{"id":20503,"date":"2013-05-24T06:30:25","date_gmt":"2013-05-23T18:30:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/?p=20503"},"modified":"2013-05-19T21:16:36","modified_gmt":"2013-05-19T09:16:36","slug":"a-geography-of-haarth-caer-argent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2013\/05\/24\/a-geography-of-haarth-caer-argent\/","title":{"rendered":"A Geography Of Haarth: Caer Argent"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Wall of Night Series map; design by Peter Fitzpatrick<\/p><\/div>\n

The A Geography of Haarth<\/strong><\/a> series is traversing the full range of locales and places from The Wall of Night<\/a> world of Haarth—and today we’re into “C”: yahoo!<\/p>\n

I do hope you’re enjoying this delving into the world building. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

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Caer Argent:<\/strong> capital city of the Southern Realm’s dukedom of Emer<\/span><\/p>\n

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“They first glimpsed Caer Argent in the late afternoon, sunshine flashing off the city\u2019s famous spires as they emerged from an avenue of oak trees that spanned the road. The river flashed, too, a broad ribbon that bent across the Argent vale, bisecting a tapestry of orchards and fields, villages and great houses, that merged gradually into the haze of city roofs. \u201cThe ducal palace and Imuln\u2019s temple are on an island that was the original Caer Argent,\u201d Audin explained, \u201calthough the city\u2019s expanded to either side now. Mostly to this side, because of Maraval forest to the west, but the tourney and fair grounds are on the Maraval side. That\u2019s why it makes sense for us to cross at Argenthithe, rather than going through the city.\u201d<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

~ from \u00a9\u00a0 <\/em>The Gathering of the Lost<\/em>: The Wall of Night Book Two; Chapter 30 \u2014 The Welcome Cup<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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