Melanie Nilles

Welcome back for our tenth interview! We still have four months to go, but each week will feature a different character from the series. Please keep in mind that some of these characters may not enter until later books, but the majority you will meet in the first book. Please drop me an email or leave a comment to tell me how I’m doing. I’d love to hear from you, my readers.

Now, on to the show!

Today we have Baron Cathmor, one of the minor nobles. Welcome to our blog!

As I understand, you have some relation to the Isolder family. Is that how you came by your title?

Yes and no. I inherited much of my wealth as Isolder’s father and my mother were cousins but that lasts only with work. I work. I worked my life to build a reputation of honor and skill and courage. I’ve given my life to defending Cavatar, but I’ll not have it ruined by this bloody war.

What do you do?

I fight. Rather, I teach men to fight.  To repay the training, they fight for the king and other nobles, who provide for their needs and pay me a commission. My training is considered by many to be superb to even that given the king’s royal guard.

His last master of the guard was killed a few years ago; someone slipped a snake in his bed while he slept. Yet the king insists he found suitable replacements. He sullies my name among the court!

They follow him, the nobles do. What he decides sets the fashion. *scowls*

And this understandably upsets you.

I’ll turn away no young man of brevity, but it drains my resources. Goddess willing, they’ll learn before it’s too late.

Too late?

The kingdom is set to fall. You’ll see. Tyrkam’s army grows while Cavatar’s stagnates and decreases, from news of these raiders on the roads. It upsets the people, and my messengers tell me men are needed in the nearby cities. Still, the king does nothing!

What would you do?

Send out groups of men to hunt down the raiders. I hear they speak as supporters of Tyrkam. I need no more proof of what I suspect…but it will be too late before Isolder understands.

Too late for Lord Isolder or too late for Cavatar?

*smirks* One is not without the other.

What will happen to you if Cavatar falls?

I will survive. I have my means.

Care to specify what those are?

No.

Okay. Is there anything else you’d like to tell us?

Send a message when the war is over. I’ll consider what else I might say then.

Perhaps. For now, thank you for taking this time with us.

Thank you, once again, to our audience. Join us again next week with another interesting character from the Legend of the White Dragon series. We will have Dorjan, Tyrkam’s right hand man and closest advisor!