Post by Morphine on Oct 22, 2011 15:06:41 GMT -5
The Silence
The Silents were a memory-proof species who led a religious order known as the Silence; They were also known by this name. They were tall humanoids with bulbous heads and grey, mouthless faces. Their hands had four large, elongated fingers with one bulbous central finger. They had small eyes in deep recesses in the skull. The eyes lacked sclera and were completely dark. They spoke in low, guttural voices and tended to make growling or clicking noises. They wear black suits and ties. They would also hang upside down from ceilings while they slept, much like bats.
The Silents were able to remain hidden on Eld for thousands of years, as they possessed the unique quality of being "memory-proof": anyone who saw them(at least humaniods as they never were shown what happen if non-humaniod life-forms are effected by it) would instantly forget about them the moment they looked away-even photographs and recordings, though it takes longer. Anyone looking at the Silents would recover their memories of previous sightings, although not instantaneously.
Silents also have the ability to absorb electricity from anything, even from the static electricity from the air into their bodies increase the voltage a hundred fold and fire it from their hands to kill others. At full power, these energy discharges could obliterate victims. It appeared that they have to draw the energy from an outside source. It's shown that if they are allowed to "charge" enough electricity they can even blow up people. However this attack is only effective and accurate at close range. When absorbing and discharging energy, a hole would appear where a mouth would be on a human's face.
The Silents influenced the actions of others by issuing commands to any person who looked at them. These orders would remain in a person's mind even after they forgot the encounter with the Silent, acting like post-hypnotic suggestions. This would also happen if the suggestion was made by someone other than a Silent to a person looking at an individual Silent or an image of one. People could be driven insane by having too many orders implanted in this manner.
The Silents were physically superhumanly strong, able to break reinforced glass merely by touching against it. They could also smash through barricaded doors completely unfazed. They also seem to not need to breathe. They can even handle two direct hits from a bow and arrow at point-blank range at their chest and still live, though they are unable to walk.
There are rumors that The Silents, and their religious order, work for Dagalûr The Dark One, but this is unconfirmed.
Or is it?
You know, now that you've read this, you'll probably forget all about it when you go somewhere else.
