Our Discord moderators asked the devs about their favorite characters in Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous and Kingmaker. There is the answer:
- Who is your favorite character you have written?
- Hm, never thought about that. It's tough, like picking a favorite child, but let's see. I enjoyed writing Camellia as an absolute evil being, constantly checking the limits of player's tolerance, and still having a soul deep down for those eager to look. I enjoyed writing Nenio for the amount of silliness I had to create and a bit of a character development at the end. I laughed irl while writing her, this was the first time for me. I enjoyed the Storyteller. In KM our Creative Director approached me with a request for a simple NPC who'd support the 'collectables' feature the design team were implementing. And I came up with an idea of a blind old man who relives the most memorable moments of a person by touching objects belonging to them. Then we decided that we'd need such 'tech' character in Wrath, as the 'collectables' are still on the menu, and I thought about developing the Storyteller into a more prominent role. However, there're smaller-scale characters that I wrote and I think they work great within their role. I like the dynamic between Hragulka and Tartuk in KM, and the whole idea of troll civilization trying to ascend above their no-brain murderous creature status. I also enjoy events with Stefano Mosconi in KM - he approaches you being an arrogant nonsense testing your patience, then you save him from the trolls, and suddenly he is a decent person, but he acknowledges that her serves your rival and this is where it makes the most sense to kill him. I didn't have an opportunity to write the troll-abusing Bartholomew Delgado - Thainen did the writing - but the idea was mine, and I immensely enjoy reading the player's debates about if Delgado has or has no right to torture the troll. (I wrote almost the entirety of the second chapter for KM, as I was the only writer on the team at the time).
Thank you for asking such a question. It was interesting to look at my characters and sort my feelings about them.
Alexander “Kams” Komzolov
Lead Narrative Designer