A Geography Of Haarth: Southern Deserts

The Wall of Night Series map; artist Peter Fitzpatrick

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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Southern Deserts: a vast desert region lying to the south of the empire of Ishnapur, itself the southernmost of the Southern Realms of Haarth
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“And after that? Malian wondered. But she said nothing, just slipped off the bed and walked over to look at the map, turning the tabletop beneath her hand. She murmured the names under her breath: Ij, Terebanth, the Winter Country; Emer, Jhaine, and Ishnapur. “After Ishnapur, what?” she asked Haimyr.

“The great southern deserts,” he replied, in his lazy way, “the sea of sands, perhaps even the very end of the world.”

~ from © The Heir Of Night, The Wall of Night Book One: Chapter 23 — Throw Of The Dice

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“On the River,” she said, “poison is widely used by assassins sworn to the Ijiri School. So detecting their use is taught as well, and was part of my study—and the wine in the cup was heavily spiced, a favorite disguise of River poisoners.”

“Is that who you suspect here?” Lady Bonamark asked. “River assassins?”

Malian shook her head. “It’s not a River poison. It was only the heavy spice that alerted me. From my brief study of the cup I would
guess Ishnapuri—or possibly something originating from the great southern deserts. But I will have to test it to be sure.”

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“Emuun must have shown them a way of extending their reach, because until now both the djinn and their lesser servants have been bound to the southern deserts.” Raven paused. “His immunity comes from his Fire mother, the facestealing from his Sun father, but he knows the runes as well as Arcolin or Thanir, and is adept at using them to glean others’ magic for his own ends.”