The idea for creating this character came to me after reading up on a malicious spirit in Japanese folklore known as Kamaitachi, weasel spirits with sickle-like claws that travel via whirlwinds. I made an allusion to this through the weapon choice as well as the wind-like pattern on the tip of his tail. His role as an assassin came down to the species as well, with stoats known for being excellent predators despite their small size. Outside of that, I base some of his character design after characters like Mello from Death Note, Yuuki Terumi from BlazBlue, and Raven from Guilty Gear. The process for creating his outfit went by making three different designs with similar elements as well as playing around with hairstyles and finally creating the last design through putting together different elements from the three into one following some input and feedback I received during the concept process.