Johnny Silverhand (Cyberpunk)

Robert John Linder, known mostly as Johnny Silverhand (b. November 16, 1988 - d. August 20, 2023), was a fictional rockerboy who was part of the Samurai rock band. He was an active Arasaka Corporation opponent, who had despised them due to them being the biggest corporation in the world and had the entire world at their fingertips to do with as they pleased. Johnny was often involved in violent affairs towards Arasaka until his own demise in August of 2023, with his consciousness being loaded into an engram that would be held by Arasaka for over half a century up until 2077, when it was implanted into the mind of V, a nomad merc. He will serve as the deuteragonist and secondary protagonist of the upcoming Cyberpunk 2077 Gameplay series.
== Biography ==
=== History ===
=== 2013 Arasaka Attack ===
=== 2023 Arasaka Attack and Death ===
=== 2077 and Engram Return ===
=== 2077 Arasaka Attack and Final Death ===
=== Alternate Timelines ===
In alternate timelines, which are not the final canon stories, Johnny's fate is different compared to the one he met.
* In one timeline, V had decided to hand over his body to Johnny and followed Alt beyond the Blackwall, despite Johnny protesting him not to. Johnny later woke back up in a run-down apartment and had made friends with a young man. He bought a guitar and visited the Night City Columbarium, where he visited V's niche. He then removed V's lucky bullet neckless that Misty had made for him and after saying his goodbyes, he deposited the neckless in his niche and prepared to take a bus. The kid attempted to hand the guitar back to him, but he shook his head to him, meaning that he had gotten it as a gift for him. He then took the bus and left Night City for good, feeling grateful for having the chance to live once again, but is sad in regards to how it panned out for V's fate.
* In another timeline, V decided to commit suicide to avoid harming anyone else and to make sure that nobody had to sacrifice themselves for him. Johnny was wary at first, but settled with this decision. Johnny's engram was subsequently destroyed when V shot himself.
* In another timeline, V assaulted Arasaka Tower in a similar fashion to when he asked the Aldecaldos in the real canon, but this time, he allowed Johnny to take control of his body and ask Rogue for help. She agreed, but during the assault, she ended up dying, resulting in Johnny facing Adam Smasher alone.
** Furthermore, in Mikoshi, if Johnny decided to venture beyond the Blackwall, despite V's protests, V would have returned to his own body, but rose to the legendary status in Night City, despite there only being a few months left to live.
** Also, if Johnny decided to enter the well, either with or against V's wishes, he would have returned to V's body and left Night City,
* In another timeline, V decided to go on a suicide run and assault Arasaka Tower on his own with Johnny's advice. It could have gone one of three ways:
** In one way, V would have failed in his suicide run and would have ended up either being killed by Arasaka guards or Adam Smasher himself.
** In another way, V successfully made it to Mikoshi and murdered Smasher. The same pathways stem the same from if Rogue was asked to go with.
* In another timeline, V had decided to take Hanako's final offer. Johnny is then infuriated and despised V and refused to offer any assistance in the battle against Yorinobu Arasaka. When the final battle was done, Hanako kept her word and took V to an Arasaka Orbital Station to have his surgery done. Johnny was ultimately left disappointed and angry over the fact that V not only allowed Arasaka, a corp, to win again, and he would feel empty without the Relic, he ultimately betrayed Jackie by taking the easy way out rather than go out with a bang. Johnny then disappeared from V's virtual sight and finally died.
* In the final timeline, V would have sided with Reed and taken his deal to go with him to Langley, Virginia to perform the surgery that could save his life. Johnny then realized that his time was now short and when V boarded the FIA's helo, Johnny, although disappointed with V's decision, wished them the best and told them to not be afraid. The surgery ended up to be a complete success, with Johnny's engram being taken out, meaning that he finally died because of the surgery, but V ended up in a coma for two years and stuck without his cyberware.
== Appearance ==
== Personality ==
== Killed Victims ==
* Alt Cunningham (Accidentally; Caused)
* Numerous counts of Arasaka guards
== Relationships ==
== Gallery ==
== Trivia ==
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