Illuminata was my favorite abbey character to write. She probably got more of my writing time than anyone else at Kiersau and she was an interesting character to develop. I think I originally conceived her as being even more strict and uptight, but as I continued iterating on her, I found sympathy and leniency in her.

On one of my last writing passes, I added a branch in Act I where you can ask her if she prefers the strict Father Gernot to the lenient Father Mathias. She says it's her duty to obey so it doesn't matter, but, "... every child would prefer that their parents err toward love. To err toward love is to stumble at the feet of God."

She's strict and judgmental but in the end she bends toward forgiveness and grace.

“Essentially, that’s what this show is about, choosing your own family when, perhaps, your own… your own kind have abandoned you. […] These characters finally realize that by creating your own family, you might actually have a chance of getting out of this horrible Continent alive.”