A Geography Of Haarth: Sea Keep (Updated)
The A Geography of Haarth post series is designed to traverse the full range of gazetted 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 the series has resumed to traverse 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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Sea Keep: chief stronghold of the Derai Alliance’s Sea House
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Even so, there were stories… Kalan had heard that there were weather workers in the Sea Keep who paced its walls in savage weather, their physical forms fraying into the elements. Behavior like that drew attention, but it might be possible for those with lesser powers to survive undetected, even amongst other Derai.
~ from © The Heir Of Night, The Wall of Night Book One: Chapter 3 — Whispers in the Dark
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He paused, glancing toward the upstairs voices. “If I leave tonight I should catch up with the heralds. I can ride with them to Port Farewell and take ship for Grayharbor, then find another there to reach the Sea Keep. But I need to say good-bye to the others first, and see Jarn.” He took the gauntlets from his belt, but did not put them on. “I will meet you back here afterward and we can settle any other plans before I leave.”
~ from © The Gathering Of The Lost, The Wall of Night Book Two: Chapter 51 — Reports From The Wall
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“There is a memorial with twelve sides in the Sea Keep, lying between the shrines to Terennin, the Farseer, and Ornorith of the Two Faces.” Che’Ryl-g-Raham’s eyes flicked back to Kalan’s, as if sensing that he had encountered a space enclosed by twelve walls before. “The sides are paneled in alternating black and silver, each one depicting a distinctive pattern of stars, none of which belong to this world.” Again she paused, as if inviting his comment. “I was taught,” she continued, when he remained silent, “that they chart every star system we’ve traversed in our war with the Swarm, until we came through the Great Gate. They may even extend all the way back to the beginnings of the Derai. I had the engraving made,” she finished softly, “to remind me of that possibility.”
From the stars we came—and she was a navigator, so more than anyone else in the Derai would be mindful of that tradition.
~ from © Daughter Of Blood: The Wall of Night Book Three, Chapter 11 — Storm Spear