Lander Silverton was born in 1382 to the Waterdhavian branch of the Silverton line, once famed for their prosperous silver mines, now remembered mostly for depleting them. Though the ore ran dry generations ago, a streak of improbably lucky investments kept the family comfortably afloat. Lander, however, was known less for his fortune and more for his greed, excess, and an ironclad determination to restore his house to its former glory.
Mocked among the The Masked Lords of Waterdeep, he eventually turned his ambitions northward. He arrived in the city in 1408 in a whirlwind of revelry, charisma, and coin and quickly caught the attention of the lonely and beautiful Amafrey Everfall. Though he found her tiresome, he quickly recognized the advantage of being aligned with the daughter of the High Oracle. If her presence suggested he possessed a touch of investment foresight, or that Edda Everfall herself whispered counsel into his ear, so much the better.
Lander and Amafrey married by 1410, and in the Year of the Walking Trees (1421), she bore him a daughter: Vala Silverton. The difficult birth had left his wife barren, and Lander is said to have pursued his male heirs elsewhere, bastards though they were. Never inclined toward family life, Lander focused on growing his wealth, he left his wife under the care of Tomlin Helder, and his daughter with a slew of tutors and her doting Grandmère, Edda. He showed a brief interest in Vala, after successfully betrothing her to Bann Alagondar III, the crown prince of Neverwinter, but rankled when Vala's arcane gifts caused it to be broken —until Vala began showing signs of inheriting Edda’s prophetic gift.
Realizing the fortune he could command for the hand of a true oracle’s daughter, Lander set about arranging the most profitable match possible. Strangely, every engagement collapsed before it could be finalized. Maddening as it was, the setbacks only made potential suitors bid higher, and Lander was content to let the mystery continue.
On the day of the Ruining, he finally believed he had succeeded. He dispatched the family’s loyal butler, Tomlin Helder, southward along the Triboar Trail to fetch Vala’s unnamed intended, refusing to speak the suitor’s identity aloud for fear of her finding some way to slip out of it as she had all the others. He smugly went to court, basking in his victory, only to be entombed in Castle Never with his wife Amafrey as Mount Hotenow erupted.
None of House Silverton are believed to have survived The Ruining.
Vala Silverton dyed her fair hair a deep brown to match her father's before leaving Neverwinter and is posing as his bastard daughter as no one would be surprised he had one.
Jason - if this means I may have a bastard sibling (or several) out in the world I'm so down for that.