Shizuka Segosangigishi

Development

 * The idea of giving her a double nationality was created to make the story more diverse and to add some culture.
 * She is very religious. This is because there are many different religions around the world, and she travels a lot.
 * Originally she was going to wear a necklace with 108 pearls on it. 108 being a holy number in dharmic religions. This was scrapped because the necklace was too long.
 * Verité Florent traveling to Ciratovia to study foreign law and becoming Shizuka's assistant, was a choice made to give John Garpeau a reason to travel to the country.
 * A woman abandoning her name, and giving away her title of crown princess was a concept that floated through the head of the writer for a long time. But now he could finally use it.
 * Her speachbubble "Ga-Ko-Azay!" was originally going to be exclusive to Alex Anders. This was later changed to being the Ciratovian word for "Objection!"
 * Shizuka Segosangigishi's favorite sentence: "Makee-go-dzunitsu-bo-su,-wa-neteda-ne-gaji-enarodehere!" comes from the Dutch "Maak God dus niet boos want dan ga je naar de hel!"(So don't make god angry, because you'll go to hell.) But in Ciratovian it would mean: "Do not make the Mother angry, sir. Because you will go to a world where you won't get three chances!" It's both a reference to a Japanese saying: "Hit him three times and even the Buddha will get mad." And to the fact that the game Mother 3 was never released outside of Japan. The Mother is also the symbol of Ciratovia.
 * Her Ciratovian Badge Number consists of 3 sacred numbers. 3 and 7 in Christianity, and 108 in Dharmic religions.

Name

 * Annemarie is a Dutch girls name which means "Merciful" and "Bitter."
 * Shizuka is a Japanese Unisex name (But mainly used for girls) which means "Fragrance" or "Quiet." This was chosen due to Segosangigishi 's calm nature.
 * Van Sannau is a play on van Nassau, the last name of the Dutch royal family.
 * Segosangigishi is a Japanese romanisation of a short version of the Dutch phrase "Zelfs God zou niet genadig zijn." (Even God wouldn't be merciful.)