Meet Palla: Meet The Minor Players in “The Wall Of Night” Series

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Yep — we’re now in the realm of “P”! Characters beginning with, that is. 😀

Just to run over the “Meet the Minor Players” drill it 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.”

~ Helen Lowe (from my Legend Award Finalist’s Interview, 2013)

Welp, that’s a “long gal ago” interview now, but the principle still holds true — so without further ado, let’s meet (or remeet :D) Palla from Daughter of Blood.

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Palla: honor guard to the Earl of Blood, serving in the Red Keep

“We’ve already had this out,” Palla said. “Stand or fall, we’ll do it together.” But her shoulders were hunched and Kalan knew it must feel like being hurled off a precipice — from all it meant to be an honor guard one day, to exile from House and Keep the next.