My guess is that Aerhien was inspired by a specific character from another story.
Rick Cook’s “Wizard’s Bane” has Shiara the Silver; that was a neighbor that came to mind when I wrote Aerhien.
Either that, or Eliezer simply liked the name. But, yeah, that’s a good question.
Actually, I was reminded of the immortal empress in Harry Turtledove’s novel “Noninterference”.
My guess is that Aerhien was inspired by a specific character from another story.
Either that, or Eliezer simply liked the name. But, yeah, that’s a good question.
Actually, I was reminded of the immortal empress in Harry Turtledove’s novel “Noninterference”.