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Today we have a VERY special post for you and as apart of Chael's Luck blog tour we have an awesome character interview. So read below!!
1. So, how do you all know each
other? When did you meet, etc.
Harry: Well, there we were, Hal and I,
watching as the rest of the five year olds coming into the training arena, when
this little runt of a boy gets off of his pony…
Chael: Hey, now. I wasn’t that much smaller than the rest of
you back then!
Hal: Ah, but you were.
Mac: No, really, Chael, you were.
Harry: Will you guys quit it. I’m trying to answer the question. <rolls eyes> But honestly, Chael, you were.
<grins> Anyhow, he gets off of his
pony and tells us his name is Chael. Of
course, we start to laugh, I mean, who names their son after the god of bad
luck?
Mac: You forgot to tell her we were all
five and that we were all there because our fathers were Knights.
Hal:
I think
that was implied.
Chael:
No,
I think Mac’s right. You should specify
that. It might get confusing.
Harry:
Well,
I don’t need to specify anything now that the three of you have been
interrupting with your little bits of information.
<Everyone waits for the other to
continue>
Ian: So you
all met at the first day of the Knights’ training and the reason you were there
was because your fathers were Knights.
Harry:
You
make it sound so boring.
<sighs> Yes. That’s how it went.
2. How did you feel when your
Knight's trials were ruined?
Chael: Angry.
Harry: A bit confused, honestly.
Hal: In pain.
Mac: At least just your arm was broken. I had cracked ribs to show for it.
Chael:
Bloody
hell, I couldn’t wrap my head around any good reason why Caleb would stoop so
low.
Mac:
I mean, it was almost expected that he try to sabotage Chael’s chances
of winning, but when he tried to take the rest of us out…
Ian:
You knew he would try to hurt Chael?
Chael:
No,
no. Nothing like that. Mac would have warned me. But Caleb’s been a thorn in my side since the
day I got off my pony that first day.
He’s always hated me. I just
didn’t realize how much.
3. What did you think of Chael's
involvement and how it was dealt with?
Mac:
As
usual, Chael put everyone else ahead of him.
Chael:
I
didn’t do anything the rest of you wouldn’t have done.
Harry:
You
still had a chance to win and you decided to help me get Mac back to the
city. And we all knew how much you
wanted to win, Chael.
Hal:
Not
to mention that you took a hit for Harry that almost broke your arm right
before you were set to fight in the tournament.
Chael:
Caleb
was about to hit Harry in the head even though he’d surrendered. Harry didn’t see it coming. I did.
Ian:
So what was done about everything that
occurred?
Harry:
Chael
was given the fight he asked for. He
fought Caleb for the honor of top Shadow Knight. Caleb decided the sparring weapons weren’t
doing a good enough job and switched to his dagger. When he managed to get Chael on his back, he
tried to choke the life out of him.
Ian:
Bloody hell!
Chael:
<grins> That’s what I thought!
Hal: General Krane ordered Caleb to leave
the arena and the King banished him from the Knighthood.
4. What did you think when you
heard the news of Chael's father's demise?
Did you believe the rumours?
Hal: Definitely not.
Harry: Never.
Mac: It was obvious he was being set up,
we just couldn’t think of who it might be.
Chael:
<smiles gratefully>
5. What did you think when Chael
returned and you found out what was really going on?
Mac:
It was a lot to take in. I mean,
not only did he let us know what was really going on with the murders and why
the book had been stolen, but he finally let us know what he’d been hiding all
these years.
Harry:
That
pretty much sums it up.
6. How did you feel about the big
secret?
Hal:
It
was definitely shocking and yet in a way, it just made sense, yeah?
Harry: <nods> Yeah.
Mac: <laughing> By gods, Hal, the look on your face when you
realized what he’d done!
Chael:
Yes,
I do believe Hal’s was the best reaction.
Hal: <grins> Yes, well,
let’s just say I’ll never look at you quite the same way again.
7. Did it change your views and
loyalty? Did you understand the need for
the secrecy?
Harry:
I
think I can speak for all of us when I say that we didn’t blame Chael for
keeping this secret. Had he revealed it,
he never would have been able allowed to train for the Knighthood, much less
become the top Shadow Knight in the class.
The fact that he had already proven himself as a man and a Knight
definitely made accepting what he’d kept from us easier to handle.
<everyone nods in agreement>
8. So, you all decided to follow
Chael regardless. Why?
Mac:
Like
Harry said, we knew from years of training with him that he was a Knight of
great honor. Just the fact that he had
come back to Gleama to warn us of what he’d found out even though he knew the
city was looking for him in regards to his father’s murder was enough of an
indication he could be trusted.
Hal:
He
thought he would be judged, arrested, and maybe even killed for his lie and the
crime he was being accused of, yet he still came to warn us. There was no question whether or not to
follow him.
9. What were your first
impressions of Ian? Did you trust him when you found out who he was and what
his circumstances are?
Harry:
He
seemed trustworthy enough and the fact that Chael vouched for him was good
enough for me.
Hal:
I’ll
admit I had a few moments of doubt. I
mean, he’d walked away from the Knighthood and disappeared. It didn’t seem like a far stretch to think he
might be in league with those who were seeking to destroy us.
Mac:
He
saved Chael and helped him on his quest to get the book back from the one who
had stolen it. I trusted him.
Chael:
Though
I had a hard time trusting him at first, I’m sure that had more to do with the
fact that I didn’t know him and I was just finding out that most of the people
I did trust were all turning against me.
But Ian’s proven himself to me, to everyone, time and again. Quite frankly, he was a big part of why I
finally revealed the truth. When the time
came when others questioned whether or not he could be trusted there was no
doubt in my mind that he could be. After
all that’s happened, no one will be fool enough to question where his loyalties
lie again.
Ian:
<nods his thanks>
10.
It seems like there is a lot of
drama at court and amongst the Knights. Did
it surprise you when the truth was finally revealed?
Mac:
I
think that with everything we found out, by the time we heard the why and the
who that was behind all of this, it really just didn’t matter anymore. We needed to end it before things got carried
too far.
Ian:
I have to say, I was shocked. After everything I’d been taught and how my
walking away from the Knighthood had been received, to have this happen was
mind blowing.
11.
What are your most memorable parts
of the quest, good or bad?
Harry:
The
best part of this adventure would have to be how it ended. <grins>
You can’t beat a happy ending… well, happy for most, I suppose.
Hal:
The
worst moment was by far the one where we found out what was going on. That one moment seemed to shatter the
Knighthood.
Mac:
I’ll
have to go with Harry and Hal on this one, though a close second to the best
moment would have to be the look on General Krane’s face when he heard Chael’s
secret. <laughs>
Ian:
I’d have to say that going back to Gleama
was both of those things for me.
Chael:
Finally
being able to be honest with those I care for, though I have to admit it was
nerve wracking to say the least. As for
the worst, well, my father’s death.
12.
If your story were to be told,
how would you describe it?
Hal:
I’d
say mine would have to be a bit of a comedy.
It can’t really be anything else when you’ve Harry for a twin.
Harry:
I’ll agree with Hal. Though, you
have to admit, brother, we did have quite an adventure.
<Hal nods, grinning>
Mac:
It’s definitely been exciting. I
won’t complain if the rest of my life stays completely normal.
Ian:
I think I’ll have to say that my story is
sad, but turns into a very happy ending.
When the impending end of the world as you know it allows you to find
the woman you love, well, it’s hard to complain.
Chael:
<smiles> Well, I suppose my
story has already been told, hasn’t it?
I’d say full of bad luck, life-changing, and, well, completely
unexpected.
Excerpt
The sound of
Klora’s nervous whinny put me on alert and I took a deep breath to try and pull
myself together. I pulled an arrow from
my quiver and notched it before plastering myself to the door frame. Whisk’s deep growl turned vicious.
“Hey, now, good
pup.”
I peered
curiously at the man that had saved my life.
One of his eyes was swelled shut and he’d managed to get cut along the
top of his thigh, though not too deeply it would seem due to the lack of blood
soaking into his dark brown pants. His
dark green tunic also had spots of blood on it.
I didn’t think any of it was his.
He brushed the dark blond bangs out of his eyes and reached into his
pocket.
Whisk continued
to bare his teeth, seemingly unaware of the fact the stranger could have been
pulling a weapon. I let my arrow fly and
smiled as it dug into the tree just inches from his face.
“I’m quite fond
of that dog. I wouldn’t do anything
stupid.”
He looked up and
light grey eyes met mine. He smiled and
proceeded to pull a piece of jerky out of his pocket. Whisk quickly put his teeth away and sat, his
tail thumping the ground. I rolled my eyes.
“Whisk, you’re a
traitor.”
“My name’s
Ian.” He patted Whisk on the head. I turned and walked away, ignoring his shout
of ‘wait, son, I want to help’. I sat by
my father’s body. I registered the man’s
light footsteps coming into the kitchen and I tensed, my hand on my dagger
should I need it. I looked across my
father as he sat.
“My name’s Ian.”
“Chael.” I tried to keep the tears from spilling from
my eyes.
“Was this your
commanding officer?”
I nodded then
shook my head. “Yes. He’s my father.” I could tell he was observing me. “What?”
“I was just
thinking you look a bit young to be a Shadow Knight.”
“I’m
eighteen. I’m just small.”
We sat in
silence for a moment.
“Do you want
help to get him onto a blanket?”
I nodded, unable
to get any words past the lump in my throat.
Ian moved to his head and I took my father’s feet in my hands. We laid him under one of the large apple
trees.
After rummaging
through the shed, Ian was able to find two shovels.
“Do you have any
particular spot in mind?”
I nodded. “The cherry tree. My mother’s buried under one.” I tried to take solace in the fact that my
parents could finally be together again after such a long time apart. I stabbed my shovel into the ground.
By the time the
hole had been dug, I was aware my side was throbbing horribly. I took a deep breath and tried to ignore the
pain. Ian sat to catch his breath.
“Are you
alright?”
I bent over to
ease myself to the ground and cried out as the throbbing turned into a sharp
pain. Ian rushed to my side helped me
onto my back. A nervous shiver ran
through me at the shocked look on his face.
“What?”
His eyes wide,
he lifted the hand he’d had under my back so I could see it. It was covered in blood. The memory of the pain as the masked man had
tackled me, stabbing through my thick leather vest flashed through my
head. I realized Ian was pulling at the
laces that held my vest together. I
slapped his hands away.
“Leave it. I’m fine.”
“You’re
bleeding. Now take the damn thing off so
I can have a look at it.”
I shook my
head. “Help me get my father in his
grave first.” I sat up and quickly lay
back down as spots swarmed my vision.
“Chael!” Ian swore under his breath, something to do
with Chael’s luck, and I tried to protest as my vest was pulled over my head. This was quickly followed by my tunic.
Ian paused for a
fraction of a second before turning me onto my side to inspect the wound. He pressed his hands over the wound and the
last thoughts I had before I passed out from the pain was that this man must
have amazing self-control not say anything about what he’d just seen.
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