A Geography of Haarth: Northern March
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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Northern March: northern border region of the Duchy of Emer, one of the southern realms of Haarth
Carick fingered the silver medallion at his throat. … “The caravan guide said that the Castellan of Normarch held the Northern March for the Duke and that his knights patroled the pass. He said I would be safe traveling through alone.”
This time Raven slewed right around in the saddle to look at him. “And you believed him?” He shook his head. “The Northern March of Emer is vast and sparsely settled, not like your River lands. The Castellan has his work cut out to uphold the Duke’s law.”
~ from © The Gathering Of The Lost: The Wall of Night Book Two; Chapter 11 — The Wolfpack
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“High stakes, high risks. And so far, little Kalan could do to influence either, except remain alert to the nuances of the game—so long as he lived. Once that thought would have checked him, but now he regarded the possibility of his own death with a detachment learned on Emer’s wild and dangerous Northern March, where giving in to the sway of emotion was a sure way to end up dead.”
~ from © Daughter Of Blood: The Wall of Night Book Three, Chapter 29 — Risk