A Geography Of Haarth: Southern Realms (Updated)
From January 25, 2013 to November 25, 2014, the series explored locations encountered in The Heir Of Night and The Gathering Of The Lost.
Now the series has resumed to traverse the geography of Daughter Of Blood (The Wall Of Night Book Three.)
The new series comprises updates of previous entries as well as new listings.
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Southern Realms: all the lands of the world of Haarth that lie between the River and the great deserts beyond Ishnapur; also called the Southern Lands
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“The horizon was primrose, the long Midsummer evening deepening to velvet overhead, as they strolled through the gathering of fighting men from throughout the southern realms. The tents varied from the patched to the sumptuous, but otherwise each campsite was much the same, with a fire pit set to the front and men sitting or lying around it. Most of the knights were Emerian, with the colors of Ward, Mark, or March fluttering above the central tent. The knights’ personal arms were painted on their shields, which were either hung around the tents or stacked to either side of the entrance.”
~ from © The Gathering Of The Lost, The Wall of Night Book Two: Chapter 34 — The Tourney Camp
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“So rather than heading directly north using gates, Crow and Raven had pursued a zigzag course across the Southern Realms…Sometimes they had eaten dust for only one day, sometimes for several. This last stage, crossing from northern Emer to Aeris via the Little Pass, had taken nearly a week.”
~ from © Daughter Of Blood: The Wall of Night Book Three, Chapter 14 — Crow