{"id":43756,"date":"2026-04-23T06:30:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T18:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/?p=43756"},"modified":"2026-04-19T21:36:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T09:36:22","slug":"about-the-characters-meet-rhaikir-in-the-wall-of-night-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2026\/04\/23\/about-the-characters-meet-rhaikir-in-the-wall-of-night-series\/","title":{"rendered":"About The Characters: Meet Rhaikir in “The Wall Of Night” Series"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u201cAbout the Characters\u201d features the less prominent characters, and sometimes outright bit players ( \ud83d\ude00 ), in The Wall Of Night<\/strong><\/a> series. Chiefly, because it\u2019s usually the major characters that get all the spotlight and discussion, but:<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s the presence of the smaller characters that (also) \u201cmakes\u201d a story, creating texture around the main points of view.\u201d<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

~ Helen Lowe (<\/em>from my Legend Award Finalist\u2019s Interview)<\/span><\/p>\n

Initially, the series focused exclusively on characters from The Heir of Night<\/strong><\/em><\/a>, but now I\u2019m continuing on with minor characters from both The Gathering Of The Lost<\/strong><\/em><\/a> and Daughter of Blood<\/strong><\/em><\/a> \u2014 in alphabetical order, by name, of course!<\/p>\n

~*~<\/p>\n

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Rhaikir:<\/strong> a lieutenant in the Prince of Fire\u2019s personal guard\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe Heir of Night,\u201d a cool voice said, as though the words themselves tasted unpleasant. … \u201cWhy did she take him alive? Is extracting intelligence one of her Derai talents?\u201d<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cStow it, Rhai,\u201d a woman said, and Malian heard the stir of armored bodies before Raven spoke again, his tone as even as the woman\u2019s had been blunt.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cShe knows Emuun is my First Kinsman, Rhaikir. She didn\u2019t want his blood on her hands.\u201d<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

~ from\u00a0\u00a9 Daughter Of Blood<\/em>: The Wall of Night Book Three, Chapter 36 \u2014 The Language of Blood<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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