Silas of the Threshold (also Silas Billington) is a young illusionist of the company later known as Los Condenados (“the Condemned”). Corrupted by a demonic pact, he was executed in Helix, returned as a herald of darkness, and his skull became the door of the pact that doomed his companions.
| Type | Character |
| Location | Monastery and consecrated church of Helix |
| Spanish entry | Silas del Umbral |
History
- With the company. He turned the battle of the eight skeletons with his master’s scroll of missiles and cast sleep on the goblin throne.
- Corruption. A sweetish smell, dark writings, a mark on his face and desecrated barrow graves led Helix to arrest him. In his cell Quasi, the little demon of pacts, sealed a pact with him. He corrupted his guards, the Inquisitor Twins, escaped, and returned with a horde of the dead, seeking the chamber of the Tablet of Chaos.
- Execution. In the consecrated church, Vicar Otar denied him a cell: “vas a morir antes” (“you will die first”). The vicar and Mortan held him with a spell and a disruption mace split his skull on the altar. He died with two wishes unspoken, his soul already pledged. Buried outside consecrated ground, he left demonic writings; the Abbot ordered them “sanitized” and tied him to the platinum canopic jars.
- Herald of darkness. His grave was found disturbed, a former companion’s name written on it. He returned leading a torchlit procession of the Helix dead, his face deformed by the mace: “¿Por qué no me esperaron?” (“Why didn’t you wait for me?”). His kiss paralyzed; Mortan died in the battle. The monk who had replaced him in the company beheaded him with a staff blow.
- The door of the pact. That night, over his skull, the head of Belial took flesh, and his unspoken wishes became the debt of the Pact of the Nobeliares. His executioners all ended among Los Condenados.