NOTES

 

It’s crazy, but the idea for Adalet was sparked when I read a Victorian courtroom drama. I’m not really sure how the kernel I took from that story grew to become the rather horrifying Adalet, but the idea, once planted in my mind sprouted with ferocity until I had to write it out of me.

The woman in my mind had a fierce sense of justice, willing to go to extraordinary lengths to avenge her brother’s murder. She also wanted to restore her family’s honor but ironically, these two goals were at odds, for in order to clear her brother’s name, she’d have to bring the real murderer to justice, rather than killing him.

To me, the pivotal moment in the story is when she chose justice over vengeance, when she surrendered the stick. Her brother’s memory finally allowed her to let go of her bitter vendetta, and after that she was fighting for her own life, rather than for revenge.

To me, that changed everything, and Adalet became Grace.