Shiloh Anah

## Character Overview

**Shiloh Anah** was a minor character who appeared in Kollok season two. He was the father of Clarity Prime, as well as a preacher and an important figure in town. Shiloh was drowned by the Clarities some time in the 1940's.

## Background

In 1899 in the town of Stone Valley, preacher in training Shiloh Anah was told by his daughter, Clarity, that she had begun seeing visions of something falling to earth near their home. He dismissed the visions, but what she saw came to pass. Shiloh, 37, and Clarity, 17, rushed to the place now known as Crater Lake, where a strange ship had fallen to earth, along with ten perfect clones of Clarity. Though Shiloh wasn't completely sure that the clones were true copies of his daughter, after time spent with them, he learned that they were true replicas.

Shiloh then created a council to keep the Clarities safe, where each council member would take a Clarity in to monitor and try to understand where they had come from. Despite the Clarities seeming like a blessing, some of the townsfolk blamed them for the deaths of the miners.

Learning more about the Clarities, Shiloh discovered that they were unwilling to reenter the ship, stating that the loop had been closed, and that it was better not to start it all over again. Shiloh entered the ship on his own one night, finding that it responded to him, and opened for him. Inside, he found bodies and blood, satanic writings and records of a history he couldn't fathom. He gathered what he could from the ship, having learned that in the world the Clarities had come from, their universe's destruction had been because of them. Shiloh told no one, not even the Clarities or the council, what he had found. He became obessed with the discovery, saying that it was science, not god. The council agreed to protect the Clarities, as well as agreeing to remove dissenters.

Ten years after the crash, in 1909, the ship lit up and began to turn on. Shiloh and Clarity Prime entered together, and heard a voice speak to them, and begin to answer all of their questions as well as showing them much more. They agreed not to share any of this information with the council, and the more Shiloh learned, the more obsessed he became with the future and the past. He felt a great amount of guilt for what he had done to destroy the Clarity's world, and fearful off the idea of a never ending loop. However, according to the Clarities, the loop had been closed. Despite this, and despite it having been the fault of another Shiloh, this Shiloh wanted to prove himself.

Shiloh took on the task of bringing back the miners who had been killed ten years earlier. The clones weren't perfect, and each were missing something, the index finger on their left hand and the memory of their life before. He told everyone that he'd simply found them in the mines, and the town saw it as a miracle. In their minds, Shiloh saved Kollok, and no one questioned the miracle. It adapted, and moved forward. The council and the Clarities confronted Shiloh, though the council went against the Clarities wishes to keep it a secret. In their minds, the town could never know. Shiloh knew that the deal would be collected on eventually, he knew the deal, though he only had a faint memory of it. He knew, but he didn't know how he knew. This deal would require a digit, the tenth finger of every child born in Kollok for the next 200 years.

In 1928, an earthquake struck the town, and though through her visions Clarity was able to save everyone, it destroyed many of the town's wooden buildings. Shiloh saw this as a miracle, and used the metal from the ship to rebuild the town. After this earthquake, the winters became mild, and grapes began to grow. Things in Kollok became beautiful.

Over the next 10 years, the stone masons began to rebuild Kollok. In 1940, a wedding celebration was being held in the new community center when the miners arrived, only to begin ripping off their skin, revealing some truth about what they were.

When the Clarities learned what Shiloh had done, and with some manipulation by Clarity Prime herself, the ten of them drowned him in a river.

## Relationships

Clarence Anah (grandson)

Clarity Anah (daughter)

The Traveler (son-in-law)

## Appearances

Episode 37 - "And Therein..."

1. ↑ Zac stated in a livestream on 8/23/21 that these dissenters are important, though he never stated who they are. It can be theorized that they may be the stone masons, though their anger with the town does come later.