Silas Winterhill

Silas Winterhill is a member of the Starkweather Foundation. He lives in an apartment above his clock-maker's shop in Northampton Square, Clerkenwell.

He is the third longest serving member of the Foundation.

Biography
Silas is introduced to the renowned clockmaker Charles Frodsham by the Major-General. He then serves his apprenticeship at Frodsham's company before setting up his own clockmaker's workshop in Northampton Square, Clerkenwell.

Family

 * Father = Robert Winterhill
 * Mother = Miriam Winterhill (nee Doyle)
 * Sister = Keziah Winterhill

Silas' younger sister, Keziah, died at the age of two in a tragic accident in which she fell and hit her head on the stone pedestal of a bird bath in Westgate Park.

His father experiments with the Dark Water and how it can be used to successfully integrate clockwork machinery with organic tissue. He builds a wing for an injured raven and a foreleg for a horse.

His mother worked as an assistant for the town's dentist, Dr. Drumm.

The Crimson Mask
While wearing The Crimson Mask Silas' hearing and vision are enhanced. His hearing becomes very sensitive and he can focus in on specific sounds depending. He is able to adjust his vision so that he can see clearly in low light and he can see in the infra red spectrum, giving him the ability to detect heat.

Timeline

 * 1826, 6th June - Born in the Sussex village of Westgate
 * 1838 - Westgate Park Tragedy
 * 1843 - Runs away to London
 * 1846 - Meets the Major-General outside of the Minervium Club
 * 1847 - Introduced to clockmaker, Charles Frodsham, and begins his apprenticeship at Frodsham & Arnold
 * 1852 - Opens his own clockmaker's shop in Northampton Square, Clerkenwell.
 * 1854 - Becomes a member of the Foundation