About The Characters: Meet The Minor Players in “The Wall Of Night” Series — Meet Ilai
The About The Characters post series focuses on the minor characters in The Wall Of Night series, in large part because:
“I think it’s the presence of the smaller characters that “makes” a story, creating texture around the main points of view.”
~ 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 simultaneously — in alphabetical order, of course!
(The quotes, together with the covers, indicate the books in which the character appears.)
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Ilai: Liankhara of Blood’s personal retainer, assigned to her half sister Myrathis
Sarein had been wearing an identical smile when the ruling kin left the High Hall in formal procession—and she managed step on the heavy train that trailed from Myr’s shoulders … Despite her wariness, Myr would have stumbled, perhaps even fallen outright, except her new attendants had been walking to either side and Ilai—under the pretext of adjusting Myr’s veil—had seized her arm, counteracting the abrupt jerk on her shoulders. The attendant might be Liankhara’s spy, but Myr had still been grateful for both her supporting hand and presence of mind as Ilai signaled the other attendants to gather up the sweeping train. And only Huern had appeared to notice anything amiss, first studying Ilai and the train with his most inscrutable expression, before shifting the same enigmatic look past them to Sarein.
~ from © Daughter Of Blood: The Wall of Night Book Three, Chapter 20 — Emissaries of Night