Audrey Joan asked Sebastien de Castell:

Sorry if this is a stupid question, but I recently finished Traitor's Blade, and I was just wondering, if I were to send in fan art, what would he the best way to do it (Instagram, Twitter, email, etc.)? On a related note, I was having trouble finding descriptions of what Kest and Falcio look like. I have a specific way I picture them, but I was wondering how you picture them, or where in the book you describe them.

Sebastien de Castell Not a stupid question at all – I'm tremendously honoured anytime someone makes fan art. I'm going to be putting up a fan art section on my website sometime in the new year, but of course it's more than fine to post your work on Instagram, Twitter, or anywhere else you choose. If you tag it with my name I'm more likely to see it. If there's something specific you want me to see, send me a link on the contact form on my site.

As to Kest and Falcio, they're never described in the books, which was intentional. I wanted the reader to be able to create Falcio in their own minds. Oddly, everyone I meet tells me they know what he looks like. If it's any help, the figure on the cover of Traitor's Blade actually looks like what I generally imagined Kest to look like, and the figure next to Ethalia on the cover of Saint's Blood is Falcio, though he looks a bit young an un-bedraggled to me in that image.

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