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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)

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!

Currently, we’re traversing the letter “P”…

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Prince Ath: head of the Athiri, one of the princely families of Ij, in the River lands

Naia touched the falcon mask with one reverent fingertip…“Whoever made these masks is a master, no question.”

“They are certainly a noble gift,” Tarathan agreed. “There’ll be no avoiding Prince Ath’s masque now.”

“Or him,” Jehane Mor pointed out with a faint smile, “for he at least will know exactly who we are.”

As it happened, Prince Ath did not seem to notice them when they arrived in his ballroom and made no comment on the style and magnificence of their masks. “Acquiring some manners, finally, to match the magnitude of his gift,” said Tarathan…

~ from © The Gathering of the Lost, The Wall Of Night Book Two – Chapter 3, Revelry and Masks