{"id":40699,"date":"2022-12-08T06:30:08","date_gmt":"2022-12-07T17:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/?p=40699"},"modified":"2023-09-20T17:10:24","modified_gmt":"2023-09-20T05:10:24","slug":"about-the-characters-meet-the-minor-players-in-the-wall-of-night-series-meet-morin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2022\/12\/08\/about-the-characters-meet-the-minor-players-in-the-wall-of-night-series-meet-morin\/","title":{"rendered":"About The Characters: Meet The Minor Players In \u201cThe Wall Of Night\u201d Series \u2014 Meet Morin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-36405 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Helen_Lowe_TWON_fan_495w-300x224.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"187\" srcset=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Helen_Lowe_TWON_fan_495w-300x224.png 300w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Helen_Lowe_TWON_fan_495w-150x112.png 150w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Helen_Lowe_TWON_fan_495w.png 495w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/>The <a href=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/category\/about-the-characters\/\"><strong>About The Characters<\/strong><\/a> post series focuses on the minor characters in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.helenlowe.info\/wallofnight.html\"><strong>The Wall Of Night<\/strong><\/a> series, 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> Legend Award Finalist\u2019s Interview, 2013<\/p>\n<p>Initially, the series focused exclusively on characters from <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 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.helenlowe.info\/gatheringofthelost.html\"><em><strong>The Gathering Of The Lost<\/strong><\/em><\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.helenlowe.info\/daughterofblood.html\"><em><strong>Daughter of Blood<\/strong><\/em><\/a> \u2014 in alphabetical order, by name, of course!<\/p>\n<p>And yep, still in \u201cM\u201d! &#x1f600;<\/p>\n<p>\u2014<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_10984\" style=\"width: 108px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10984\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10984\" src=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/GatheringofLost-2-98x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"98\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/GatheringofLost-2-98x150.jpg 98w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/GatheringofLost-2-196x300.jpg 196w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/GatheringofLost-2-669x1024.jpg 669w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/GatheringofLost-2.jpg 867w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 98px) 100vw, 98px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-10984\" 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>Morin:<\/strong> an honor guard serving the House of Night; ensign-bearer to the Commander of Night<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><em>\u2014and then the riders were there, emerging out of the darkness almost on top of him. Mainly black horses and black gear&#8230;Garan recognised Aeln, Sergeant Sarus\u2019s second in the Honor Guard, with young Morin carrying the pennant, and then the Commander of Night, Asantir herself, rode into the light of their campfire.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>~ from \u00a9 <em>The Gathering of the Lost<\/em>, <strong>The Wall Of Night<\/strong> Book Two \u2013 Chapter 28, Border Crossing<\/p>\n<p><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><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><em>An honor guard&#8230;in Night armor bowed, the winged horse device glittering on his breast. &#8230; \u201cI&#8217;m Morin,\u201d he told Kalan. \u201cThe Battlemaster of Blood has approached Commander Asantir&#8212;as the one whose honor you primarily defend&#8212;to formalize arrangements for the duel. She is leaving tonight\u2019s banquet early and requests that you meet with her.&#8221;<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>~ from \u00a9 <em>Daughter of Blood<\/em>, <strong>The Wall Of Night<\/strong> Book Three \u2013 Chapter 27, The Turnings Of Fate<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The About The Characters post series focuses on the minor characters in The Wall Of Night series, 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\u2019s Interview, 2013 Initially, the series focused exclusively [&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-40699","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-about-the-characters"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40699","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=40699"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40699\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41482,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40699\/revisions\/41482"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40699"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40699"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40699"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}