Don't forget Aria of Sorrow, though the others weren't playable. Like the image of Lenora. Her facial features kind of give off that high aristocratic society look, but I'll assume that her attitude is nothing of the kind. Either way it's good
While Julius will have rubbed off a little from Jonathan's personality, Lenora will have rubbed off a little from Charlotte's, so you know more or less what to expect.
Lenora is very confident, but she can get a LITTLE too confident sometimes, or get ahead of herself. But ultimatelly, she's gotten a very kind heart.
Wait, who is saying this is a rehash? Did I miss something?
Anyway, very nice artwork as always. This has no relevance to anything, but since Yoko in AoS is called, well, Yoko, it seems to imply she has a Japanese background. Were you planning on explaining that in Umbra?
Over at Junki's page, a DA user accused me of rehashing Grant's and Sypha's designs, and of "ripping off" Dracula's Curse. They also said that there were Castlevania OCs better suited to fit Timothy's and Lenora's positions. Got on my nerves a little, because these characters were not choosen based on "what looks cooler and original", but more on what I think IGA wanted based on the info he shared. But I can understand this, since this thread has grown to big proportions and not every idea for this project is easily accessible or even explained at all.
I've read IGA's statements extensively, along with in-game scripts and blog entries, and I'm confident his Demon Castle War was supposed to be a "recreation", thematically speaking, of Dracula's Curse, down to the character selection. I could be wrong, but I'm not inside the man's head to know. I only have the clues he left to play with.
About Yoko's japanese background: Someone asked me the other day if Lenora was Julius' love interest. I answered there and will answer here: She's not. She's acts more like a big sister to Julius, even though she's younger.
That said, yes, Yoko's japanese heritage is getting explained in Umbra. There IS a character to be Lenora's love interest, and he's part of the Shinto ritual team conducted by Eisuke Hakuba. This ties with Aria's and Dawn's line, saying that Yoko is a long time acquaintance with the Hakubas.