About The Characters: Meet The Minor Players in “The Wall Of Night” Series — Aralth
This year, I’ve resumed my “About the Characters” post series that focuses on the 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.”
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 simultaneously — in alphabetical order, of course! (The quotes, below, are the key to whether the character appears in both or only one of the books.)
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Aralth: chamberlain to the Derai Alliance’s Earl of Blood
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‘As if that was not enough, Myr would have to wear two different costumes on the days when there were both contests and feasting—and possibly change a third time for the formal receptions. Aralth, as well as Ise and various of Myr’s siblings, had emphasized that each successive costume must be more elaborate than the last, because what the Bride wore reflected on Blood’s prestige. Consequently, Myr had spent long hours being draped in linen and sumptuous velvets from the River cities, together with the silks and frail gauzes of Ishnapur. An Heir’s ransom in fabric and jewels, she reflected now. She suspected that the cost of her wardrobe for these ceremonies, together with the wedding clothes she would take to the Keep of Winds, would keep Blood’s army in uniforms for a year. And Blood was the largest House in the Derai Alliance—larger even than Night…’
~ from © Daughter Of Blood: The Wall of Night Book Three, Chapter 20 — Emissaries Of Night