City of Silver

*“There are some things that make it easier to be ‘infected’ the more you know.”*This article contains **MAJOR SPOILERS** relating to some of the most pivotal parts of the "*Lord of Mysteries*".

## City of Silver

### Also Known As

Kingdom of Silver *(Former)*
*(New City of Silver)*

## General Information

### Language(s)

Jotun *(Main)*
Dragonese
Elvish
Loenese *(Since 1352)*
Ancient Feysac *(Since 1352)*
Dutanese *(Since 1352)*
Hermes *(Since 1352)*
Ancient Hermes *(Since 1352)*

### Religion(s)

* Church of the Fool *(Current)*
* Ancient Sun God *(Former)*
* Giant King Aurmir *(Former)*
* Goddess of Harvest *(Former)*

## Location

### Region

Sonia Sea, Rorsted Archipelago *(Current)*

## First Appearance

### Novel

* *Lord of Mysteries*, Chapter 137 *(Forsaken Land of the Gods)*
* *Lord of Mysteries*, Chapter 1291 *(Rorsted Archipelago)*

**City of Silver**, formerly the **Kingdom of Silver**, is situated in the Forsaken Land of the Gods (Eastern Continent) and is covered by constant lightning strikes. To differentiate time, the day is when the lightning is most active and the night is when the lightning slows down. Many of the Beyonder inhabitants are of the Twilight Giant Pathway. Their common language is Jotun, but they can also understand Dragonese and Elvish. They call themselves the "People of the Dark". Nearby in the darkness is a desolate moor. At the end of the moor was a pitch-black city overgrown with weeds, the **City of Silver**.

The residents of the **City of Silver** believed in the Ancient Sun God, the one they call the “Omnipotent and Omniscient God, the Lord that created everything”, or "The Creator". Later they changed their faith to The Fool.

The **City of Silver** has been trying to pray The Creator through rituals, though all attempts failed. Meanwhile, they have been exploring outside the city, for valuable materials, and for reaching out to other people. For the longest time, they believed themselves to be the only group of humans alive.

* On June 21, 1350, the **City of Silver** finally received a normal response from a God after 2,583 years.
* In 1351, they explored the remains of the Giant King’s Court, and finally succeed connecting to the outside world through the Court by 1352.
* In 1352, all the inhabitants of the **City of Silver** and **Moon City** were relocated to the forest of the **New City of Silver**.

## History

### City of Silver

The **City of Silver** was known as the **Kingdom of Silver** in the past. They were once ruled by the Giant King Aurmir and later came under its jurisdiction. According to the Sanguines' knowledge, they had a rather special position in the Giant King’s Court. They didn’t directly believe in the Giant King and instead, they believed in the Giant Queen, Omebella, the Goddess of Harvest.

After the rise of Ancient Sun God, they switched their belief to "Him" and believed "Him" as the Original Creator.

The Dark Ages of **Kingdom of Silver** had arrived, when the sun disappeared from the sky, the monsters lurking in the dark suddenly emerged. They destroyed one city after another in the **Kingdom of Silver**.

The remaining experts in the **City of Silver** relied on their united power and two magical items before they finally warded off the attack of the things of the dark. They gradually eradicated the monsters within a one-day journey of the city, and they established a city-state that protected the last light of human civilization. And it persisted in the Dark Ages for 2582 years.

In order to survive, they endured the negative effect of the Gift of the Land. Dying citizens turning into evil spirits unless killed by their blood relative became a natural fact for them.

When the population returned to a certain level, the number of Beyonders increased. The six-member council started forming elite troops to explore the dark, hoping to find other survivors and collect resources. They explored all of the original territory and nearby cities. They discovered many ancient histories and secrets, they also obtained potion formulas of other Sequences but most pathways are incomplete. At the border, they found cities with strange architectural style, but they were destroyed at some point. They suspect that they were sanctuaries built by other remaining humans. Unfortunately, they still lost to the Things of the Dark in the end.

In the **City of Silver**, the frequency of lightning is use to demarcate days. It’s considered night when the lightning eases up and day when there’s plenty of lightning. One cycle is a day, and the four seasons only exist in books, so they can’t exactly grasp the specific number of days.

After the exploration of True Creator's Temple, they realized that there's an outside world that wasn't in the darkness, and the path might be through the Giant King's Court. They then started clearing the path to the Giant King's Court, which was luckily not very far from the **City of Silver**.

In this aspect, the City of Silver is lucky. At least, they can see and have the ability to touch the light.

 — Amon to Klein Moretti
on *Lord of Mysteries*, Chapter 1158

On June 21, 1350, the current Chief Colin Iliad conducted a successful ritual to make two Fate Siphon charms with the help of Mr. Fool, finally allowing the **City of Silver** have a normal response from a True God after 2,583 years.

In the fall of 1351, the gate of Giant King's Court was finally pushed open. The Forsaken Land of Gods, after thousands of years, was connected to the rest of the world again. They switched their beliefs to Mr. Fool soon after.

In the spring of 1352, Derrick led an exploration team with Liaval, Candice, Jinord and 17 others members of the exploration team, to establish the location for the **New City of Silver** in the Rorsted Archipelago near the City of Generosity, Bayam. The three-man group of Derrick Berg, Jinord and Candice were the response group to contact Chief Waite.

The original **City of Silver** in the Forsaken Land of the Gods was abandoned to the wild nature with the migration to the **New City of Silver**.

### New City of Silver

The first created architecture was the dungeon storage for Sealed Artifacts.

In the **New City of Silver**, most of the inhabitants start to adapt to a new life, however the six-member council had been troubled over how to earn gold pounds from the outside world and how to establish a stable financial system. Many people wish to be chefs and brewers, as well as hope to work at candy factories.

By 1358, the **New City of Silver** became the new headquarters and one of the three Holy Lands of the Church of the Fool.

## Notable Locations

### Twin Towers

There twin towers on the north side of the original city. One of the spires of the twin towers served as the City of Silver’s library, an exchange spot where merit points could be use and daily necessities could be distributed. The other is a prison, those who show signs of losing control are also detained there, they will be treated with medicine, rituals, and mystical items. If the situation isn’t too serious, then they only need to consume medicine. The dome was where the six-member council resided and was rumored to contain a mystical item which had sustained the City of Silver for more than two thousand years, as well as a repository for formulas and ingredients. The third floor contains a library collection, having some shelves where materials regarding mythology and the corresponding ancient books were stored.

### Spire's Bottom Prison

The walls of the cells, including the door, were all engraved with complicated and mysterious symbols and labels. They seemed to form a complete seal.

#### Treating Rampagers

After a second-stage losing control Beyonder was sent to the bottom of the spire, they would either be treated with medicine, rituals, and other methods, slowly stabilizing themselves and allowing them to leave within eighteen months. Otherwise, they would quickly lose control and be purged. It was impossible for anyone to be locked up for forty-two years.

As a first-stage Beyonder, they would only take between a few days to less than twenty days to eliminate all the symptoms and leave, fully treated.

## Six-member Council

Through the initial hardships, the **City of Silver** has been ruled by a six-member council ever since. The highest position in the council is called the "Chief" and the other five are equal in rank called "Elder". The basic requirement of an Elder is to have a power at the level of a demigod or a great potential.

When Derrick Berg initially contacted the Tarot Club, the six-member council was led by "Demon Hunter" Chief Colin, 2 other , 2  and 1 .

* Chief:
	+ ~~Elder Hawick~~: Former Chief. A  who failed his advancement to .
	+ ~~Colin Iliad~~: Former Chief. A .
	+ Waite Chirmont: Current Chief. A .
* Five Elders:
	+ ~~Elder Lovia~~: A .
	+ 1 unknown .
	+ 2 unknown .
	+ Elder Derrick: A . Replaced Elder Lovia.

## Military

### Sealed Artifacts

The **City of Silver** also have the concept of Sealed Artifacts, but they use "God-level" and "Saint-level" instead of grades.

They have two God-level Sealed Artifacts that protect the city.

One of them is the Gift of the Land, this artifact came from the death of the Goddess of Harvest Omebella. This artifact provides the Black Flour Grass that fed all the citizens, but it also brings a curse that people would turn into monsters after they die. The only solution is to let their family kill them before they die. Those who died far from the **City of Silver** (beyond the range of Gift of the Land) do not turn into monsters.

The other artifact is the Proof of Glory, a crown worn by the Giant King Aurmir. It is one of the main reasons the **City of Silver** can defend the invasion of monsters in the Forsaken Land of the Gods.

Aside from these two artifacts, the **City of Silver** also owned nearly ten Saint-level sealed artifacts and a small amount Beyonder Characteristic that can be used as grade 1 sealed artifacts.

* Sword of Silverdawn
* Life's Cane *(Former)*
* Dragon Slaying Bow
* Twilight Mask
* Fallen Flute
* Remains of a Deformed Person
* Unshadowed Crucifix *(Former)*

### Pathways

#### Potion Formulas

So far, the City of Silver is confirmed to have the formulas of:

* Twilight Giant Pathway up to
* Mother Pathway up to  at least
* Visionary Pathway up to
* Hanged Man Pathway up to
* Sun Pathway up to
* Death Pathway

There also some formulas on non-official channels within the City of Silver. Some became the foundation of strong families from generation to generation. That's because people kept some of the loot privately. As long as it didn’t involve anything too important, the captains and higher-ups would tacitly overlook it.

### Inhabitants

Currently, they have one Sequence 3 Saint, two Sequence 4 Saints, and many Mid-Sequence Beyonders.

All inhabitants know the Acting Method, the thing that prevents most of them from advancing are the rituals. Even without a potion formula it is possible to directly consume a Beyonder characteristic to advance. The chances of success weren’t too low, but from Sequence 6 to 5, without the help of a ritual, the chances of success were very low. For this reason Sequence 6 Beyonders were the majority, Sequence 5 became rare, and for Sequence 4 an entire generation might not even produce one.

They can join the team that cleansed the **"Things of the Dark"** in the outskirts of the city by passing a combat examination. A Captain of a patrol team is required to be at Sequence 7, while a Captain of an exploration requires a minimum of Sequence 6. It is also the condition to be entrusted with certain information such as the method to separate a Rampager’s mental corruption from a Beyonder characteristic.

Since they have been using the potion of the Giant pathway for generations, all inhabitants have inherited the trait of being taller than normal humans. Other than children, even the residents who had yet to reach Sequence 6 had an average height exceeding 1.8 meters. Among them, there were no lack of Sequence 9 Beyonders who were more than two meters tall. Even Derrick who took another pathway becomes taller than 2 meters with puberty.

After starting development of the **New City of Silver**, the inhabitants were reorganized: mercenary teams, culinary groups and supernatural enforcement sides.

#### Exploratory Team

Inhabitants who are issued to explore unknown territories of the Forsaken Land of the Gods around the City of Silver until 1352. Captain requirements: minimum Sequence 6.

* Uddel: Colin's elder brother and the exploratory team captain who was  by Amon for 42 years until 1349 of the Fifth Epoch.
* Darc Regence: , polluted
* Antiona: Wielded the  golden scales bracelet, the wife of Dolores
* Legere: , Female who assisted the hunt for the Shapeshifter (Bizarro Bane) while exploring Nois City
* Gonlun: , Assisted the hunt for the Shapeshifter (Bizarro Bane) while exploring Nois City
* Dolores: , the husband of Antiona
* Liaval: , Temporary leader, has a wife and daughter
* Candice:
* Jinord: He was sent with Derrick Berg to the outside world and returned to city with him.

To the City of Silver’s **exploration team**, as long as they weren’t wearing clothes and armor that were mystical items, it was inevitable that their clothes would suffer damage during battle. Therefore, they definitely prepared a few additional sets ahead of time. To them, the purpose of clothing covering their bodies was secondary. The most important thing was to leave space to store materials, ointments, and charms.

#### Patrol Team

Those who patrol the areas owned by the City of Silver, such as around Hawick's Mausoleum, to maintain safety for people to travel while eliminating monsters or creatures when necessary. Captain requirements: minimum Sequence 7.

* Valer:
* Baldur

#### Others

* Evelyn Aiflor: She is the City's most experienced  who was closest to Sequence 6.

## Contribution Points System

There are typically two ways to handle the spoils from expeditions. First, it was to bring it back and give it to the city and exchange it for the corresponding contribution points. The distribution depended on the amount of effort put in during the expedition. Second, if it wasn’t something especially important, and if it had caught the fancy of a member of the expedition, they could directly make an exchange for it with equivalent items or contribution points.

Items that can be obtained with contribution points:

* Potion formulas
* Beyonder characteristics and ingredients
* Mystical Items or Sealed Artifacts

## Culture

### Society

In the City of Silver, before the age of eighteen, one could date freely until they were married. And if one didn’t have a partner at the age of eighteen, they would be arranged to have one. It was the same for widows and widowers after three years. This was a necessary measure to ensure the necessary population level for the City of Silver’s continuation. It seemed like it was against human rights, but for the continuation of the entire city in the dark lands, it could only be done this way. Furthermore, this could ensure that everyone had a certain number of close relatives, preventing the possibility of mutating into a terrifying evil spirit after their death.

Every time they receive a bumper Black-Faced Grass harvest, they hold a sacrificial ritual. They use the monsters they captured in the depths of the darkness as sacrificial offerings. After they recite God’s honorable title and the necessary prayers, they dance for "Him" and then kill the monsters, to let their spirituality and tainted blood dye the entire altar. If they haven’t caught any monsters, then they use a sinner on the lowest floor in the City of Silver prison instead. Then, they turn the very first batch of Black-Faced Grass into food and serve it before the Lord. Finally, they sing praises in unison and end the ritual. It's one of the rare days when people could feel happy deep down in a darkness with harsh survival conditions.

### Education

It’s clearly stated in our general education classes that the one and only key point for the ‘acting method’ is to ‘Remember that you’re only acting.'

 — Derrick Berg to the Tarot Club
on *Lord of Mysteries*, Chapter 158

The Acting Method is taught in general education classes. There are general education classes, supplementary classes and combat training fields/practice grounds. According to Derrick, they tend to focus on the practical courses such as **Devil Studies**, **Monster Classification**, **Charms**, and **Beyonder Foundations**, and everything that could be use to deal with monsters in the dark and increase the production of edible plants. As for supplementary classes like **Myth Studies**, they often didn’t pay much attention. But since the history regarding the City of Silver has proven to be able to make the residents more united, raise their sense of honor, and heighten their sense of mission, the six-member council is strict about it. **General Knowledge of Monsters** lessons are used to train their instinct when dealing with danger: "*When someone is speaking behind you, don’t turn around in a hurry!*" When reading Devil related documents, one would likely need to first receive general education and listen to a teacher’s recount.

The spirit world now only existed in the City of Silver's textbooks and various records, but no one could touch it.

### Religion

The ancient **Kingdom of Silver** religion was the Goddess of Harvest Omebella, after "Her" death they convert to the Giant King Aurmir, and after "His" death they converted to the Ancient Sun God.

With the disappearance of the Ancient Sun God and the curse of the Forsaken Land, the City of Silver believed they were abandoned by God, and tried to show repentance and make sacrifices to regain "His" favor, some having left it as a customary action of hope, but many expected that the sacrifices and the repentance of the City of Silver would earn them a response.

Yes, we believe that we will regain the Lord’s favor in the end. Perhaps, it will be on the day the sun rises again. We were once ruled by the giants’ royal family, and we worshiped the Giant King Aurmir. Later, we were saved by the Lord and we will never betray the Lord again.

 — Derrick Berg answered to the Fool in an uncertain tone
on *Lord of Mysteries*, Chapter 180

From time to time, certain residents would be enticed by unknown existences during their patrols or exploration, tempted to hold all kinds of rituals. On the one hand, the cumulative despair of not receiving any response from the Creator had made them eager to grab onto any other existence to rely on, and on the other hand, many generations of the six-member council had come to a common consensus that the Creator who had abandoned the land might very well not return again. Seeking out other alternatives was something that had to be expedited, but unfortunately, such attempts only led to nothing or death.

With the completed exploration of the Giant King’s Court, the City of Silver mostly converted to the Church of the Fool.

### Foods and Beverages

Because of the drastically dangerous environment of the Forsaken Land of the Gods and Gift of the Land, normal food resources could not be discovered or cultivated by the inhabitants of the City of Silver for over 2580 years. The inhabitants had to rely on Black-Faced Grass, water and the occasional weird creature meats for two millennia.

Through Derrick Berg's connection to the Tarot Club, Frank's nocturnal mushrooms that can use monsters as nutrients, forming all kinds of fruits that do not contain toxins and madness were introduced to the City of Silver's diet.

Further information: Foods and Beverages § City of Silver

## References

1. ↑ *Lord of Mysteries*, Chapter 293
2. ↑ *Lord of Mysteries*, Chapter 1323
3. ↑ *Lord of Mysteries*, Chapter 1254
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 *Lord of Mysteries*, Chapter 898
5. ↑ *Lord of Mysteries*, Chapter 523
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 *Lord of Mysteries*, Chapter 138
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 *Lord of Mysteries*, Chapter 1266
8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 *Lord of Mysteries*, Chapter 342
9. ↑ *Lord of Mysteries*, Chapter 1291
10. ↑ *Lord of Mysteries*, Chapter 1298
11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 *Lord of Mysteries*, Chapter 1322
12. ↑ *Circle of Inevitability*, Chapter 292
13. ↑ *Lord of Mysteries*, Chapter 315
14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 *Lord of Mysteries*, Chapter 355
15. ↑ *Lord of Mysteries*, Chapter 1311
16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 *Lord of Mysteries*, Chapter 899
17. ↑ *Lord of Mysteries*, Chapter 1158
18. ↑ *Lord of Mysteries*, Chapter 1076
19. ↑ *Lord of Mysteries*, Chapter 144
20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 *Lord of Mysteries*, Chapter 1039
21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 *Lord of Mysteries*, Chapter 1227
22. ↑ *Lord of Mysteries*, Chapter 900
23. ↑ *Lord of Mysteries*, Chapter 146
24. ↑ 24.0 24.1 *Lord of Mysteries*, Chapter 158
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26. ↑ *Lord of Mysteries*, Chapter 1270
27. ↑ 27.0 27.1 *Lord of Mysteries*, Chapter 385
28. ↑ *Lord of Mysteries*, Chapter 399
29. ↑ *Lord of Mysteries*, Chapter 1120
30. ↑ *Lord of Mysteries*, Chapter 666
31. ↑ *Lord of Mysteries*, Chapter 1116
32. ↑ 32.0 32.1 *Lord of Mysteries*, Chapter 937
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34. ↑ 34.0 34.1 *Lord of Mysteries*, Chapter 1267
35. ↑ *Lord of Mysteries*, Chapter 1299
36. ↑ *Lord of Mysteries*, Chapter 1122
37. ↑ *Lord of Mysteries*, Chapter 1325
38. ↑ *Lord of Mysteries*, Chapter 386
39. ↑ *Lord of Mysteries*, Chapter 939
40. ↑ *Lord of Mysteries*, Chapter 180
41. ↑ *Lord of Mysteries*, Chapter 1039
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43. ↑ 43.0 43.1 *Lord of Mysteries*, Chapter 1100
44. ↑ *Lord of Mysteries*, Chapter 315
45. ↑ *Lord of Mysteries*, Chapter 361
46. ↑ *Lord of Mysteries*, Chapter 827