Keira

Keira Cimmerian saved once by Conan from the Van camp, after which she became selflessly devoted to him. Years later, after the accession of the Cimmerian, Keira headed the spy network of Aquilonia. Extremely cunning and cruel, to achieve the goal uses any methods of work ^{[2] [3]} . For the first time in the game, she is shown in the opening trailer, where she, upon returning from a mission, unsuccessfully attacks Conan , checking his vigilance ^[4]

Keira can be found in the game in the locations of the Gorge of Ymir and the Amphitheater of Carutonia ^[5] .

The developers of the game created Keira by positioning her as a Femme fatale , ^{[6] [7] a} warlike and deadly blonde who can be described with words as sinful and seductive ^[8] . Initially, the creators made Keira look like a character named White Dragon from the game Dreamfall , which was also developed by Funcom . Then it was decided to change the appearance, in particular the color of the hair and cover the body with tattoos, to better match the image of a warlike and fatal woman. ^{[9] [10]}

According to the developers themselves, Keira should be responsible for the commercial success of the game ^[11] . Keira is depicted on many promotional materials, as well as on the cover of the game itself. ^{[12] [13] [14]}

At the exhibition of the gaming industry G-Star 2009 held in South Korea ^[15], one of the promoters of the game were girls in the images of Keira ^{[16] [17]}

The voice acting of Keira was done by the famous voice actress Carey Walgren ^[18] . Keira’s name was chosen in accordance with the concept created by Robert Howard of the Hyborian era , according to which this or that historically famous nation served as the prototypes of the voiced era; for the Cimmerians of a fictional prehistoric era, the Celts served as a prototype. So, the name Keira in Celtic means "little black hair" ^[19] .

Despite the fact that the official launch of the game Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures occurred in May 2008. ^[20] , it is not surprising that the commercial success of the game, despite many shortcomings, was facilitated by the age limit of 18+, ^[21] with the subsequent publication of Keira on the pages of Playboy ^{[22] [23] [24]} . In December 2007, the Playboy editions for the fourth time released a special rating on the sexiest characters in video games. ^[25] The number included Morenn from The Witcher , Yoko Retomoto from Kane & Lynch: Dead Men , Sarah Morrison from Richard Garriott`s Tabula Rasa , Church and Black from Clive Barker's Jericho , and A'Kanna with Keira ^{[26] [ 27]} from Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures . ^{[28] [29] [30]} .

In 2011, Keira took the second place of the best female characters from online games according to Mail.ru ^[31]

Most of the illustrated articles on the Age of Conan game contain images of Keira, both from advertising materials and images from the Playboy December 2007 issue ^{[12] [13] [14] [32] [33] [34] [35]}

Keira is in the top 11 Most beautiful girls from computer games according to the publication PlaygigRu ^[36] .

Since the game goes with a rating of 18+, many female characters, especially Keira, are represented in some moments of the game as half-naked, or completely naked. This circumstance, according to many publications on computer games, such as Gamer.ru ^[37] , Igromaniya ^[22], in turn, served as a catalyst for the popularity of the game, despite numerous shortcomings ^{[38] [39]}

TopTen, an Internet-based rating publication , placed Keira in the Top 10 Best Video Game Babes rating ^[40] .

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• Alena Ermilova. Exclusive. On the edge of the abyss. Funcom talks about the reasons for the failure of Age of Conan // Gambling . - 2009. - No. 1 (136) . - S. 182-184 .

• Age of Conan: Uncovering Keaira