{"id":34601,"date":"2017-09-14T06:30:33","date_gmt":"2017-09-13T18:30:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/?p=34601"},"modified":"2017-07-06T16:08:33","modified_gmt":"2017-07-06T04:08:33","slug":"about-the-characters-meet-the-minor-players-in-the-wall-of-night-series-aralth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2017\/09\/14\/about-the-characters-meet-the-minor-players-in-the-wall-of-night-series-aralth\/","title":{"rendered":"About The Characters: Meet The Minor Players in \u201cThe Wall Of Night\u201d Series \u2014 Aralth"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This year, I\u2019ve resumed my \u201cAbout the Characters\u201d<\/a> post series that focuses on the minor characters in The Wall Of Night<\/a> series \u2014 because \u201cI think it\u2019s the presence of the smaller characters that \u201cmakes\u201d a story, creating texture around the main points of view.\u201d
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Initially, the series focused exclusively on characters from The Heir of Night<\/em><\/a>, but now I\u2019m continuing on with minor characters from both The Gathering Of The Lost<\/em><\/a> and Daughter of Blood<\/em><\/a> simultaneously \u2014 in alphabetical order, of course! (The quotes, below, are the key to whether the character appears in both or only one of the books.)<\/p>\n

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Aralth:<\/strong>\u00a0 chamberlain to the Derai Alliance’s Earl of Blood<\/span>
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‘As if that was not enough, Myr would have to wear two different costumes on the days when there were both contests and feasting\u2014and possibly change a third time for the formal receptions. Aralth, as well as Ise and various of Myr\u2019s siblings, had emphasized that each successive costume must be more elaborate than the last, because what the Bride wore reflected on Blood\u2019s prestige. Consequently, Myr had spent long hours being draped in linen and sumptuous velvets from the River cities, together with the silks and frail gauzes of Ishnapur. An Heir\u2019s ransom in fabric and jewels, she reflected now. She suspected that the cost of her wardrobe for these ceremonies, together with the wedding clothes she would take to the Keep of Winds, would keep Blood\u2019s army in uniforms for a year. And Blood was the largest House in the Derai Alliance\u2014larger even than Night…’<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

~ from \u00a9 Daughter Of Blood<\/em>: The Wall of Night Book Three, Chapter 20 \u2014 Emissaries Of Night<\/p>\n

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