A Geography Of Haarth: Road Gate
The A Geography of Haarth post series is traversing the full range of locales and places from The Wall of Night world of Haarth. Each locale is accompanied by a quote from either The Heir Of Night, The Gathering Of The Lost, or both.
And this is the final entry for “R”!
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Road Gate: the gate where the great Main Road enters the River city of Ij
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“Bunting fluttered from the city walls, dominated by the heraldic colors of the Three: gold for the sages, the crimson of the minstrels and assassins’ white. The three colors were repeated in the great standard of Ij, quartered by the city’s shield-of-arms—the river galley and the scales, the mace and the galleon—which floated above the Road Gate. Both the heralds raised a hand in formal salute as they clattered beneath the gate arch and the guards on duty there saluted in reply.”
~ from © The Gathering Of The Lost, The Wall of Night Book Two: Chapter 1 — The Road To Ij