 But the ones who are darker-skinned generally fare better than those who are not.Soon Gorgik is a mine foreman.When he is twenty-one, Gorgik is purchased by the Vizerine Myrgot as her lover and is taken to live in the castle of the Child Empress Ynelgo, back in Kolhari, where he gets his first taste of the advantages (and disadvantages) of life among royalty.