A Geography Of Haarth: Butterworth

The Wall of Night Series map; design by Peter Fitzpatrick

The A Geography of Haarth series is traversing the full range of locales and places from The Wall of Night world of Haarth.

In the case of Butterworth, although it is a place in The Gathering Of The Lost, it derives its name from a character, Jan Butterworth—who was so named because she won the “Tuckerization” contest I ran as part of celebrating publication of The Heir Of Night.

I hope you enjoy this glimpse into both the world building, and on days like today, the backstory to the world building. 😉

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Butterworth: a village in southern Aralorn

“She rode into Butterworth as the poplar leaves became gold tinted. The village had an alehouse as well as a forge, with a crumbling stone tower on the edge of the nearby chestnut woods. “Although only owls live there now,” the girl who was sweeping the alehouse step told Malian, before bringing her a tankard of cool brown beer and filling the trough beside the step with water for the cob.”