heart & home

Azem x Emet-Selch x Hythlodaeus

main story

all that i have

It starts and ends with duty, as it always has.
It starts with a stranger showing up on Emet-Selch’s doorstep.
It ends with the marriage of Hythlodaeus’s lover to another man.

illustration

spot illustrations, sketches and gift artworks for heart & home.

Azem and Hythlodaeus share a tender moment in the office of the Chief of the Bureau of the Architect.

When in the timeline does this happen? Don't worry about it.

Hythlodaeus in setting-appropriate attire.

welcome to Fantasy Regency Era (not the actual name of the setting), where the fashion is made up and the historical accuracy doesn't matter.

by way of amusing fact, Hythlodaeus's cravat is tied a la Byron here

outfit designs for Hythlodaeus and Emet-Selch - casual daily wear and sophist robes.

please note that i will design these and then immediately ignore all details when drawing anyways.

the white sophist mask is conspicuously absent from Hythlodaeus's daily wear because this is an AU! he doesn't have to hide his beautiful face.

Emet-Selch still keeps the red mask on his person though, to identify himself as a member of the Convocation of Fourteen.

azem’s casual/travelling outfit design sheet.

you might ask why azem looks like he took a wrong turn out of a high fantasy movie set in contrast to the regency era adjacent styles that Hythlodaeus and Emet-Selch are wearing, but it is an intentional design choice.

the mask would be worn with the casual outfit as well but i didn't feel like drawing it.

noticeably absent: 69 knives. azem is inclined to roguish pursuits and the comedy skit of an endless number of weaponry is too good to pass up.

sophist robes (azem)

he wears this exactly once. unless i'm borrowing him for an AU (of an AU?! second order alternate universing) then he wears them almost exclusively until he doesn't. :)

comic

by any other name

of true names, and moments revisited in the weeks to come

takes place at the end of chapter 4

comic

to catch the sun

on how to catch an itinerant traveler who most definitely does not want to be caught

takes place during chapter 5