The Silver

**The Silver** are a group of magimystical individuals who created The Churning Storm. They followed the Path of Silver to discover magiq.

## Description

The general history of the Silver was discussed by Sullivan Green in his entry "The Incomplete Mundane History of Neithernor." The Silver were borne of the court of Anne of Brittany who had a secret court guild of artists. When she passed away, her body, entrails, and heart were wrapped in the silk, metallic thread, and wool of the eighth Unicorn Tapestry. Anne's body was wrapped in a shroud made from the silk thread of the tapestry. Her entrails were buried in a bed of the tapestry's wool, and a gold reliquary was forged for her heart, which rested inside, protected by a veil of silver. The tapestry materials rested with Anne until sometime in the late 17th century, when they were stolen by a cult of collectors, the Silver, who were amassing enchanted works of art.

After Anne of Britanny's death, the court guild split into two different groups, each searching for illumination and beauty and magiq in their own ways. Hundreds of years ago they set two trails of clues, hidden but built to be found by anybody with a strong enough desire to find them as a sort of recruitment tool. These two paths were the roads of silver and the roads of wool. The people who followed these roads were known as the Silver and the Monarchs.

After the split, the Monarchs discovered a small but verdant place connected to the mundane world through secret entrances, but wholly hidden from most. Many Monarchs lived normal lives in the mundane, then secreted away to rule and explore their hidden kingdom. But the path of silver also discovered tale of Neithernor and became desperate to share in its wealth. The Monarchs allowed them entry. The Silver chose a remote place to call home, and kept to themselves, as was the agreement. There was peace for an untold time. But then something unknown happened that pitted the Monarchs against the Silver. It escalated into “The War of Neithernor.” Many were lost but the Monarchs drove the Silver out of the land and barred all entrance back. The Silver scrounged for power in the mundane world, trying to use everything they had to get back in. But they had been exiled.

Years later, The Council sent The Book of Briars to Monarch’s Mountain and the Silver scrambled to take it from them. They had grown strong in their own secret place in the mundane, using what they learned from Neithernor and gathering artifacts and objects from the old time. They had also created The Storm. Once they realized the book was not for them, they sent the Storm, and in doing all but wiped away any memory the Monarchs had of Neithernor. Aside from the Silver, and a few whispers and stories, Neithernor was forgotten again. The paths fell into ruin.

In the modern day, the Silver fiercely defended knowledge of magiq while amassing a horde of magiqal objects in the Palace of Doors. Using the Storm, the Silver were able to displace those who knew of magiq, trading them for useful magiqal objects, as well as erase and manipulate the minds of whoever they wished. The Silver were barred from one place, however - Central Park in New York. Central Park allowed Sullivan and The Council of the 18 Gates to grow their power and prepare to take on the Silver.

## History

The Silver were first mentioned by Reader, after the Devoted had been infiltrated by the Silver. According to Reader, the group had spread through the Devoted like a virus, and its leader, Sacha felt like she was being controlled by someone else. Later in Fragment Four, in Brandon Lachmann's farewell message, he mentioned that darker storms were coming for the books. After Fragment Two, Ascender went to visit Augernon and learned of the Storm's existence. He then went off to warn Mountaineers of "a machine churns in the dark places of the world. Growing in size and power. An old machine that wants to separate us. Crush us.."

In Phase Three, the Mountaineers were again warned of the Storm, the Silver's lapdog, by Aether, who said "there's a storm coming" in his first livestream. When Martin Rank went to visit Augernon at Go-Getters, Augernon warned him of the storm that had come for the '94 Mountaineers and that the same thing would eventually happen to the current generation of Mountaineers. Mountaineers first encountered the Silver through the Storm in Fragment Twelve, when it cut off Aether's livestream. While in the process of assaulting Kemetic Solutions, it left a message mocking The Mountaineers and claiming it would soon destroy the Council of the 18 Gates and banish them to the Fray. As a result of the encounter, the Book was badly burnt.

During Phase Four, the Mountaineers were able to connect to the past, where they learned what happened to the '94 Mountaineers after the Silver sent the Storm after them. It was revealed that the Storm could travel through technology, like computers and telephones, capturing Mountaineers en masse if they were connected to each other. In addition, the Mountaineers who were captured by the Storm became stuck in a zombie-like state, their bodies being used by the Storm. In Fragment Fifteen, when Martin Rank went to interview Theodore Fallon, he learned that the Silver were collecting adepts and feeding them to the Storm, their abilities becoming consumed as well. Nate Fallon was one of these adepts and, after he was consumed by the Storm, they would tell him stories so that he would use his abilities of time displacement to recover magiqal artifacts. Teddy seemed remorseful of his work at Kemetic Solutions, stating that "they are so far beyond your comprehension, Martin. This world is theirs. You work alongside them or…[else]."

On The Day of Change, the Mountaineers attempted to use the Storm to bring the 1998 Book of Briars to the present in exchange for the Little Red House. The Mountaineers were successful, and briefly commandeered the Storm, but the Silver soon realized what they were doing and killed Nate, the portion of the Storm they were speaking to. The Silver regained control of the Storm, but Deirdre Green was able to strike it down with Gladitor from The Myth of Elainnor.

After the Book of Briars was opened, Martin checked in with the Mountaineers in "A Quick Check-In," pondering "what happens when someone breaks an all-powerful shadow-society’s favorite toy." He feared that the Silver would eventually attempt to retaliate against the Mountaineers.

## References

1. ↑ http://www.deedsdone.co.uk/2017/07/20/herewhere-we-go/
2. ↑ http://www.deedsdone.co.uk/2017/04/28/anne-of-israel/
3. ↑ http://www.deedsdone.co.uk/2017/04/14/in-air/
4. ↑ http://forum.basecamp33.com/t/fourth-fragment-the-secret-mission-part-one/224/300
5. ↑ http://forum.basecamp33.com/t/fourth-fragment-the-secret-mission-part-three/226/388
6. ↑ http://basecamp33.com/2016/09/you-are-the-mountaineers/
7. ↑ http://forum.basecamp33.com/t/ascender-has-finally-responded/251
8. ↑ http://forum.basecamp33.com/t/solved-fragment-ten-gladitor-the-office-of-kemetic-solutions/594/1080
9. ↑ http://forum.basecamp33.com/t/found-fragment-twelve-into-hell-aorthora/993/293
10. ↑ http://forum.basecamp33.com/t/found-fragment-fifteen-reunions-and-revivals-gnascorius/1464/488
11. ↑ http://forum.basecamp33.com/t/found-fragment-fifteen-reunions-and-revivals-gnascorius/1464/490
12. ↑ http://forum.basecamp33.com/t/the-day-of-change/1509/194