Ya, I'm not sure what really inspired Tordor, mostly ideal day-dreaming. Been wanting to make him and of course use him for a while now. Feels like something is still missing though not sure what.
This would be the first phase of his story line I want to craft. Pretty good place to do it too. Given his reservations about fighting women. Should be interesting. Especially one of them is about the age of his daughter. (Who his is, spoiler alert, is trying to find his way back to)
I'd think he'd want to avoid fighting Shining Blaze since she'd remained him of what he's lost. (Hell, he might even try and protect her, depends really)