Yeah, plans definitely changed - as Sheinnai apparently got rejected, per Savin (https://forum.fenoxo.com/threads/what-content-would-you-like-added.13015/page-176#post-359748) - and based on the wording used, that's probably why Ashelander exists.Hmm this is very interesting. I wonder if there was a change early in development or if there was an error. Part of the document has a companion I never heard of and no mention of Vivian. Although it would explain how off the lingerie scene feels compared to how Ryn was written prior to that point. I don't know if that's because of different authors and their interpretation of the characters.
I'd really love to see this discussed on their fourm.
Also based on this though, with regard to Etheryn:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/14EZI8E6auc03Yf_OjvvUadfba0UT7qSvZOedjJdTFpc/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.69uzhyd59k2m
The fact that sister is in quotations stands out - that seems to imply that things were possibly changed, as it doesn't necessarily make sense for that to be in quotations if they're referring to Etheryn by she or her everywhere else. That coupled with the stuff that was previously in the game with Hethia referring to Etheryn as a "princeling" seems to possibly re-inforce things changing from what was originally planned.Primary Design Document -> Etheryn said:Etheryn has lived her whole life under her domineering, controlling older sister's thumb. Ages back, Alissa locked her in a magic chastity belt to make sure the royal bloodline was fully under the new Queen's control, and relegated her "sister" to little more than a handmaiden and sex-toy for herself.
Doesn't matter at the end of the day though, but it's kind of funny now with how adamant people are about Ryn's identity all the time, when there definitely is sufficient context for it to be up for debate.