The Silver King

The Silver King
Silver King Human Form Official Art by @CitricKing
Characteristics
Age	thousands of years old
Race	Silver Dragon
Class	Unknown
Languages	Common, Draconic
Status	Living
First Introduced	(Mentioned) Episode 7: The Shy, the Proud, the Ugly (Seen in Dragon Form) Episode 53 / Podcast 41: Dragon Force (Seen in humanoid form) Episode 54 / Podcast 41: Dancing Around the Issues

Background

The Silver King is a ruler a far-off country called Eltmur in the Alton region and frequently called "The Silver King's Kingdom". There is a statue of the Silver King in the Middle Arcana District in Alivast, which was donated by Redmond Bell. The Silver King "felled [the] corrupt rulers" of his country, and freed the people of the previously tyrannical rule.

The Silver King intervened in Eltmur's war of conquest against its neighbor Valithea. After meeting with the Eltmur leaders and stopping the country from completely destroying the Valithean capital, the dragon headed back to his lair in the Pinespire Mountains. It is revealed that for a time after, he slept in his mountain keep for many years; until he was reawoken by a proposition for a road through his mountain home by the Eltmurian Royalty. He was wined and dined, and was about to enjoy a delightful slumber in their partnership until it was discovered that the Eltmurians planned to slay him while he was flying away. Enraged, he polymorphed into an old man, snuck into their midst, and returned to dragon form, slaying all but one. It was then when he took the throne that he saw the depths of the old regime's depravity, and strove to improve the civil rights of all his newly acquired citizens and restore Eltmur to a more egalitarian state.

Many citizens of Eltmur regard the Silver King as a liberator and reformer.

The Silver King slipped into Alivast without the general public's knowledge, though rumors began to circulate. His presence was made unmistakably known when he fought and easily defeated a nearly ancient white dragon. After defeating the white, he let loose a roar that terrified all the wyvern mounts of the Dragon Cult, causing them to cease attacking the citizens of Alivast and flee.

The Silver King has recently made a formal public appearance at a ball held in his honor in Alivast's Middle Clergy District. Here he revealed his humanoid form to the public.

Personality

In spite of his impressive power, the Silver King is actually quite humble for a dragon and a regent, refusing to be bowed to and being endlessly patient and kind to those that he meets. He has a deep appreciation and fascination with "Human Humor", cracking terrible jokes and puns whenever he can, and using human idioms whenever possible. He also has a deep love of stories, specifically of the non-draconic races, and will listen to whoever he can to possibly gain new ones. Because of this, he pines to adventure like so many others do in Alevast.

That said, he is still a dragon, and a metallic one at that, and so has a very clear streak of pride in his heritage. He is implied to be somewhat protective of his hoard, though he's much kinder about it than others might be. He definitely responds negatively to Chromatic Dragons causing havoc, the forceful control of dragonkind, and does not take being lied to and threatened well at all.

Relations

Alivast

Official Silver King art by @JackAKaiser

The Alivastian Council seeks to form an alliance with the Silver king so he can assist in the young nation's aerial defense. The Silver King's presence was a great boon during the raid by the Dragon Cult, killing the white dragon leading the attack and scaring off their wyvern riders. At the moment he seems to ask very little in return for his assistance; simply requesting that the Council ask people originating from Eltmur to consider returning to their place of origin, using money as an incentive. This is because Eltmur is currently suffering a labor shortage in agriculture, education, and other industries.

The Unexpectables

Task

Task started with a negative opinion of the Silver King due to his previous issues with dragons in general. He softened slightly when he offered condolences as to what happened to Iron-Oath and to help Tarusk see his true form, and when he overheard the Silver King's intentions.

Panic

Panic started on the wrong foot almost immediately with the Silver King when he loudly booed his opening joke. He softened on him when Panic apologized and instead suggested that he start with knock-knock jokes when he entered a room.

Greckles

In spite of his apprehension with how he would deal with Solly, The Silver King was very interested in Greckles' culture and style of dress, stating he had an interest in seeing the Eastern Isles himself. While he didn't intend to, later in the night he unintentionally caused tension between Greckles and Brorc Bronze-Fang by somewhat subtly suggesting Solly was better suited with either of them.

Borky

The Silver King actually thought that Borky was a bodyguard for most of the time he was around him and assumed he was working, so he didn't actually interact with him until the end of his party. He enjoyed the story of how he suplexed a hag, and considered his offer to go to the Sweet Dragon.

Solly

The Silver King was offered Solly's hand in marriage by the Alivastian Council as a means of political bargaining. At the ball held in his honor, Solly and the Silver King met for the first time and engaged in a private discussion to figure out the terms of this agreement. The Silver King supplied Solly with no shortage of compliments, but in the end declined the offer as his hand belongs to someone else. He does seem to think that she would be better off with Brorc or Greckles, as implied by him when he twirled her in their direction. He also offered to introduce his children to Solly as compensation for the rejected proposal.

Willow

For unknown reasons, the Silver King abducted Willow, smashing her tower and part of the Sweet Dragon in the process. He then flew with her to the peak of Everbright Mountain.

Trivia

@RoSohryu 's interpretation of what the Silver King might look like if he polymorphed into human form.

• The corrupt rulers of Eltmur, before the Silver King took over, tried to take over the entire Alton region. While they didn't completely conquer the region, they greatly expanded their country's boarders, making it one of the most powerful countries in Alton.
• The Silver King's humanoid form went through many revisions before the official art was produced. MontyGlu shared that at one point in the process Damon Gant, an antagonist from the Ace Attorney franchise of games, was used as an inspiration for some aspects of the character.
• His daughter Zotira was discovered in Tent Town by The Unexpectables. She was polymorphed into a humanoid form and does not seem to speak common.
• The Silver King is his title. His real name is secret because a name is a powerful thing.