{"id":39535,"date":"2021-09-16T06:30:57","date_gmt":"2021-09-15T18:30:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/?p=39535"},"modified":"2021-09-12T21:32:21","modified_gmt":"2021-09-12T09:32:21","slug":"about-the-characters-meet-the-minor-players-in-the-wall-of-night-series-meet-linden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2021\/09\/16\/about-the-characters-meet-the-minor-players-in-the-wall-of-night-series-meet-linden\/","title":{"rendered":"About The Characters: Meet The Minor Players In &#8220;The Wall Of Night&#8221; Series \u2014 Meet Linden"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-35895\" src=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/GatheringOfLost_Blue-196x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"172\" height=\"263\" srcset=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/GatheringOfLost_Blue-196x300.jpg 196w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/GatheringOfLost_Blue-98x150.jpg 98w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/GatheringOfLost_Blue.jpg 344w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 172px) 100vw, 172px\" \/>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/category\/about-the-characters\/\"><strong>About The Characters<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0post series focuses on the minor characters in\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.helenlowe.info\/wallofnight.html\"><strong>The Wall Of Night<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0series, in large part because:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><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><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>~ from my<\/em>\u00a0Legend Award Finalist\u2019s Interview, 2013<\/p>\n<p>Initially, the series focused exclusively on characters from\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.helenlowe.info\/heirofnight.html\"><em><strong>The Heir of Night<\/strong><\/em><\/a>, but now I\u2019m continuing on with minor characters from both\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.helenlowe.info\/gatheringofthelost.html\"><em><strong>The Gathering Of The Lost<\/strong><\/em><\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.helenlowe.info\/daughterofblood.html\"><em><strong>Daughter of Blood<\/strong><\/em><\/a>\u00a0\u2014 in alphabetical order, by name, of course!<\/p>\n<p>As those following this series will have noticed, currently we\u2019re still in the marvellous land of \u201cL.\u201d \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_30087\" style=\"width: 182px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30087\" class=\"wp-image-30087\" src=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/GatheringofLost_new_small-187x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"172\" height=\"276\" srcset=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/GatheringofLost_new_small.jpg 187w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/GatheringofLost_new_small-94x150.jpg 94w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 172px) 100vw, 172px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-30087\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">USA<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><strong>Linden:\u00a0 <\/strong>a Spring Singer and shaman of the Winter People<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Malian remained silent, watching the flicker of the flames and listening to the roar of the wind. 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