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The Hollow

The Hollow is a god of hunger that resides within a wheat field.

The Hollow takes the form of a barren patch of land within a field of wheat. Any creature of life that approaches the patch begins to feel hungry, the feeling intensifying with proximity before being overtaken by a compulsion to consume anything nearby before eating themselves. Any being that makes it directly to the center withers and dies immediately.

## Religion

### Origins and Mythos

After Harold Finch noticed an area in their wheat field where nothing grew, he and his husband took to worshiping it as a joke. This worship caused the Hollow to grow into a real power, as they were inadvertantly "willing it into life". As the barren patch increased in area, The Hollow grew in strength in godhood. The Finches couldn't approach the area without their stomachs growling, and later could not approach it at all; any wildlife that got too close withered and died. Sometime later, Harold came up with the idea of feeding the god to reach a state of balance, and so the couple began keeping rabbits as they were the only animals that could breed fast enough to keep up with the Hollow.

The Hollow does not have any organised following. The only known (accidental) followers are Harold Finch and his husband.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Chapter 3: Then I'll Speak of Champions
Harold Finch

Harold Finch is a wheat farmer whose property is infected by a stray god. He is questioned by Hayward, who describes him as looking old, and shorter than himself by a foot, and refers to him as "Mister Finch".

## Notable Events

* Mr. Finch was married, with a husband, who has left him. He worships Sweet Jolly Crunchtooth and his husband had a shrine to The Flush Divine in their bathroom.
* The Finches accidentally acknowledged (or called forward) and then strengthened a God of Hunger in the form of a dead patch of earth in their fields, which then grew hungrily. They called it The Hollow.
* Harold Finch's husband came up with a way to keep The Hollow at bay by "feeding" it rabbits. He kept hundreds of them in the basement of a cabin on the edge of the Hollow's influence, where they died slowly and painfully from hunger, eventually resorting to cannibalism, before they were replaced.
* When passersby wandered into their field, ignoring the "Keep out" signs and into the Hollow's domain, all but one died from sudden, incapacitating starvation, After this event, the Finches noticed the Hollow's area of influence receded, as if it was satiated. Harold suggested taking down the warning signs and allowing other unwitting travelers to feed the Hollow, but his husband found the idea repugnant, and left him.
* Unwilling to face the loss of his husband and overwhelmed by keeping the Hollow at bay on his own, Harold commits suicide by walking into the Hollow, despite Hayward's attempts to save him.

## References

1. ↑ Chapter 3: Then I'll Speak of Champions
Damien Niesewand

Damien Niesewand Twitter Photo

Damien Niesewand is a nonbinary poet, aspiring voice actor, and most definitely not hiding in your closet. Located in NYC, he spends the majority of his time having entirely too many opinions about comic books, thinking about monsters, and doing one-woman Broadway shows to an audience of his partner and their bemused, brainless cat.

## References

1. ↑ https://www.thesiltverses.com/cast-and-creators
Sarah Griffin

Sarah Griffin's Headshot

Sarah Griffin is a multiple award winning actor, comic, voice over artist and theatre maker.

A nonbinary performer born in Louisville, KY, Sarah came to the UK in 2007 to take an MA in Classical Acting at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama as a Fulbright Scholar. In association with RCSSD, they have trained at the Moscow Arts Theatre and developed work with the International Clown Research Project.

As an Autistic trans artist, their creative practice focuses on exploring identity, specifically questions of queerness and disability. Independent projects have included directing the web series *“9ft²”*, which featured a number of queer and neurodivergent artists (*See More in Theatre Maker*), and writing and voicing work for the upcoming “The Crimson Gauntlet’s Guide to Disabilities and Neurodiverse Identities” *(See more in Voice Over)*.

## External Links

* https://www.thesarahgriffin.com/
* https://twitter.com/TheSarahGriffin

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 https://www.thesarahgriffin.com/
Chapter 37: And Even The Kings In Their Bowers Of Steel

A stylised depiction of bodies hanging from a towering set of electricity pylons. The caption reads, "Everyone - and everything - has their limit, I suppose. If there's hope for any of us, it's in that." - Paige

## Credits

### Featured Voices

* Marta da Silva as Val
* Lucille Valentine as Paige
* Ishani Kanetkhar as Elgin
* Damon Alums as Webb
* Madeleine Turley as Silverwood
* Kale Brown as Moss
* Sophie Lynch as Greve
* Sarah Griffin as Shrue
* Rhys Lawton as Carson
* Jimmie Yamaguchi as Hayward
* Méabh de Brún as Carpenter

### Additional Voices

William Wellman, Rae Lundberg, Alex Nursall, Nathan Lunsford, Shaun Pellington, Michelle Kelley, Seb Hodgkins, Rissa Montanez, Marlon Dance-Hoole, Lou Sutcliffe and Alex Stanley-Bell

## Meta Data

### Content Warnings

This episode contains descriptions of mass civilian death and sanctification.

## Episode Guide

As Val advances towards Nesh, Paige resolves to shoulder the burdens of leadership, Shrue negotiates over the faith of the Parish of Tide and Flesh - and a small team of national grid workers decide to take a stand.

## Gallery

A stylised depiction of bodies hanging from a towering set of electricity pylons. The caption reads, "Everyone - and everything - has their limit, I suppose. If there's hope for any of us, it's in that." - PaigeA watercolor painting of a night sky, stars peeking through patches of blue, with a brightly-lit city glowing yellow in the distance. Electric power lines run from the foreground to the city in the distance. Two figures stand in the dim blue light of the foreground, gazing at the city. A quote reads: "Everything burns out in the end, though. It has to. Mm. Lights are back on." Artist: https://rottingraisins.tumblr.com/post/739799346358468608?is\_related\_post=1 raisinzone on Tumblr]A black-and-white illustration of Val walking through an abandoned town. She wears boots, military pants and a jacket, and has a short, swept-back haircut. She looks back at the viewer. Geometric patterns in the background indicate buildings. Art by smolderingtides on TumblrVal sits at the foot of a ruined statue in the midst of a bombed-out town square It is night and purple-hued, but fires burn in the rubble, casting a yellow glow. Val wears boots, military pants, a tan shirt, and close-cropped hair. She stares pensively at the ground. A quote reads, "People should be kinder than the gods that eat them." Art by pinkelotje

## References

1. ↑ https://thesiltverses.tumblr.com/post/739235605786001408/and-were-back-as-val-advances-towards-nesh
Stewardess Acantha

Steward Acantha worships the Cairn Maiden by cleaning and burying any corpses she finds. Carpenter suspects that she is turning them into saints and Acantha does not disagree, instead saying that the Cairn Maiden only wants them to rest. She lives in the garden of the dead at her Lych-House, on the south coast, "About a hundred miles south-west of Glottage."

## Involvement in the Story

Acantha finds Carpenter after the events of Chapter 15 on the delta of the White Gull River. Carpenter is welcomed and looked after with Acantha letting Carpenter know that she is welcome to stay there and take over Acantha's role after she dies. Carpenter thinks she could be happy there but is uncertain about if she has it in her to start again and dedicate herself to another god. Carpenter leaves to take the Homesick Corpse home, uncertain whether she will return or not.

In Chapter 29 Carpenter calls Acantha to let her know The Homesick Corpse is buried but she can't lock herself away from the world by inheriting Acantha's garden. Acantha offers for Carpenter to come back so they can figure out where Carpenter is going next and she gratefully agrees.

## References

1. ↑ Chapter 17: If I Could Trace With Bloodless Fingers
The Anoited Mother Of Wounds

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> *"I’ve got one here - the Anointed Mother of Wounds.
> Her followers would often break into hospital wards and-
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> Oh. No. You know what? I can completely see why she’s banned, that sounds disgusting."
> - Paige*
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## References

1. ↑ https://www.thesiltverses.com/transcript-season-2-chapter-8
The Shademother

> *"All right. So, the client’s core brand values are: Integrity, Boldness, Family, Community. However, the latest market research indicates that 37% of customers no longer associate Tenderman’s with family, they see it as a product for older consumers. Outdated. Old-fashioned. And this has been on the rise for the past decade, ever since the space became more competitive with the advent of the Shademother." - Vaughan, presenting as a marketing lead*
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No other description is provided for this God, only that it is a rival for the company "Tenderman's".

## References

1. ↑ Chapter 7: It Carries Few, It Drowns Many
Em

Em
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> He jammed the stolen blade into the man’s throat, and yanked it free to unleash a torrent of blood as Cook swayed and staggered and tried to stem the flow and finally fell and kicked and expired there upon the sand. ‘Hence the flood,’ was all Em said.
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> Carpenter, Chapter 1: Let Me Speak First Of Revelations

Em Glass was the brother of Sister Carpenter and grandson of Nana Glass. He is described as being a polite country boy, as well as being of particularly strong faith due to his ability to call down a miracle of the Trawler Man when imprisoned very far from the river.

## Background

Em Glass was raised by his grandmother Nana Glass after his parents were executed for being followers of the Trawlerman. Em thus grew up in the faith. When Nana Glass was killed, Em and Carpenter hid behind a tumble-dryer but were ultimately detained. While Carpenter was sent to a reform house as she was still a child, Em was older and was considered a co-conspirator to Nana Glass' crimes. As such, he was to prison.

## Notable Events

At Fenford Maximum Security Confinement, Em was a model prisoner, taking writing classes and working in the kitchen. He covertly stole chalk and a knife, and one day stabbed an inmate (by the name of Cook) in the neck in the exercise yard, declaring afterwards, "Hence the Flood". He was beaten and then sent to a "sealed and soundproof" solitary confinement room, with cameras trained on him. He was left there for a week without a visitor. In that time, he identified a wall that was not seen by the cameras and covered it in prayer marks described by Carpenter as "The Second Circle of Silt, The Rime Submerged, and The Lock-Keeper’s Canticles. Secret marks of our faith.... signifying invitation and sacrifice."

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Chapter 1: Let Me Speak First Of Revelations
Sergeant Loughton

Sergeant Loughton is a police officer in a small town in the Linger Straits.

## Personality

Loughton appears to be respected in the town, as when he asks everyone in the diner to clear it out they do. He is approachable and conversational to Val, even whilst suspicious of her. He doesn't understand why his small town would be an important enough enemy to the Peninsula for it to be targeted by a precision strike.

## Background

The Last Word tells us that the town doesn't exist. It has never existed. No one was ever born there. Even if they had been, Loughton has been fused to a chair in the town's diner since he was 16. His parents tried to free him but ultimately failed.

## Notable Events

* Sergeant Loughton speaks to Val about the fact she is making people uncomfortable.
* He informs her that there are only two reasons she could be behaving this way: that she either likes causing trouble or she's a terrible spy.
* Val informs him that she's neither. She's there on a precision attack to wipe out the town.
* He is killed, slowly and torturously, by Val and her god, the Last Word.

## References

1. ↑ Chapter 31: Its Gaze Shall Fall O'er Trembling Plains
Graham Rowat

Graham Rowat Public Profile Photo

Graham Roward is a New York based actor/narrator/tech enthusiast who has appeared in the Broadway casts of Dear Evan Hansen, Meteor Shower, Sunset Boulevard, Mamma Mia, Guys and Dolls, LoveMusik, Dracula, and Beauty and the Beast. Off-Broadway credits include The Blue Flower (Second Stage) and The Boys in the Band (Transport Group).

Regional highlights include three seasons as Bob Wallace in Irving Berlin's White Christmas (San Francisco, Detroit, Toronto), Miles Gloriousus in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum  (Williamstown Theatre Festival, Two River Theater), Roland in Constellations and Jeff Moss in Bells Are Ringing (Berkshire Theater Festival), Valmont in The Game (Barrington Stage) and Pastor Mike in Saved (Kansas City Rep).

On television, Graham has been featured on “Evil”, "Elementary", "The Good Wife", "Law and Order: SVU" and "As the World Turns".  He has been a soloist with the National, Omaha, and Portland Symphony Orchestras and his voice can be heard on numerous cast recordings, 100+ audio books, and video games.

## References

1. ↑ https://twitter.com/GrahamNY
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 https://www.grahamrowat.com/
Gordon Houston

Gordon was born in Stranraer, Scotland, and currently lives in Edinburgh. He received his BA(Hons) in Musical Theatre from UWS. The Silt Verses marks Gordon's first podcast work, and he had a blast working on it with such a brilliant cast and crew. His recent credits include: Alister Crowley in Aleister Crowley Summons the Devil (Scenes for Survival, NTS) Jason/Tyrone in Hand to God, Yossarian in Catch-22 (Stage, both EGTG) and Henry Pulling in Travels with my Aunt (Stage, Arkle Theatre Company).

## References

1. ↑ https://www.thesiltverses.com/cast-and-creators
Oliver Smith

Oliver Smith Public Headshot

Oliver Smith is a Northern Irish voice-over artist and actor with two years of professional experience and over a decade of amateur and behind-the-scenes acting experience. Since their first role as Cleo’s Dad in ‘Cleo: A Pirate’s Tale’, Oliver has played a wide range of roles in indie and mainstream video games, audio dramas, and animations.

Oliver’s love of acting began as a teenager when they took up drama in secondary school, leading on to several roles on stage with a local amateur acting group. After joining this group, Oliver took up an interest in the behind-the-scenes running of productions and decided to move backstage. Since the age of 16, they have worked for one of Northern Ireland’s top event production companies as a lighting, audio, and rigging technician, and have worked on production for events such as BBC Proms and the Riverdance world tour.

During the lockdowns of 2020, Oliver was moved to return to their love of acting and particularly voice work. They have since built a custom acoustic-treated recording booth in their home and used their experience in sound production and acting to produce quality voice roles. Having built a solid foundation of indie work, they are now excited for the next chapter of their voice work career.

When not voice acting Oliver can be found on Twitter and Tik Tok, making comedy sketches and sharing cat pictures.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 https://oliversmithvoiceactor.co.uk/
2. ↑ https://twitter.com/OliverSmithVAVO
Todd

Todd is a schoolmate that Carpenter recalls being quite close to in the last two years at her reform school. After a long friendship, he eventually suggested they become romantic, which she declined. He reacted poorly to the rejection, coming up with a barrage of reasons why she might not be interested in a relatioship: that she must still be connected to her forbidden religion, that she wants to be a vestal virgin, or that she is purposefully depriving herself of happiness. He continues, attempting to persuade her, but finally gives up and later tells their friends the reason they're not dating is because there's something wrong with her.

## References

1. ↑ Chapter 4: Of Lovers, Gods, and Beasts
White Gull River

The White Gull is a large river that cuts through the Peninsula. It is the holy grounds for a deity called The Trawlerman. The cities along the river play the main setting for the podcast.

## Geography

Jon Ware disclaims that geography is not his strength (*"if the geographers see this I am done for"*) but his most recent "official" map puts the river originating in the northeast mountainous areas (perhaps with unmentioned tributaries from the mountains) and flows southwest, cutting the country in half. Its mouth empties into the ocean on the southern shore, by Acantha's Lych-House. Bellwethers is located on a minor offshoot of the river.

The previous iteration of the map (the Patreon map) placed Bellwethers directly on the coast next to the bridge to Nesh, Season 1 also described the area of Belwethers as a "delta", suggesting that the town was located on the mouth of the river, and that the White Gull flowed from south to north, emptying into the bay between the The Peninsula and The Linger Straits. Since Season 2 places the mouth of the river in the south, it's likely that the geography of the river was reimagined as a river cannot have two mouths; rivers originate with minor tributaries in high elevations, which join to form a single stream that flows to lower elevations, eventually spilling out to a major body of water at its "mouth". Perhaps in an effort to resolve this contradiction, in the newer map, the river flows from north to south, and Belwethers is located on a minor offshoot rather than on the northern coast.

## River-Adjacent Locations

Marcel's Crossing and Bellwethers are both canonically directly on the river. Paraclete's Gulch is located in a natural river valley of the White Gull. Somewhere along the river, there is a Hydroelectric Dam (unless there are other waterways not yet mentioned).

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 https://thesiltverses.tumblr.com/post/687864520143667201/
2. ↑ https://www.patreon.com/posts/road-map-journey-51747918 *(Link has a Paywall)*
3. ↑ https://wekivaisland.com/event/the-anatomy-of-a-river/
Martin Kensey

Inheritor of a Neshite Coal operation, Martin Kensey decided to join forces with modern industrial god the Petropater. He held a party to commemorate, hiring amongst his staff Gren and Hayward. Unbeknownst to them, he intended on using them as sacrifices. After turning Gren into a sainted furnace, he orders a manhunt for Hayward, who fled. This manhunt leads to the death of his wife, Sofia Kensey, and when Hayward is caught, Martin is confronted by his mother, who invokes the Glooming Guest, collapsing the house, allowing Hayward to escape.
Drowning In Silt: The Night Routine

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A one-episode short story, centered around the relationship between a mother and her daughter.

Adjacent to the Silt Verses, not clear whether it's in the same universe. Available to Patreon members.

## Content Warning

This episode contains very strong body horror elements from the very beginning.

## References

1. ↑ https://www.patreon.com/thesiltverses/posts
Grenshaw

Grenshaw is a disciple of The Trawlerman faith and a loyal servant to High Katabasian Roemont.

## Notable Events

* In Season 3, High Katabasian Roemont reveals that Grenshaw, his loyal disciple, is willing to assist him in his plan assassinate Brother Faulkner, and give up his own life in the process,
* Grenshaw agreed beforehand to confess and be executed after the assassination.
* He is discovered and fails to assassinate Faulkner.
* Grenshaw is killed by Crab-Angels while driving Roemont back down south after leaving the Gulch.

## Background

Grenshaw remembers Carpenter from their time in the Seminary together. His mother was born in the Linger Straits.

## References

1. ↑ Chapter 33: And Where Once Its Howling Forebears Walked
TSV Maps

There is no official TSV map. Jon Ware disclaims that geography is not his strength (*"if the geographers see this I am done for").* In addition to the first map on this page, there is also an official Patreon map *(not displayed on this wiki)*. There are notable and unresolvable variations between the two including the location and connection of the river to the bay, the location of Belwethers, relative distances, etc.

It is, perhaps, best to view the Silt Verses geography as an artistic interpretation at best, and at worst the joke of a cruel and fickle god.

## Artistic Fan Map:

The below map is an Unofficial map done by a talented fan, Stone-handed-cartography. **Locations and details represented may not be canonical.**

Map:World Map

## References

1. ↑ https://thesiltverses.tumblr.com/post/687864520143667201/
2. ↑ https://www.patreon.com/posts/road-map-journey-51747918 *(Link has a Paywall)*
3. ↑ Editor comment, not official wording.
4. ↑ https://www.tumblr.com/stone-handed-cartography
The Saint Electric

An electric pylon stands tall against a dark night sky. A glowing figure is crucified upon it, conducting electricity, with apparent shocks of visible energy tendrilling out to a pile of bodies below. Artist's caption: "The lights are back on." Art by xcylo on Tumblr

## Story Context

### First Mentioned

Chapter 1: Let Me Speak First Of Revelations

### Featured in Episode(s)

Chapter 37: And Even The Kings In Their Bowers Of Steel

The Saint Electric is one of the major gods of the Peninsula, tied to both electricity, and the radio. The Saint Electric is referred to with she/her pronouns. Marks of the Saint Electric are featured on a variety of electrical appliances, from coffee machines to trains. It is unclear to what extent that prayer marks of the Saint Electric power these appliances, or whether they work in tandem.

The Saint Electric is established as one of the gods most prominently featured on Sid Wright's radio show. Faulkner says that there was a popular local legend in the Whisper Plains that the pylons, angels of the Saint Electric, would walk across the woodland, causing destruction and forcing electricity companies to pay out hush money.

## Involvement in The Story

Carpenter establishes that her parents were thrown off of the Hydroelectric Dam, to consecrate it to the Saint Electric. It is revealed that the Saint Electric is the reason for the predominance of radio in the Peninsula, particularly in Glottage, with Faulkner stating that 'she's everything down there'.

## Involvement in the World

### Saints, Angels or Miracles

Train conductors in Nesh are Saints to the Saint Electric, pinned to the front of the trains, with marks of the Saint electric burnt into their flesh.

The radio pylons are Angels to the Saint Electric, their erection in the countryside of the peninsula being representative of Glottage's sphere of control.

Brother Wharfing referes to an electric burn on his chest as a blessing of the Saint Electric.

### Associated Organisations and Structures

The Hydroelectric Dam spanning the White Gull River is sacred to the Saint Electric.

## Prayers and Hymns

SEASON 2, CHAPTER 4/ HELEN:

*"Blessed Saint. Your signal carries over hill and vale,*

*Through stone, steel and flesh.*

*Let your voice be heard.*

*Let your every whisper meet its intended ear."*

SEASON 2, CHAPTER 4/ALF:

*"Oh, sainted current."*

## Trivia

SEASON 3, Chapter 1/ ADVERT:

*"-as a mother of four, I’ve got enough to worry about between shopping, chores, and these rascals. Keeping my home warm and bright should be the last thing on my mind. That’s why I signed up to a platinum contract with the Church Electric-"*

## References

1. ↑ Chapter 2: And Next Of Dark Deceit
2. ↑ Chapter 12: And To Fight Is Just To Choke
Steven Anzalone

Steven is one of the co-founders of Maeltopia (along with his brother Mark), a multimedia dark fiction company that offers an ever-growing body of work, from interconnected novels, web serials and short stories to podcast narrations and artwork. The team is hard at work on plans to expand into graphic novels, tabletop games, RPGs, comic books and more, all based on the world of Maeltopia.

## References

1. ↑ https://maeltopia.com/pages/about-us
Faulkner's Father

Faulkner recalls his father as a tired man who worked nights on the wind farms forty miles out from their house in the Whisper Plains. He had little time for his sons besides bringing home enough money for a meager living. He often longingly repeated a rumor that large electric pylon angels would break free, walk around and damage houses, and that if it happened to them, they would get insurance money which would allow the family to leave. Presumably, The Saint Electric influenced the area strongly, but Faulkner's Father was not religious. "If he had any faith at all, he was too tired and too absent to teach it to us."

## Notable Events

* He states that his father's 'frankly inadequate' salary was spent in full on food, water, and keeping his brothers and him in school. Due to being tired, he relied on his children to take themselves to school, which they rarely did.
* His son Charlie was the first child found dead as a victim of The Drowning Song. After being informed by the police of Charlie's death, he became even more withdrawn, slept poorly, and silently paced the house and grounds when not working.  These events occurred when Faulkner was about 13 years old.
* His son Eddie left home without word some time later.
* When Faulkner was about 18, he returned home from walking in the woods and found that his father, too, had left. He had written a note for Faulkner, but Faulkner chose not to read it, believing that would leave him feeling abandoned. He prefers to believe that his father was scared of him. It is this that leads Faulkner to leaving home himself in search of other followers of The Trawlerman.
* At some point later, we discover that he is living with Eddie in his old age.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Chapter 2: And Next Of Dark Deceit
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Chapter 14: And In Ruined Flesh Ascend
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Chapter 6: It Winds, It Worms, It Wends
The Burnished Mirror

> *"...someone told me, there’s a new hairdresser’s god of quiet that’s worshipped out on the north-west coast.
> I’m not even joking. The Children Of The Burnished Mirror, they call themselves.
> They’re a licenced faith, based in Gladda, and they offer, uh, free trims to nonbelievers.
> Nobody speaks. Nobody makes a sound.
> They just show you to a chair, there’s the gentle snip-snip of scissors and the tzcch of the seltzer bottle, and you get to enjoy a quiet that feels deeper than any ordinary quiet has the right to be.
> It’s very restful. I think you’d like it. Pay them a visit sometime. Give yourself a little treat."
> - Brother Wharfing*
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## References

1. ↑ Chapter 19: I'd Bear This Song To The Precipice
Chronology of Events

This page is for a chronology of broader world events. Sub-bullets may address their impacts on characters within the show.

## Historical Events (Pre-Show)

*Occurred in The Peninsula unless otherwise noted*

* Devlin's Edicts
	+ *Immediately results in the mass sacrifices of followers of unlicensed faiths, including Carpenter's parents. Ultimately results in many more deaths over the ensuing years as followers of unlicensed faiths are imprisoned and used as official sacrifices.*
* The Flooding of the Prison
	+ *Caused by Carpenter's brother Em but has a large enough impact that it makes the Peninsulan news*

## Season 1 Events

*Occurred in The Peninsula unless otherwise noted*

* The execution of the Wither Mark at Bellwethers
	+ *Many impacts on the show and its characters, but on the world stage, is a precipitating event of the war in Season 3.*

## Season 2 Events

*(IGP) indicates in The (Ignathean) Peninsula, (CLS) indicates in The (Consolidated) Linger Straits*

* The Bellwethers incident is attributed to The Linger Straits (IGP)
* A suspected spy from The Linger Straits is detained and questioned over many months, but is ultimately released (IGP)
	+ *The suspected spy is Paige*
* A wealthy family suffers "an act of terrorism at the hands of a Peninsulan" (CLS)
	+ *This is how the Neshite news reports the events involving Hayward and the Kensey estate*
* Mercenaries travel along the White Gull River, on a killing spree against false faiths & other government targets. (IGP)
* Adjudicator Shrue experiences an assassination attempt (IGP)
* Adjudicator Shrue is reelected (IGP)
* The first appearance of The Many Below in Nesh (CLS)

## Season 3 Events

*(IGP) indicates in The (Ignathean) Peninsula, (CLS) indicates in The (Consolidated) Linger Straits*

* The war between The Peninsula and The Linger Straits begins in earnest
* The bridge over the channel between The Peninsula and The Linger Straits is destroyed (culprit unknown)
* The channel-facing borders of both countries are protected by weaponized saints
* The Electric-worker's strike and the great Glottage blackout (IGP)

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Chapter 18: If My Hands Could Shape The Flow
2. ↑ Chapter 16: And the Current Flows On Without End
3. ↑ Chapter 17: If I Could Trace With Bloodless Fingers
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Chapter 21: We'd Both Go Plunging Downwards
5. ↑ Chapter 26: My Song, My Sorrow and I
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Chapter 31: Its Gaze Shall Fall O'er Trembling Plains
7. ↑ Chapter 37: And Even The Kings In Their Bowers Of Steel
Penda's Slake

A colored illustration of a person mid-transformation into "the Elk of Birch and Bone", with Elk features bursting forth from a human form. The creature is being attacked by three white-furred dogs who are splattered in blood. The background is a forest setting with low-hanging fog. Art by 3y3-see-you on Tumblr

### Aliases

The Elk of Birch and Bone (also the form of its Saint)

## Story Context

### Featured in Episode(s)

Chapter 4: Of Lovers, Gods, and Beasts

The God of Penda's Slake is an illegal god tied to the region of Penda's Slake, a wooded region outside of Marcel's Crossing. It is related to the Hunt of the Chase and the cycle of life and death in the wilderness. Its followers use the catchline, "There's them that Lead and Them that Chase."

## Religion

### Organisations and Locations

> It is not known if the God of Penda's Slake has any organised following. A chapel dedicated to it is maintained by Charity in Penda's Slake. Its interior walls are covered with prayer marks and victims who open the building's front door are transformed into an Elk of Birch and Bone.
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### Prayer Marks

> One of its prayer marks is observed in the woods by Carpenter who describes: "A triangle. Four descending lines. And a circle above, like a radiant halo."
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### Saints, Priests and Miracles

* Snare-Dogs: Dog-like creatures that hunt in the Penda's Slake are. While they may be mistaken for dogs at a glance, these creatures transform into more monstrous figures with 'tree-like legs', 'faces split down the centre' and 'two long and winding jaws' once they start hunting.
* **The Elk of Birch and Bone**: When Gareth enters the chapel of the God of Penda's Slake, he is compelled to repeat the line 'There's them that lead, and them that chase'. He is then violently transfigured into an elk-like creature which is hunted by the snare-dogs. Once dead, the elk's antlers and ribs become part of a birch tree, and ivy grows where the blood pools. It is likely that this process happens to many of the god's victims, as Carpenter saw another Elk of Birch and Bone Penda's Slake.

### Rituals and Hymns

> *"We will bring you terror,
> And you will bring us meat.*
>
>
> You will make me savage.
> We will make you fleet.
> You thank us for the chasing,
> We thank you for the feast.
> The grass leaps up about your carcass,
> Long and lean and sweet,
> We’ll be your chosen hunters.
> And you - the god we eat.
>
>
>
>
>  **-Charity's Song, Chapter 5**
>
>

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Chapter 4: Of Lovers, Gods, and Beasts
2. ↑ Chapter 5: My Song Is Long And Twisted
The Crawling-In-Ecstasy

The Crawling-In-Ecstacy is a white millipede-god stands that stands for industriousness and collective action that is carried out in the shadows of the world. It is chosen as the new brand ambassador for Paige's company, Old Black Crow, since the building has always been infested with millipedes. It also tracks well with clients and is popular in the Briar Passage.

The sacrificial process which summons the God involves loading people into a large glass crucible-bell, which when turned on is filled with hot steam, killing the sacrifices and melding them together to form a many-legged saint.

> *"Something obscene and writhing flashes up onto the screen. Its face is human. Its legs are many."*
>
>

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Chapter 7: It Carries Few, It Drowns Many
Jeff

Jeff was a member of Adjudicator Shrue's re-election campaign staff, along with Ana. His expertise seems to have been researching her competition. He proposes The Smiling And Head-Shaking Child Upon the Perfectly Balanced Scales as the god Shrue should partner with for this campaign, although Shrue severely dislikes this idea.

## Notable Events

* When Shrue's car is attacked by Love-Saints, he is the driver. When Ana leaves the car to investigate the figure in the road, Jeff realizes the danger before she does. He honks and yells in an attempt to warn her away, but she doesn't hear him, and becomes the first victim. When additional Love-Saints surround the car, he acts bravely, putting headphones on Adjudicator Shrue with an anti-prayer track so she will not be influenced by their voices. He then leaving the car to try and fight them off. Ultimately, he succumbs to the Saints and is himself killed, but his efforts to allow Shrue to survive until emergency responders can come.

## References

1. ↑ Chapter 21: We'd Both Go Plunging Downwards
William A. Wellman

William Wellman Public Photo

William A. Wellman (they/them) is a queer author, writing coach and podcaster, best known for creating the award-winning horror podcast Hello From The Hallowoods, and tie-in novels like the upcoming One Hundred Eyes In The Dark. They have been published in several anthologies.

William has lived beside frozen mountains, castles, and volcanoes, and can now be found wandering the beach near the abandoned lighthouses in Halifax, Nova Scotia. They can also be found giving writing advice on other podcasts, playing in tabletop game livestreams, voicing characters in audio drama, and running their Patreon-exclusive author interview series The Skull Sessions.

## References

1. ↑ https://twitter.com/williamawellman
2. ↑ https://www.podchaser.com/creators/william-a-wellman-107aWdQuDB
3. ↑ https://www.williamwellmanwrites.com/
The Chitterling

The Chitterling is a god of food and hunger, seemingly preferring meat and fatty foods. While no descriptions of The Chitterling are given, its nickname 'The Neon Hog' and the fact that its servants are pig-like in appearance may mean that the god is porcine in nature.

## Religion

### Organisations and Locations

Rather than having traditional churches or temples, The Chitterling's holy places take the form of restaurants. These restaurants are staffed by animatronic pigs and serve foods such as cheeseburgers, ribs, and seafood. He requires flesh sacrifices from some of the patrons of the chapel, but not all, with sacrifices being chosen at random among customers. In exchange, he grants people satisfied appetites and food. The meat served at Hallowed Hoagies is referred to as being from the Chitterling's herds, implying a role in rearing livestock, as well as in consumption.

### Saints, Priests and Miracles

The Chitterling's powers are not fully known. However, the animatronic states that bowing to him can grant "a full belly and a settled hunger".

## References

1. ↑ Chapter 6: It Winds, It Worms, It Wends
The Filthy Child That Cries

The Filthy Child That Cries is one of The Snuff Gods worshiped by the Carving Chapter.

As described by Revered Toes: *'You may catch the curved, blade-like silhouette of the Filthy Child That Cries out of the corner of your eye, and you’ll feel the spark of schadenfreude awaken in you - the impish delight and joy at our looking-glass’s writhing pain.'*

## Trivia

* In A Book of Gods and Territories, **The Child That Cries** is the embodiment of empathy, not schadenfreude. In the Lorebook, **The Child That Grins** is the embodiment of schadenfreude as described here.

## References

1. ↑ Chapter 25: But We'll Never Be Rid Of Each Other
2. ↑ A Book of Gods and Territories, the Silt Verses Lorebook, https://www.patreon.com/posts/book-of-gods-and-60781916 (Behind Paywall)
Sena Bryer

Sena Bryer Public Headshot

"My mother takes all the credit for me being a voice actor. She says that, when I was a baby, the only way to calm me down was to talk to me in funny voices. I don’t know if that’s true, but I sure do like my voice acting. I am based out of Los Angeles, currently freelancing for Atlas Talent in VO and unrepresented for on-camera acting." Sena Bryer is known for Need for Speed Unbound (2022), Inu-oh (2021) and Seobok (2021).

## References

1. ↑ https://senabryer.com/voiceactor
2. ↑ https://www.imdb.com/name/nm10057745/?ref\_=nmmi\_mi\_nm
Mark Anzalone

Mark Anzalone's public author photo

Mark is one of the co-founders of Maeltopia (along with his brother Steven), a multimedia dark fiction company that offers an ever-growing body of work, from interconnected novels, web serials and short stories to podcast narrations and artwork. The team is hard at work on plans to expand into graphic novels, tabletop games, RPGs, comic books and more, all based on the world of Maeltopia.

"I’ve been a huge fan of horror since I was a kid—from books and comics to movies and TV. I’ve been writing and drawing horror from a young age as well. I’ve always had a few notebooks and a sketchbook on me, constantly jotting down story ideas, drawing new monsters, and formulating new RPG gaming mechanics and campaigns... ...With a lifetime of experience in the horror genre and its many subgenres, it’s been a dream of mine to organize my work into various mediums that I can share with the world."

## References

1. ↑ https://maeltopia.com/pages/about-us
2. ↑ https://wildbluepress.com/mark-anzalone-author-bio/
Bellwethers

A town on the northeast shore of the The Ignathian Peninsula, closest to the bridge to Nesh. It is adjacent to the delta where the White Gull River empties, and the ultimate destination of Brother Faulkner and Sister Carpenter's travels in Season 1. It is also adjacent to the bridge that leads to The Linger Straits and its largest city, Nesh.

> *This location is Marked on The Silt Verses Map.*
>
>

## Notable Events

* At the time of Faulkner and Carpenter's visit, it has been destructively transformed by the Wither Mark of The Trawlerman.
* It is renamed the Grace when the Children of the Woundtree move into the town.
Gren

Gren works at the same supermarket as Hayward. He appears to be in either a more senior position than Hayward, or someone who has been working there for far longer. When it appears Hayward may lose the job at the supermarket, Gren offers him a cash-under-the-table service job that he appears to do alongside his supermarket shifts. Gren is more than just a hard worker, he has life goals that he appears more than willing to sacrifice his safety and health to achieve. He goes above and beyond what is expected of him. It is this eagerness that results in his hallowing to the Petropater by Martin and Sofia Kensey. Even once he himself as been hallowed, when Hayward goes to say goodbye and apologise for being unable to save him Gren calls out to aler Martin that the last server has been found. He turns to dust when Hayward kicks him in order to escape his clutches.
Sid Wright

Sid Wright is a radio host/live broadcast human sacrifice to the Grinding Lord. He seems to have willingly put himself forward to be a sacrifice. The original plan was presumably for him to be heard constantly on the radio, not sleeping, until his death.

He is Sid Wright, playing the Grinding Lord's 24-Hour Cool Cruising Mix, starting your day off Wright.

## Description

Sid Wright is never physically described, and his personality shifts from a professional front, to a manic worship, to an almost bitter take at how long he's lasting, to an agonising end. Then he kills his boss, and tells everyone to sleep, which works on all the people that heard it (presumably).

In Chapter 7, he is on day 8 of remaining awake. We receive insight into his choice, as he states 'what's a life, without something to devote itself to?'. Still unclear why Sid Wright has chosen instant coffee. He praises being able to see his last sunrise. Then by the end of it, he is in agony, at the pain of becoming physically unable to sleep.

In his last coherent appearance, Chapter 9, he views himself as a miracle- likely still in devotion to the Grindinglord. He laughs at his producers, who expected him to be dead by that point. We next hear from him in Chapter 13, where he appears to die. Then he kills his boss. He appears to have undergone a change, stating that he 'witnessed the birth of a god in between death and dreaming'. It may not be a coincidence that this happened around the same time as the wither mark was cast. He also says he's decided not to be a sacrifice anymore.

Sid appears in Chapter 1, Chapter 2, Chapter 3, Chapter 5, Chapter 7, Chapter 9, Chapter 13. He's also the star of a mini-series spin-off available to Patreon members, called The Immeasurable Apotheosis of Sid Wright.

## References

1. ↑ Chapter 7: It Carries Few, It Drowns Many
Shogo Miyakita

"I'm Shogo Miyakita: a British-born voice over artist with a home studio in North London, and a British RP accent. Since 2019, I have worked on a wide variety of projects from commercials to corporate narration, ADR to audio drama, eLearning to explainers, and ad campaigns to video games."

## External Links

* https://twitter.com/shogomiyakita?lang=en
* https://www.instagram.com/shogomiyakita/?hl=en
* https://shogomiyakita.com/
The Lady of Linked Hearts

> *"I read a story once about one of these parochial gods, somewhere south.*
>
>
> *There was a stone bridge, with iron railings, over a small and inconsequential river. Like this one. And after a time the young people began to leave locked padlocks dangling from the railings, as young people do.*
>
>
> *And after a time the story began to spread that there was a god of love dwelling in the bridge. And if you both went down to the river at dusk, and you both leant over the side to fix a padlock to the railings...well, if your love was untrue, the Lady of Linked Hearts would know.*
>
>
> *And you’d feel a sudden stabbing in your hand and look down to see the padlock locked over your own palm, and then as the weight pulled you down another lock, clamping through your cheek and mouth, rendering you unable to speak, and another lock, and another, slicing unstoppably through bone and flesh, iron chains and padlocks dragging you down and over the side to a slow and choking death beneath the river’s surface.*
>
>
> *And your date would cry and mourn your death, but they’d probably be OK in the end, because this was the proof of it: your love for them was never true.*
>
>
> *They could try again. Bring others to the bridge. And if you passed the Lady of Linked Heart’s trial, you were free to marry with confidence that you’d found what you were looking for; the real deal.*
>
>
> *The problem with gods is, the more people who know the story, the worse it gets. You know how there are some couples that renew their vows every couple of years?*
>
>
> *Like spinning the chamber and holding the gun back up to your head. Over and over again.*
>
>
> *Anyway, eventually the authorities got wind of it, they sealed off the bridge and sent a couple of experimental theologists down with a bag of cats, and soon enough it became very clear that the bridge had no method to its sacrifices other than its own hunger. It was just feeding as it pleased.*
>
>
> *Love eats us all."*
>
>
>
> *- Hayward*
>
>

## Trivia

* Hayward's story about The Lady of Linked Hearts and Carpenter's story about The Cleft Beneath All Things mention deities that could be argued as foils. The first revealing if lovers were true but not giving real information, and the other forcing truth from those in questioning. There is also something to be said about the iconography of the deities, one of locks and the other of opening.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Chapter 5: My Song Is Long And Twisted
2. ↑ Chapter 14: And In Ruined Flesh Ascend
Jon Ware

Writer of The Silt Verses and I Am In Eskew. (Also, the voice of David Ward on Eskew). Jon often wonders whether he's just a jumble of Simpsons trivia and self-deprecation. He loves creating weird fiction and horror, and would some day like to get across to writing the great haunted boarding-school novel.

## References

1. ↑ https://www.thesiltverses.com/cast-and-creators
Augustus

A pond-god of a reform school and orphanage for children taken from false-faith families in an attempt to rehabilitate them before adulthood. He was used by the school as an example of a "safe" god, and was worshiped by the orphans for "trickling so sweetly and keeping the gentle goldfish swimming in his waters."

## Notable Events

The South Glottage reform house Carpenter was sent to after her Nana Glass was taken by the police taught all the orphans in said house to worship safe, sterile gods, such as the Saint Electric and Augustus. Augustus was the god of the reform house's backyard pond, and was worshiped by the orphans for "trickling so sweetly and keeping the gentle goldfish swimming in his waters."

Young Carpenter, raging from being taken from her family and the imprisonment of her brother, attempts to pray to Augustus for vengeance, asking him to drown the reform house as if he is the Trawler-Man. Her prayers have no effect.

When Em triggers a flood in prison by calling to the Trawler-Man, the event has an effect on the pond. The morning after the flood, all of the pond's goldfish are dead. This proof that all waters are truly connected, as well as the feeling of being seen, reignites Carpenter's faith in the Trawler-Man.

The implications of this event are unclear; some interpret this as Augustus being a minor facet of The Trawlerman, while others see it as The Trawlerman overcoming the influence of the lesser god.
The Brine-Soaked Wreck

A "false-faith" god of the sea worshiped across The Peninsula.

Mason says "We’ll require these misguided souls to understand that their so-called gods are merely minor aspects of our own, since our power is so demonstrably greater than theirs. We must claim them as allies for the Trawler-man."

## References

1. ↑ Chapter 16: And the Current Flows On Without End
Harlan Guthrie

Harlan Guthrie Public Headshot

Harlan Guthrie is a Canadian writer, editor, director, sound designer, musician, and voice actor. He is the sole creator and talent behind Malevolent, the Lovecraftian horror Audio Drama which is part of the Rusty Quill Network and runner up to the 2021 Discover Pods awards.

As a writer, a number of his works have been featured on the multi-award winning NoSleep Podcast and as an Audio Engineer he worked on Season 2 of The Town Whispers. His creation credits include the founding of the weekly streaming group The INVICTUS Stream as well as the Actual Play D&D podcast Dice Shame which he also edits and stars in. As a musician, he’s composed the main musical themes of Malevolent as well as wrote and recorded the musical motifs in Season 2 of Dice Shame.

Though he’s a lover of all things nerdy and has a passion for storytelling in all its forms, his heart belongs to his son Henry and his wife Jo, with whom he produces a yearly satirical Christmas radio show. He identifies as lawful neutral

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 https://www.linkedin.com/in/harlanguthrie/?originalSubdomain=ca
2. ↑ https://twitter.com/thelirivalley?lang=en