How quickly the weeks do roll around because already it’s time for another “About the (Minor) Characters” post. 😀

‘Those who know’ will also know the drill—which is that the series focuses on the minor (or more correctly, sometimes “more minor”) characters in The Wall Of Night series 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 — in alphabetical order, by name, of course!

Photo credit: Marisa Taylor

Currently, we’re traversing the Marvelous Realm of “O” — at which point I must confess to a slip-up last month, in which I leapt to Orcis and overlooked Onnorin. Mea culpa! Also, O-o.

So I’ll just take a quick step back, not just in order not to miss a character, however minor,* but also because I did something a bit tricksy with Onnorin. Similar to our recent look at the Old Earl, Onnorin is what role players would call a “non-player character.” By which I mean that she doesn’t appear directly in the story, but only in the reflections of another character called Rook, who is one of her close friends. (In that sense, this post is a two-fer, because you don’t get to meet Onnorin, without also meeting Rook: bonus!)

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And yet, dear readers, I do feel Onnorin lives and breathes on the page and helps shape the story, just as much, if not more, than some of the other minor characters. But do not hold back: let me know in the comments if you do not concur! 😀

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Onnorin: grand-daughter to the Earl of Adamant and of the First Line of House Adamant’s ruling kin; first kinswoman to Rook

He did not need to add that the Earl of Adamant was hoping to negotiate a marriage treaty with Stars, as counterweight to the Blood-Night alliance. It was the obvious course, cementing the strongest of the priestly Houses to the only ally likely to give the warrior Houses pause. What no one seemed willing to discuss, according to Rook’s kinswoman and closest friend, Onnorin, was the way it locked in the old enmities that had existed since the civil war, further widening divisions within the Alliance. Then again, Rook thought Onnorin might be the only person who saw that as an issue. She argued that the priestly Houses had let the situation play into Blood’s hands by not offering an alternative marriage alliance to Night. But even she, Rook thought, would never dare say that to anyone except him.

~ from © Daughter of Blood, The Wall Of Night Book Three – Chapter 48, Watchtower

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* Another recent character, Old Alth, is a strong contender for the "Most Minor" award...