About The Characters: Meet The Minor Players in “The Wall Of Night” Series — Meet Hatha
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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Hatha: a Daughter of Blood, second child to the Earl of Blood; also known as Captain-Lady Hatha.
“Your sister has sent for you,” the ensign continued, when Myr did not speak. “Captain- Lady Hatha wants to see how your weapons’ practice is progressing.”
Myr groaned. “Do I have to?”
Taly’s expression did not change. “She said I was to flush you out, wherever you were hiding. And that my failure would not be acceptable to her.”
I hate the way Hatha does that, Myr thought: makes it clear that Taly, Dab, or whoever else she corners will get punishment detail if I don’t do what she wants. “I loathe weapons practice,” she said…
~ from © Daughter Of Blood: The Wall of Night Book Three, Chapter 1 — Lady Mouse
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Note: The last About The Characters’ entry, for Heris, was out of alphabetical order, for which I apologise—but I’ve taken a small step back today so we’re back on track. I’m not quite sure how it happened but I’ll claim it as a consequence of my degree of concentration on WALL #4! 😉
I have suspicions about Lady Hatha. She seemed less invested in the “new ways” than other of her siblings. I bet she and Asantir have an understanding.
One thing I can tell you about Hatha and Asantir, without spoilers, is that they are both characters that carved their own path into the WALL story, regardless of my original conception of their characters. 🙂 And although Hatha’s is a much smaller role, she has a strong ‘presence’, or ‘voice.’