Dhampir, Cleric / Sorcerer, Order of Magi
Background. Silas Clemens, born a dhampir, is the product of a dark union between Count von Preshons and a mortal woman. His early life was marked by torment and darkness as he was subjected to grueling torture by his father, Count Preshons, who intended to mold Silas into the Unborn Fomorian King — a living Phylactery of immense dark power — by etching the Twilight Brand onto him. Silas has a sister named Talleah Preshons.
This plan was thwarted during the Fall of Yahar’gul, led by the Ecclesia Solari and the Solar Scions, who rescued the young Silas from his father’s clutches. Raised by the monks of the Solari Abbey alongside Diallos, Silas grew up under the watchful eye of Holy Mother Anastasia and Abbot Muho. His presence within the church was controversial due to his Fomorian lineage and Dhampir nature, which made him both a threat and an object of fear. However, his physical fragility and emotional tranquility gradually alleviated these fears.
Silas exhibited unparalleled magical prowess from a young age. Despite the initial distrust, he was eventually recommended as a candidate for the Solar Scions.
The Phylactery Body & the Souls. Silas became a living Soul Phylactery during the events on Aluminux, when he inadvertently absorbed the soul of Elyas Threepwood after Maya O Soldrei cast a forbidden Soul-Infusion technique on him. Since then, he has absorbed many more Souls — from fallen soldiers, released prisoners, Dwarven Kings, and even the Spider Queen — carrying them as willing or unwilling passengers within himself. He can draw on these Souls for power and sometimes speaks to them.
Souls currently carried include (among others):
- Queen Orga the Deep-Seer and King Morgan the Builder — Dwarven kings from the Deep Hall of the Regents, who volunteered to fight for Jupiter’s future. Their presence makes Silas resonate near the empty King Dumaclath dais in the Hall of Statues.
- Souls of fallen Solari soldiers from the Fomorian Invasion.
- Timothy Lockeheart — a fallen Inquisition soldier whose soul powered a supercharged Firebolt that saved Silas’s life.
Vampiric Nature — Confronted & Partially Overcome. Silas has long feared his vampiric thirst and his capacity for violence. His most significant test came at the Inverted Temple on Jupiter, where he performed a dangerous desanguination and blood transfusion on the Forvivlad-cursed Ribny — draining infected Titanblood and replacing it with purified Dwarven blood. Surrounded by the support of his friends, he overcame his vampiric thirst and completed the procedure. Ribny was cured — the first confirmed cure of Forvivlad — and Silas proved to himself that he can control what he feared most. Virtus stood by with a trusting gaze, prepared to strike him down if he succumbed.
Lost His Arm. Got It Back. During the battle against the Saturnus Rex (the “Fiery Som”) on Saturn, Silas was swallowed whole, then regurgitated, then impaled by a javelin driven by Carter Moonwing under Magi’s divine compulsion — the javelin saved him from falling into lava but cost him his left arm. Finley revived him with fervent prayer. Carter later used the Magi Tablet (won at the Janus City auction) to restore the arm. Silas accepted the restored limb in quiet contemplation.
Forsook Magi. After learning that Carter — possessed by Magi — had been divinely compelled to impale him, and then hearing Carter say he would comply again if Magi demanded it, Silas removed his Ring of Magi and thrust it at Virtus in anger. Magi’s magic waned from his body. He later told Bartholomew that the warm throbbing he once felt from Magi has gone cold.
The Betrayal of Carter & the Rift. Silas was privately told by Carter that he was an alternate-timestream version, and the two forged a secret plan to free Jaz’Farrah and Talleah from execution. At the Trial of Jaz’Farrah, Silas enacted the plan: conjured magical darkness and tore open a spatial rift with a Power Word: Peel scroll. Carter and Jaz’Farrah escaped. Silas and Talleah were arrested and escorted back to Astraloftum aboard the A.R.K. as prisoners under suspicion of treason. Their status with the Ecclesia Solari is deeply uncertain.
Count von Preshons — His Father. Silas revealed to the Count, during the Battle at the Well of Souls, that it was Silas himself who killed his own mother — not the Ecclesia Solari. The Count accepted this truth, laughed chaotically, and vowed to kill and revive Silas in an eternal loop. He was defeated — Diallos delivered the killing blow in mid-air — and pulled into the Well of Souls. His page notes he will return via the Mirror Realm.
Talleah — His Sister. Talleah was rescued from the Count’s household by Jaz’Farrah, and chose to follow Jaz’Farrah rather than Silas during the Saturn arc, believing Jaz’Farrah gave her hope and unconditional love. She and Silas reconciled during quiet moments — most notably when Silas lost his arm and Talleah helped him to his quarters. She was arrested alongside him after the trial escape. Their bond is fragile but real.
Vincent’s Warning. Vincent of Damocles approached Silas on Astraloftum and told him: “A clue for Paradise is hidden inside the airship.” He also told Silas not to neglect his sister. Vincent then provided wine and Silas passed out drunk on the roof of the Abbey.
Current State — Jupiter. Silas is at the Inverted Temple, having just successfully cured Ribny and overcome his vampiric fear. He carries Queen Orga and King Morgan’s souls, which resonate near the empty King Dumaclath dais in the Hall of Statues. He is aware of Abathur’s corruption below Lake Ruthaba and of the heretical manuscript hidden in the Alchemical Library that Thirteen’s Soul-Sword reacted to. He previously fished at Lake Ruthaba — catching a mutated fish and losing his fishing rod to something enormous in the depths.
Personal Quests.
Take over the Cult of Nirvana — Silas’s long-term intention, though its shape is still forming. Shepherd the Souls to Paradise — the core of who he is. His Sister Talleah — she is under arrest alongside him. Their future together is unresolved.