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Ernst Sablinov (father; deceased),
Catherine Manfredi (biological mother; deceased),
Joseph Manfredi (half-brother; estranged),
Magna Mortimer (aunt)
Fritz Sablinov (paternal uncle)
Anna Sablinova (paternal cousin),
Anastasia Sablinova (step-mother),
Anita Sablinova (daughter),
Tomas Sablinov (son),
Rafael Sabitini (lover; ex-fiancé);
Peter Parker (former lover)
Ultimate War Vol 1 1
History
Don't you lecture me about war... My nation's been through hell and back for decades, so never hesitated getting my hands a lot bloodier just to keep it safe. I won't hesitate doing it again for the ones I love.
- — Silver Sable
- — Silver Sable
Early Years
Silvija "Silver" Sablinova (born late 1984) was the princess of the Eastern European nation of Symkaria. Unbeknownst to most of the public and even authorities, Silvija herself when she was younger, the princess was conceived through the affair of her father Ernst Sablinova and Catherine Manfredi — wife of the American crimelord Silvio Manfredi — when Silvija's father and his wife, Silvija's adoptive mother, had a cooling off with the bumpy road of their marriage while he was on a mission away from the borders of Symkaria.
Right after being born, the infant was presented to Ernst by Anastasia in front of Ernst's father, Hugo, and the two (secretly) presented the baby as their child. The infant who would be named Silvija would later be (secretly) adopted by Ernst' wife Anastasia, but Catherine Manfredi was her true mother, revealing the reason she gave to Anastasia the baby was the hard-hitting truth: her biological mother never wanted the child which seeded out of her short-lived affair with Ernst. Despite not being her biological daughter, Anastasia raised Silvija as her own and so did Ernst, who still wanted to make up for his mistake to his wife for having an affair in the following years. Growing up, any word of Silvija's real mother was kept from her by her own parents, believing she deserves to know the truth once she is old enough to handle it.
Digging further into her paternal heritage, Silvija's grandfather was considered to be the best Nazi hunter in Europe during World War II under the notorious Silver Sable moniker, and her father during the Cold War succeeded the profession before retiring to form a nation-wide security force corporation named Silver Sable International, something that was planned by him and Silvija's grandfather as a means of the alleviating and maintaining the tense and unstable political climate which the nation faces in the past several years since the last war has ended. Furthermore, the organization later became a private military company, becoming involved with intervening in other neighboring countries (e.g. Latveria, Sokovia) that struggled against rising crime and other internal socio-political issues.
Silver Sable
Not long after Sable International had started gaining authority and influence within the nation, a young and determined Silvija begged her father to train her and though he tried his best to discourage her, he soon realized her potential and the realization that she should be able to defend herself growing up, and she soon began joining him on war criminal and terrorist hunts. After his untimely death from a bombing in the Sable International headquarters, she assumed command of the Wild Pack as the new holder of the Silver Sable mantle, and became the owner of Sable International, overseeing a new generation of soldiers and mercenaries who are adept and willing enough to dedicate their very service to the force in protecting the country as well as the clients who seek their best of aid to clean up crime and chaos, pledging to prevent more tragedies just like her father's.
Ultimate War
When the Movement Alliance conducted a series of massive terrorist attacks all over the world, the heroes were united into creating their own Ultimate Alliance, in order to stop and prevent the Movement from commencing its schemes upon world domination and unified evil sovereignty, before its too late. As the attacks all over the world have continued for days and then weeks, more and more casualties are sadly, starting to increase in numbers, due to the extreme terrorism and serious devastation committed by the conflict between the Movement Alliance and its seemingly unstoppable forces against the combined forces heroes and anti-heroes of the world, the Ultimate Alliance, who are not stopping their fight against the villains until they find a way to make them pay for their irreversible actions and restore back peace in the entire world.
During the global conflict, Silver Sable and his Wild Pack were hired to investigate the mutant assault on Sokovia by its enraged officials, which led to them crossing paths with agents of the European Defense Initiative who came to the area on their own accord. After finding the initial discovery that the terrorist group Brotherhood of Mutants were involved, the Wild Pack, only for Sable to be intervened by Captain Britain and his MI-13 division, suggesting that they should leave to the matter to the X-Men instead, as the latter were already uncovering the truth behind the incident. Despite at wanting to decline the agency's request at first, the growing feud and misunderstanding between Sable International and the E.D.I. were interrupted by the sudden resurgence of Hydra and A.I.M. sleeper agents combined with a battalion of mythically summoned warriors led by Loki's Tricksters of Asgard across the populous cities of Europe, including the Symkarian capital of Aniana.
Joining forces with the E.D.I., Sable and Wild Pack courageously fended off the continuous forces throughout the entirety of Europe against the forces of the Movement, which included the Tricksters of Asgard who washed up and caused different kinds of mischief and evil all over Europe from ever entering the most-populated countries and cities of the continent, doing their very best to keep the cities safe by letting the wreak and havoc settle far away from the populated landscape, as far away as possible. In the end, the Ultimates were successful in defeating the villainy of the Movement, only at the cost of millions of deaths which involved more than a hundred deaths in Symkaria alone, disheartening Sable for losing the lives of her innocent people. Hoping not to repeat more tragedies from ever happening in case of another global emergency, Sable agreed to be affiliated with the E.D.I. through a partnership between the continental agency and her nation's security force.
Symkarian Civil War
Silver Sable dives into battle during the Symkarian Civil War
Several months after the end of Ultimate War and the subsequent superhuman Civil War, the Sable Royal Family's sovereignty over Symkaria was overtaken by a dictator, Countess Katarina Karkov, who claimed to be of royal Symkarian blood which in turn established a totalitarian government in Symkaria under the Genesis Coalition military due to Silver's absence fighting the global diabolical Movement Alliance and helping the E.D.I. maintain a non-violent truce with superhero Lionheart and the Excalibur, who defected from the E.D.I. for not complying with the Superhuman Registration Act.
Determined to free her motherland from a tyrannical order from the Countess' rule, Silver had the faithful support and assistance of the E.D.I. ever since they she worked with them during Ultimate War. In their second collaboration, Sable became physically and romantically enamored with E.D.I. mercenary and Sokovian spy Rafael Sabitini — nicknamed the "Foreigner" due to his outlandish charms and impressions — whose the intimacy between the two grew stronger in the few following years that they decided to get engaged based on the pessimistic, carefree thought that they could die at any moment trying to free their war-ridden nation but, according to them, they could at least "die together".
However, betrayal struck right into her heart when Silver learned that her lover and comrade turned out to be a mercenary-for-hire and a double agent for Countess Karkov's Genesis Coalition, claiming that he only sided with his clients. Despite the heartbreak, it didn't distract her from fulfilling her mission and responsibility to protect the lives and rights of her people, learning the hard way not to always be vengeful if she were to set an example as a leader and guide her country to a better future. After a stealthy infiltration and bloody duel at the heavily-guarded Karkov Castle with the Wild Pack, Silver chose to spare the treacherous Countess' life and unveiled the latter's truth of not being a Symkarian royal (but rather a Latverian), consequently handing the apprehended Genesis Coalition to the authorities, including the Foreigner.
Royal Responsibility
As the nation would undergo through different types of reform after the reign of Countess Karkov, Silvija was eventually supported by most people in her nation to be their leader, and upon consulting with her closest allies, Silvija Sablinova was gratefully crowned as the Queen of Symkaria. Silver thought she could start moving on from her heartbreak by continue running Sable International and becoming the queen of Symkaria, that was until she found out months later that she was pregnant with twins, immediately breaking down in tears and overwhelming mix of emotions the moment she found out the overpowering news.
This droved Silver to step down from her position as the head of the corporation, take a leave of absence as she emotionally contemplated on what to do with the lives which she now carry in her womb, confiding in her close friends and family for comfort and advice until she'd be able to make a compassionate, unregretful decision. Silver chose to keep her children with the Foreigner, especially once her mother Anastasia decided to finally reveal her the truth of who her real mother is, but has decided not to tell the Foreigner — who was currently incarcerated (at least the last time she's heard of him) — about her pregnancy and the fact of him being the father.
Around late 2018, Silver gave birth to her twins, whom she named Anita and Tomas for the girl and boy, respectively. While Silver was willing to raise her children, both her new status as queen and her duties as the new chairwoman of Sable International have it difficult for her to balance her desire to be a mother. Thankfully, her mother and some of her relatives were caring and considerate to willingly watch and raise them in her home at the royal palace, away from the eyes of the public or the media, in her busiest of days as the sovereign ruler and protector of her Symkaria.
Hunting the Manfredi
Silver & Black
Later around the early 2020s as the Heroic Age enters, the Wild Pack were eventually hired and immediately wired a hefty sum of cash by a mysterious client in the United States to bring down the Maggia, most particularly the Manfredi Crime Family. Despite her subordinates' recommendation not for her to come due to her having to maintain her public image as a queen, Silvija nevertheless insisted to join and lead the mission as she flew to New York, not knowing that Silver had a personal reason to stop by regarding her family on the maternal side. In her new mission, she bumped into the quipping and web-slinging superhero Spider-Man while trailing to apprehend and interrogate the clients of the Manfredi's head: the nefarious Silvermane, whom she also knew as the husband of Silver's late biological mother.
Searching for the client who hired her to complete the mission, Silver would further clash with the vigilante Black Cat, who was investigating the Manfredi mob's activities out of suspicion that another gang war may break out mainly between the Maggia families. Their unexpected alliance, as well as the intel of other heroes such as Spider-Man and Jessica Jones, to investigate the possible resurgence of the Maggia in the city of New York would eventually led them to finding the client, revealing himself as Joseph Manfredi, Silver's half-brother formerly known as the infamous arms-dealer under the alias Blackwing.
Final Maggia War
Being the supposed heir of the Manfredi mob, Joseph explained that his father, Silvermane, had overstayed his welcome as the head of the Manfredi and how his festering senility and hostility towards rivaling gangs could turn the entire state of New York into a warzone in a matter of a week, which he asked for the helping hands of the vigilantes to take him down and bring him before it happens. Moreover, Joseph promised that he would no longer let their family be remain as an authority and figure of crime, when he revealed to Silver that it was their mother's wish for her to succeed the Manfredi legacy in terms of leadership if she ever came to find about the truth about her maternal lineage.
While the Black Cat had a bad feeling finding Joseph's real intentions questionable, Silver and the Wild Pack proceeded with their momentary pact mainly due to Silver wanting to know more about the other side of her roots which she never got to personally know. Spider-Man decided to keep eye on her, much to Silver's chagrin. She tried threatening the quippy and easy-going hero not to get in her way, but his patience and persistence to convince her not to easily trust the Manfredi from experience. In no time, the two only got closer as a result, with Silver trying to understand Spider-Man's side yet reveal her secret being of Manfredi blood to the point that they got a little too closer intimately. In her time alone, Silver questioned why she went with this mission in the first place if she her real mother, someone who she really hoped on meeting, was already dead and the only remaining trace she had from her, was a last will.
Choosing Paths
Their blossoming secret relationship, however, was distracted as Blackwing's claim of Silvermane have come into reality when the old crimelord had suddenly wage a war against the rest of New York's crime families. Teaming up with the Defenders, Silver Sable and her Wild Pack took down the forces of Silvermane from attacking other gangs before dealing with the main man as Silvermane willingly transferred most of his vital organs onto a robotic body as an attempt to stay at power over the Maggia for as long as he stays alive. Silvermane almost overpowered his foes with his cybernetic enhancements, only to be defeated due to the superheroes' tactics and strength in numbers.
With the defeat of Silvermane, Joseph was expecting convince his half-sister to take over the crime league and even subtly tried to turn her against the heroes. However, upon immediately thinking of her family and responsibility back in Symkaria, especially her children, Silver couldn't bear but decline the very path her late mother had hoped she'd take, deciding to move on for the loved ones who are with her now than remain stuck with the past. While most of her allies viewed her decision as the right move, Joseph Manfredi was outraged and decided to take the throne of recovering the Manfredi's legacy for himself once he takes out his own sister, showing his true selfish colors that he only cared about gripping the position as the Maggia's head crimelord since no one else could.
While his revelation was dramatically menacing, their duel took an anti-climactic turn when Silver was able to single-handedly knock out her deranged brother. While she handed Joseph, Silvermane, and most the Manfredi crew to New York's authorities, Silver had the consideration to give a second chance to those who were willing enough to dedicate their service for a greater cause which doesn't involve crime, recruiting them into Sable International as mercenaries or any other related position. Extending the presence and authority of Sable International in the city after making a deal with NYPD, Sable took her new recruits into a series of tests which involved them investigating and cleaning up the streets of New York of gang-related activities which spiked through the roof since the Manfredi was dismantled by the heroes. In her time at the United States, Silver often called her relatives to keep in touch with her children, promising that she'd come home for them once her affair there was over.
Powers and Abilities
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Abilities
- Master Combatant
- Master Martial Artist
- Expert Marksman
- Master Swordswoman
- Accomplished Gymnast
- Accomplished Leader
- Expert Strategist
- Peak Human Agility
- Peak Human Reflexes
- Indomitable Will
- Master Intimidator
- Septilingual
Strength level
Class 12+
Weaknesses
- Non-Superhuman Physical Conditioning
Paraphernalia
Equipment:
- Kevlar-Lined Suits
Transportation:
- Sable Property Vehicles
- Stealth Craft
- Jet Pack
Weapons:
- Sable Arsenal
- Derringer
- Chai Projectiles
- Adamantium Sword
Notes
- Unlike her mainstream counterpart, Silvija's silver hair was natural from birth which was considered an extremely rare genetic condition.
- ↑ Modern Comics: Spider-Man Vol 3 5
Trivia
- Silver Sable was officially crowned the Queen of Symkaria in 2020.
- After ending her relationship with Peter Parker and the return of the Foreigner as an agent of the E.D.I. (an alternative which he took in favor of a decade-long sentence), Silver was infuriated and snobby when found themselves working side by side once more in most missions, mainly by the fact that she was still heartbroken by his betrayal.
- Guilt-ridden and apologetic when he was finally told that he was the father of Silver's children, Sabitini took his time to try and make up with her, practically begging on his knees to at least give him the chance to see and meet their children, even if she would no longer reciprocate his feelings for her.
- After a year of working together, Silver witnessed Sabitini's genuine growth, redemption, and maturity, enough that she finally granted him visitation rights which filled with tears of joy during his first meeting with the twins. Flashforward into five months, Sable decided to getting together with her children's father another shot and surprisingly enough, their second time together was undoubtedly better than the first, back when they were merely fooling around in a time of war, money, and betrayal.
See Also
- Appearances of Silvija Sablinova (Earth-61615)
- Character Gallery: Silvija Sablinova (Earth-61615)
- Quotations by Silvija Sablinova (Earth-61615)
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