Hello everyone. I'm the Silver Sentinel. In civilian life I'm a security officer, and a law abiding citizen of my community. And you could say that I've been a closet superhero for many years now, helping out at charity events, toy drives, and working with a local neighborhood watch program.

Only about a year ago did I learn about the RLSH Community and began researching various heroes. It took me awhile to finally make the decision to step up and "fight the good fight" as a costumed crusader. These are things I do normally anyway, and the costume will help draw public attention to the many activities people in the community can participate in to help out their fellow neighbors.

Thank you to the Moderators for giving us a forum to communicate with one another and share ideas.

Welcome to the fold.

Welcome to the forum.

Silver Sentinel,

Welcome to the forum.

Welcome Silver! May I ask where you patrol?

My base of operations is in NY State. A small community with nothing in the way of dire need for a superhero. But there are charities and causes I can use my identity for to help raise awareness.

I've been looking at the things Zetaman has been doing and have found a lot of inspiration there. I'm getting more and more ideas now that I've found this forum.

You should hook up with Superheroes Anonymous or give Dark Guardian a PM

Oh man, this totally sucks. I finished designing my uniform and shopping the items needed only to discover the Black Knight already has a uniform made of the same exact items! Only a few colors are different.

Back to the drawing board.

Welcome to the site!

Good to meet you SS. So do you work at Dunder Mifflin then? I was really hoping I would be the first one to ask. LOL

I had to Google Dunder Mifflin to know what you were talking about. I haven't watched The Office. Last night I Hulu'ed a few episodes and found it wasn't as horrible as I thought.

Thanks for the tip

I'm working on my MySpace webpage. Problem is, MySpace doesn't seem to like my computer.

My armor arrives next week *sigh*

Silver Sentinel on MySpace

EDIT: I have since deleted my MySpace Account. MySpace hates my computer and I hate MySpace.

You pretty much seem proper & legit.
Glad to have you here. The forum that matters.

LOL glad I could open your eyes to what can be a really funny damn show. It has its moments, but you really have to catch episodes when Jim pranks Dwight or Andy. Those are hysterical!

As the years pass we tend to forget things. When I came out and told my family I was doing the superhero thing, they reminded me that this isn't the first time for me.

When I was about 10 years old, I used to be bullied a lot by older kids. So one day I decided I had had enough, grabbed a box of crayons and a paper grocery bag, and drew a cat's head on it. I then cut out holes for my arms and head. Thus, Cougar Man, was born. While I wore my paper bag, I wasn't afraid anymore. I even helped fix other kids bikes. But soon I ran out of crayons and couldn't replace my "uniform" anymore, so that was the end of that.

And recently a woman whom I haven't seen in over 30 years, found me again on Facebook. She and I started talking and she reminded me that for a short time I called myself The Avenger, and kept bullies away from herself and other kids. She had had a pretty bad childhood and those memories of me had stayed with her all these years, and still made her happy. I had forgotten all about this, along with much of high school in general, because I also had a rough time of it.

She is now recovering from breast cancer and told me that I was her hero back then, and how much she admired me now. Talk about feeling unworthy. Here she is surviving cancer, telling me she admires me. I told her straight out, it's her courage that makes her my hero. She is thinking about joining a special group that talks to women with breast cancer and help them through their terrible ordeal. I hope she does.

So I guess this thing has been in my blood for some time now, though I don't really count my earlier attempts. Somehow I doubt a make believe magic paper grocery bag, or a tee shirt with an american flag on it count as a true uniform. But they helped me find courage when I really needed it back then. I just hope that my goggles and legendary beard will help me find the courage I need these days.