From Orram's diary, 4228.6 ir
Have I explained that my varokian sensitivity to touch has been muted by eighteen years of living with Tandra and raising Shawne, humans who need more contact than I can endure? Conn provides that.
Conn also poses the opposite problem,. . .
While reviewing and editing the third book in The Archives of Varok, I have decided to explore the enigma of Tandra Grey – now Tandra elConn-Grey-Oran. Who is she really?
I'm willing to admit that she borrows parts of my life...
Who is Mahntik, the antagonist in The Webs of Varok? As an author I had to ask myself this question. Then my editor came along and questioned every word she spoke, every scheme she devised, every head she turned. So I checked out her motivations and her interactions with people, that she talks to varokian students in a manner unlike the way she talks to ahlork. Okay. She causes a lot of trouble in the story, but she shares an outlook with many of us, is ambitious like most of us, and has a few qualities we all admire – beauty, energy, intelligence.
From an essay by Orram's son, Orticon:
Imagine Nidok the ahlork following his fellow flock-boss Sartak down the well-worn trail that cuts a shallow path through debris filling the streets and courtyards of the ruins towering over...