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(Voted 10th-most-popular-character on the jpn server in a combination of seven different character-ranking surveys held throughout 2021)

Silver is often at Malleus’ side as his bodyguard, but just as often loses track of him. Unlike Sebek, Silver believes that it is important to give Malleus time to be on his own without a chaperone, which is a point that the two disagree on and about which they often argue.

In his school uniform, Silver stresses over a represent he receives from Sebek and his potential “failure to understand Malleus-sama’s feelings” when he recommends that he and Sebek allow Malleus to move from one class to another without an escort, as he thinks that being constantly at his side “within the campus grounds is going too far, personally. Malleus-sama deserves some time to himself, does he not?”

For this, Sebek scolds him for suggesting such an “act of supreme negligence”. Worried that he has hurt Malleus’ feelings, Silver confides in Kalim, saying he wasn’t even able to eat his favorite risotto at lunch because he was so worried about having offended Malleus. When Kalim reveals that he is unable to keep track of his own classes, textbooks or homework without notes and constant reminders from Jamil, Silver thanks him, saying, “You’ve made me see that indeed, being overprotective must be avoided at all costs.”

He is not talkative. He is comfortable with listening while others share their opinions, rarely ever speaking negatively. He is calm and careful when judging a situation, and can be depended upon to make the most level-headed decisions in an emergency. When asked if he has a favorite flower he says “Not particularly. There is good in everything.”

He wishes to, one day, become even stronger than his father, Lilia: capable of protecting the people he needs to protect, however and wherever they may need him. For this reason he is strict with himself about his physical training, swordsmanship and whatever other forms of training he decides will help him achieve this goal.

Silver’s magical pen is somewhat different from that of other magic users: it is large and detailed with black horns and thorns. He carries his pen strapped to a belt at his waist, as it is too large to fit into the jacket pocket of his uniform, where other students carry theirs. At a glance, it is easy to mistake it for a sword.

While he tries to avoid doing so in public, he refers to Lilia as “Father” in private, and he rarely smiles when he isn’t with (or talking about) Lilia. Lilia adopted Silver after finding him alone in the forest and named him for his hair color (there is some debate as to whether his birthday is the actual date of his birth, or the day that Lilia found him).

In his birthday vignette, Silver says that he and Sebek have been undergoing strict training regimes together since they were small, so “it wouldn’t be incorrect to refer to us as siblings”, and that they have known one another for ten years.

Sebek does have his own parents and siblings who are his blood-relations, unlike orphan Silver, but Silver tells is that Sebek’s grandfather and Lilia are close friends and, one day, Lilia showed up with a young Sebek, saying he and Silver were to be pupils together going forward. It seems it was often just the three of them together, with Malleus occasionally sneaking a visit.

Silver says he never went to school, being tutored entirely by Lilia, with visits from Sebek and Malleus being his only opportunities to meet people besides Lilia himself before enrolling at NRC.

He often speaks of Lilia, whom he adores. Silver explains that he originally thought that Lilia was his biological father, until he realized that their ears are different. When he asked about it, Lilia responded, “You hadn’t noticed?” and began to laugh. Confused, Silver immediately ran away, and Lilia had to search in the rain to find him. When they finally returned home, Silver collapsed with a fever. Lilia nursed him back to health, always smiling, and from that day Silver no longer cared about blood ties, happy to be his father’s only son.

Silver is not particularly concerned with his appearance, but he is always certain to be presentable and dressed appropriately. Lilia cuts his hair (when he does not cut it himself).

Silver is constantly falling asleep during his classes and even his physical training, no matter how much black coffee he drinks. He claims it’s not because he wants to sleep and, while he wishes to overcome the issue, he does not know why it happens. He says that he has seen doctors who have been unable to identify the source of his sudden sleepiness.

In his labwear vignette, when Jamil points out how very odd he is, Silver agrees, saying, “What am I?” This was changed on ENG-server to “if only I could figure out what that means”.

Animals are very fond of him. When looking for a plant to use in a potion to keep himself awake, birds and rabbits hurry to give Silver the plant he seeks. Silver explains, “Ever since I was a kid, any time I got lost or just felt discouraged when training went poorly, animals would come up and help me.”

Floyd refers to him as “Kurage-chan”, meaning jellyfish, and Rook calls him “Monsieur O-nebou”, meaning sleepyhead.

Silver can be naive, taking the things he’s told at face-value and interpreting them in a positive light, which can result in communication issues with those around him. In Leona’s ceremonial robes vignette (seen above), Ruggie explains that when Silver and Kalim are together, they create an “irritating fluffy space” (いらふわ空間) where the two of them are so optimistic and air-headed that it annoys everyone nearby.

Silver and Kalim are fairly close friends, and their personalities mesh well (they have a lot in common, such as both having a lot of cosmic-based magic attacks*).

Silver is grateful to Kalim for teaching him things that everyone else seems to know, that Silver—as someone with an unconventional upbringing away from the influence of the outside world—does not.

Idia refers to Silver as “a rare type in this school”.

While growing up in the Valley of Thorns, Lilia would take a commemorative photo of him every year on his birthday, alongside Malleus and Sebek (who would visit to celebrate with them). They continued this tradition upon enrolling in Night Raven College, and Silver has the picture on display on the desk in his dorm room. Silver describes the photograph as “a wonderful birthday present. I wouldn’t trade it for anything”. He also has several clocks in his room to help keep him from oversleeping, as well as a bag of bird seed on his desk.

Silver first noticed when Sebek surpassed him in height when standing for a commemorative birthday picture together, but he does not particularly care.

Sebek, on the other hand, is very proud of being asked to fetch objects from high shelves that Silver cannot reach.

Silver assumes that this is because Sebek genuinely enjoys getting things down from high places, so even though Silver can fetch things from up high by himself via magic, he is always certain to ask for Sebek’s help, as it seems to make Sebek so happy.

When asked “How is life at the school different from your home?”, Silver expresses surprise at all the electrical appliances, which are rare in the Valley of Thorns, where most homes do not have electrical outlets. He says in his master chef vignette that he has never used any electronic appliances in cooking before and, in his birthday vignette, that he is “amazed at how brightly lit everything is after the sun sets. It was pitch dark in the woods where I’m from.”

He also explains that he was surprised by how good the food tastes, as—growing up—he had no choice but to eat Lila’s cooking. “Father…Lilia-senpai’s cooking is creative. He will look up a recipe, but not follow it as he cooks.”

Silver is not a picky eater and he is an accomplished cook, so long as he doesn’t attempt any cuisine (like stews) that require a significant investment of time, as he will fall asleep in the middle of the process.

He has said he often receives bedding on his birthday, as people tend to assume that the reason he falls asleep throughout the day is because he does not sleep well enough at night. As a result, he has become familiar with many different variations and brands of pillows.

He has a naturally stern-looking expression, but this is unintentional and he is unaware of it. In-game, Vil refers to his eyes as “the color of the aurora”.

Rumor While unconfirmed, there is a rumor that he may be based on Prince Philip’s “Sword of Truth”, from Disney’s Sleeping Beauty (his icon on the loading screen is a sword), but he also has characteristics of Aurora herself, such as falling asleep against his will and attracting small woodland creatures. It is possible that Silver is in fact the only “Disney princess” enrolled at Night Raven College (as opposed to Royal Sword Academy, where the rest of them congregate).

This raises the question, however, of why he was chosen by the mirror for the world of villains--or even if he was chosen at all, or if Lilia convinced Crowley in one way or another to allow his enrollment.

Which brings us to another point The other two characters with a plethora of cosmic attacks are related to characters who were not true villains in their respective movies. Kalim, presumably based on the sultan, was hypnotized in the Aladdin movie by the villain to perform evil deeds, but was not, himself, maliciously villainous. Similarly, the hunter in Snow White—the basis for Rook—was employed by the movie’s villain and commanded to perform evil deeds, but ultimately refused and redeemed himself.

This illustrates that having a dotted-line association with the movie’s villain seems to be good enough for the mirror, or at least for Crowley, who has overridden the Mirror's decisions in the past (re: Kalim's enrollment, Rook's dorm assignment).

But that doesn’t help explain Silver, as neither the Sword of Truth nor Aurora can be associated—indirectly or otherwise—with aiding in a villain’s scheme. A certain live-action Disney movie insinuates that it is indeed Aurora who can be proven to have a deeper relationship to her movie’s villain than one would think, but while the game’s connections to the original animated movies are obvious, the amount of influence from the live action remakes is more unclear.

And for further puzzling: In January of 2020, part of the early promotion for the game involve the official twst_jp account on Twitter posting short videos introducing the characters of each dorm. You had to retweet the video in order to play it, and it listed a still image of each character in the chosen dorm, one by one, and played a line of dialogue by that character.

I found the original promotional tweet, played the video and Silver’s line of dialogue is “That’s strange…I feel like I’ve seen you somewhere before”.

We already know that the player character sees Disney movies in their sleep. If this is a “I’ve walked with you once upon a dream” reference, it seems pretty safe to say that Silver might be 1/4th sword, but he’s easily 3/4ths Aurora.

Some great artists for Silver fan-art and more (SFW, no story spoilers) ・One cute comic and

Another cute comic about Lilia and Silver during Silver’s childhood (including the “forest in the rain” scene described above)

A mixed bag of illustrations including characters from all dorms, but heavily Silver/Sebek/Lilia

Outfit designs for Silver and Sebek

Lilia is the most supportive dad

Voice Silver is voiced by Shimazaki Nobunaga (島﨑信長), whose other work includes Free! (2013 - 2018), Ace of Diamond (2013 - 2020), World Trigger (2015 - 2022), Fate/Grand Order (2016 - 2020), Assassination Classroom (2016), Lupin the 3rd (2018, 2019, 2021), Sword Art Online (2018) and Fruits Basket (2019 - 2022)

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