Hush Mouth

Character-focused visual development for a dark fantasy game.

In a city where religion and industry merge into a cult of labor, faith teaches that only productivity can save humanity from divine blindness.

Inspired by Haitian culture.

Zombie Vodou: Elyr

A zombie Vodou on a leash. A silent master with a dog for eyes. He carries out dark tasks: soulless, obedient, strangely charming in his emptiness. But as the magic deepens, something inside of him begins to stir...

Elyr is the mayor's son, who was turned into a zombie under his own father's orders to prevent the loss of his perfect successor.

Sister: Maelle

Maelle, the mute daughter of the mayor, discovers that her brother has been dead for years, kept alive as a soulless zombie.

To save her brother, Maelle sets out on a journey to find the culprit and break the spell. To do so, she must first question the prophecy that has condemned the entire world to silence and blind obedience.

Maelle, the mute daughter of the mayor, discovers that her brother has been dead for years, kept alive as a soulless zombie.

Bokor: Alziir

A feared bokor from the enslaved districts, she serves the mayor in secret and is responsible for turning his son into a soulless zombie. Unlike a Mambo, who guides a religious community, a bokor works in the shadows, dealing in occult pacts and forbidden magic.

Environments

A city of massive brutalist architecture with gothic elements, slowly overtaken by organic forms in areas influenced by the Bokor. Where the mayor keeps her is a mystery: either in the matroneum of a cathedral, or in full view among the people.