Blane Pheron

A powerful member of Silicon Soul, he was a key starter of the Silicon Offspring Project.

As a Human
As a human, he was a scientist who was interested in what he called 'creation'. Part of his experiments involved creating a child, to this end he married Leone Pheron, his lab assistant. Blane found himself medically unable to produce children, which had a profound effect on his psyche. It caused him to become suicidal, and he tried to kill himself. Blane found it entirely impossible for himself, a self-styled 'creator'. Leone was unable to console him, and accidentally mentioned the City Builders. Since he considered them 'creators' like himself, he thought them worthy to kill him. They instead turned him into a Silicon Soul.

Silicon Soul
Leone, who had followed him, convinced him to work with Silicon Soul to create new technology that they could use. Blane eventually got bored of it, as the market was very small as Silicon Soul members were few and far between. Leone convinced him to start teaching the new members that City Builders brought to them. This continued on for years, until they had built up a massive social network. They, along with James Namie, bought a skyscraper construct now known as Silicon Height, and they gathered the species together. Many didn't join, but enough gathered together for a proper settlement.

James Namie became bored, and convinced the scientific Blane and Leone to participate in the Silicon Offspring Project. He greatly experimented on himself as the 'carrier' of Silicon Soul's children. A 'father seahorse', he called himself. He enjoyed this role, as he felt he finally had created life. It was the merging of James' fabrication technology and Blane's research on Silicon Soul biotechnology.

When ECHO attacked, he attempted to hide Silicon Height's presence from them. He knew that ECHO would want to destroy it as it would be considered a 'stronghold'. He didn't count on Tortuga's hatred of Blane's species. When Tortuga launched an attack on Silicon Heights, one of his soldiers killed one of the children. This drove him berserk.

Tortuga cornered him and killed him, burning the body and the children. This was the Silicon Massacre.