{"id":27653,"date":"2014-12-30T06:30:08","date_gmt":"2014-12-29T17:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/?p=27653"},"modified":"2014-12-29T17:25:30","modified_gmt":"2014-12-29T04:25:30","slug":"an-epic-christmas-on-the-sixth-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2014\/12\/30\/an-epic-christmas-on-the-sixth-day\/","title":{"rendered":"An Epic Christmas: On The Sixth Day&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_12561\" style=\"width: 157px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/?attachment_id=12561\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-12561\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12561\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12561\" src=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/GatheringofLost-2Small1.jpg\" alt=\"UK\/AU\/NZ Cover\" width=\"147\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/GatheringofLost-2Small1.jpg 147w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/GatheringofLost-2Small1-98x150.jpg 98w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 147px) 100vw, 147px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-12561\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">UK\/AU\/NZ Cover<\/p><\/div>\n<p>On the sixth day of Christmas my true Muse sent to me\u2026<\/p>\n<h3><strong><em>Six<\/em><\/strong> Emerian Oakwarders<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><em>&#8216;Girvase nodded. \u201cThat\u2019s why we get sent there\u2014to learn to know the power that protects Emer from hidden evils.\u201d He shrugged. \u201cThe Oakward is always based where Emer\u2019s need is greatest.\u201d &#8230;<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><em>Carick\u2019s hand tingled with the memory of power blazing through it like fire as the gates slammed closed, and Malisande\u2019s words echoed again in his head: <\/em>Surely you didn\u2019t think the Oakward was really a myth?<em> &#8230; Erron, Manan, Solaan: he listed the names to himself. Herun and the smith, Welun\u2014and then, understanding\u2014Lord Falk himself.&#8217;<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>~\u00a0 from \u00a9 <em>The Gathering Of The Lost<\/em>, The Wall of Night Book Two: Chapter 22 \u2014 The Hill Fort<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2014\/12\/29\/an-epic-christmas-on-the-fifth-day\/\" target=\"_blank\">Five messenger horses<\/a><\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2014\/12\/28\/an-epic-christmas-on-the-fourth-day\/\" target=\"_blank\">Four Emerian marches<\/a><\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2014\/12\/27\/an-epic-christmas-on-the-third-day\/\" target=\"_blank\">Three weapons of power<\/a><\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2014\/12\/26\/an-epic-christmas-on-the-second-day\/\" target=\"_blank\">Two mysterious heralds<\/a><\/h3>\n<h3><em>and<\/em><\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2014\/12\/25\/on-the-first-day-of-christmas\/\" target=\"_blank\">One chosen hero<\/a>!<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the sixth day of Christmas my true Muse sent to me\u2026 Six Emerian Oakwarders &#8216;Girvase nodded. \u201cThat\u2019s why we get sent there\u2014to learn to know the power that protects Emer from hidden evils.\u201d He shrugged. \u201cThe Oakward is always based where Emer\u2019s need is greatest.\u201d &#8230; Carick\u2019s hand tingled with the memory of power [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,30,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27653","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-about-my-books","category-epicfantasy","category-funstuff"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27653","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27653"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27653\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27657,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27653\/revisions\/27657"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27653"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27653"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}