Kagome - Behind The Scenes (The Seven Realms)

To be honest, I don’t really know how I created Kagome’s personality. It just came to me while I was writing her dialogue.

All I had as a starting point was that she was a prankster Demon, one of Ba’el's Generals and his daughter. So, I knew she would be bubbly but deadly, and that was all.

However, as soon as I started writing her dialogue, I could start seeing her moving in my mind. Her little quirks, the way she annoys Atlas. She became quirkier and quirkier with each line leaving her mouth. She is like her Dad, but at the same time, different. Ba’el annoys people by trying to get in their heads. Kagome annoys people by simply being annoying.

Yet, in spite of her antics, she is still a Demon and a powerful one at that.

She can’t understand why Leyala and Kali are so determined to save the witches, all the more because she has a personal grudge against them. However, she refuses to talk about it with others and would have wanted Terran to side with them just because the Demons are their allies.

There is a lot more to discover about Kagome if you decide to play her optional path. Once again, if everything goes according to plan, we will learn a lot about her character at a much later date.

Like her father, her story is linked to Naya’s prophecy in some way. But in order to not spoil anything, I will finish my entry about her here…

Character Model:

I tried something completely different with Kagome. I went for a less realistic appearance and a more anime-like one. I also completely crushed her base model by mixing several models until she look like ET, and then I start rebuilding her features. By doing so, I think I manage to create a unique model (love her or hate her).

I knew that I wanted to go for the Yokai look, like in Inuyasha (that’s also why she is named Kagome), but that’s all. In the end, one of my favourite models.

Before we launched The Seven Realms, we had created most of the character models for those with significant roles in the game. We created character sheets for our website to showcase our characters at launch. Kagome's style was changed about two days before we launched the game. For fun, I have included her original design below with her old character sheet images. Her body and face are the same, but we adjusted her hairstyle and main outfit and added markings to her face. While we like her old model, we prefer how she turned out after the changes. Let us know what you think of her old model vs her new one.

The image used for this post will be available as a 4K Wallpaper (without the text) for April's Second Realm Supporters and higher tiers.