Silent Hedges
Silent Hedges started out as the first sidesystem in our written history, but they are now classed as a subsystem in Cluster Web, a narrative-based sidesystem that represents certain possibilities about our past abuse and trauma that are close to the truth but not entirely accurate.
In their timeline, they were the system of a genderqueer gay man born in 1975 with the name Brian Morrissey. Mori is the one most aligned with being the original of this system. They experienced trauma in the 1970s-2000s that is equivalent to our trauma in the 1990s-2020s but in a different time.
They are all goth or alt in some way, and in their timeline, they were in a lot of bands, including a Bauhaus tribute band similar to one from the area we grew up.
hey have two layers - Dark Entries (headmates that Mori had in his timeline) and Flat Field (headmates that Mori did not have in his timeline or who split in reference to this-life events moreso than being recovered from Mori's past).
est. October 27, 2025
he/ae/ey/xe 🟋 52 🟋 human 🟋 GNC gay man
🟆 roles: identity holder, depression holder, disability holder, caretaker
🟆 source: unsourced/build-a-headmate
🟆 likes: goth, substances, movies
🟆 kintypes: brown hyenas
🟆 F/Os: Thomas Jerome Newton (The Man Who Fell to Earth)
🟆 in-system relationships: Vani (romantic), Fledermaus (romantic), Evan (platonic/romantic), Mori (platonic/romantic/kink)
🟆 layer: Dark Entries
🟆 notes: He seems to embody some of our frustrations with the current-day mental health and queer communities, namely that the people in them frequently fail to take accountability or responsibility.
est. August 30, 2025
he/him 🟋 61 🟋 horse anthro 🟋 xenine stallion
🟆 roles: addiction holder, depression holder, cook
🟆 source: The horse from Horsin' Around
🟆 likes: alcohol, comedy, 20th century media, food, anthro
🟆 kintypes: horses
🟆 in-system relationships: Helix (platonic)
🟆 layer: Flat Field
🟆 notes: He cooks because, in his timeline, he did meal prep so he'd always have lots of food when he was drunk.
est. December 7, 2023
he/they/wave/mode/synth 🟋 50 🟋 human 🟋 bi xenogender synthroin demiguy
🟆 roles: caretaker, forportian, socializer, protector, disability manager
🟆 source: semi-factive (local musician)
🟆 likes: synthesizers, new wave, karaoke, sci-fi
🟆 F/Os: Ford Prefect (platonic)
🟆 in-system relationships: Mori (platonic)
🟆 layer: Dark Entries
🟆 notes: In his timeline, he helped Mori manage their addiction and disability and does so for us now. He's surprisingly not dark for a Silent Hedges member.
est. August 8, 2025
he/it/📻 🟋 42 🟋 human 🟋 GNC bi-ish veldian
🟆 roles: caretaker, attraction holder, perspective holder, forportian
🟆 source: semi-factive (local person)
🟆 likes: post-punk, EBM, cooking, plushes, movies
🟆 kintypes: striped hyenas
🟆 F/Os: Norman Bates (romantic), Thomas Jerome Newton (romantic/kink)
🟆 in-system relationships: Disorder (unlabeled), Trevor (platonic)
🟆 layer: Flat Field
🟆 notes: Responsible and likes taking care of people, but subject to our physical disabilities and thus has a hard time taking care of himself. Divorced in its timeline.
est. August 17, 2025
he/e/💌/💿/🍲/it 🟋 50 🟋 unknown 🟋 veldian
🟆 roles: attraction holder, caretaker, cook, assidumate
🟆 source: This Corrosion (Sisters of Mercy song)
🟆 likes: goth, cooking
🟆 F/Os: Thomas Jerome Newton (romantic)
🟆 layer: Flat Field
🟆 notes: Extremely fragmentary. We motivate him to do household tasks by pretending he's doing it for his F/O.
est. December 7, 2024
he/it/x/ey 🟋 61 🟋 "I don't subscribe to the concept of species" 🟋 agender veldian man
🟆 roles: socializer, performer, addiction holder, identity holder, BPD holder
🟆 source: Vyvian Withnail (Withnail and I)
🟆 likes: wolves, acting, karaoke
🟆 synpaths: wolves, spotted hyenas, ghosts
🟆 F/Os: Peter Marwood (romantic/kink)
🟆 layer: Dark Entries
est. August 3, 2025
he/it/x/vae/🚬/🥃 🟋 42 🟋 alterhuman 🟋 GNC veldian
🟆 roles: BPD holder, attraction holder, humorist
🟆 source: Disorder (Joy Division song)
🟆 likes: shitposts, karaoke, Halloween, anthro
🟆 kintypes: striped hyenas, dogs, rats, cheetahs, Campbell's dwarf hamsters
🟆 F/Os: Norman Bates (romantic)
🟆 in-system relationships: Control (unlabeled)
🟆 layer: Flat Field
🟆 notes: Loves shitposts and stupid humor.
est. November 5, 2025
he/ix/x/it 🟋 50 🟋 human 🟋 veldian
🟆 roles: disability holder, romanticist, caretaker, charge
🟆 source: Day of the Lords (Joy Division song)
🟆 likes: food, pets, writing, old web
🟆 kintypes: hyenas
🟆 F/Os: Vero Vanitas (romantic/kink)
🟆 in-system relationships: Vani (romantic), Fledermaus (romantic), Andy (platonic/romantic), Friday (platonic)
🟆 layer: Dark Entries
🟆 notes: Often upset about how our disability affects us but also takes care of other headmates, especially DPD holders.
est. December 7, 2024
they/it/x/he 🟋 50 🟋 Void Entity 🟋 agender kenochoric objectum aroace
🟆 roles: caretaker, cook, curadare
🟆 source: The Cure (music)
🟆 likes: plushes, karaoke, cooking, nostalgia
🟆 kintypes: hyenas
🟆 in-system relationships: Mori (queerplatonic), Des (platonic)
🟆 layer: Dark Entries
🟆 notes: Looks somewhat like a Void Entity version of current Robert Smith. They are objectum for plushes and buildings.
est. August 18, 2025
they/he/🎤/ix 🟋 Early 40s 🟋 alterhuman alien 🟋 GNC genderqueer veldian
🟆 roles: fuck knows
🟆 source: Ford Prefect (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, AU fictive)
🟆 likes: comedy, sci-fi, karaoke, alcohol
🟆 kintypes: space
🟆 F/Os: Thomas Jerome Newton (romantic)
🟆 in-system relationships: Bojack (platonic)
🟆 layer: Flat Field
🟆 notes: Split because of a breakdown and now mostly just fronts when Bojack does LOL
est. August 16, 2025
he/x/it/bug 🟋 39 🟋 alterhuman 🟋 xenogender bi veldian
🟆 roles: socializer, performer, BPD holder, cringe holder, kink/sexual alter
🟆 source: Jimmy (Mouthwashing) + American Idiot (Green Day album)
🟆 likes: old web, bugs, Satanism, metal, karaoke
🟆 kintypes: cockroaches, hyenas, demons
🟆 F/Os: Thomas Jerome Newton (kink/sexual)
🟆 in-system relationships: Ivan (romantic/kink)
🟆 layer: Flat Field
🟆 notes: AU version of Jimmy Mouthwashing where the events took place in the modern day and he and his co-workers went to karaoke together. Wants to make a noise project called Piss World.
est. August 7, 2025
he/🍓/💄/🎤/kae/any 🟋 50 🟋 alterhuman cenobite 🟋 GNC genderqueer bi veldian
🟆 roles: caretaker, protector, socializer, BPD holder, kink/sexual headmate, appellisian
🟆 source: semi-factive (local person) + Nasty Habits (Oingo Boingo song)
🟆 likes: new wave, sci-fi, makeup, kink, karaoke
🟆 kintypes: cenobites, angels, spotted hyenas
🟆 F/Os: Thomas Jerome Newton (romantic/kink/sexual)
🟆 in-system relationships: Mori and Zig (romantic/kink/sexual), Mori (platonic), Venn (platonic/kink), Vyvian (platonic)
🟆 layer: Flat Field
🟆 notes: Our first divorced alcoholic in our recorded history since 2013. Likes developing new kinks on purpose.
est. December 7, 2023
he/x/it/they/dead 🟋 50 🟋 alterhuman 🟋 genderflux veldian
🟆 roles: socializer, performer, addiction holder, BPD holder, identity holder (veldian)
🟆 source: real life (local performer)
🟆 likes: books, horror, karaoke, kink
🟆 kintypes: hyenas, ghosts, vampires, corpses
🟆 F/Os: Thomas Jerome Newton (romantic/kink/sexual), Norman Bates (romantic/platonic)
🟆 in-system relationships: Kay and Zig (romantic/kink/sexual), Kay (platonic), Vyvian (romantic/kink), Trevor (semi-dating, romantic)
🟆 layer: Dark Entries
🟆 webpage: link
🟆 notes: The host/core of the sidesystem. He's basically like if the person my system collectively is was a product of a different time.
est. December 7, 2023
it/x/dead/he 🟋 50 🟋 Void Entity/corpse 🟋 agender kenochoric aroace
🟆 roles: Cotard's holder, performer, spiritual headmate
🟆 source: real life (local performer)
🟆 likes: goth, horror, taxidermy, shitposts
🟆 kintypes: ghosts
🟆 layer: Dark Entries
🟆 notes: One of Mori's stage personas that split off as a headmate in his timeline.
est. December 7, 2023
he/it/x 🟋 57 🟋 human 🟋 agender veldian man
🟆 roles: anger holder, addiction holder, identity holder, humorist
🟆 source: Lucas Ransom (Exquisite Corpse)
🟆 likes: shitposts, GG Allin, kink, horror
🟆 kintypes: brown hyenas
🟆 layer: Dark Entries
🟆 webpage: link
🟆 notes: Has a lot of internal diatribes that he mostly keeps internal. Also loves stupid humor, especially if it is piss-centric.