Laurenza
Laurenza's character has noticeably changed as DSK progressed. In the early chapters, she was haughty and slightly selfish, what you'd expect a Queen to be like. As the series went on, she softened and became more amiable. This was a move for the best, I think. Also, she was originally going to be 15, but I thought that's a bit young for her to be married/have a child. Her Series I outfit went through two designs before I settled on one. She used to wear trousers, but I swapped it for a dress. I can't stand dresses myself, so the change was made not out of a fashion desire, but because bare legs are easier to draw than clothes. It's shameful, I know. ^^;

Lierlo
The only change I remember Lierlo going through is that the first ever picture I drew of him had much longer hair. I then shortened it because he looked too much like Siun.

Tifanel
Tifanel doesn't have a last name. His full name is, as you probably know, Experimental Biological Weapon Unit Tifanel 001, but you can't call him that every time. If you desperately need to give him a last name, you could call him Tifanel Owens (after Alistair) or Tifanel Angelo (after Riley and Felicity.) Back in the day, Tifanel's backstory was a vague and uncertain mess before I settled on a firm history for him around the start of Series III. Before this time, he actually had a last name of his own. He was Tifanel Izumo, but no, that's not his name anymore. It's just Tifanel, ok?

Roreille
Roreille originally was going to be Lierlo's younger sister, but I decided in the end to make her the eldest child, as Lierlo's later storylines would not work unless I did. The young Roreille was going to be much less serious, perky and have a crush on Thorn. I decided to hand this role over to a different character, Adrienne.

Connor and Family
Before the whole Laurenza/Red thing was decided on, I was going to have Connor become a major character, as he'd come with Laurenza when she moved back into the castle. This would have caused some tension between them and Kuja, as Connor would have treated Laurenza, himself and Ana as a family. He was also going to bring his daughter (whose name I've totally forgotten) from his previous relationship. She was either going to be blind or very hard of sight and she'd befriend Kuja. Yeah, I didn't like the idea very much either, so even before we said 'hey, let's make Laurenza a lesbian!' I dumped the idea of Connor having a daughter in Linking Souls.

Hallowed Knights
I'm glad I spotted this one in time. Originally, our favourite evangelists were called something else. I accidentally discovered that an organisation with the same name existed, though I'd rather not disclose what it was, in case the site comes up when someone searches for it. Let's just say the name would have rather unpleasant connotations.

Faunus
Not much changed here except his name. He was originally going to be called 'Morpheus,' but that was way too Matrixy. I then went for 'Aruun,' but I wanted the name for a different character, so he ended up as Faunus.

Mina Carter
Poor Mina had a name change and a sex change. I first envisioned her as a man named 'Carter,' but in I've vowed to make more female characters in Series IV, even if only incidental, so she became a she. I kept 'Carter' as the last name and then decided to call her 'Rose.' I changed my mind again, as I didn't want another character with a colour name because of Red, especially a colour so similar. It's a lucky thing I did, because only a few days after the character was created, Thornman wrote Rose Heart and included the character Rose(anne.) Finally, I settled on 'Mina.'

Chapter 10: Cat Girl
'Outside in the mansion grounds, Laurenza is stood looking into a reflective pool…'
Here's Laurenza at Kuja's old digs, paying her final respects. Originally I was going to have a scene with Laurenza putting Kuja's body to rest in the water a la Aeris in FFVII, but him being waterlogged would be kinda gross when he came back to life. So, I just had her… put him somewhere else… It doesn't matter where so don't worry about it. ^^;

Chapter 19: Future Shock
Laurenza: It's too late for me.
This is that upsetting scene in which Thorn witnesses his friends die in an alternate future. But at the time of writing, we had our disagreements about how the scene would play out. He wanted Thorn to heal them back to perfect health. I wanted to keep them dead because it was much more dramatic that way. Well, you know who won out in the end and poor Thorn's healing spell was reserved for a spot on the cutting room floor.

Thorn: *Holds out his hands, as a white light starts to gather around them.* By God and Goddess, my reform, turn my darkness to healing form. *The white light blasts out of his hands, as healing Magick covers Laurenza and Lierlo.* As this holy spell is dealed, by my power, now be healed..

It's always difficult to predict the outcome of scenes, even if you've planned them in advance. This is because you don't know what the other person is thinking. So this is the memorable scene in Loliusin Hollow with Kuja and Thorn stood by Allen's grave. I wanted the scene to be a monologue with just Kuja, but you know what they say, two heads are better than one. Here's the alternate starting to that scene that was scrapped in the final version.

*Loliusin Hollow has a permanent eerie feel to it, as no matter what time of day it is, it is always dark and gloomy. There is something in the air that prevents the sun from penetrating into the forest. Kuja is walking though the forest, a slight breeze rippling through his hair. He walks towards a clearing in which the earth looks newly upturned. This is where Allen had been buried. A cross of sticks marks his grave.*
Kuja: Hey Allen, It's me, Kuja. I would say sorry for killing you, but it's a little late for apologies, eh? *Sighs, and leans on a nearby tree.* You probably think I'm nothing more than a cold-blooded killer. I wouldn't be surprised. I mean, Laurenza seems to think that now. But I'm a much more complex person that that. In fact, my feelings are pretty complex at the moment. They're all mixed up... I don't know how I feel. Might do a Lierlo and dive off of something just to make things simpler.

*In a broken down warehouse, Li's gang are gathered, apparently waiting for something.*
Li: *Rolls in on his bike.*
Ritz: You got it?
Li: Yep.
Chaney: Lemme see, lemme see.
Elodine: *Grabs Li's hand and looks at it.* Pretty, ain't it?
Slim: Yeah, but think of all the bling we can get with this baby…
Ritz: Now where to flog it?
Li: We're not. *Pulls his hand away.* You guys just don't understand what this is capable of. It has incredible power!
Ritz: So we'll use these powers to steal stuff.
Li: No, I'm taking it! I'm gonna go fight the Demons… To avenge Loretta. *He starts to drive away.*
Chaney: Li, you're crazy! No matter how many Demons you kill, it's not gonna Loretta back.
Elodine: Let him go. He'll probably end up joining her…

Chapter 91: Malice Man
Only a small change here. Originally Kuja was going to confront his Malice self in Finn, (didn't this remind you of Posi/Nega-Thorn?) but what I wanted to happen just wasn't possible. Finn is not my dimension, so I wasn't aware of the physics and stuff. Oh well, it all worked in the end.

Chapter 98: Only Memories
After Chronos decreed that he would let Lahrne live, Lyrian was going to deal out his own punishment to teach the gang the dangerous of messing with time. Chapter 98 ended up becoming longer than expected, so poor Lyrian had to wait until Series IV for this to happen.