Silver Vanrouge

A cool and collected boy who guards Malleus like a knight. He is so low-key that his calm demeanor often crosses over into a state of visible drowsiness.

Silver is a fair-skinned young man of average height. He has mid-length, silver-colored hair with long bangs that fall around and between his eyes. He also has a small cowlick on the top of his head. His eyes are a unique mix of light-blue and light-purple; the color once described as “auroral.” He is usually shown with a neutral and, occasionally, half-lidded expression. Various people have commented that he has a handsome and princely appearance.

Silver’s uniform is similar to the rest of the Diasomnia students. Silver also wears dark green eyeliner while in his dorm uniform. The uniform consists of a black all-weather coat with neon green and silver accents, black combat suspenders and belts, jodhpur pants, a small garrison cap, black gloves, and heeled knee-high boots.

The all-weather coat has asymmetrically colored lapels, with one black and one neon green. Both lapels have silver straps and buttons on them. Two silver zippers go down the center of the coat, lined with neon green stripes. The coat reaches below the waist in length, and the sleeves are folded up to reveal a neon green underlining with silver trim. Silver wears a white collared shirt and black tie underneath his coat.

Over the coat and above the waist is a set of black belts with silver buckles. The lowest belt hangs at an angle, and connects to several silver spools of thread on his right hip. Between the belt and spools is a silver ornament, shaped like a spinning wheel. On the other side of the belt is a holster for a magic pen. The black combat suspenders worn above the belts have silver buttons and a unique cuff around the right arm that resembles a dragon’s wing.

The jodhpur pants are black with neon green stripes going down the outer seams, and the knee-high boots are black with neon green soles. The garrison cap is black with neon green trim, and the sides fold up to resemble curved horns.

Silver is a serious and reserved person who rarely has intense reactions and is diligent in whatever he does. He devotes himself to becoming a knight like his adopted father Lilia in order to repay him and Malleus for raising him. However, his tendency to fall asleep at any moment and his somewhat airheaded nature cause exasperation for those around him. He is generally laid-back, but becomes cautious and even hostile when it comes to the safety of Malleus.

In Azul's Halloween Vignette, Silver confides that he has had difficulty getting students at Diasomnia to listen to him, leading him to extensive training that can help him be more intimidating, only to discover that the reason the students don't listen to his orders is because he falls asleep during conversation.

According to Riddle, he is not the type to make jokes.

Silver is the orphaned son of the Dawn Knight and Queen Leah. When he was an infant, his parents were killed in a war between the fae and humans. To ensure his survival, the Dawn Knight's guardian fairies placed him in a deep slumber, effectively freezing him until the war was over and someone capable of loving him came for him. Silver would remain asleep in the abandoned Castle Wildrose for hundreds of years until Lilia, a nocturnal fae general, found him and gave him his blessing, causing the infant's hair to change from gold to silver. Lilia named the infant Silver and decided to take him in.

Silver was then adopted by Lilia and raised like his own. Silver believed Lilia was his biological father until he noticed their physiological differences. Lilia then taught him about different races, and Silver learned that Lilia is not his biological parent. Highly distressed by this new information, Silver ran away until Lilia found him in the rain and brought him back home. Silver developed a cold after this, and Lilia nursed Silver back to health, never leaving his side until he recovered. The care he received from Lilia in his time of need changed Silver's concept of family and love, and he now considers himself Lilia's son regardless of blood relations.

He attracts small animals such as birds and squirrels, who sometimes help him when he is in need. Since he was young, they would flock to Silver whenever he got lost in the forest or when he felt down about not doing well in training.