A Geography Of Haarth: The Keep Of Winds (Updated)
The A Geography of Haarth post series is traversing the full range of locales and places from The Wall Of Night world of Haarth.
From January 25, 2013 to November 25, 2014, the posts explored locations encountered in The Heir Of Night and The Gathering Of The Lost.
Now the series has returned to gazette the geography of Daughter Of Blood (The Wall Of Night Book Three.) The new series comprises updates of previous entries as well as new listings.
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Keep of Winds: main fortress stronghold of the Derai House of Night
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‘ ‘For it is the House of Night that holds the Keep of Winds,’ “ Malian chanted in reply, ” ‘foremost of all the strongholds on the Shield-wall of Night.’ It was you who first taught me that, Nhairin.” ‘
~ from © The Heir Of Night: The Wall of Night Book One; Chapter 1 — The Keep Of Winds
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‘ “The voice snuffed out as the flames had done and Malian breached the surface of the darkness like a diver, to find herself standing before the main gate of the Keep of Winds. The keep cleaved the dream realm like the prow of a great ship, yet the Derai world massed behind it was as closed to her now, even in the realm of dreams, as it was in the waking world.” ‘
~ from © The Gathering Of The Lost: The Wall of Night Book Two; Prologue
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‘ “Let’s get this done.” Garan ended the brief silence that followed. “You ready, Nerys?”
Silent Nerys. Even in his dream, Kalan remembered her, just as he could still dredge Garan and Sarus, Innor and Ter, out of his six-year-old memories of the Old Keep of Winds. Gauntlets slapped again, only this time the scent in his nostrils was woodsmoke, leather, windchill—and the face he saw was Malian’s, gazing into a campfire. ‘
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~ from © Daughter Of Blood: The Wall of Night Book Three, Chapter 27 — The Turnings Of Fate