{"id":34809,"date":"2017-11-23T06:30:21","date_gmt":"2017-11-22T17:30:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/?p=34809"},"modified":"2017-11-09T17:48:09","modified_gmt":"2017-11-09T04:48:09","slug":"about-the-characters-meet-the-minor-players-in-the-wall-of-night-series-meet-baris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2017\/11\/23\/about-the-characters-meet-the-minor-players-in-the-wall-of-night-series-meet-baris\/","title":{"rendered":"About The Characters: Meet The Minor Players In &#8220;The Wall Of Night&#8221; Series &#8212; Meet Baris"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_29607\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2015\/07\/14\/daughter-of-blood-the-wall-of-night-book-three-uk-cover-revealed\/daughter-of-blood-by-helen-lowe\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-29607\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29607\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-29607\" src=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Daughter-of-Blood-by-Helen-Lowe-190x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"190\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Daughter-of-Blood-by-Helen-Lowe-190x300.png 190w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Daughter-of-Blood-by-Helen-Lowe-95x150.png 95w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Daughter-of-Blood-by-Helen-Lowe-650x1024.png 650w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Daughter-of-Blood-by-Helen-Lowe.png 742w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 190px) 100vw, 190px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-29607\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">UK\/AU\/NZ<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Recently, I resumed my <a href=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/category\/about-the-characters\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u201cAbout the Characters\u201d<\/a> post series that focuses on the minor characters in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.helenlowe.info\/wallofnight.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Wall Of Night<\/a> series, because :<\/p>\n<p><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<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<pre><em>~ from my<\/em> Legend Award Finalist's Interview, 2013 \r\n\r\n<\/pre>\n<p>Initially, the series focused exclusively on characters from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.helenlowe.info\/heirofnight.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>The Heir of Night<\/em><\/a>, but now I\u2019m continuing on with minor characters from both <a href=\"http:\/\/www.helenlowe.info\/gatheringofthelost.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>The Gathering Of The Lost<\/em><\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.helenlowe.info\/daughterofblood.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Daughter of Blood<\/em><\/a> simultaneously \u2014 in alphabetical order, of course!<\/p>\n<p>(The quotes, together with the covers, indicate whether the character appears in both or only one of the books.)<\/p>\n<p>\u2014<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><strong>Baris:<\/strong> a groom in the House of Blood&#8217;s bridal cavalcade<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><em>&#8220;Convenient, Kalan thought&#8230;\u201cI take it no one\u2019s gone after the stock that was run-off?\u201d<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><em>Sarr and Aiv looked blank, but Baris turned on him. \u201cOn foot? After what killed the armed warriors on guard here?\u201d The groom was shaking, his face twisted with loathing and fear.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><em>Kalan kept his voice calm. \u201cI didn\u2019t say I thought you should have gone. I asked if anyone had.\u201d<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><em>\u201cNot that we know of.\u201d Sarr straightened, his expression turning bleak. \u201cI know the caravan\u2019s crippled without \u2019em, but\u2026\u201d<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><em>\u201cBaris is right,\u201d Kalan said, still calmly. \u201cPursuit would be folly.\u201d Suicide, he thought somberly&#8230;&#8221;<br \/>\n<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>~ from <em>\u00a9 Daughter Of Blood<\/em>: The Wall of Night Book Three, Chapter 41 \u2014 Caravan<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_29736\" style=\"width: 196px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2015\/08\/01\/revealed-at-last-the-us-cover-for-daughter-of-blood-the-wall-of-night-book-three\/daughter-of-blood_front-cover\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-29736\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29736\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-29736\" src=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Daughter-of-Blood_Front-Cover-186x300.jpg\" alt=\"daughter-of-blood-by-helen-lowe\" width=\"186\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Daughter-of-Blood_Front-Cover-186x300.jpg 186w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Daughter-of-Blood_Front-Cover-93x150.jpg 93w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Daughter-of-Blood_Front-Cover.jpg 409w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 186px) 100vw, 186px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-29736\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">USA<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recently, I resumed my \u201cAbout the Characters\u201d post series that focuses on the minor characters in The Wall Of Night series, 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 ~ from my Legend Award Finalist&#8217;s Interview, 2013 Initially, the series [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34809","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-about-the-characters"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34809","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=34809"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34809\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34837,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34809\/revisions\/34837"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34809"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34809"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}