History of "Silverblood's"

## History

Throughout the course of history for mankind, alongside other races of human civilization, there was one race that rose among the rest. This race originated thousands of years ago in the heart of modern day Siberia while the Roman’s were just founding their empire. Many legends accompany this race in particular due to a few traits that make them unique. Some believe the silver-bloods are a people who descended from the gods. Some believe they were cursed by evil spirits. There are even some that believe a myth that this ancient race of human drank quicksilver, and it turned their blood and organs silver.

Though many of these legends and beliefs tend to be myths, there is one story that is most believed in particular. Dating back to the times of 330 B.C., there was said to be a powerful King who ruled a large kingdom named Dimetrius. Alongside these ancient people, lived giants whom possessed powerful magic unlike anything humans had ever seen, and as such were considered dangerous, but mystical. The King wanted to attain their powers, and thus, knights would hunt these giants to try to claim their power as their own.

One fateful day, the Giant Queen came to King Dimetrius. She offered him power in return for peace for her people at the cost of judging his soul. The queen of the giants weighted the king‘s soul against the 7 deadly sins, and he was deemed sinful. The sins overtook the king and consumed his heart, body, and soul turning him into the powerful god-like Shadow Devil.

The King became a monster of himself and consequently he slaughtered his people and tore the kingdom apart. Afterwards, the giants sacrificed themselves to banish the Shadow Devil within the black abyss for an eternity in darkness.

Queen Agathia, the human queen was however deemed pure in the eyes of sin, and thus the giantess bestowed upon her a gift before her departure. Her unborn son would become the first Silver-blooded child with a purpose to guide humankind to a better life.  During the attack, the queen and those who were spared from the attacks escaped, and after much travel they sought refuge within a place far from their kingdom. Deep in the mountains of the north hidden away from the rest of the world, they created their sanctuary. Not long after, the first Silvestrian was born under the light of a full moon. Prince Alextrios II was gifted with shimmering silver hair, Saber-like fangs, glowing silver eyes, incredible height and muscle, silver blood and organs, and the first magic: the magic of life. With it, he turned the sinless survivors into his own kind blessed with their own forms of magic, crowned his mother as the first queen, and created a written law for future generations to follow. Prince Alextrios and Queen Agathia ruled together as the first “Crown”, and alongside them was established the “Council of Virtue” formed of 7 Silvestrian’s each opposing a sin and the Silvestrian Church led by a high priest. The Silvestrian empire was founded under their rule, and built mostly underground across the years. As for Queen Agathia, she chose to remain human, and after her passing she became the matron mother of the full moon as the goddess of love, fertility, beauty, and life. She also became the first and only human goddess in the eyes of the Silvestrians after their old faith had been lost.

However, not everything was peaceful. Though these Silver’s remained secluded, hidden, and unknown to the world, the other races evolved quickly and humankind established enhanced technology, governments, nations, countries, and even armies. Many wars were fought by these other nations, separated by the flag they bared. A World War that devastated the world in 1914 occurred causing millions of casualties. Other smaller wars wrecked havoc in many places as well.

The Silvestrian’s even with their purpose grew fearful of man and remained hidden away in their peaceful empire, resisting conflict for as long as they could. That was, until World War II broke out in the 1940’s. Several nations including the USSR, Germans, Japanese, French, Italians, British, Chinese, and Americans discovered the whereabouts of the Silvestrian empire with new technology. They competed with one another to reach the legendary empire first and clashed in “The Battle of the Silver Crossroads”. The Silvestrian’s were ill prepared and quickly overrun. Though many held their ground with their Magic’s and overwhelming power, those that stayed to fight were obliterated by endless waves of shells and heavy artillery. Thousands of Silvestrian parents, grandparents, and children were slaughtered and scholars often remark the event as “the day the halls were painted silver”.

Some that survived however had been either captured or fled for their lives. For most, they lost everything they had. Those who were captured were very young and sent to be turned into experiments, weapons of war, tortured, or forced to serve in their armies. Any young Silvestrian too weak to fight back but capable of holding a gun was kidnapped, and of those kidnapped only a small handful survived the experimentation and weaponization done by these nations.

For those who were killed, it is said those who spilled their blood attained their magical gifts. The humans that gained such gifts in this manor were cursed and damned to be consumed by the magic they attained, turning them into mindless beasts of shadow while their soul fed the Devil down below in the abyss. For those who survived however, they decided to stay in the ruins of their home, rebuilding the empire brick after brick and surviving the best they could. This time period became the “Dark Ages”, and without the rule of their crown, these remaining Silvestrian’s were left to fend for themselves both young, old, and every age in between.

## Description and Traits

Silvestrian’s are said to appear more similarly identical to the giants that once roamed the earth with a few human traits. Blood and traits are always passed on, but the magic they attain is. Most Silvestrian couples tend to be purely Silvestrian as many have distrust for the human race. However, if a child is born from one Silvestrian and one human parent, the child will have a high chance of attaining more Silvestrian traits than human, as well as guaranteed silver blood.

Traits:

* Much taller than an average human with the tallest being around 12ft and the shortest being 7ft
* The majority appear muscular and toned, and in turn bare immense strength.
* They are all born with dark jet black or charcoal hair that turns light silver as they get older. This hair is also quite shiny and applies to facial and body hair as well with an appearance of actual silver.
* All are usually born with various types of fangs that can be long, short, flat, and even unique for their magic type.
* All are born with shiny silver eyes that give off an ethereal glow in the dark.
* Silverbloods both of dark and light skin tones tend to have slightly paler skin due to their blood color
* Their organs are all silver colored
* Silvestrian’s can ONLY transfuse blood with their own blood type.
* Most Silvestrian’s are known to only bear 1-2 children and do not have large families.
* The lifespan of a silver-blooded individual can be up to around 125 years long and possibly even more
* All Silvestrian’s are born with some form of magic due to their blood and the gift of the Prince and giantess long ago. Their magic however is entirely random, but is usually elemental based.
* No Silvestrian is born with unlimited power, and they cannot have more than one. Their magic typically appears a couple years after birth, and to properly use it they must master and learn it like any skill.
* All Silvestrian’s pass on the stories of their origins to younger generations and live closely by the law of the Prince so as not to befall the same fate as the king and join the Shadow Devil in the Black Abyss.
* In present day, many Silvestrian’s can be easily confused with the infamous “Yeti”, “Abominable Snowman”, “Sasquatch”, “Bigfoot”, and even a “Werewolf” due to their incredible size, glowing eyes, and fangs.
* Silvestrian’s have a tendency to howl under the light of a full moon, when danger is present, or when finding each other across great distances, and consequently they can be easily confused for a pack of wolves or for werewolves as they sound very similar. Majority of the time however, their howls are a cry of sorrow and mourning typically following the loss of someone close and can be heard many miles away from the mountains of their origin.
* They have the ability to purr, which is only done to show affection and love in a betrothed couple.
* They can roar loudly, typically while barring their fangs as a sign of warning or before a major fight.
* Though most usually don’t bite people, Silvestrian’s have a powerful bite force, and some (especially large males) can have the bite force of being slammed by a 18-wheeler truck capable of crushing bone with minimal effort.