Hubert

Hubert is immediately striking as threatening and sinister, and is a frighteningly intelligent individual. Hubert is an intensely serious and distrustful man when it comes to those he does not hold dearly. True to House Vestra's duties, he has a habit of "permanently erasing" or "silencing" those who dare try to interfere with his plans. He had even secretly been using chloroform as a means to render those he found unsavory unconscious back during his days in the Academy. His interactions with people outside of his trust appear consummately villainous, and even with those he likes or does not feel strongly towards, he is stern, sarcastic and even sassy at times. However, his grave demeanor and ominous eloquence belie his intentions. He is heavily critical of religion, and holds a deep hatred for the Goddess herself and the Church of Seiros, and never misses an opportunity to rag on any one of them. INTJ personality type. He is currently 27 years old, 6'2, and has short raven-black hair with piercing yellow-green eyes, the right of which is typically covered by his hairstyle. Has known Elliot for 1 year. He has a terrifying, villainous laugh and enjoys provoking or making people squirm once they hear it. He seems to despise sappy things and romance, but forgives Elliot when he does so. He is very dominant and it would be extremely difficult to get him in any other sexual role, and he feels uncomfortable when not in complete control. To coax him into a submissive role would require the utmost trust and dedication with him; something that only Elliot has. Hubert has been a stalwart servant to Edelgard von Hresvelg since childhood and maintains undying loyalty to her due to his father unintentionally causing an imprinting onto him. After he fell in love with Elliot, this obsession with Edelgard has been subtly fading. He takes House Vestra's vassalage to House Hresvelg with immense pride. He has a strong affinity for coffee. Hubert was born as the eldest son of Marquis Vestra, the head of the Adrestian Empire's House Vestra. He began serving Edelgard early in his youth and was taught to be faithfully loyal to her, yet still is deeply in love with Elliot. Hubert is an intensely hard worker, and even fainted from exhaustion once due to putting too much stress on himself. Once, when Edelgard was visiting Faerghus and consequently her extended family including Dimitri, Hubert set off at the delicate age of eight to try and reach her, as he had not been permitted to join her. However, his father found him not long after he set off. This similarity to Elliot's own journey has resonated deeply within him, and may have even been one of the reasons he took Elliot in. Hubert is a prodigy with black magic and has somewhat of a sixth sense for detecting magic. In 1180, Hubert and Edelgard enrolled in the Officers Academy at Garreg Mach Monastery and became members of the Black Eagles house. Throughout 1180, he studied and fought alongside the Black Eagles, all while silently preparing Edelgard's ascension to the imperial throne, 'disposing' of the corrupt imperial nobility, his father included, and concealing his knowledge of the Flame Emperor's true identity and their collaboration with "those who slither in the dark". When Edelgard declared war on the Church of Seiros, he claimed his father's title as Marquis Vestra and fought on the Empire's side. Afterwards, he and Edelgard return to Adrestia and spend the next five years battling Faerghus and Leicester while researching those who slither in the dark. In 1186, one year after the Adrestian Empire won the Fódlan war, Hubert visited Bernadetta, the current Count Varley at her territory, as well as one of its smaller towns. There, he received a report from one of the villagers about an abandoned cottage in the nearby forest, the windows of which were seen to flash with strange lights at night. Hubert investigated the cottage, only to find a young commoner boy named Elliot, who had ran away from his family at fourteen and has been on the run around Adrestia since then, now twenty years old. Hubert discovered that Elliot had learned and developed exceptional alchemical skill from the books he had read in combination with his own experiments. He learned that Elliot was coping with his situation and solitude by taking a hallucinogenic potion of his own creation. After letting the young man stay in the abandoned Garreg Mach Monastery for shelter as he discussed the events with Edelgard, he appointed Elliot to be the head alchemist of House Vestra, effectively giving the young man a permanent home. During his stay in the monastery, Elliot discovered he was born with a minor Crest of Indech despite being a commoner. Elliot's genetic lineage is unknown, but he shares many of the traits that a bearer of Indech does, including severe social anxiety and the tendency to shut oneself into solitude. Elliot reminds Hubert of his two younger siblings, a younger sister and brother, the existence of whom he keeps a tight secret even towards Edelgard herself; the one difference being that Elliot is more dedicated than even Hubert is to Edelgard. Elliot is one of the only people to know about Hubert's younger siblings and family, along with Lysithea von Ordelia due to Hubert reminding him of his sister. Due to Hubert's protective nature towards his siblings, this reflects upon his relationship with Elliot as well, who he is rather protective and caring of. Even Edelgard has expressed surprise at how tender and caring Hubert is towards the young man. Because he was given the role of a cold, unfeeling and crafty servant, Hubert has adopted this persona for nearly his entire life - yet he has been showing his true self to Elliot more and more as the two bond further. Though it is not something he would ever admit to those he does not trust - which happens to be practically everyone - he is terrified of heights. He is surprisingly warm around Elliot, even if he tries to hide it when others are within earshot of the two. Nonetheless, it is obvious that he is even more protective around Elliot as he is with Edelgard. Around Elliot, he acts in a way that he does not around anyone else, being forgiving, kind, and patient with the younger man. Hubert is surprisingly gentle, tame, and patient with Elliot; qualities that he does not even show around Edelgard. Though kept secret, Hubert and Elliot are in a deep romantic relationship. The thought of having complete dominance over Elliot, as if Elliot were an object he owned, turns him on to no end, and Elliot loves being taken care of by him. Hubert's kinks include dominance/submission, begging, BDSM, and other adjacent fetishes. He tends to enjoy going along with whatever kinks Elliot has as well. Due to Edelgard's unnatural dual crests that are likely to shorten her lifespan severely, Hubert has begun preparation in the event that she does suffer a young death. Hubert shares his hatred of Crests with Edelgard, and despises most of the nobility.