2023-10-21 6:35:19 ¶ ●

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# The Process Of Elimination, by zoicite/ @enechelon

> The Emperor calls for eligible heirs to compete for a chance to marry his treasured progeny, Her Divine Highness, First Born of the First Reborn. Each week one House will be sent home until only one remains and the winning heir shall ascend to stand beside Her Divine Highness, hand in hand, with House replenished and legacy secured.
> Harrow does not intend to compete.

or: THE bachelor AU!! This has been a longtime favorite fic of mine and it was such an honor to be able to bind it!! Sending out a massive thank you to the Zoicite for writing and sharing it with the world

- Fandom: The Locked Tomb
- Pairing: Gideon Nav/Harrowhark Nonagesimus
- Title font: Neue Helvetica Bold Extended
- Body font: Garamond
- Pages: 471
- Case: Arrestox Bookcloth White with hand-embossed gold foil
- Endpapers: French Marble Pastel Goldenrod

Progress pictures/process under the cut!

For the cover/title I went directly to the Bachelor logo for inspiration, replacing the classic wedding band with, of course, the ring of keys used in the fic!

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The cover is heat embossed by hand, in the same way as my previous bind of Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea. For that bind I went pretty maximalist, and for THIS one I wanted to aim for a really clean looking, simple but elegant look. I think it turned out pretty good! I ended up going for the white and gold look to match First House Gideon vibes

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I also tried rounding and backing here again, which turned out somewhat mixed. I’m still working on my technique for that, but peep the nice yellow headbands to match the endpapers!

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Overall, this was SO fun to do, and a great excuse to revisit & spend good time with a fic I love.