Reason For Being

Silas is a quiet observer of life, an overlooked and neglected orphan. He watches the world from the sidelines, watching it be adorned in vibrant, warm hues that never reached him. His infrequent solace came in the smallest of things, namely, the words written in pages. Once devastated after an unexplained, catastrophic flood that occurred during Silas' childhood, most of Oakridge, his hometown, was rebuilt. The rebuilt areas of town seemed to be eerily reigned by uniformity, each building a little too perfect. A strange perfection, devoid of depth. As if Oakridge had been stripped of its history and diversity.

One day, after a bitter argument with his caretaker, Silas finds himself in the home of his now deceased parents. A long-abandoned cottage housing dust filled rooms and weathered walls. It stood tall, though it was barely holding on, like a memory that refuses to fade. In the houses dust filled room, he discovers a letter that leads him to his grandfather's old study. There, Silas encounters an entity, a supernatural being who ominously foretells with his words. It whispers of a destiny yet to unfold, and the role Silas is destined to play in the worlds fate.

As Silas embarks on a journey to decipher the entity's cryptic messages, he meets a mysterious, aged librarian who promises him wisdom and the truth. Though, the entities warning stayed with him, 'The truth isn't always as it seems'.

With every step closer to the truth, Silas is pulled deeper into the world of deception, historical events, mysteries and powers far beyond his understanding. The truth may shatter everything he knows, or it might reveal a fate - his fate - Oakridge's fate.