The Silent Ones

The Silent Ones belong to the older, submerged world beneath the Nan-Matal ruins, a counterforce to the luminous Dweller that Throckmartin and Goodwin pursue. Their refusal to speak makes them unnerving allies or enemies, and the scientists can only infer their intentions from what they do not say. As the expedition descends toward the Moon Pool, these figures embody the story's central question: whether the forces behind the pool are human-made, inhuman, or something stranger still.