise glance; Hirn stroked his tattooed chin. “We pledged to your foster brother that there would be no more war in the Hills. But the long rivalry between our two clans is well known. What was unknown is that a youth of Hillholt went astray in his hunting, many years ago, and met a young woman out of Barrowdun who had turned her ankle in the ruins at High Tor.” He shrugged, half dour, half smiling. “What would you? It was Imuln’s festival of Summer’s Eve, then as it is now, and we became each other’s springtime love, Hawk of Barrowdun and I.”
~ from © The Gathering Of The Lost: The Wall of Night Book Two; Chapter 17 — Oak and Hill