Hello! My name is Katelina, and welcome to Weekend Character Interviews. Using state of the art-mumbo-jumbo author magic, Jo has temporarily bent the laws of fictional space and time to allow various literary universes to converge long enough for me to ask different characters a few questions. Since I spend a lot of time in the Amaranthine series quizzing vampires on what they’re doing, where they’re going and why, Jo thought I would be the perfect interviewer.
Today we have Rajveer from Rajveer the Vampire by Barbara G. Tarn.
image by Ajay Goyal from Flickr
Katelina: Welcome Rajveer! Can you tell us a little about yourself?
Rajveer: I’m Rajveer of the Guhilas of Mewar, a kshatryia (warrior) of the mighty Chittorgarh, capital of the kingdom at the time of my birth. I’m tall and handsome, with honey-colored eyes and I had the most beautiful wife one could wish for… I was twenty-seven when my physical body died and I became an immortal bloodsucker.
K: Immortal bloodsucker. You make it sound like a bad thing…Though I get it. I’ve had my own issues with the concept. How has it been since you were turned?
R: I’ve had a very lonesome second life. I found a coven, but they’re not family. I made a fledgling, but he’s like a younger brother. I miss the wisdom of the elders. And I don’t seem to be able to fall in love again.
K: So no romance, huh?
R: Since my beloved Charumati died at the siege of Chittor, no. I guess my heart died with my body, but it’s hard to express one’s feelings when one is surrounded by merciless demons.
K: You speak of merciless demons, do you mean your enemies?
R: I can’t call her enemy or nemesis, but the all powerful Mekna is a mighty foe. She can’t kill me, can’t turn me into one of her own, but she won’t let me go either. She wants me to take her to my maker – except I have no idea of where he is…
K: So that would probably be one of the biggest challenges in your story.
R: Yes. Running away from Menka’s coven with my fledgling, Shashank. Impossible.
photo by Jo Naylor
K: What’s the one thing you think helped to shape you the most?
R: Being turned into a child of darkness. I belong to a Suryavanshi clan, we’re sun people. And now I live mostly under the moon… and feed on blood. No wonder I’m so gloomy all the time, right? I don’t need to kill anyone and I avoid drinking human blood, though.
K: That’s something at least. If you could have anything in the world, would it be to go back to who you were or…
R: Just getting away from Menka’s bloodsucking demons and being alone with Shashank somewhere where we could blend in. And we’d move after a few years to some other place so they won’t notice we don’t age. We’d never kill our neighbors…
K: You’re pretty nice for a vampire. Most are happy to kill people off. Just a couple more questions. If you could say anything to your readers, what would it be?
R: *stares at Katelina* I have readers? Are you a witch like Samantha? I thought you were just someone from this century trying to help me fit in…
K: Oh. Um. Well, yes, I’d be happy to help…Um, in the meantime, do you have anything you’d like to say to your author?
R: You mean someone is writing my story? I’m impressed. I didn’t think I was worthy story material…
K: Yes, it is surprising sometimes to find out that people are interested in crazy things like where you sleep, and what you eat, and whether you pee in the middle of night.
R: *looks confused* What?
K: Never mind. Sorry. It’s just stressful being a main character. But you’ll find out soon enough!
Thanks to Rajveer for stopping in. You can preorder Rajveer the vampire from:
Amazon, Apple US, Barnes&Noble, Kobo and Smashwords.
And a special thanks to Barbara Tarn for playing along!
If you’re an author and would like your character(s) to be interviewed by me, then check out this very cool page that has all the details:
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