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Odessa Silverberg

Artwork by [[Artwork by Junko Kawano]]

Physical Information

Gender

Female

Age

19-21 (S1)

Biographical Information

From

Gregminster, Scarlet Moon Empire

Family

George Silverberg (cousin)
Leon Silverberg (uncle)
Mathiu Silverberg (brother)
Richard Silverberg (brother)

Odessa Silverberg (オデッサ・シルバーバーグ, Odessa Shirubābāgu) is a major character in Suikoden. Odessa is the original leader of the Toran Liberation Army whose ideals continued to inspire the Liberation Army throughout the war.

Biography

Suikoden

Remember that you can't turn away from what you see and what you feel. Because if you do, that's a sin...

— Odessa Silverberg

Odessa Silverberg is the original leader of the Toran Liberation Army. Despite her birth into an aristocratic family, Odessa developed a sincere concern for how people were suffering under the corruption of the Scarlet Moon Empire after meeting Achilles, a member of the anti-imperial movement. Odessa eventually became Achilles' fiancée and joined the movement, helping him raise a war orphan named Michel.

In 453, Achilles was arrested on trumped-up charges due to his role in the anti-imperial movement. Odessa attempted to save her fiancée but Achilles was felled by Imperial archers. Odessa then founded the Toran Liberation Army with the express goal of overthrowing the Imperial regime.

Over the next two years, the Liberation Army grew in size. Odessa laid the foundation for future strategies years in advance, including the building of the Secret Factory as well as the purchase of the plans for the Fire Spear.

Odessa herself would take an active role in missions, travelling to Sarady to deliver the Fire Spear plans. Eventually the Toran Liberation Army's hideout was attacked by Imperial Soldiers. During the attack, Odessa was killed while protecting a small child. Before she died, she told Viktor and Tir McDohl to throw her body into the sewers to avoid spreading the news of her death, which she believed would affect the morale of the movement^[1].

After her death, Tir and Viktor obeyed her wishes and threw her body into Lenankamp's sewers.

Trivia

Ted shares the same weapon name as Odessa in Suikoden, which is a strange coincidence since they both join only temporarily.

References

↑ "Viktor...if the Liberation forces find out I'm dead... the Movement will lose faith and die. That is why you must keep my death a secret. Our tiny, newborn hope...must be kept alive..."- Odessa Silverberg (Suikoden)

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[1] "Viktor...if the Liberation forces find out I'm dead... the Movement will lose faith and die. That is why you must keep my death a secret. Our tiny, newborn hope...must be kept alive..."- Odessa Silverberg (Suikoden)

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-}}'''Odessa Silverberg''' (オデッサ・シルバーバーグ, ''Odessa Shirubābāgu'') is a major character in [[Suikoden (game)|Suikoden]]. The original leader of the [[Toran Liberation Army]], Odessa's ideals continued to inspire the Liberation Army throughout the war.
+}}'''Odessa Silverberg''' (オデッサ・シルバーバーグ, ''Odessa Shirubābāgu'') is a major character in [[Suikoden (game)|Suikoden]]. Odessa is the original leader of the [[Toran Liberation Army]] whose ideals continued to inspire the Liberation Army throughout the war.
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 {{quote| Remember that you can't turn away from what you see and what you feel. Because if you do, that's a sin... | Odessa Silverberg}}
-Odessa Silverberg is the original leader of the [[Toran Liberation Army]]; despite her birth into an aristocratic family, Odessa had a sincere concern for how people were suffering under the corruption of the [[Scarlet Moon Empire]]. Her aristocratic upbringing left her ignorant of much of this corruption<ref>"I, like you, was brought up in the aristocracy, pretending to be blind to the injustices and discontents that permeates the Empire." - Odessa Silverberg ([[Suikoden (game)|Suikoden]])</ref>. Odessa largely became aware of the plight of the people after meeting [[Achilles]], a member of the Anti-Imperial Movement. Odessa eventually joined the movement and became Achilles' fiancée, helping him raise a war orphan named [[Michel]]. Odessa asked her brother [[Mathiu Silverberg]] to join their cause, but Mathiu refused to do so<ref>"I decided that I would never again be involved in war, in killing. But not Odessa. She chose to fight for her beliefs." - Mathiu Silverberg ([[Suikoden (game)|Suikoden]])</ref>. This lead to a a schism between the siblings, as Odessa regarded Mathiu as a coward who was unwilling to use his talent<ref>"Odessa told me that a powerful man who doesn't use his power is a coward." - Mathiu Silverberg ([[Suikoden (game)|Suikoden]])</ref>.
+Odessa Silverberg is the original leader of the [[Toran Liberation Army]]. Despite her birth into an aristocratic family, Odessa developed a sincere concern for how people were suffering under the corruption of the [[Scarlet Moon Empire]] after meeting [[Achilles]], a member of the anti-imperial movement. Odessa eventually became Achilles' fiancée and joined the movement, helping him raise a war orphan named [[Michel]].
-The year 453 saw Achilles arrested on trumped-up charges due to his role in the Anti-Imperial Movement. Odessa attempted to save her fiancée and, indeed, the two managed to make a break from his execution, but Achilles was felled by Imperial archers. His last words to Odessa were "Defeat the Empire!". Odessa managed to fight her way out of the group of soldiers clad in her wedding gown with sword in hand. Using the Anti-Imperial Movement as its basis, Odessa then founded the Toran Liberation Army with the express goal of overthrowing the Imperial regime.
+In 453, Achilles was arrested on trumped-up charges due to his role in the anti-imperial movement. Odessa attempted to save her fiancée but Achilles was felled by Imperial archers. Odessa then founded the Toran Liberation Army with the express goal of overthrowing the Imperial regime.
-Over the next two years, the Liberation Army grew in size, recruiting such members as [[Flik]], [[Humphrey Mintz]], [[Sanchez]], [[Viktor]], [[Mose]], and [[Ronnie Bell]]. Odessa's foresight and intelligence led her to begin the foundation of plans necessary for the future years in advance<ref>"The Liberation Army may be tiny now, but someday we'll
+Over the next two years, the Liberation Army grew in size. Odessa laid the foundation for future strategies years in advance, including the building of the [[Secret Factory]] as well as the purchase of the plans for the [[Fire Spear]].
-be big enough to meet the Imperials head-on." - Odessa Silverberg ([[Suikoden (game)|Suikoden]])</ref>, including the building of a [[Secret Factory]] north of [[Kalekka]] to develop specialist weapons for the fledgling force as well as the purchase of the plans for the [[Fire Spear]]<ref>"We spent good money for this at the Dwarf Mines." - Odessa Silverberg ([[Suikoden (game)|Suikoden]])</ref>, a weapon which would have had no practical use to the movement at that time but, Odessa believed, could be vital in the future<ref>"The future of the Liberation Movement depends on it." - Odessa Silverberg ([[Suikoden (game)|Suikoden]])</ref>.
-The Liberation Army under Odessa mainly worked as an underground group, working out of a hideout established in the Lenankamp sewers. Odessa herself would take an active role in missions, travelling with [[Tir McDohl]] to [[Sarady]] in order to deliver the plans for the Fire Spears directly to the Secret Factory messenger. The force would aim to help those persecuted unfairly by the Imperials rather than engage in open warfare<ref>"But the bandits have asked for our help. We can't let them down." - Odessa Silverberg ([[Suikoden (game)|Suikoden]])</ref>. This tactic won the movement several allies and sympathisers but eventually everything came undone when the location of the Liberation Army's main hideout was revealed to the Imperial Guard by Sanchez, who was a spy. During the attack on the base, Odessa was attacked and killed by Imperial soldiers during the act of protecting a small child who happened to be in the hideout at the time<ref>"I'm...so sorry, Viktor. It appears... I've chosen to be a woman...rather than commander of... the Liberation Army. I couldn't let that child die. I'm a failure... as a leader..." - Odessa Silverberg ([[Suikoden (game)|Suikoden]])</ref>. Before she died, she told Viktor and Tir McDohl to throw her body into the sewer to avoid spreading the news of her death, which she believed would affect the morale of the movement<ref>"Viktor...if the Liberation forces find out I'm dead... the Movement will lose faith and die. That is why you must keep my death a secret. Our tiny, newborn hope...must be kept alive..."- Odessa Silverberg ([[Suikoden (game)|Suikoden]])</ref>. She then told Tir to go to Seika to recruit "a man named Mathiu"; even in death she lacked the resolve to forgive her brother<ref>"I guess she never forgave me." - Mathiu Silverberg ([[Suikoden (game)|Suikoden]])</ref>.  Odessa also passed on parting words for her lover, Flik<ref>"I'm sure that is why Lady Odessa loved you..." - Sanchez ([[Suikoden (game)|Suikoden]])</ref>, telling Viktor and Tir to tell him that Flik's kindness saw her through hard times<ref>" If you... ever see Flik again, tell him that his kindness always saw me through hard times..." - Odessa Silverberg ([[Suikoden (game)|Suikoden]])</ref> as well as for Tir, hoping that he would see the free world that she would not be able to<ref>"Tir, I hope that you will be able to see the Free World that I was.... never able to..." - Odessa Silverberg ([[Suikoden (game)|Suikoden]])</ref>.
+Odessa herself would take an active role in missions, travelling to [[Sarady]] to deliver the Fire Spear plans. Eventually the Toran Liberation Army's hideout was attacked by Imperial Soldiers. During the attack, Odessa was killed while protecting a small child. Before she died, she told [[Viktor]] and [[Tir McDohl]] to throw her body into the sewers to avoid spreading the news of her death, which she believed would affect the morale of the movement<ref>"Viktor...if the Liberation forces find out I'm dead... the Movement will lose faith and die. That is why you must keep my death a secret. Our tiny, newborn hope...must be kept alive..."- Odessa Silverberg ([[Suikoden (game)|Suikoden]])</ref>.
-After her death, Tir and Viktor obeyed her wishes and threw her body into [[Lenankamp]]'s sewers. Her brother, Mathiu, would agree with Odessa's reasons for keeping her death a secret, and would keep her death a secret for much of the early stages of the [[Gate Rune War]], only telling the truth after the defeat of [[Kwanda Rosman]] in the [[Battle at Pannu Yakuta Castle]]<ref>"Odessa made her last request to keep the Liberation Army from falling apart. But now that it has been rebuilt, it's time to tell the truth." - Mathiu Silverberg ([[Suikoden (game)|Suikoden]])</ref>. Both Mathiu and Flik were deeply moved by Odessa's death; Mathiu vowed that he would strive to fulfil Odessa's dreams<ref>"From now on, I will strive for what Odessa was striving for." - Mathiu Silverberg ([[Suikoden (game)|Suikoden]])</ref> and Flik felt unworthy of her expectations in him<ref>"But I was unworthy of her expectations." - Flik ([[Suikoden (game)|Suikoden]])</ref> and felt he had to improve as a person before meeting her again<ref>"It's a bit too early to see Odessa again. Our reunion can wait until I become a better man." - Flik ([[Suikoden (game)|Suikoden]])</ref>. Tir McDohl was handpicked by Odessa to lead the Toran Liberation Army<ref>" Look, Tir... this is blood. My blood... You are not aware of it, but a lot more blood is being shed by the innocent...at the hands of the Imperial Government... You must put an end to it." - Odessa Silverberg ([[Suikoden (game)|Suikoden]])</ref><ref>" Tir, you were chosen by Odessa to rebuild this country." - Flik ([[Suikoden (game)|Suikoden]])</ref> and he was frequently reminded that it was up to him to fulfill her wishes<ref>"Tir, please fulfill... my sister Odessa's...dream." - Mathiu Silverberg ([[Suikoden (game)|Suikoden]])</ref><ref>" Go, Tir, and fulfill... Odessa's dream. Hurry!" - Flik ([[Suikoden (game)|Suikoden]])</ref>. Her ideals and belief in a better world continued to inspire the [[Toran Liberation Army]] long after her death.
+After her death, Tir and Viktor obeyed her wishes and threw her body into [[Lenankamp]]'s sewers.
 ==Trivia==
 * [[Ted]] shares the same weapon name as Odessa in [[Suikoden (game)|Suikoden]], which is a strange coincidence since they both join only temporarily.
-* Odessa refers to Leon Silverberg as her father in Suikoden<ref>" My father, Leon Silverberg, also fought for the Emperor in the War of Succession seven years ago." - Odessa Silverberg ([[Suikoden (game)|Suikoden]])</ref>, but this is a translation error; Leon is her uncle, not her father.
 ==References==