The Silberg Family! Finally decided to draw them all and gave them names :] So it's,
August Silberg - Father
Svane Lyyke-Silberg - Mother
Children ordered from left to right:
- Cygnus Silberg
- Emma Silberg
- Lisabet Silberg
- Emmy Silberg
- Cooper Silberg
And I also got some bits of the timeline where it all went wrong so, bare with me. [tw: cheating, divorce, abuse and cult topics under the cut]
August Silberg was just a humble librarian working at a small library in the small town he lives in. His pays was plentiful enough to provide for his family. One day, a particular patron showed up, asking about some very specific books - which the library does provide. The same bird keeps showing up day after day and August has grown fond of her.
She introduces herself as Thea Thelma Anselm and claims she was a historian. These two would chat a lot whenever they could and this went on for a while. Thea, intrigued by August, asks if he wanted to take this into a more personal relationship. August retaliated at first, strictly claiming he's married and a father to 5 but Thea was insisted nobody would know if they kept it a secret. Eventually, August fell into Thea's charm. During the span of their secret relationship, Thea later reveals that she was "The Goddess of Paradise", founder to the Paradism cult. She told him she would make him "The King of Paradise" if he follows, and sure enough he did.
Back home, August changed. He was much more aggressive towards Svane and the kids. He would always insist to work longer hours in the library. Svane was taken aback by the change, but she tries to keep a positive mindset about it. Maybe his pays were being cut for some reason and he was stressing out to make ends meet. So she didn't question him too much. This was however uncovered accidentally by Cooper. He was visiting the library to find books for his homework when he accidentally stumbled across his father kissing another woman behind one of the shelves. Cooper, still being young and naive, went home and told his mother about it. Svane was devastated and furious. She finally caught him and Thea red-handed, but August defended Thea instead.
Svane decided that she had enough. She filed a divorce and took the three youngest (Lisabet, Emma and Emmy) with her and left the household, leaving the brothers under August's custody. August later marries Thea and became to so proclaimed "King of Paradise".
Unfortunately, with the marriage, both Cooper and Cygnus was also dragged into the cult. The two of them didn't want that, of course. They were forced into a strict dogma and lifestyle that was in no way healthy for them. Cooper would lash out on his father a lot, often to defend his little brother. Cooper would often take hard beatings from August to discipline him. Within the cult, they were often forced to witness horrors beyond traumatizing in such a young age. Once Cooper was 15 and Cygnus was 14, they both fled their home in the dead of night. Cooper had apparently stole a bunch of his father's cards and money in order to find a safer place to live. With a few clothes and other necessities they could bring in their bags they made the whole journey to the nearest airport. They would later flee the country and into North America, fearing if they stayed they could be taken in again.
Both of them lived in a safe house once they arrived, since they were in a foreign land and have nowhere to stay. They stayed until they were old enough to work for themselves. They both would work several part times until one day Cygnus breaks down, telling Cooper they can't keep living on edge like this, that they have to go back home or at least try to find their mother and siblings. Cooper grew angry towards him, he scolded him that there was no way he would return to the bastard that abused the both of them in that crazy cult. Cygnus kept insisting, saying he can't handle the stress and he knows he could turn his father back around again if he tried. Cooper wanted to leave everything behind and grew tired of Cygnus constantly thinking he could change his father and what he had done.
The fight kept on going until one day Cooper snapped and decided to dump Cygnus to fend for himself. He told him he wanted to work peacefully for himself from now on since he kept wasting his time convincing to go back to Denmark. Cygnus was now left alone to work for his own and thankfully did get a job later in Swan Air. Feeling guilty, Cygnus later seek out Cooper in his new office and asked if they could start over again. Cooper unfortunately took on a cocky and rude demeanor and told Cygnus to get out, saying he is doing fine without him and he should go back to his "lowpaying" job.
That's when their relationship grew distant. They barely ever see each other again, and if they do, it would always end in some sort of fight. Now Cooper constantly badmouths him behind his back while Cygnus never even acknowledges having a brother when asked by his co-workers.
