About The Characters: Meet The Minor Players in “The Wall Of Night” Series — Lira
With the Prologue to Daughter of Blood now unveiled on SF Signal, publication day feels like it’s getting close — and that has inspired me to spend some time with characters from The Wall Of Night series, in the same way I featured worldbuilding in A Geography Of Haarth.
I’ve been focusing on minor players for now, because: “I think it’s the presence of the smaller characters that “makes” a story, creating texture around the main points of view.”
Like, Kyr, a few weeks back, and Garan earlier in the series, Lira is poised on the cusp of being more than a minor character. However, although she plays a small but significant part in the The Heir of Night story, she does not have a major role in the series overall—but either way, she merits her moment in the spotlight.
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Lira: an honor guard, serving the House of Night
‘Malian looked past Nhairin to where the two guards still squatted on their heels by the entrance. Kyr looked grim, but Lira gave her a reassuring smile and a wink as she looped a water bottle onto her belt and checked her knives. “A horse would be too obvious by daylight, in this terrain,” she said, picking up her rider’s bow and pitching her voice just loud enough for Malian to hear. “I’ll scout this one on foot.” ‘
~ from © The Heir Of Night: The Wall of Night Book One, Chapter 25 — The River of No Return