The Wall of Night Series map; design by Peter Fitzpatrick

The A Geography of Haarth post series is traversing the full range of locales and places from The Wall of Night world of Haarth. Today, we’re already on to “G” — although this time the place is part of Haarth’s magical realm, rather than a physical “geography.”

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Gate of Dreams:  a place between worlds and time that can be reached through dreams or via mind- or spirit-walking.

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“He stood on a path surrounded by banks of fog that stretched between the stark trunks and branching black of a great forest.  The Gate of Dreams, Kalan thought— except that this forest seemed vaster, wilder, and infinitely older than the wood that surrounded Yorindesarinen’s fire. “

~ ©  The Heir Of Night: The Wall of Night Book One; Chapter 19 — The Huntmaster

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“It’s a portal, she thought, another pathway beyond the Gate of Dreams. The medallion beneath her shirt glowed, answering the moon and creating a golden nimbus with Malian at its center. The border realm between moonglow and dark water flickered and her breath quickened as visions spun into being around her.“

~ from ©  The Gathering Of The Lost: The Wall of Night Book Two; Chapter 44 — The Path of Earth and Moon