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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 — in alphabetical order, by name, of course!

We’re now well into what I like to call the “foothills of N.” 😀

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Namath: a marine warrior from the Derai House of Sea

Taly nudged Namath. “Doesn’t Sea always need farspeakers?”

Namath considered Rook. “We do,” he said finally.

Rook had visited the Sea Keep once, when he was very young, and retained an impression of color and vitality, as well as the constant, powerful, mysterious presence of the ocean—which reminded him of a smaller mystery. “I thought Sea observed the Oath,” he said to Namath, “but it was your mindcall that Lord Tirael heard.”

The marine shrugged. “Sea observes what keeps us alive and the ships sailing. Besides, most of us have some degree of power … My flicker’s just enough to know when an enemy’s about and manage a mindcall for help.”

~ from © Daughter of Blood, The Wall Of Night Book Three – Chapter 52, Path of Glory