So this month, dear readers, it's time to welcome Cindy Speer, writer extraordinaire -- author of the very good "Chocoltier's Wife" -- to the blog! She's written about fathers in honor of father's day this month, and I hope you all enjoy reading it.
Jess
Fathers are tricky things.
The most prominent father character that I have ever written about is Zorovin. When we meet him, we meet the king of the North Frost Dragons. A few years ago he sent his son to the “other side of the world”, the world where the things and people of magic do not exist. He makes his way to this world to find his son, and because dragons do not exist in our world, he is forced to become a man. The way dragons think and feel and perceive is very different from the way that humans do, and it’s something he’s not comfortable with. But that doesn’t mean that he doesn’t love his son:
<i>As Zorovin looked up at the sky, he was struck by how much he missed his son. He remembered TorVanith’s birth. He had wrapped his body around the egg, keeping it warm as the small copper-brown body, so shiny and soft, broke through. He and Fadima, his mate, had taken turns then encircling the child. He could still feel his son’s breath and the rush of blood and beat of heart through the thin hide, before the scales hardened, against his stomach and chest. Dragons do love their young, Zorovin had to admit. Probably more than they loved anything else, even gold. And probably more than was good for them.</i>
But throughout the book, he is forced to feel and express these things in human ways, and it is not always easy for him.
I think the strength of Zorovin is that he is able to bend despite his nature. He wants things that he thinks are for the best…he wants his heir back to lead his people, he wants everything back to normal. When he can’t have the first, he is able to resign himself, he has the strength to let go and move forward. He still loves his son, despite the fact that he changed so much.
Thos are the best things you can ask for, in a father. Someone who will let you change and become who you really are, and love you no matter what.
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