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* DeceasedFallGuyGambit: [[spoiler:Silence gets the bounty on Chesterton, and claims Theopolis, who she had her grandmother kill, was the White Fox all along, with his hideaway being the hunter's lair.]]
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* SilverHasMysticPowers: Silver is the only thing that can harm shades or reverse their TouchOfDeath.
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* SilverHasMysticPowers: Silver is the only thing that can harm shades or reverse their TouchOfDeath.TouchOfDeath, but it blackens to uselessness when used to either touch the shades or to heal.
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Sebruki isn't related to silence by blood, she's adopted
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* BadassFamily: The [[DeterminedHomesteader Forescouts]], Silence's maternal line. They were among the [[SettlingTheFrontier first to settle]] the forest, [[ThePioneer the first to figure out the rules]]. Even now, Silence's daughter and niece continue the tradition.
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* BadassFamily: The [[DeterminedHomesteader Forescouts]], Silence's maternal line. They were among the [[SettlingTheFrontier first to settle]] the forest, [[ThePioneer the first to figure out the rules]]. Even now, Silence's daughter and niece daughters continue the tradition.
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* BittersweetEnding: Silence is able to claim a high bounty and rid herself of her creditor, ensuring the survival of her inn and a home for her family, [[spoiler:but her daughter William Ann is permanently scarred by a shade's withering, losing her hand among other blemishes that ensure no one will ever seek her out romantically]].
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* BittersweetEnding: Silence is able to claim a high bounty and rid herself of her creditor, ensuring the survival of her inn and a home for her family, [[spoiler:but her daughter William Ann is permanently scarred by a shade's withering, losing her hand among other blemishes that ensure no one that at least half of possible suitors will ever seek her out romantically]].shun her]].
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* SoleSurvivor: Silence's niece, Sebruki, was the sole survivor of an attack by bandits. Said bandits walk right into the Montane Inn. It doesn't end well for them.
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* SoleSurvivor: Silence's niece, adopted daughter, Sebruki, was the sole survivor of an attack by bandits. Said bandits walk right into the Montane Inn. It doesn't end well for them.
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''Shadows for Silence in the Forests of Hell'' is a novella by Creator/BrandonSanderson, originally published in Creator/GeorgeRRMartin and Gardner Dozois's ''Dangerous Women'' anthology in 2013.
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''Shadows for Silence in the Forests of Hell'' is a novella by Creator/BrandonSanderson, originally published in Creator/GeorgeRRMartin and Gardner Dozois's ''Dangerous Women'' anthology in 2013.
2013. It was late reprinted in the ''Arcanum Unbounded'' collection.
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Part of Literature/TheCosmere, Sanderson's shared universe containing Franchise/{{Mistborn}} and Literature/TheStormlightArchive, among others. There is an audiobook version narrated by Creator/ClaudiaBlack; more information can be found on Sanderson's website [[http://www.brandonsanderson.com/shadows-for-silence-in-the-forests-of-hell/ here]].
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Part of Literature/TheCosmere, Sanderson's shared universe containing Franchise/{{Mistborn}} ''Franchise/{{Mistborn}}'' and Literature/TheStormlightArchive, ''Literature/TheStormlightArchive'', among others. There is an audiobook version narrated by Creator/ClaudiaBlack; more information can be found on Sanderson's website [[http://www.brandonsanderson.com/shadows-for-silence-in-the-forests-of-hell/ here]].
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Reworded Space Jews example so it actually refers to the story and Word of Brandon rather than... stuff about pork. Also, Example Indentation in Trope Lists.
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* SpaceJews: The inhabitants of the forest have shades of this, [[PlayingWithATrope though not in the usual way]]: rather than being associated with money, they have a number of customs and prohibitions they follow, including not eating pork, which makes them reminiscent of Orthodox Jews. WordOfGod is that this was the inspiration for the behavior of the shades.
** However other elements are strongly reminiscent of the early settlers in the USA. In particular their rugged independence and being settlers on a new continent. Also their names are similar to names used by Puritan settlers.
** However other elements are strongly reminiscent of the early settlers in the USA. In particular their rugged independence and being settlers on a new continent. Also their names are similar to names used by Puritan settlers.
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* SpaceJews: The inhabitants of the forest have shades of this, [[PlayingWithATrope though not in the usual way]]: rather than being associated the novella's [[WordOfGod postscript]] explicitly notes that "the rules for how to deal with money, they have a number the ghosts are (vaguely) based on Jewish laws of customs what you can and prohibitions they follow, including not eating pork, which makes them reminiscent of Orthodox Jews. WordOfGod is that this was can't do on the inspiration for the behavior of the shades.
** However otherSabbath". Other elements are strongly reminiscent of the early settlers in the USA. In USA, in particular their rugged independence and independence, being settlers on a new continent. Also continent and their Puritan-like names are similar to names used by Puritan settlers. (such as "Silence", "Lamentation" and "Makepeace").
** However other
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* HorrorHatesARulebreaker: The three Simple Rules: Don't shed the blood of another, don't kindle flame, and don't run at night. These things draw shades.
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* LoopholeAbuse: The prohibition on spilling blood sounds like ThouShaltNotKill to an outsider, but shedding a single drop of blood enrages the Shades in a way that killing someone bloodlessly doesn't. [[spoiler:Silence exploits this both ways.]]
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* LoopholeAbuse: The prohibition on spilling blood sounds like ThouShaltNotKill to an outsider, but deliberately shedding a single drop of blood enrages the Shades in a way that killing someone bloodlessly doesn't. [[spoiler:Silence exploits this both ways.]]
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* BittersweetEnding: Silence is able to claim a high bounty and rid herself of her creditor, ensuring the survival of her inn and a home for her family, [[spoiler:but her daughter William Ann is permanently scarred by a shade's withering, losing her hand among other blemishes that ensure no one will ever seek her out romantically]].
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* NiceDayDeadlyNight: When the sun is up, the shades can still be enraged by kindling flame or shedding blood but will ignore fast movement. As such, it's much safer to move around by day.
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* GhostInvasion: The Shades are ghosts with a HairTriggerTemper. They attack anyone who breaks their three rules: "Don't kindle flame, don't shed the blood of another, don't run at night". Only silver can protect you from enraged Shades. There are plenty of [[LoopholeAbuse ways to get around these]]; running is the least dangerous, bleeding through accidents is safe, killing in ways that don't shed blood is safe, and lighting a fire using another flame is also safe. Silence's inn has a fireplace that hasn't gone out since it was lit.
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** Aside from that, nosebleeds are noted to be harmless. If you bleed through illness or accidents, you are safe. Only shedding the blood of another by your own actions will draw the anger of the shades.
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* NeverMessWithGranny: Silence's grandmother was a perpetual hardass who nonetheless is one of the few people who survived lighting a fire in the forest to make a hearth for the inn. [[spoiler:At the end of the novel, her shade withers the creditor who is blackmailing Silence]]
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* NeverMessWithGranny: Silence's grandmother was a perpetual hardass who nonetheless is one of the few people who survived lighting a fire in the forest to make a hearth for the inn. [[spoiler:At the end of the novel, her shade withers the creditor who is blackmailing Silence]]Silence.]]
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* BountyHunter: Silence blurs the line between this and a ProfessionalKiller, since she goes after wanted criminals but then murders them as stealthily and expediently as possible for the price on their heads.
* LoopholeAbuse: The prohibition on spilling blood sounds like ThouShaltNotKill to an outsider, but shedding a single drop of blood enrages the Shades in a way that killing someone bloodlessly doesn't. [[spoiler:Silence exploits this both ways.]]
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* NeverMessWithGranny: Silence's grandmother was a perpetual hardass who nonetheless is one of the few people who survived lighting a fire in the forest to make a hearth for the inn. [[spoiler:At the end of the novel, her shade withers the creditor who was blackmailing Silence]]
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* NeverMessWithGranny: Silence's grandmother was a perpetual hardass who nonetheless is one of the few people who survived lighting a fire in the forest to make a hearth for the inn. [[spoiler:At the end of the novel, her shade withers the creditor who was is blackmailing Silence]]
