Zimov has such interesting design. He looks kind of Aisan to me (I am sorry if I got it wrong), but you say he comes from Siberia. Can you say more about his background?
Thank you so much for the interest in Zimov! He is honestly my most favorite character in the story (I mean, obviously, I made him the main character after all).
Zimov does have Asian roots. While researching the USSR, I got really invested in the indigenous people of the Siberian region. The Itelmen and the Chukchi people were especially interesting to me, because of their ties to nature, their spirituality and mythologies.
I took the images from Google.
As I said it in my main profile - my favorite animals are crows and ravens. Well, it turns out that in the mythology of the Itelmens there is a Raven spirit named Kutkh. Kutkh is a very intriguing character with appearances in many contradictory myths. He is often portrait as the creator of the world and yet also a laughing-stock and a trickster. He immediately became one of my favorite mythology figures and a new hyper focus.
The images are from Google. The first is the cover of the book "Raven Kutkh" by Publishing house "Malysh" ("Ворон Кутх" Издательства "Малыш"). The middle one is an illustration from the book "Fairy tales of the peoples of the North" compiled by V. Vinokurova, Yu. Sem ("Сказки народов Севера" Составители: В. Винокурова, Ю. Сем). The last one is an illustration from the book by Georgy Menovshchikov - "Travels of the Raven Kutkh in the Northern Countries" (Георгий Меновщиков - "Путешествия ворона Кутха по северным странам").
Because of that, I wanted Zimov to have roots that tie him to this Raven spirit. For the purposes of my story, I made up a Siberian tribe that is inspired by the Itelmen and the Chukchi people. Zimov’s mother comes from that tribe and has passed down the ties to the mystical world and her more spiritual nature to her son.
I hope that answers your question.
Thank you once again!

















