Trivia / Queen of Shadows

• Orphaned Reference: The severed kitsune tail that Jade finds mounted in a cabinet in the Queen's antechamber to the Generals' meeting room. Apparently Nocturne had plans for it later in the story, but failed to share them with Eduard before falling out of communication. As such, the latter has no idea what to do with it, beyond a passing reference of Jade pondering why it's there.
• What Could Have Been: In the author's notes for Chapter 19, Eduard explains how some things regarding the Shogunate in the Shadows changed from Nocturne's original plans due to different writing styles. For example, Rosuto was supposed to be The Dragon to Rokutaro due to his underworld connections, but as Eduard couldn't quite grasp writing that concept it was cut, with the position of The Dragon going to Murakami instead as a result (with Eduard admitting this left Rosuto as a Flat Character because of now lacking defining traits). Also, Rokutaro and the Weaver were meant to have Motive Rants before their deaths, but Eduard felt that lacking an explanation for their motives helps better expose how egotistical and petty they are.