About The Characters: Meet The Minor Players in “The Wall Of Night” Series — Aithe
This year, I’ve resumed my “About the Characters” post series that focuses on the minor characters in The Wall Of Night series — because “I think it’s the presence of the smaller characters that “makes” a story, creating texture around the main points of view.”
Initially, the series focused exclusively on characters from The Heir of Night, but now I’m continuing on with minor characters from both The Gathering Of The Lost and Daughter of Blood simultaneously — in alphabetical order, of course! (The quotes will be the key to whether the character appears in both or only one of the books.)
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Aithe: a lieutenant in the Prince of Fire’s personal guard
‘ “The alliance I have made is based on an exchange of gifts between equals: the Heir of the Derai and the Prince of Fire.” She was conscious of a hush, not just outside in the night, or inside the tent, but within herself as understanding unfurled a deeper layer. “But it is as Chosen of Mhaelanar that I have taken Fire as my own, an acceptance that reaches beyond the old ties that bind the Derai and, I believe, the Sworn.” Or severs them, she thought.
“Or severs them,” Aithe murmured, and Malian wondered if they all felt the coolness that shivered through the lamplit tent.
“Perhaps,” she agreed, and although she felt no stir of prophecy, her truth sense rang. “But it’s past time for what was broken by the Sundering to be remade.” ‘
~ from © Daughter Of Blood: The Wall of Night Book Three; Chapter 27 — The Turnings of Fate