Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Character Interview with Torkdohn from Between Dark and Light by D.A. Adams!
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Tony asks: What was the
motivating factor that started you selling slaves, was it hate, greed, or
something else?
Torkdohn: I’m just an honest business person. Why do you think it must be hate?
I don’t hate the dwarves
I sell any more than a farmer hates his cows.
It’s just a business transaction.
And why do you view greed as something negative? Is the spider greedy when it snares a
fly? I live by the laws of my land,
nothing more, nothing less. Perhaps you are
just jealous because you don’t have the guts to do my job. You’re no better than those shiftless dwarves
who cower before the humans, accepting their subordinate status like mindless
little ants. For my courage to do what
must be done, I stand as an equal to all.

What are your thoughts on that, or do you even care?
Torkdohn: Am I the one who ordered the Great Empire to invade my
homeland? Am I the one who failed to
protect the capital? Am I the one who
decreed all Ghaldeons must be engaged in productive business for the benefit of
Emperor Vassa? No, no, and no. The reality of this kingdom was shattered and
splintered, and I’ve done what I had to do to survive.
The dwarves I’ve captured are lazy or stupid or both. If they had been working for the emperor as
they were supposed to be, they wouldn’t have been in a position to be sold into
slavery, so really, you should turn your judgmental observations on them.
Alicia asks: Do you ever worry about being played like a chess
piece by other humans and orcs as you sell slaves?
Torkdohn: Such a silly question.
I’ve lived this long in a violent, turbulent world because
I am always
one step ahead of everyone else. The
orcs are too stupid to outwit me, and the humans only care about the illusion of
control. I travel the lands freely,
never lacking for anything I desire, while other dwarves toil in menial jobs
and beg for scraps. No one plays me like
a chess piece.
If there was no way of getting your revenge on Molgheon or
anybody, would you consider just moving somewhere far away and restarting or retiring
to a less complicated lifestyle?
I will kill her, and her suffering will become lore. No one locks me in a cage and lives to tell
about it. It’s not revenge. I seek justice.
D.A. Adams: Are revenge and money all that matter to you?

No one will buy from a merchant who lets a silly girl get the
better of him. That’s the only reason I
must have justice against Molgheon.
D.A. Adams: How did you see life growing up, and how do you see life now?
Torkdohn: My father was a successful merchant with a lucrative trade route
between Sturdeon and Turhjik. Before the
invasion, we had a good life, but he couldn’t adapt to the new way, and his
business disintegrated. All I did was
take what I learned from him about running a successful route and apply it to
the slave trade. There is no difference,
really. Business is business.
D.A. Adams: With this huge war going on, How do you plan on surviving?
Torkdohn: The way I always do – by being of use to those in charge. The Great Empire will win eventually.
My people are too broken and lazy to stand against them for long, so
when the dust settles, I’ll continue to provide a service to the emperor by
removing useless dwarves from her lands.
If by some miracle the Ghaldeons do triumph, I’ll adapt to their new
rules the way I always have.
The Brotherhood of Dwarves Series Novels
The
Brotherhood of Dwarves
The dwarven saga
begins... Roskin, heir to the throne of a remote, peaceful kingdom of dwarves,
craves excitement and adventure. Outside his own kingdom, in search of fortune
and glory, he finds a much different world, one divided by racial strife and
overrun by war. The orcs to the south want to conquer all dwarves and sell them
as slaves. The humans to the east want to control the world's resources. Caught
in the middle, Roskin finds himself chased by slave traders and soldiers alike
as he discovers that friendship is the best fortune of all. Just when he thinks
he has triumphed, an act of betrayal sends him into bondage. His only hope of
escape is the faltering courage of a disgraced warrior whose best days are
behind him...
Red Sky at
Dawn
The dwarven saga
grows... Crushaw, Molgheon, and Vishghu have liberated the Slithesythe
Plantation. They must make their way to safe lands before being caught and
returned to certain bondage. Across the orc lands, they and Roskin recruit and
train an army of freed slaves, for between them and freedom are thousands of
well-armed, well-trained orc warriors. Near the Pass of Hard Hope , in the shadows of
the eastern mountains, they make their desperate stand. But even if they
succeed, Roskin's ordeal is far from finished, as he is haunted by visions of
something awful back in Dorkhun...
The Fall of Dorkhun
The dwarven saga
continues…
The Fall of Dorkuhn, the third installment in The Brotherhood of Dwarves
series, continues the adventures of the dwarf Roskin. Having escaped slavery,
and survived the Battle for Hard Hope,
Roskin returns home to a kingdom divided by war with the ogres.
On one side, his father desires to restore peace. On the other, Master
Sondious, hungry for revenge after having been crippled, seeks to escalate the
aggression. Roskin and his friends hasten to the capital, to make a desperate
attempt to resolve the growing rift, but unknown to the dwarves, new and
powerful menaces threaten to destroy the entire kingdom...
Between Dark and Light
The stakes are
higher than ever in the fourth installment of the popular dwarven saga!
The Great Empire has surrounded the Kiredurks and are preparing to
conquer the kingdom, but unknown to them, Kwarck, the mysterious hermit of the
plains, has his own plan in action. To the east, he has summoned an elven army
and charged Crushaw with leading them into battle. To the south, Roskin will
gather an army from the fractured Ghaldeon lands. But to the west, an ancient
and powerful evil stirs.
The Great War is about to errupt, if Roskin can overcome the Dark One...

D. A. Adams is a
novelist, a farmer, a professor of English, and in my estimation, a true
gentleman. His breakout fantasy series, The Brotherhood of Dwarves, transcends
genre and illuminates the human soul in all its flashes of glory and
innumerable failings.
He is active on the
Con circuit and has contributed writing to literary as well as fine art
publications, and maintains his active blog, "The Ramblings of D. A.
Adams". He lives and works in East Tennessee , and is the proud
father of two boys, Collin and Finn.
His ability as a
storyteller breathes life into every character, and his craftsmanship as a
writer makes these stories about relationships; human or otherwise.
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