{"id":34827,"date":"2017-12-21T06:30:42","date_gmt":"2017-12-20T17:30:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/?p=34827"},"modified":"2017-11-09T17:47:33","modified_gmt":"2017-11-09T04:47:33","slug":"about-the-characters-meet-the-minor-players-in-the-wall-of-night-series-meet-baz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2017\/12\/21\/about-the-characters-meet-the-minor-players-in-the-wall-of-night-series-meet-baz\/","title":{"rendered":"About The Characters: Meet The Minor Players In \u201cThe Wall Of Night\u201d Series \u2014 Meet Baz"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_10769\" style=\"width: 158px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2012\/01\/01\/happy-new-year-welcome-to-the-year-of-the-gathering-of-the-lost\/gatheringofthelost-mm-1\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10769\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10769\" class=\" wp-image-10769\" src=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/GatheringoftheLost-mm-1-184x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"148\" height=\"241\" srcset=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/GatheringoftheLost-mm-1-184x300.jpg 184w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/GatheringoftheLost-mm-1-92x150.jpg 92w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/GatheringoftheLost-mm-1.jpg 414w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 148px) 100vw, 148px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-10769\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">USA<\/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<div id=\"attachment_12561\" style=\"width: 157px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><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=\"\" 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<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><strong>Baz:<\/strong> a blacksmith in the Southern Aralorn town of Butterworth<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #003366;\">&#8220;A new voice spoke. \u201cMainly, Baz at the forge says that you talk too much, Jan Butterworth!\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #003366;\">The girl jumped, flushing crimson as a man limped around the corner of a lean-to shed. Despite the muscular build of the smith, he looked as though he had been badly injured once, and Malian could see the lines in his face left by old pain. His bronze hair was cut short and dark with sweat; the eyes that regarded her were a vivid gray-hazel, but right now their expression was wary.&#8221;<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><br \/>\n~ from <em>\u00a9 The Gathering Of The Lost<\/em>: The Wall of Night Book Two, Chapter 53 \u2014 The Solitary Tower<\/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-34827","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-about-the-characters"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34827","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=34827"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34827\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34836,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34827\/revisions\/34836"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34827"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34827"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34827"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}