{"id":30441,"date":"2015-11-05T06:30:02","date_gmt":"2015-11-04T17:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/?p=30441"},"modified":"2015-11-03T18:07:57","modified_gmt":"2015-11-03T05:07:57","slug":"about-the-characters-meet-the-minor-players-in-the-wall-of-night-series-khorion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2015\/11\/05\/about-the-characters-meet-the-minor-players-in-the-wall-of-night-series-khorion\/","title":{"rendered":"About The Characters: Meet The Minor Players in \u201cThe Wall Of Night\u201d Series \u2014 Khorion"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_30067\" style=\"width: 131px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2015\/09\/17\/about-the-characters-meet-the-minor-players-in-the-heir-of-night-eria\/heirofnight_new_small\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-30067\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30067\" class=\" wp-image-30067\" src=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/HeirofNight_new_small-186x300.jpg\" alt=\"USA\" width=\"121\" height=\"195\" srcset=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/HeirofNight_new_small.jpg 186w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/HeirofNight_new_small-93x150.jpg 93w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 121px) 100vw, 121px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-30067\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">USA<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_11045\" style=\"width: 132px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2012\/01\/14\/all-the-pretty-covers\/bigheirofnightmmuk-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11045\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11045\" class=\" wp-image-11045\" src=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/bigheirofnightMMUK1-190x300.jpg\" alt=\"UK\/Aus\/NZ\" width=\"122\" height=\"193\" srcset=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/bigheirofnightMMUK1-190x300.jpg 190w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/bigheirofnightMMUK1-95x150.jpg 95w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/bigheirofnightMMUK1-651x1024.jpg 651w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/bigheirofnightMMUK1.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 122px) 100vw, 122px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-11045\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">UK\/Aus\/NZ<\/p><\/div>\n<p>With less than three months now until Publication Day for <strong><em>Daughter Of Blood<\/em><\/strong>, I&#8217;ve been inspired to spend some time with characters from <a href=\"http:\/\/helenlowe.info\/wallofnight.html\" target=\"_blank\">The Wall Of Night <\/a>series, in the same way I spent time on the worldbuilding in <a href=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/category\/a-geography-of-haarth\/\" target=\"_blank\">A Geography Of Haarth<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I decided to start by focusing on minor players to begin with, because: <em>\u201cI think it\u2019s the presence of the smaller characters that \u201cmakes\u201d a story, creating texture around the main points of view.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Today\u2019s character is:<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Khorion:<\/strong>\u00a0 Lieutenant of the Gate bastion, in the Keep of Winds.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><em>&#8220;Khorion, the Lieutenant of the Gate, simply looked bleak. It must be hard, Nhairin supposed, when one expected to bear the brunt of any attack, to be tied to the main gate while a major battle was being fought inside the keep itself.&#8221;<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>~ from \u00a9 <em>The Heir Of Night<\/em>: The Wall of Night Book One, Chapter 5 \u2014 The Broken Gate<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With less than three months now until Publication Day for Daughter Of Blood, I&#8217;ve been inspired to spend some time with characters from The Wall Of Night series, in the same way I spent time on the worldbuilding in A Geography Of Haarth. 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