{"id":30509,"date":"2015-11-12T06:30:08","date_gmt":"2015-11-11T17:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/?p=30509"},"modified":"2015-11-10T21:22:29","modified_gmt":"2015-11-10T08:22:29","slug":"about-the-characters-meet-the-minor-players-in-the-wall-of-night-series-korin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2015\/11\/12\/about-the-characters-meet-the-minor-players-in-the-wall-of-night-series-korin\/","title":{"rendered":"About The Characters: Meet The Minor Players in \u201cThe Wall Of Night\u201d Series \u2014 Korin"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_30067\" style=\"width: 152px\" 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=\"142\" height=\"229\" 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: 142px) 100vw, 142px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-30067\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">USA<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_11045\" style=\"width: 156px\" 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=\"146\" height=\"231\" 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: 146px) 100vw, 146px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-11045\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">UK\/Aus\/NZ<\/p><\/div>\n<p>There&#8217;s less than three months now until Publication Day for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.helenlowe.info\/daughterofblood.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><em>Daughter Of Blood<\/em><\/strong><\/a> &#8212; which has inspired me 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 featured\u00a0 worldbuilding in <a href=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/category\/a-geography-of-haarth\/\" target=\"_blank\">A Geography Of Haarth<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been focusing on minor players for now, 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:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Korin:<\/strong>\u00a0 a guard serving the House of Night<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #000080;\">&#8216;Beneath the hiss and crackle of the Golden Fire, a new voice sang. Its note was dark and grew swiftly into a glittering, menacing hum, as though a nest of hornets had woken in their midst, angry and prepared for battle. The voice fueled Malian&#8217;s will to resist the Raptor, but she had to exert all her self-discipline not to release her concentration on building power and trace the song&#8217;s source.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #000080;\">&#8220;Nine!&#8221; exclaimed Korin, sounding shaken. &#8220;What is that?&#8221; &#8216;<br \/>\n<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>~ from \u00a9 <em>The Heir Of Night<\/em>: The Wall of Night Book One, Chapter 14 \u2014 The Black Spear<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There&#8217;s less than three months now until Publication Day for Daughter Of Blood &#8212; which has inspired me to spend some time with characters from The Wall Of Night series, in the same way I featured\u00a0 worldbuilding in A Geography Of Haarth. 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