{"id":38097,"date":"2020-07-16T06:30:53","date_gmt":"2020-07-15T18:30:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/?p=38097"},"modified":"2020-06-29T18:49:58","modified_gmt":"2020-06-29T06:49:58","slug":"about-the-characters-meet-the-minor-players-in-the-wall-of-night-series-meet-keron","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2020\/07\/16\/about-the-characters-meet-the-minor-players-in-the-wall-of-night-series-meet-keron\/","title":{"rendered":"About The Characters: Meet The Minor Players In &#8220;The Wall Of Night&#8221; Series&#8212;Meet Keron"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_3149\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3149\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-3149\" src=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/wallofnight_map_small-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-3149\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Wall of Night Series map; artist Peter Fitzpatrick<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/category\/about-the-characters\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">About The Characters<\/a>\u00a0post series focuses on the minor characters in\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.helenlowe.info\/wallofnight.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Wall Of Night<\/a>\u00a0series, in large part 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<\/pre>\n<p>Initially, the series focused exclusively on characters from\u00a0<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\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.helenlowe.info\/gatheringofthelost.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>The Gathering Of The Lost<\/em><\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.helenlowe.info\/daughterofblood.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Daughter of Blood<\/em><\/a>\u00a0\u2014 in alphabetical order, of course!<\/p>\n<p>(The quotes, together with the covers, indicate the books in which the character appears.)<\/p>\n<p>\u2014<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_12561\" style=\"width: 108px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12561\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-12561\" src=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/GatheringofLost-2Small1-98x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"98\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/GatheringofLost-2Small1-98x150.jpg 98w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/GatheringofLost-2Small1.jpg 147w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 98px) 100vw, 98px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-12561\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">UK\/AU\/NZ<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_30087\" style=\"width: 104px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30087\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-30087\" src=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/GatheringofLost_new_small-94x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"94\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/GatheringofLost_new_small-94x150.jpg 94w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/GatheringofLost_new_small.jpg 187w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 94px) 100vw, 94px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-30087\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">USA<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><strong>Keron:<\/strong> a House of Night honor guard, in Garan&#8217;s eight-unit<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #003366;\">\u201cThere are Morning priests with the Stoners,\u201d Keron said. He was another new recruit to the guard, but he had keen eyes. \u201cI count six, maybe seven in House of Morning colors.\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>~ from \u00a9 <em>The Gathering Of The Lost<\/em>, The Wall of Night Book Two: Chapter 28 \u2014 Border Crossing<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_29607\" style=\"width: 105px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29607\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-29607\" src=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Daughter-of-Blood-by-Helen-Lowe-95x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"95\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"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-190x300.png 190w, 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: 95px) 100vw, 95px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-29607\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">UK\/AU\/NZ<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_29736\" style=\"width: 103px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29736\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-29736\" src=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Daughter-of-Blood_Front-Cover-93x150.jpg\" alt=\"daughter-of-blood-by-helen-lowe\" width=\"93\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"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-186x300.jpg 186w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Daughter-of-Blood_Front-Cover.jpg 409w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 93px) 100vw, 93px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-29736\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">USA<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Garan groaned inwardly as he turned and saw Dalay and Sri in the doorway, with an apologetic Keron\u2014who was supposed to have been watching the approach to their quarters\u2014beside them. You could at least have coughed, too, Garan thought, his eyes meeting the young guard\u2019s\u2014but then decided he was being unfair. Keron couldn\u2019t have anticipated that his eight-leader was going to give in to stupidity at just the wrong moment.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>~ from \u00a9 <em>Daughter of Blood<\/em>, The Wall of Night Book Three: Chapter 13 \u2014 Watch and Ward<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0About The Characters\u00a0post series focuses on the minor characters in\u00a0The Wall Of Night\u00a0series, in large part 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 focused exclusively on characters from\u00a0The Heir [&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-38097","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-about-the-characters"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38097","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=38097"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38097\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38100,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38097\/revisions\/38100"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}