A Geography Of Haarth: Jaransor
The A Geography of Haarth post series is traversing the full range of locales and places from The Wall of Night world of Haarth.
After a brief but excellent sojourn in “I”, we now enter “J.” 😉
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Jaransor: a range of uninhabited hills that lies to the west of the Gray Lands
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‘Kyr looked at her curiously. “What do you know of Jaransor?” he asked
Nhairin shrugged. “Only what anyone does. Those hills have long been forbidden, off limits, because too many of our people have foundered there. And the old records say that Jaransor is hostile to both the Derai and the Swarm. They claim that it is one of the ancient places of this world, possessed by a power that sleeps but lightly and is dangerous if woken. They also say,” she added, “that Jaransor is ghost-ridden and drives people mad.” ‘
~ from © The Heir Of Night: The Wall of Night Book One; Chapter 25 — The River Of No Return
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‘Kalan stared at the cairn, recalling the first and only time he had seen the Winter woman: a rider cloaked in white and seated on a white horse amidst falling snow, with a hawk resting still as stone on her forearm. In Jaransor, he thought—and was seized by the loss, pain, and terror, mixed with exhilaration, that had accompanied their flight through those hills. He clenched his hand hard around his sword hilt to stop himself crying out against the memories’ sharpness. The metal of pommel and guard pressed into flesh, cold as the snowflakes that had fallen from an iron sky, five years before.’
~ from © The Gathering Of The Lost: The Wall of Night Book Two; Chapter 31 — Tenneward Lodge