SILAS GRIMSHAW
art credit: [x] Age: 40
Gender: Male
Species: Human
Ethnicity: Serenian
Height: 5'9"
Occupation: Stable Hand
Residence: Ravensway, Serendipity
Physical Description: Silas has a slender, verging on emaciated build and a pale, sickly pallor. He has an angular face, thin lips and haunting blue eyes. A tangle of thinning unkempt raven hair cascades just past his shoulders. His brows are bald and dark circles are heavily set under his eyes, and he always wears black, sometimes with gold or white accents in the details of his clothing.
Personality: Silas is cautious and nervous around strangers and is easily startled by sudden movements or noises. He's self-conscious, doesn't like to eat in front of others and is sensitive when it comes to remarks about his appearance. Generally quiet, shy and soft-spoken it takes him a lot of time to warm up to new people. When he does make friends, he tends to become very needy towards them due to fear of abandonment. The horses he tends to have his devotion and he cares for them deeply. One might consider him a horse whisperer of sorts.
Abilities: Silas has ability to travel through shadows. While in the midst of traveling, he temporarily becomes a cloud of wispy black mist. He can also blend in completely with the shadows while staying very still. This stops working when he moves or makes a noise. Every time Silas uses a shadow power, he uses up quite a lot of energy. If he overuses his abilities, he may become sick or cough up congealed or liquid shadows.
History:TW: animal abuse mentionSilas as born to a farmer and his wife in Ravensway, Serendipity. Both of his parents were killed in a fire of unknown origins when he was about two years old. A middle-aged couple rescued Silas from danger and took him into their care. They were patient and loving towards him, although the same could sadly not be said for most others.
Silas was picked on by other children for his gloomy appearance. He was nicknamed 'The Grim' and a group of particularly mean kids started a rumor that he was evil and had started the barn fire which had cost him his mother and father. They also took advantage of his affinity for animals and forced him to do cruel things to them while threatening to hurt him if he refused. It was around this time that his shadow powers surfaced, which did help him escape the bullies from time to time but at the expense of his health.
His adoptive parents struggled to perceive the ongoing attacks on their son because of their aging and failing health. Silas still survived his childhood but not without undergoing some mental and physical scarring. He still did prove capable as an adult and picked up a job as a caretaker for horses. Working for a stable hand felt like a way to redeem himself after subjecting so many animals to pain as a child.
When his adoptive parents eventually died of natural causes, Silas inherited their property. He still lives in their little house and works with horses to this day. However, he doesn't go a single night without wondering whether his birth parents' deaths were accidental or not, and exactly how he'd developed shadow magic.
THREAD TRACKERCurrentAces and Eights // Simon Dabrowski
