A Geography of Haarth: Lathayra (Updated)
The A Geography of Haarth post series is traversing the full range of locales and places from The Wall Of Night world of Haarth.
From January 25, 2013 to November 25, 2014, the posts explored locations encountered in The Heir Of Night and The Gathering Of The Lost.
Now the series has returned to gazette the geography of Daughter Of Blood (The Wall Of Night Book Three.) The new series comprises updates of previous entries as well as new listings.
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Lathayra: one of the Southern Realms of Haarth
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‘ Now she rode a sturdy gray cob and called herself Heris—a name that could equally well originate on the River or in northern Emer—an itinerant scribe on a pilgrimage to all the shrines of Serrut in Emer and Aralorn. And maybe Lathayra, although the shabby scribe was undecided on that point whenever his plans were discussed. Lathayra, he had heard, was a dangerous place for those not adept with the weapons of war.
“Perilous far, too,” one farmer deep in the Ormondian hills opined. ‘
~ from © The Gathering Of The Lost: The Wall of Night Book Two; Chapter 53 — The Solitary Tower
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‘ In a town like Aeris, being inside the walls could still mean pickpockets and knives down back alleys, but it also meant hot food, baths, and soft beds for those with money enough to pay. Unfortunately, that did not include two itinerant swords-for-hire, of indeterminate origin but sporting cloth head-wrappings and the bone-and-feather fetishes favored by Lathayran mercenaries. Raven had brought both his Hill horses with him into southern Aralorn, so Malian had sold her cob in the nearest market town and abandoned the identity of Heris the scribe for that of Crow, Raven’s companion hedge warrior. Birds of ill omen in appearance as well as name, she thought wryly, recalling how both innkeepers and caravan masters had eyed them askance—and sleeping rough had only added to their disreputable appearance. ‘
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~ from © Daughter Of Blood: The Wall of Night Book Three, Chapter 14 — Crow