About The Characters: Meet The Minor Players in “The Wall Of Night” Series — Meet Gille
The About The Characters post series focuses on the minor characters in The Wall Of Night series, in large part because:
“I think it’s the presence of the smaller characters that “makes” a story, creating texture around the main points of view.”
~ from my Legend Award Finalist's Interview, 2013
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, together with the covers, indicate the books in which the character appears.)
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Gille: Emerian knight in training, squire to Ser Rannart on the Northern March
The whispers, which had started to die down after the first few days, built again when reports of bolder raids by outlaw bands, this time accompanied by demons that were half man, half beast, began to filter in from outlying settlements. Lord Falk doubled the Normarch patrols in an effort to counteract the growing fear with bright steel and a show of strength, but the disquiet persisted.
“Werewolves, evil spirits, and blood-drinking ghouls,” Raher said with relish, one evening in the inn kitchen.
Arn snorted. “Everyone in the inner wards says that even the Oakward is just superstition, a hangover from the bitter years that followed the Cataclysm.”
Girvase raised one eyebrow, while Gille and Ado, two of Ser Rannart’s squires who had returned to Normarch for their vigil, exchanged a glance. “I’ve always liked the stories,” Gille said finally. “The secret circle that pushed back evil.”
~ from © The Gathering Of The Lost, The Wall of Night Book Two: Chapter 16 — Summer’s Eve