{"id":44057,"date":"2026-08-31T06:30:04","date_gmt":"2026-08-30T18:30:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/?p=44057"},"modified":"2026-08-26T12:17:20","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T00:17:20","slug":"meet-the-minor-players-in-the-wall-of-night-series-meet-rigan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2026\/08\/31\/meet-the-minor-players-in-the-wall-of-night-series-meet-rigan\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the Minor Players in \u201cThe Wall Of Night\u201d Series: Meet Rigan"},"content":{"rendered":"
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UK\/AU\/NZ<\/p><\/div>\n

The \u201cAbout the Characters\u201d post series focuses on the less prominent characters\u00a0in The Wall Of Night<\/strong><\/a> series. Chiefly because although the protagonists and major players rightly get the lion\u2019s share of attention, I believe that:<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2026it\u2019s the presence of the smaller characters that (also) \u201cmakes\u201d a story, creating texture around the main points of view.\u201d <\/em>(from<\/em> my Legend Award Finalist\u2019s Interview)<\/p>\n

I commenced this series with the minor players from The Heir of Night<\/em>, but have continued on with those from The Gathering of the Lost<\/em> and Daughter of Blood<\/em>. I\u2019m sure you know the drill by now, but yes, they appear in alphabetical order by name. \"😀\"<\/p>\n

~*~<\/p>\n

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USA<\/p><\/div>\n

Rigan:<\/strong> a wagoner in the House of Blood’s bridal caravan<\/span><\/p>\n

The fourth sentry, a wagoner called Rigan, had remained on watch. \u201cThey looked like a cross between beasts and men … Their speed was terrifying and none of our weapons, arrows or spears, could touch \u2019em.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

~ from\u00a0\u00a9 Daughter Of Blood<\/em>: The Wall of Night Book Three, Chapter 41 \u2014 Caravan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The \u201cAbout the Characters\u201d post series focuses on the less prominent characters\u00a0in The Wall Of Night series. Chiefly because although the protagonists and major players rightly get the lion\u2019s share of attention, I believe that: \u201c\u2026it\u2019s the presence of the smaller characters that (also) \u201cmakes\u201d a story, creating texture around the main points of view.\u201d […]<\/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-44057","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-about-the-characters"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44057","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=44057"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44057\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44062,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44057\/revisions\/44062"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44057"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44057"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44057"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}