Azel Franklin Blath, father to Martha, one of Nico’s 3rd-great-grandfathers and a full-blooded raccoon. Azel and his wife lived in West Virginia, a few decades after the state had officially split during the war. They had numerous children together, records showing somewhere between 10-12, and because of the state's overall neutrality during the war, the environment there was still rich and comfortable. As a result, the family thrived in their area for the time being. Though the main source of financial growth in the area was coal, Azel did not feel he was build for a mining job, and did his best at maintaining his farm. His wife, of course, approved of this as the mining jobs had a high mortality rate at the time.
Azel was a relatively simple man of high spirits. He married his wife (a full-blooded fox) at a time when interspecies relationships were exceptionally rare, and reproduction even moreso. However, Azel and his family largely kept to themselves, as most of their farming was done for self-sustaining and business at local markets. Their children, though hybrids, fared relatively well in the local school. It is uncertain how their relationship would've fared in a more public eye, but they reportedly had an overall comfortable life together. Azel enjoyed reading scripture and he and his family would have services together on sunday, where they would read together and play music afterward. Though by no means a professional, word has it he could play a mean fiddle.
Here he’s seen being confused as to why his photograph is being taken after a long day of farming.
I'm thinking Our Host has read some of the brief bios that accompany such real-life portraits, esp. the reams of such photos taken during the early 1930s. The copy of this fantasy portrait reads rather like that on the real photos.
I'm thinking Our Host has read some of the brief bios that accompany such real-life portraits, esp.
his state was neutral, but that didn't speak for all the individuals. Azel's father had actually enlisted for the south, and you'll see more about that when i draw him here soon~
his state was neutral, but that didn't speak for all the individuals. Azel's father had actually enl
