War of the Silent

## Disambiguation

The War of Silence is the culmination of all of the books in the first Saga of the series. The battle includes each of the 16 using their abilities to fight against the Silent.

## Break Down

The battlefield of the War of Silence is the physical world, on planet earth, however the tools of war used are mostly psychological and spiritual/supernatural (i.e., the abilities of the 16). The Silent themselves are ethereal personas, and can't be battled directly with physical means, although they can cause turmoil in the physical world. The following is a list of the abilities of each of the 16, as well as the abilities that The Silent possess, specifically in regard to how they are used in the War of Silence. Note that, although the 16's abilities take apparent forms, their nature is tied into their respective stories, occupying a metanarrative that is connected to the "purpose" of the FOG universe as a whole (See "Purpose" Disambiguation).

Eli Laffe: He has the ability to pop into any period in history. Neither Eli nor the Silent are bounded by time, so this is just used as a way to gain information.

Stacey Monners: She can bring life to any organic thing, dead or alive. Death is one of the Silent, characterized by the absence of life. As is Sickness, the absence of wholeness. Stacey combats both simply by using her ability. Of course, this only removed Death and Sickness in a relative sense, only removing it from the area where Stacey uses her abilities. Stacey works in conjuction with Adorlian to eliminate Death and Sickness.

Adorlian: An Israeli man, fifty six years ago. He has the eye of God, being able to see anything in the universe, in fact *everything* in the universe, at will. Using the skill to magnify is aura (a trait the all of the 16 are able to use), he allows Stacey to see every single instance of death and sickness all at once so she can eliminate the two Silences altogether.

Tobias Greely: An American aged 17. Tobias has an interesting trait: possessing the feet of God, there is good news wherever he goes. Tobias never learns how to control this directly, but it acts like a random generator of usefulness against the Silent. For example, when Toby goes to the Pentagon, they discover what is alleged to be the source of the worst Silent of all, Impossibility.

Thomas Manns: At first working with the Silent, Thomas has a change of heart, or more accurately a change of motivation (See Thomas Manns). Now with his incredible ability to enact due judgement on anyone he chooses. He uses this against many of the Silent, but to little avail (see next section).

Thames Hargood: Thames can understand how anything works just by looking at it. And by looking at the Silent, he discovers the problem with the obvious solution to all this: why can't Thomas Manns just cause all of the Silences' evil acts to fall back on them? That conundrum is answered now.

## The Dilemma

There's a problem with the Silent. Ideally, Thomas should just be able to judge every one of the Silent. Although he has to look at them to do this, Adorlian could offer his aura, and it would be that simple. Right? Well, enter the dilemma. The colloquial problem, the twist in the War of Silence.

Stacey removes Death and Sickness by bringing life to every corner of the Universe all at once. The issue with Thomas' ability is that the Silences are not single entities. Each one can be thought of as a lake of water that always moves to fill an anywhere that's empty. If Thomas causes judgement to be enacted on, for example, Impossibility, that Silent will now be damned with complete and total failure. Let's say further that, somehow, Thomas could take the judgement of everything and everyone in the universe and put it on Impossibility. The Silent would now experience an endless myriad of judgements no doubt, but the problem is that at some point the judgement will end--be "used up." At this point, even if it is ten million years into the future, Impossibility will return.

Ten million years of peace isn't bad. However, the Silent Ones are unbounded by time. So the Silent called Impossibility will immediately come from another time and fill the space that has been left by Impossibility. Let's say further that somehow the following scenario was possible:

Eli uses his aura to allow Adorlian enter every place in time simultaneously -->

Aldorian uses his aura to let Thomas see every place in time simultaneously wherever the Silent are -->

Thomas judges all of the Silent at the exact same moment.

As if everything wasn't metaphysical and twisted enough, this all encompassing strategy should work, right? The reason it doesn't work is directly related to why Stacey's ability *does* work in full completion. If Thomas judges the Silent completely in this way, more personas of the Silent will simply create themselves spontaneous. The empty space that is left by the Silence superimposes the fact that, after Thomas' judgement, each of the initial Silent would be left incapacitated. It's just how the FOG universe works; that wherever there is an emptiness, the laws of the universe require it to be filled with a Silent One. And again, this is why Stacey's ability works: she fills the empty space. In this scenario, the Silence of Death and Sickness are eradicated because there is no emptiness to fill. What the 16 don't know is that each of their abilities are by nature, unbounded by time. So the above scenario with Eli, Aldorian and Thomas isn't even necessary. Stacey's one act of being able to bring life to everywhere in her present time affects the future and past all at once.

So the obvious issue now is that none of the other 16 have a trait that can create something; only Stacey does.

Each of the 16 has an important role; however the final action is completed by Stacey, Thomas, and Aldorian. Stacey's ultimate ability is to bring the heart of God (this encompasses many things; see Heart of God, disambiguation) to the FOG universe. The sub power, connected to imbuing life, is creative power. With her aura, she allows Thomas to use this trait in hand with his judgement trait. Because of this, Thomas's judgements can now manifest in the creation of something. To put it very simply: Thomas can now counteract every Silent One by creating it's counter part in every corner of the universe. The details as to how this works--as well as why simply creating a counter-part would be adequate judgment for each Silent--is described in the Hand of God, disambiguation. With this single action, every Silent is destroyed. The implications of this are vast (after all, if even the Silent One called Impossibility is eliminated, everything is now possible simply by decision of will).

## The Arm of God

There is one last piece to this puzzle. Stacey is the heart of God, holding a perfect vision for the Universe, and Thomas is the hand of God, the executioner of this perfect vision. However in the FOG universe, there is a missing piece here, and it is called the Arm of God. This trait is held by Nathaniel Moore who is, inconveniently, a Scot born in the middle ages.

To explain why Nathaniel is a required part of the redemption of the Universe, you must be aware what his trait is capable of. The Arm of God grants Nat the power to come through for anyone who is in real danger. In his own story, he saves many POW's by being able to somehow break through impregnable fortresses. There is no enemy line that can stand up to Nat when someone is in need. In the War of Silence, the entire universe is a prisoner of war, and were Nat born in the present age, he would be very useful in this way. But he's born in the middle ages. Conveniently, though, Eli can go to his time and bring him back with his aura.

As of right now in the Face of God narrative, Nathaniel Moore is simply a necessary part of the story because he is. In other words, there's no logical reason why an "Arm of God" is required as a fill in, other than to create more narrative.

When Nat comes back to the present time with Eli, another major dilemma is uncovered. And this is where the real problem ago comes out.