A Geography of Haarth: (The) Long Pass
The A Geography of Haarth post series traverses the full range of locales and places from The Wall Of Night world of Haarth.
From January 25, 2013 to November 25, 2014, the series explored locations encountered in The Heir Of Night and The Gathering Of The Lost.
Now it’s 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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Long Pass: the main pass into Emer when journeying south from the River lands
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“Their next stop was at the small, neglected shrine to Seruth—Serrut in the Emerian dialect—that marked the southern end of the Long Pass. The surrounding countryside remained desolate; Carick could see no sign of human occupation beyond the white ribbon of road looping away between dun hills. He ran a hand across his dirt-grimed hair. “Does no one live here?” he asked.”
~ from © The Gathering Of The Lost: The Wall of Night Book Two; Chapter 11 — The Wolfpack
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Moths circled a lantern in the open doorway but the corner where Raven sat was largely in shadow, although neither the gloom nor the cloth head-wrapping could disguise his taciturn demeanor. He looked well-worn, almost exactly like the hedge knight Malian had first met in the Long Pass…She felt a brief regret for the uncomplicated nature of that encounter, when the hedge knight had rescued [Carick] the scholar from the outlaws known as the wolfpack.
~ from © Daughter Of Blood: The Wall of Night Book Three, Chapter 14 — Crow