Dec 18, 2025
Author's Commentary #10:
Time to talk about Chapter 10: The overwhelming Irish Gambit.
The Fairy Gauntlet has started and feels like it was ripped straight out of a video game. But to make things difficult, Sorcha's serving as the tutorial boss and she's no slouch. Before I do her bio, I first want to do Bette's and Vittoria's.
ベティ・オラニエ (Bette Oranje) is how Bette's name is spelled in kanji. Her last name is actually Dutch for "orange", which is fitting considering orange is the national color of the Netherlands and Bette is Half-Dutch, Half-British.
Her birthday is November 3rd. I chose this date at random so there's no greater significance behind why this date is her birthday.
Her favorite piece is the bishop, simply because she prefers to control the diagonals above all else.
ヴィットーリア・ジャッロ (Vittoria Giallo) is how Vittoria's name is spelled in katakana. Her surname is actually Italian for "yellow", which is fitting since she hails from Italy.
Her birthday is December 10th. I chose this date at random so there's no greater significance behind why this date is her birthday.
Her favorite piece is the bishop, mainly because she likes to fianchetto.
ソルチャ・グラス (Sorcha Glas) is how Sorcha's name is spelled in katakana. Her surname is Irish for "green" and she hails from Ireland. Sorcha can essentially be summed up as Irish onee-san. She's also fluent in Irish as shown in the chapter. I'd argue that she's also inspired a bit by Mercedes von Martritz from Fire Emblem Three Houses, who also is an onee-san type character.
Her birthday is July 7th, mainly because 7 is a lucky number. Her rating is also 777 in reference to the "luck of the Irish" saying.
Her favorite piece is the pawn, mainly because she thinks they look cute.
As for the game, the Irish Gambit is not the greatest of gambits. There is actually a second kind of Irish Gambit, which is better, but surprisingly enough, this one managed to get the job done as Carol wasn't quite prepared to handle it. She'll need to watch a video on how if she wants to beat it in a revenge match.
That's all for this commentary. I hope you enjoyed it.
