{"id":40924,"date":"2023-03-23T06:30:01","date_gmt":"2023-03-22T17:30:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/?p=40924"},"modified":"2023-03-19T21:53:21","modified_gmt":"2023-03-19T08:53:21","slug":"about-the-characters-meet-the-minor-players-in-the-wall-of-night-series-meet-myron","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2023\/03\/23\/about-the-characters-meet-the-minor-players-in-the-wall-of-night-series-meet-myron\/","title":{"rendered":"About The Characters: Meet The Minor Players In \u201cThe Wall Of Night\u201d Series \u2014 Meet Myron"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_29736\" style=\"width: 151px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29736\" class=\" 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=\"141\" height=\"227\" 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: 141px) 100vw, 141px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-29736\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">USA<\/p><\/div>\n<p>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 <span style=\"color: #333333;\">I think it\u2019s the presence of the smaller characters that \u201cmakes\u201d a story, creating texture around the main points-of-view.<\/span><\/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 I really do believe this is the very last entry for the letter \u201cM\u201d, aka &#8216;the great plains of \u201cM\u201d &#8216;. \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n<p>\u2014<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_10984\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-10984\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_29607\" style=\"width: 151px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29607\" class=\" wp-image-29607\" src=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Daughter-of-Blood-by-Helen-Lowe-190x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"141\" height=\"223\" 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: 141px) 100vw, 141px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-29607\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">UK\/AU\/NZ<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><strong>Myron:<\/strong> a candlemaker&#8217;s apprentice in the town of Grayharbor<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #003366;\">\u201cOur candlemaker\u2019s lad was on the wharf when the ruckus happened,\u201d the cook said, slicing a generous amount of bread and cold beef onto a plate. &#8230;\u00a0 \u201cThose wharf larrikins are nothing but trouble&#8212;but young Myron said that Northern brute might have killed the lad he caught if you hadn\u2019t stopped him.\u201d The cook paused in the act of putting the plate before Kalan, his face uncertain. \u201cNo offense intended.\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Since I\u2019m a Northerner myself, Kalan thought. \u201cNone taken,\u201d he said.&#8221;<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>~ from \u00a9 <em>Daughter of Blood<\/em>, <strong>The Wall Of Night<\/strong> Book Three \u2013 Chapter 7, Fire and Water<\/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 I think it\u2019s the presence of the smaller characters that \u201cmakes\u201d a story, creating texture around the main points-of-view. 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