Silas Moreno is a character role-played by vertex84.
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General Description[]
Silas Moreno is a former secret Patched Member of the Already Dead MC.
A fixture in Los Santos politics, Silas was previously a voted-in representative on the Civilian Oversight Board. He is currently running for mayor.
Backstory[]
Silas grew up in a rural part of Texas, where there wasn't much going on. He was neglected by his parents and took an early liking to cars and mechanic work. When Silas first arrived in Los Santos six years ago, he worked at Hayes Auto Body Repairs and delved into racing.
He got into petty crime at an early age and was part of a small crew of five people with his best friend Elijah, by the age of 16/17. They robbed convenience stores and operated out of a shack in their neighbourhood.
One day after the crew had successfully completed a number of robberies they were have a group meeting and discovered that Elijah was withholding some of the money from the robberies to keep for himself. The meeting became very heated and one of the other crew members drew a knife and motioned towards Elijah with it, Elijah then drew a gun and shot and killed the guy with a knife. This escalated the situation and the others tried rushing Elijah and he gunned them down too.
It was then just Silas and Elijah, Silas had a gun as well but the last thing he wanted to do was kill his best friend. His friend held the gun at his side and then began collecting the money that the crew had stored at the shack and was going to leave.
Silas didn't want his Elijah to leave and also wasn't prepared to let him just leave after what had just transpired, so when Elijah wasn't looking he drew his own gun and pointed it at him. Elijah noticed and said 'You don't know what you're doing, you don't want to do this' Silas said ;you just killed our crew over some cash, there is always more cash, I don't understand' Elijah then told him he was planning on exiting the crew for a long time and the money he has ben keeping for himself was meant to allow him to disappear into the night and move on with his life.
While Elijah was shovelling the money into a bag he kept saying you aren't goanna do this, you don't have it in you, just let me go, I've wanted out and to start a new life for a while now, we cant stay in bumblefuck Texas forever. Silas told him no, that he had as much right to that money as he did and he wasn't going to let him get away with killing the 3 other crew members and then trying to take all the money.
The two stared each other down for a while, sizing each other up and trying to gauge what to do next. Silas knew Elijah was always the faster draw but he already had the gun aimed at him. So when it came down to it as Elijah showed signs of getting ready to kill Silas, Silas shot his friend centre mass. Because his friend was always so fast with a gun Silas also got his, in his abdomen, non vital hit.
In that moment as Silas was watching Elijah collapse to the ground and struggle to breath and form any words, Silas went over to him and tried to comfort him in his last moments. Elijah looked up at Silas as he was lying on the ground bleeding out, he still had hold of some of the money in his hand. The bills were now soaked in blood and you could just make out the Ben Franklins on them. Elijah wasn't able to say much as the bullet has pierced his lung but he had this look in his eyes that almost looked like he was sorry for what had happened. Silas wasn't sure if this was genuine or just because he knew he was about to die, moments later Elijah passed away in Silas's arms.
In that moment Silas didn't care if he lived or not, his crew was dead, he had killed his best friend and he too was bleeding from a gunshot, so he laid down on the ground and cried, he cried until he fell asleep next to the dead body of his best friend. Whether it was by God's grace or sheer willpower he awoke the next morning, he gathered his things, the money, both the clean and the dirty and left the shack for the last time. his entire life was in that shack and he walked away, he didn't know where to go or what to do next but he had heard that Los Santos as the land of opportunity so he headed to LS and arrived in the city aged just 18yrs old. It took pretty much all the money he had just to get to LS, he had just enough to get some run down shitty apartment and a few nights worth of meals.
5 Year Hiatus[]
After losing all of his money at the casino, Silas was forced to sell his cars, apartment and other assets for money to live on. In search of more stability in the wake of the Los Santos economic collapse, he moved back to rural Texas. Using his experience from Hayes, Silas made ends meet working at mechanic shops. In his spare time he maintained a ZR380 he won in a pinkslips race against a fellow co worker. This ZR380 brought him success at local underground races. Despite a comfortable life in Texas, Silas longed for the thrill and opportunity that Los Santos presented. After scrounging enough money together for an apartment and hearing that the economy in the city had stabilized, he returned after roughly five years with an effective clean slate. Without any fast cars, places of employment or deep connections, Silas began anew.
