A Geography Of Haarth: Temple of Night (Updated)
The A Geography of Haarth post series is traversing the full range of locales and places from The Wall of Night world of Haarth. Each locale is accompanied by a quote from the relevant books where the place occurs.
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 ensure the geography of Daughter Of Blood (The Wall Of Night Book Three) is included in our “grand tour”, epic fantasy style. 😉
The new series comprises updates of previous entries as well as the new listings.
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Temple Of Night: the main temple precinct of the Keep of Winds, comprising temples to all nine Derai gods, but primarily dedicated to the god Mhaelanar, the Defender.
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“She was right, Kalan thought, but he still loathed the turn his life had taken. The House of Blood was the most extreme of the warrior orders, exiling all but a bare minimum of those with the old powers—usually to one of the priestly Houses. There were days when Kalan was grateful that the Temple of Night had been short of novices and so he was still part of the forbidden warrior world, even at a distance. But at times like this it made his lot seem that much harder.”
~ from © The Heir Of Night, The Wall of Night Book One: Chapter 3 — Whispers in the Dark
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“Darksworn, he thought, and felt the familiar insect crawl along his spine, although he had never resisted the knowledge that there might be Derai amongst the Swarm in the same way Malian had. Perhaps because Brother Belan had told him the story when he first arrived in the Temple of Night, and the crazy old man had seemed like his only friend at that time.”
~ from © The Gathering Of The Lost, The Wall of Night Book Two: Chapter 42 — Rites of Honor
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Kalan was not quite sure why he was giving the vagabond further thought, except that he knew what it was to be both outcast and exile, thrown on the kindness of strangers. In both cases he had been fortunate, first in the Temple of Night under Sister Korriya’s tutelage— although he had not appreciated his fortune at the time— and later as Falk of Normarch’s foster son. But he had seen enough of the world to know that it could be far from kind, especially to those without money, or kin and clan to call on in need.
~ from © Daughter Of Blood, The Wall of Night Book Three: Chapter 7 —Fire and Water