Background

A dark haired young man with a very short beard, he usually has some sort of facial paint and light brown eyes, using a dark cloak. He speaks German and does card/spiritual readings besides the usual medieval medicine and herbal stuff. - Start of Story - Silas was born in February 6th of 1985 in a small city in Kentucky, Harrodsburg, part of a German immigrant family he had access to all kinds of herbal medicine and mentors for using teas and infusions to treat wounds and diseases. His grandmother who did most of his nurture, a mysterious woman from the old country, taught Silas to see plants as more than ingredients, they were living forces, with temperament and will. While other children played video games, Silas was foraging in the woods, learning names like yarrow, comfrey, and echinacea as if they were family. The uncommon tendencies had made him be the weird kid in school, which gave him the perfect situation to delve deep into further superstitious beliefs and deal with everyday "stress" like the bullies, by spending time in the woods. He enjoyed listening to various types of rock music, and delving into punk culture, but then it happened... "The outbreak... i remember it like its tattooed into my mind, i was in the woods when the air didn't feel right, the city seemed to be running away from something, that after those daisies appearing, its not a good sign." He had to find his family but it was too late, the authorities had brought them into the quarantine zone and he was the next one. Getting into it he had hopes of finding familiar faces among the crowd, unfortunately it was an effort in vain. The quarantine zone in Danville was its own survival shit show, food and water were scarce and you couldn't trust strangers, it made him cling more and more into his eccentric ways as a way to cope, having to fend of at 14 it seemed very unfair, until he met a mentor figure who taught him the way of the sword, a Historical European Martial Arts instructor, who also recruited him into the Nomadic group known as the Briar Band. Now fighting in the front lines of both human and zombie conflicts, the traumas of battlefield medicine and death mix up to make the mystical healer with face paint and a dark cloak that he is today. Before the season started on the Knox zone, Silas travelled in between the cities trying to learn more about the Daisies while practicing his medicine on members of his group and other fellow travellers found in the way, during rest he sets up a tent with his belongings, playing cards and a collection of music and more.